Upcoming Events

July 01, 2009

2009

The Hudson Valley Writer's Center Literary Events, Classes, and Workshops
Spring: The Hudson Valley Writers' Center in Sleepy Hollow, NY, features literary presentations, author and poetry readings, classes, and writing workshops. Call (914) 332-5953 or visit the website http://www.writerscenter.org/ for further information.

Poets House
Spring: Featuring lectures, discussions, workshops, readings, and the Poetry in the Branches series in local libraries throughout New York, NY. Located in downtown Manhattan, Poets House is a nationally recognized literary center and the home of one of the most extensive poetry collections in the country. All events take place at Poets House, [interim address: 594 Broadway, Suite 510] New York City, unless otherwise indicated.

Poets House Upcoming Events:
July 12: Writing the Hudson: 400 Years of Poetic Discovery, The Bronx, NY.

Call (212) 431-7920, or log on to http://www.poetshouse.org/ for further information.

The Concord Poetry Center
Workshops, seminars, and classes in Concord, MA. Featuring community readings, workshops, poets, editors, poetry tutoring for teens, arts festival, and reading panels.
July 10 - July 13: Colrain Poetry Manuscript Conference
July 26 - July 31: Lesley University Writers' Conference
Phone (978) 371-0820 or visit http://www.concordpoetry.org/.

The New York Public Library Programs at the Humanities and Social Sciences Library
Each year, the Humanities and Social Sciences Library at Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street presents a diverse array of lectures, interviews, and discussions with writers, scholars, artists, and people in public life. These programs are available to the public for a nominal fee. For additional information, please call (212) 930-0571, 930-0855; www.nypl.org/live.

Author Events at McNally Jackson Books
July: All events are free and open to the public. At 52 Prince Street, New York City For information contact: (212) 274-1160; events@mcnallyjackson.com

ThrillerFest 2009
July 8 - 11: In NYC at the Grand Hyatt, now in its fourth year, sponsored by the International Thriller Writers, Inc. (ITW). The Fest features author signings, a bookstore on premises, the ThrillerMaster Award, and more. Details can be found at www.thrillerfest.com.

Tokyo International Book Fair
July 9 - 12: Tokyo, Japan web.reedexpo.co.jp.

ALA Annual Conference
July 9 - 15: McCormick Place West, Chicago, IL. Call (800) 545-2433; e-mail ala@heiexpo.com; http://www.ala.org/ala/conferencesevents/upcoming/annual/index.cfm.

Romance Writers of America 29th Annual National Conference
July 15 - 18: Washington, DC. For more information, go to: http://www.rwanational.org.

Harlem Book Fair
July 18: New York, NY www.qbr.com.

Hong Kong Book Fair
July 22 - 28: Hong Kong http://hkbookfair.hktdc.com/.

New Hampshire Works On Paper
July 26: "Everything on or of paper" in Nashua, NH. New Hampshire Works On Paper will feature books, paper, postcards, maps, posters, prints, valentines, magazines, and ephemera. Flamingo Eventz, LLC Phone: (603) 509-2639; e-mail: FlamingoEventz@metrocast.net; Web: www.FlamingoEventz.com.

The Granite State Book & Ephemera Fair
August 6: In Bedford, NH, in its 6th year and an official part of Antiques Week In New Hampshire. Flamingo Eventz, LLC Phone: (603) 509-2639; e-mail: FlamingoEventz@metrocast.net; Web: www.FlamingoEventz.com

Great American Bargain Book Show
August 21 - 22: Remainder, overstock, and bargain book show in Boston at the Hynes Convention Center. For bookstores and other booksellers for finding new books and sidelines at deep discounted prices. Includes seminar for booksellers by ABA President Gayle Shanks. Website: www.gabbs.net.

Tulisoma Book Fair & Arts Festival
August 28 - 30: South Dallas, TX. For more information, go to: http://www.tulisoma.com.

2009 Latino Book & Family Festivals and Events
The Latino Book & Family Festivals are weekend events that promote literacy, culture, and education geared to the whole family. The festivals are held in key Hispanic markets across the country http://www.lbff.us/.
Schedule
2009 Festival Tour
August 29 - 30: Los Angeles
December 5 - 6: Houston

Beijing International Book Fair
September 3 - 7: Beijing, China www.bibf.net.

The Decatur Book Festival
September 4 - 6: The largest independent book festival in the country and one of the five largest overall. Since its launch in 2006, more than 600 authors and 190,000 festival-goers have come to the historic downtown Decatur, GA square for book signings, author readings, panel discussions, children's area, poetry slams, writing workshops, and more. Visit: http://www.decaturbookfestival.com/Community/index.php

2009 Regional Bookseller Associations Trade Shows
September and October: http://www.bookweb.org/resources/regionals.html.

Brooklyn Book Festival
September 13: Brooklyn, NY. For more information, go to: http://www.brooklynbookfestival.org.

Prospective Booksellers School
September 14 - 18: Amelia Island, FL (near Jacksonville). Facilitated by the Bookstore Training Group of Paz & Associates and sponsored by ABA. For the full agenda and to register, visit PazBookBiz.com; or call (800) 260-8605.

Bangor Book Festival
October 2 - 3: Bangor, ME. For more information, go to: http://www.bangorbookfest.org/.

Wisconsin Book Festival
October 7 - 11: Milwaukee, WI. http://www.wisconsinbookfestival.org/

Wordstock
October 8 - 11: Portland, OR. For more information, go to: http://www.wordstockfestival.com/#/page_id=110/

Southern Festival of Books
October 9 - 11: Nashville, TN. For more information, go to: http://tn-humanities.org/festival.

Big Read Festival
October 10: St. Louis, MO. For more information, go to: http://www.bigread.net/.

West Virginia Book Festival
October 10 - 11: Charleston, WV. For more information, go to: http://www.wvhumanities.org/.

Frankfurt Book Fair
October 14 - 18: Frankfurt, Germany www.frankfurt-book-fair.com.

7th Annual Louisiana Book Festival
October 17: Baton Rouge, LA. For more information, go to: http://lbf.state.lib.la.us.

Cincinnati USA Book Festival
October 17: Cincinnati, OH. For more information, go to: http://www.booksbythebanks.org/

Utah Humanities Book Festival
October 21 - 25: Salt Lake City, UT www.utahhumanities.org.

Texas Book Festival
October 31 - November 1: Austin, TX www.texasbookfestival.org.

CIROBE Remainders
November 6 - 9: Chicago, IL www.cirobe.com.

The Long Island Book & Ephemera Fair
November 7 - 8: Garden City, NY. Flamingo Eventz, LLC Phone: (603) 509-2639; e-mail: FlamingoEventz@metrocast.net; Web: www.FlamingoEventz.com.

Miami Book Fair International
November 8 - 15: Miami, FL www.miamibookfair.com.

National Black Storytelling Festival and Conference
November 11 - 15: Cincinnati, OH. For more information, go to: http://www.nabsinc.org/.

National Book Awards
November 18: http://www.nationalbook.org/.

BookExpo America 2010 (and Beyond)
All at the Jacob K. Javits Center, New York City
May 25 - 27, 2010
May 24 - 26, 2011
May 30 - June 1, 2012
http://www.bookexpoamerica.com.

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