Writers Festivals Around The World

[edit]Asia-Pacific

Adelaide Writers' Week, held during the Adelaide Festival of Arts
Brisbane Writers' Festival, September 29 - October 2
Galle Literary Festival, January 27-30
Hong Kong Book Festival, November 17 - 19, 24 - 26
Hong Kong Literature Festival, June 30 - July 16
Hong Kong International Literary Festival, March 7 - 15
Jaipur Literary Festival, January 21-25
Karachi Literature Festival, February 5 & 6, 2011.
Kitab in India (see Pablo Ganguli)
Kuala Lumpur International Literary Festival, July 29 - 31
Melbourne Writers' Festival, August 19 - 28
Newcastle, New South Wales National Young Writers' Festival, September 28 - October 2
New Zealand International Arts Festival, biennial in even years during February and March, contains a Writers & Readers Week
Perth Writers' Week, February 23 - 1 March
Shanghai International Literary Festival
Singapore Writers' Festival, October 24 - November 1
Sydney Writers' Festival, May 23 - 29
Ubud Writers & Readers Festival, October 6 - 10, 2010
Williamstown Literary Festival April 26 - May 1, 2011
[edit]Europe

AngloMockBa, Moscow (see Pablo Ganguli)
Arty Malta Festival, Valletta (see Pablo Ganguli)
Asia House Festival of Asian Literature, Asia House, London, May
Cheltenham Literature Festival, October 6-15
Chester Literature Festival, October
Correntes d'Escritas, Póvoa de Varzim, Second half of February (the largest literary festival in Portugal, gathers writers from the Portuguese and Spanish speaking world (Iberian Peninsula, Central and South America and Africa)
Edinburgh International Book Festival, August 13-29, coinciding with the general Edinburgh Festival
FestivalandCo, Shakespeare themed literary festival held in Paris, France at the Shakespeare and Company bookstore
Festivaletteratura, held in Mantova, Italy, at the beginning of September
Folkestone Literary Festival, September 20-25
The Hay Festival, May 27-June 5
International Istanbul Poetry Festival, May 11-16 [1]
International Literature Festival Berlin
Istanbul Tanpınar Literature Festival, held in Istanbul, Turkey, at the beginning of November [2]
Jewel of Russia, St Petersburg(see Pablo Ganguli)
Kosmopolis. Amplified Literature Festival. Center of Contemporary Culture. Barcelona. Spain. Oct 23, 2010. March 2011.
Krokodil, Belgrade, Knjizevno Regionalno Okupljanje Koje Otklanja Dosadu I Letargiju [3]
Linton Children's Book Festival, held every other year in May, since 2006. 5-12 May 2012
Oxford Literary Festival, April 10-17
Peak Literary Festival, October 25 -Nov 5 /May 25 -June6
Prague Writers Festival, June 3-10
Rencontres aubrac, France, Aveyron
Reykjavík International Literary Festival, (Bókmenntahátíd), since 2000
Runnymede International Literary Festival, since 2006
Tartu Literature Festival Prima Vista, Estonia, since 2004
Venice Incroci di Civiltà: Incontri internazionali di letteratura a Venezia / Crossings of Civilizations: Literary Meetings in Venice April 13-16, 2011
Word About Town, Hastings, November 15-20
Wordfringe, Festival of New Writing in Aberdeen and North-East Scotland [4]
[edit]Middle East

BAI - Dubai International Arts and Literary Festival (see Pablo Ganguli)
Emirates Airline Festival of Literature, annual held in March
Istancool (see Pablo Ganguli)
Majestic Petra (see Pablo Ganguli)
[edit]North America

AJC Decatur Book Festival, Decatur, Georgia, September 1–3, 2006
Antigua and Barbuda International Literary Festival, since 2006, Antigua, West Indies, Nov. 7-9, 2008
Aspen Summer Words, since 1976, Aspen, Colorado, June 20-25, 2010
Augusta Literary Festival, Augusta, Georgia, March 3, 2012
Baltimore Book Festival, since 1996, Baltimore, Maryland, Sept. 25-27, 2009
Banff Mountain Book Festival, October 31–November 2, 2007
Blue Metropolis Montreal International Literary Festival, April 30-May 3, 2008
Brattleboro Literary Festival, October 1-3, 2010
Burlington Book Festival, September 15–17 2006
Calabash International Literary Festival, since 2001, Jamaica
The Curwood Festival celebrates the life and writings of James Oliver Curwood the first weeekend of June in Owosso, MI.
Edmonton International Literary Festival, since 2002, Canada’s only Creative Non-fiction Festival
The Frye Festival, Moncton, New Brunswick, April 23 -27 2008. Honouring Northrop Frye. International cast.
Greater Reading (PA) Literary Festival "Reading Reads," October, 2009,[5]
Guadalajara International Book Fair, November 27-December 05 2010
Hollywood Book Festival, July 28, 2007
Toronto International Festival of Authors, annually in October
Litquake, since 2002, San Francisco, annually in October
Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, late April/early May
Maine Literary Festival, since 2006, Camden, Maine, November 7-9, 2008
Miami Book Fair International, Downtown Miami, Florida- November
Midwest Literary Festival, Aurora, Illinois, 2nd weekend of September [2005, 2006, 2007]
Ohioana Book Festival, Columbus, Ohio, held in May, since 2007
Ottawa International Writers Festival, since 1997, twice annually since 2004, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
PEN World Voices, the New York Festival of International Literature, New York
Saskatchewan Festival of Words annually since 1997, Moose Jaw, SK, Canada (July 15-18, 2010)
Spring Literary Festival, Ohio University, three days, held in May, since 1986
Tennessee Williams/ New Orleans Literary Festival, New Orleans, annually in March.
Twin Cities Book Festival, Minneapolis, Minnesota, annually in October
Vancouver International Writers & Readers Festival, annually in October
Virginia Festival of the Book, Charlottesville, Virginia, March 26–30, 2008
Winnipeg International Writers Festival, annually in September
Women Writers Conference, The, Lexington, Kentucky, September 11-13, 2008
Words Alive Literary Festival, since 2007, Sharon, Ontario at the Sharon Temple National Historic Site and Museum. Next event: September 18, 2010 (corrected date).
Wordstock, in downtown Collingwood, Ontario. Inaugural event: September 11, 2010.
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