Updated 04.1.2023

Use this calendar of recurring events and cultural emphases in Texas to plan ahead in your bookish life. We'll add dates for each year as we learn of them.

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April 

• National Poetry Month
• D.E.A.R., "Drop Everything and Read" Month
• 8th Annual Viva Poesía: Palabras, Música, y Cultura, San Antonio, April 1, 2023
• Austin Edible Book Festival, Austin, April 1, 2023
• East Texas Book Fest, Tyler, April 1, 2023
• Books and Bees Festival, Bee Cave, April 1-2, 2023
• International Children's Book Day (April 2 annually)
• National Library Week, April 3-9
• Ghoulish Book Festival, San Antonio, April 14-16, 2023
• Books on the Green, The Woodlands, April 14-16, 2023
• Chautauqua Festival, Longview, April 15, 2023
• San Antonio Book Festival, April 15, 2023
• Lubbock Art Festival, April 15-16, 2023
• Texas Library Association Annual Conference, Austin, April 19-22, 2023
• 16th annual Rio Grande Valley International Poetry Festival, McAllen, April 20-23, 2023
• World Book Day (Shakespeare's birthday, April 23 annually)
• River City Rumble Poetry Slam, San Antonio, April 26, 2023 
• Texas Institute of Letters Annual Meeting, Corpus Christi, April 28-29, 2023
• Poetry at Round Top, April 28-30, 2023
• Independent Booksellers Day, April 29, 2023
• The Poetry Society of Texas Spring Fling, Jefferson, April 29, 2023
• NETWO Spring Conference, Mount Pleasant, April 29, 2023
• Austin SCBWI Writers & Illustrators Working Conference, April 29-30, 2023
• Children's Book Day, El día de los niños/El día de los libros (Día) (April 30 annually)
• Writefest Weekend Festival, Houston, April 29- May 1, 2023

May

• Texas Writers Month 
• Texas Shakespeare Festival, Kilgore, May 1, 2023
• Children's Book Week, May 1-7, 2023
• Winnsboro Festival of Books, May 6, 2023
• Kilgore Geekend, May 6-7, 2023
• Lone Star Writer's Roundup, New Braunfels, May 7, 2023
• Dallas is Lit, May 10-14, 2023
• O. Henry Pun-off, Austin, May 13, 2023
• Boldface Conference, Houston, May 22-26, 2023
• Comicpalooza, Houston, May 26-28, 2023

June

• LGBTQ Books Month
• BookLoversCon, Houston, June 1-4, 2023
• Historical Novel Society North America Conference, San Antonio, June 8-10, 2023
• CALF (Children's Art & Literacy Festival), Abilene, June 8-11, 2023
• Book Bonanza, Grapevine, June 23-24, 2023
• Greater Austin Comic Con, June 24-25, 2023
• African American Book Festival, Austin, TBA 2023
• Kaotik Freedom Celebration Comic Con, Lake Jackson, TBA 2023

July

• WLT Summer Writing Retreat, Virtual, Month of July
• Texas Author Con, Richardson, July 14-15, 2023
• Macondo Writers Workshop, San Antonio, July 25-29, 2023
• Poetry Society of Texas Annual Conference, Allen, TBA, 2023

August

• Literacy Texas Annual Conference, College Station, August 1 & 2, 2023
• Armadillo Con, Austin, August 4-6, 2023
• Comic Conroe, August 10-12, 2023
• North Texas Book Festival, Denton, August 12, 2023
• Wanderlust San Antonio, August 19, 2023 
• Sultry in the City, Houston, August 25-26, 2023
• Fort Worth Book & Paper Show, August 26-27, 2023
• Tulisoma Book Fair, Dallas, TBA, 2023

September

• Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept. 15–Oct. 15 annually)
• Storytellers & Legends Convention, Mission Texas, September 24-29, 2023
• Texas Word Wrangler Book Festival, Giddings, September 29-30, 2023
• National Cowboy Symposium and Celebration, Lubbock, TBA September 2023
• Banned Books Week (last week of September annually)

