You've heard the saying," Have book . . . will travel!" Well we've listed some of the BEST annual book conferences, trade shows and literary festivals going on in the US below. So check them out and plan on attending a few. And if there's a literary event going on that you would like us to link to, E-mail us!
January
Zora Neale Hurston Festival
February
Much Ado About Books
National African American Read-In
South Carolina Book Festival
Natchez, Mississippi Literary & Cinema Celebration
2nd Annual Dahlonega Literary Festival
March
Lee County Reading Festival
Virginia Festival of the Book
National Center for Family Literacy National Conference
Colorado Independent Publishers Association
April
Annapolis Book Festival
Festival of Faith and Writing
Small Press Book Fair
North Carolina Black Book Festival
Romance Slam Jam
Texas Library Association Conference
Best Southwest Book Fest
Brother 2 Brother Literary Symposium
Arizona Book Festival
Southern Kentucky Bookfest
Memphis Black Writers Conference
North Carolina Literary Festival
Alabama Bound
Los Angels Times Festival of Books
Northern Arizona Book Festival
Seattle Rainbow Bookfest
Ohio River Festival of Books
May
Frederick County Public Library Bookfest 
The Detroit Book Festival
Book Expo America
International Reading Association
June
Black Writers Reunion & Conference 2009
Black Caucus of the American Library Assoc. National Conference
AmiGals Literary Retreat
Chicago Tribune Printers Row Book Fair
ALA | American Library Association Conference
July
Multicultural Writers Conference @ Emerson College
Christian Booksellers Association Tradeshow
NAACP Annual Convention (Author Pavilion)
Harlem Book Fair
Thriller Fest
Zora Neale Hurston/Richard Wright Writers' Week
August
Tulisoma
Queens Book Fair
L.A. Black Book Expo
Indianapolis Book Fest
National Book Club Conference
National Poetry Slam
Metro Detroit Literary Collective
September
Annual Harlem Book Fair on Long Island
National Book Festival
The RAWSISTAZ-Affair
The Decatur Book Festival
Baltimore Book Festival
Midwest Literary Festival
October
Southern Festival of Books
Kansas Book Festival
African American Book Club Summit at Sea
Pen to Paper Literary Symposium
Midwest Literary Festival
Wisconsin Book Festival
LitQuake
Capital Book Fest
Children's Literature Festival
West Virginia Book Festival
Novello Festival of Reading
Wisconsin Book Festival
Great Read in the Park
St. Petersburg Times Festival of Reading
November
The Kennedy Center's Multicultural Childrens' Book Festival
New Orleans Book Fair
Texas Book Festival
Miami Book Fair International
Author Tour Group
Divine Literary Tour
