Festivals - Words - Literature

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Festivals are listed in:

Banff Mountain Book Festival - Speakers, seminars, and general information.

Chocolate River Festival - Hopewell Rocks, New Brunswick. Poetry festival.

Eden Mills Writers' Festival - This festival takes place  in Eden Mills, Ontario.

Lit Electric - Calendar of literary events, courses, and workshops.

Ottawa International Writers Festival - Ten day writers festival every September, in Ottawa, Ontario. The OIWF serves emerging Canadian talent by placing them on stage at the National Arts Centre with some of the world's greatest writers.

PanCanadian WordFest - News and history of the Banff-Calgary International Writers Festival.

Readings Across Canada - Search for book signings, author readings, or literary festivals.

Surrey Writers' Conference - Overview, schedules, and speakers.

Toronto Small Press Group Fair - Group organises two small press fairs a year. Toronto, Ontario.

Vancouver International Writers Festival - Festival ignites a passion for reading and writing by producing a number of special events and an annual festival that features writers from around the world. Granville Island.

Winnipeg International Writers Festival - Author profiles, events, festival structure, and ticket information. Also includes information on Wordwalk, an outdoor literary festival.

The Word on the Street - Book and magazine fair celebrating literacy and the printed word. Locations include Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Halifax, and Kitchener in Canada.

Word: Toronto's Literary Calendar - Calendar of literary events in Toronto.

Write The Nation Tour - Poets on a four-week, cross-country tour.

USA

Border Book Festival - Celebrating literature in the southern United States/Northern México border region. Festival overview, news, history and schedule, with details of writer opportunities, merchandise and lodging.

 

DIY Book Festival - For independent and self-published authors and houses. Includes entry information and a FAQ.

 

Fall for the Book - Held annually in Fairfax, VA. Festival overview with event schedule, participant details and visitor information.

 

LA Zine Fiesta - Annual zine and comic fest held in Los Angeles. Directions, registration, and listing of events.

 

Litquake - Official site for this San Francisco festival for local authors. Includes event and sponsorship information.

 

Murder Goes South - A festival of Southern mystery writers and readers.

 

National Book Festival - Held September 2001 at the Library of Congress. Program information and author profiles.

 

North Carolina Literary Festival - Spring event held on even years, spotlighting the literature of the American South, particularly NC. Overview, schedule, writer profiles and information about how to help.

 

Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival - Annual five-day celebration held in late March, which showcases national and regional scholars and writers. Brochure, archives, schedule and travel information.

 

Virginia Festival of the Book - Held annualy in Charlottesville, VA. Photographs, statistics and archives, with online press kit and details of how to get involved.

EU

Prague Writers' Festival - Official site, featuring video clips and details about the program, author profiles and interviews, and a history.

UK

Bath Literature Festival - Festival history, visitor information, brochure request form and sponsorship details. Early March.

 

Chelmsford Competitive Festival of Music & Drama - Annual festival with sections for piano, strings, classical guitar, brass, woodwind, recorders, singing, organ, music making, chamber Music, composition of Christmas carol, speech and drama.

 

Cheltenham Festival of Literature - Brochure request form, festival overview and newsletter. Mid-October.

 

Durham Literature Festival - Programme details, profiles, booking assistance and diary, with information about the Liar competition. Mid-September through mid-October.

 

Edinburgh International Book Festival - Programme, visitor information, how to get involved, press reviews, schools section, booking assistance and news. Mid-August.

 

Hay Festival 

 

Humber Mouth: Hull Literature Festival - Detailed programme information with archive section, event previews and visitor assistance. Held the last half of November in East Yorkshire.

 

Ilkley Literature Festival Online - Archives, diary, speaker's corner, 'Friends of the Festival' section and multimedia readings. Mid-October.

 

Jewish Book Week - Annual festival held in early March includes contributors from across the globe. Schedule of seminars and workshops, evening events, ticket and travel details. London.

 

Kingston Readers' Festival - Annual event in London featuring authors and speakers, seminars, discussion groups and workshops over a five-week period. Programme and venue details.

 

Litfest - One of the country's oldest literature festivals, held in Lancaster. Information about their programme, competitions, history, and contact details.

 

London Literature Festival 

 

Lowdham Book Festival - Events, timetable and festival authors for this mid-June book and film festival near Nottingham.

 

Mere Literary Festival - Offers the schedule of events for visitors and entry details for short story and poetry competitors in the annual week-long event held in mid-October. Wiltshire.

 

Orange Word - Information about the literature festival held in October through mid-December in London. Audio archives plus details of programme, festival history and sponsors.

 

Oxford Literary Festival 

 

Port Eliot Literary Festival 

 

Swindon Festival of Literature - Detailed programme information with guest speaker profiles and ticket assistance. Held annually during the first two weeks in May in Wiltshire.

 

Ways With Words Literature Festivals - Organizes a number of literature festivals around the UK, holidays for writers and painters in Italy and workshops in Devon. Information about event programmes and venues, and booking details.

 

Wells Festival of Literature - Held in October each year. Features winning entries from the previous year with visitor information, links and entry forms.

Pacific

Auckland Writers and Readers Festival

 

Brisbane Writers Festival - Annual event; with a program, news, participants and a book club.

 

Byron Bay Writers Festival - Annual event; with a schools program, archives and workshops.

 

Melbourne Writers' Festival - Annual event; including complete program, and details about the featured writers.

 

Sydney Writers' Festival - Annual event; with news, a program, and competitions.

 

Young Writers Festival - Newcastle-based event; with a program and media briefings.