October     

• National Book Month
• LGBTQ History Month
• Houston Writers Guild Authorpalooza Extravaganza Conference, October 6-8, 2023
• Big Texas Comicon, San Antonio, October 6-8, 2023
• Boerne Book & Arts Festival, October 7, 2023
• Dallas-Fort Worth Writers Conference, Hurst, October 7-8, 2023
• Women Writing the West Conference, Virtual, October 12-14, 2023
• Will Rogers Medallion Awards, Fort Worth, October 21, 2023
• National Black Book Festival, October 26-28, 2023
• Harvest Moon Festival of the Arts, Granbury, October 28-29, 2023
• Teen Read Week (third week of October annually)
• National Friends of Libraries Week (late October annually)
• Permian Basin Writers' Workshop, TBA October 2023
• Tweens Read, Houston, TBA October 2023
• Writers in the Field, Mansfield, TBA October 2023
• 7th Annual Black Heritage Festival, Houston, TBA October 2023
• Mid Cities Teen Book Fest, North Richland Hills, TBA October 2023
• Buns and Roses Romance Tea for Literacy, Virtual, TBA October 2023
• East Texas Booktacular, Canton, TBA October 2023
• South Texas Book Festival, McAllen, TBA October 2023
• Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference, TBA October 2023

November

• Native American Heritage Month
• National Novel Writing Month
• Lubbock Book Festival, November 4-5, 2023
• Children's Book Week, November 6-12, 2023
• Jewish Book & Arts Festival, Houston, November 15, 2023
• National Book Awards Festival, Huntsville, November 15, 2023
• Shop Small: Small Business Saturday, November 26, 2023
• Dobie Dichos, Oakville, TBA November 2023
• Border Regional Library Association (BRLA) Fall Conference, TBA November 2023
• Texas Book Festival, Austin, TBA November 2023
• Southside 2nd Annual Book Fair, TBA November 2023
• Readers & 'ritas, Plano, TBA November 2023
• Fort Bend County Libraries Book Fest, TBA November 2023
• University Press Week, TBA November 2023

December

• East Texas Book Bash, Canton, December 9, 2023
• Annual Humanities Texas Holiday Book Fair, Austin, TBA

January

• Wimberly Storyfest, TBA January, 2024
• Houston Book Show, TBA January, 2024
• San Angelo Comic Con, San Angelo, TBA January, 2024
• 10th Annual Roanoke Writers Conference, TBA January, 2024
• Jaipur Literature Festival Houston, TBA January, 2024

February

• Black History Month
• Lone Star Literary Life 9th Birthday, February 2, 2024
• Teen Bookfest by the Bay, Corpus Christi, TBA
• LIT Waco Presents CenTex Teen Book Fest on the Brazos, Waco, TBA
• Romance Readers' Social, Pflugerville, TBA
• Lone Star Cowboy Poetry Gathering, Alpine, TBA
• Central Texas Teen & Kids Comic Con, Round Rock, TBA
• People's Poetry Fest, Corpus Christi, TBA
• REELpoetry, Houston, TBA
• LibraryPalooza, San Antonio, TBA
• All the Books Author Event, Houston, TBA
• San Antonio African American Book Festival, TBA
• 2023 South Texas Literacy Symposium, TBA

March

• Women's History Month
• Highland Park Literary Festival, TBA
• Angelo State University Writers’ Conference, San Angelo, TBA
• North Texas Teen Book Festival,  Las Colinas, TBA
• Dallas Literary Festival, TBA
• FESTIBA (International Festival of Books & Arts), Edinburg, TBA
• Texas Storytelling Festival, Denton, TBA
• Little BIPOC Book Fest, Houston, TBA
• Freedom of Information Day (March 16, annually)
• Teen Book Con, Houston, TBA
• Children's Picture Book Day (March 28 annually)
• Beall Poetry Festival, Waco, TBA

DATES TO-BE-DETERMINED

• Fortress Literacy Carnival, Fort Worth, TBA
• El Paso Community College Literary Fiesta, TBD
• Houston Indiepalooza, TBD
• SCBWI Houston Conference, TBD
• League of Romance Writers Fall Conference, TBA
• The Author Encounter Indie Author Day, TBA
• Wittliff Collections Festival, Austin, TBA

FUTURE DATES

• FenCon XVIII, September 23-25, 2024
• Writers' League of Texas Agents & Editors Conference, Austin, TBA, 2024