INTERNATIONAL BOOK FAIRS AND FESTIVALS
ASIA & MIDDLE EAST
Chennai International Book Fair — Chennai, India — January (16–18) (multilingual)
Kolkata International Book Fair — Kolkata, India — late Jan / Feb
Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF) — Jaipur, India — January (festival with international programme)
New Delhi World Book Fair — New Delhi, India — Jan / Feb
Dhaka International Book Fair (Ekushey Boi Mela) — Dhaka, Bangladesh — February
Taipei International Book Exhibition (TIBE) — Taipei, Taiwan — February / March
Bangkok International Book Fair — Bangkok, Thailand — March / April
Astana Eurasian Book Fair — Astana, Kazakhstan — April
Seoul International Book Fair — Seoul, South Korea — May
Abu Dhabi International Book Fair / Abu Dhabi programmes — Abu Dhabi, UAE — varies
Tehran International Book Fair — Tehran, Iran — May
Tbilisi International Book Festival — Tbilisi, Georgia — May
Shanghai International Children’s Book Fair — Shanghai, China — May / June
Beijing International Book Fair (BIBF) — Beijing, China — June
Doha International Book Fair — Doha, Qatar — June
Jerusalem International Book Fair — Jerusalem — June
Tokyo book events (Tokyo International Book Fair / Tokyo Literary events) — Tokyo, Japan — spring / autumn (varies)
Hong Kong Book Fair — Hong Kong SAR — July
Karachi International Book Fair / Karachi Literature Festival — Karachi, Pakistan — varies (regional)
Colombo International Book Fair — Colombo, Sri Lanka — September
Manila International Book Fair — Manila, Philippines — September
Indonesia International Book Fair — Jakarta, Indonesia — September
Riyadh International Book Fair — Riyadh, Saudi Arabia — September / October
Tashkent International Book Fair — Tashkent, Uzbekistan — October
Baku International Book Fair — Baku, Azerbaijan — October
Singapore Writers Festival / Book Events — Singapore — November
Sharjah International Book Fair — Sharjah, UAE — November
NORTH AMERICA (USA & Canada)
Los Angeles Times Festival of Books — Los Angeles, USA — April
BookExpo (BEA) / BookExpo America (format evolving) — USA — May (check current format)
ALA Annual Conference & Exhibition (American Library Association) — USA — June (libraries & publishers marketplace)
Toronto International Festival of Authors (and Canadian book events) — Toronto, Canada — October (festival)
National Book Festival (Library of Congress) — Washington, D.C., USA — September (festival)
Vancouver Writers Fest / Book Events — Vancouver, Canada — October
Montreal Book Fair (Salon du livre de Montréal) — Montreal, Canada — November
Miami Book Fair International — Miami, USA — November (festival)
EUROPE
Vilnius Book Fair — Vilnius, Lithuania — February
Riga Book Fair — Riga, Latvia — February
Tallinn Book Fair — Tallinn, Estonia — February / March
Leipzig Book Fair — Leipzig, Germany — March
London Book Fair — London, UK — March
Bologna Children’s Book Fair — Bologna, Italy — March / April
Paris Book Fair (Livre Paris) — Paris, France — March / April
Turin / Salone Internazionale del Libro — Turin, Italy — May
Warsaw Book Fair — Warsaw, Poland — May
Prague Book Fair (Svět knihy / Book World Prague) — Prague, Czechia — May
Thessaloniki International Book Fair — Thessaloniki, Greece — May
Bratislava / Bratislava Book Fair events — Bratislava, Slovakia — varies
Madrid Book Fair (Feria del Libro de Madrid) — Madrid, Spain — May / June
Edinburgh International Book Festival — Edinburgh, UK — August (festival)
Moscow International Book Fair (MIBF) — Moscow, Russia — September
Gothenburg Book Fair (Bokmässan) — Gothenburg, Sweden — September / October.
Frankfurt Book Fair — Frankfurt, Germany — October.
Belgrade International Book Fair — Belgrade, Serbia — October
Helsinki Book Fair (Helsinki Book Fair events / Helsinki Lit) — Helsinki, Finland — October
Zagreb Book Fair (Interliber) — Zagreb, Croatia — November
Buch Wien — Vienna, Austria — November
Non/Fiction International Book Fair — Moscow, Russia — December
Sofia International Book Fair — Sofia, Bulgaria — December
AFRICA
Fair — Cairo, Egypt — Jan / Feb.
Tunis International Book Fair — Tunis, Tunisia — April
Casablanca International Book Fair (SIEL) — Casablanca, Morocco — April / May
Lagos Book & Art Festival / Lagos events — Lagos, Nigeria — various (growing)
Zimbabwe International Book Fair (ZIBF) — Harare, Zimbabwe — July / August
Marrakech / Casablanca literary events — Morocco — varies (regional).
Nairobi International Book Fair — Nairobi, Kenya — September
Johannesburg Book Fair — Johannesburg, South Africa — September
Cape Town Book Fair / Open Book Festival (Cape Town) — Cape Town, South Africa — Sept / Oct (festival).
Accra International Book Festival — Accra, Ghana — October
LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN
Havana International Book Fair — Havana, Cuba — February
Buenos Aires International Book Fair (Filba / Feria del Libro de Buenos Aires) — Buenos Aires, Argentina — April / May
Bogotá International Book Fair (FILBo) — Bogotá, Colombia — April / May
Lima International Book Fair — Lima, Peru — July
Rio International Book Biennial — Rio de Janeiro, Brazil — September
Santiago International Book Fair (FILSA) — Santiago, Chile — October
Guadalajara International Book Fair (FIL Guadalajara) — Guadalajara, Mexico — late November / early December
OCEANIA
Sydney Writers’ Festival — Sydney, Australia — May (festival)
Auckland Writers Festival — Auckland, New Zealand — May
Melbourne Writers Festival — Melbourne, Australia — August (festival)
New Zealand International Arts & Book events (Auckland / Wellington festivals) — varies
Brisbane Writers Festival — Brisbane, Australia — September
