Global Literary Festivals
Plan Your Literary Getaway: Festivals That Inspire Connection Around the Love of Books
March 2024
Bay Tales Live
March 2, 2024 | United Kingdom
A one day crime fiction festival featuring 20 authors in panel discussions. Speakers include Sunday Times bestsellers and CWA recognised writers including Ann Cleeves, Louise Candlish, Sarah Vaughan, Lesley Kara, Trevor Wood, Vaseem Khan, Olivia Kiernan, Dr Richard Shepherd, Gytha Lodge as well as some of the most exciting debut authors to be published in 2022.
Hong Kong International Literary Festival
March 4-10, 2024 | Hong Kong
The Hong Kong International Literary Festival (HKILF) inspires the joy of reading by bringing the world’s writers and stories to Hong Kong’s diverse communities. A dynamic year-round programme and an annual festival offer dialogue, entertainment and perspective, while the Young Readers Festival motivates young people to engage with all aspects of the written word, improving English language skills and nurturing an informed global outlook.The annual festival features established and emerging writers from around the world in a programme that includes panel discussions, book talks, literary lunches and dinners, readings, workshops, and performance.
Tennessee Williams & New Orleans Literary Festival
March 20-24, 2024 | New Orleans, USA
We’re excited to present our 38th Annual TWFest, including writer’s craft sessions, literary panels, theatre events, author interviews, literary walking tours, culinary & cocktail events, and music events. And don’t forget our Stella Shouting Contest kicking it all off on Sunday, March 17! Join award-winning writers, historians, scholars, journalists, actors, musicians, and cultural experts for five days of literary revelry in the lush Bohemia of New Orleans.
April 2024
Newcastle Writers Festival
April 5-7, 2024 | Australia
The Newcastle Writers Festival will hold its 10th event in 2023. The festival champions writing and ideas, and connects people and stories across the Hunter Region and beyond. The program features 90 events and 150 writers across three days.
Festival Literasi Nasional
April 23, 2024 | Surakarta, Indonesia
The Festival Literasi Nasional is an event that becomes the culmination of meetings, learning, celebrations, and awards for every literacy program organized by Nyalanesia (nyalanesia.id) throughout the year. Through this event, Nyalanesia creates a space that brings together educators, students, as well as literacy and education activists from all over Indonesia to share inspiration and joy, while presenting thousands of awards and a total prize of hundreds of millions of rupiah.
San Antonio Book Festival
April 13, 2024 | San Antonio, USA
On April 13, 2023, the 11th annual San Antonio Book Festival will feature 100+ authors and their newly published books, bringing books to life through author presentations, stimulating panel discussions, and book sales and signings. The San Antonio Book Festival unites readers and writers in a celebration of ideas, books, libraries, and literary culture.
Street Books
April 30 – December 15, 2024 | Sardinia, Italy
The theme of the festival is “Words in Motion, Telling to Transform,” and it will focus on the use of literature as a tool for exploring and provoking social change, with a specific focus on gender-based violence. The festival will feature a variety of events, including readings, workshops, and panel discussions. Authors, poets, and artists from Italy and abroad will come together to share their work and discuss the importance of literature in addressing social issues. In addition to the main festival, Street Books will also be hosting a number of satellite events throughout the year.
Cambridge Literary Festival
April 17-21, 2024 | Cambridge, UK
Cambridge Literary Festival (CLF) hosts 2 festivals each year plus one-off events throughout the year. We attract globally renowned speakers and great audiences who share ideas, energy and enjoyment against the backdrop of one of the loveliest cities in the world.
Guernsey Literary Festival
April 23 – May 5, 2024 | Guernsey
The Guernsey Literary Festival is one of the highlights of the island’s arts calendar bringing some of the world’s greatest writers, speakers and thinkers to Guernsey. With events for all interests and ages, the Festival is a unique opportunity to come together to celebrate the written word. The festival attracts speakers from a wide range of disciplines, from literature to politics, from history to sport, from the environment to food, from biography to travel. We also organize a full education and community program, together with workshops for local writers with renowned visiting authors.
May 2024
Stratford Literary Festival
May 1-5, 2024 | Warwick, UK
Nine days of events in spring and a long weekend in the winter set in the home of the world’s most famous writer and featuring best–selling authors, lively panel events, workshops and events for families. The Festival also has a wide outreach programme in schools, the community and prisons.
The Franschhoek Literary Festival
May 17-19, 2024 | Franschhoek, South Africa
The Franschhoek Literary Festival runs annually on the third weekend in May, starting on Friday and ending Sunday. The FLF provides a platform for open and progressive discourse with participation from renowned South African, Pan-African and international authors and thought leaders. Informal discussions are the hallmark of the festival with spirited debates on a variety of topical issues. Not forgetting the lighter, inspirational and fun sessions guaranteed to stimulate the senses. A storytelling festival, poetry evenings, business breakfasts, live performances, film screenings and writers’ workshops complete the excellent offering of the FLF. The FLF is preceded by the Franschhoek Reading Festival Week. Fun, light and festive activities keep learners delighted and engaged. Storytelling, puppetry, word games, book mascots bring books to life in the Valley. The week of celebrations end with the Phendulani Quiz on the Friday 19 May 2023.
International Literature Festival Dublin
May 17-26, 2024 | Dublin, Ireland
Founded in 1998 the International Literature Festival Dublin celebrates live literature at the heart of Dublin City, a designated UNESCO City of Literature, creating transformative experiences for readers and writers alike. Showcasing globally renowned artists and thinkers alongside emerging local writers, the programme is driven by a commitment to inspire, stimulate and entertain audiences of all ages. International Literature Festival Dublin is a Dublin City Council initiative, kindly funded by The Arts Council.
Hay Festival International
May 23 – June 2, 2024 | United Kingdom
Hay Festival is an international celebration of arts and sciences that has been held for the past 32 years in Hay-on-Wye, a small town in Wales that is famous for its bookshops. The Festival lasts 11 days, hosts more than 700 events, debates, interviews and concerts. Its audience comes from the UK, Europe and the Americas.
The Bath Festival
May 12-21, 2024 | Bath, Somerset
Founded in 1948, Bath Festivals is a charity that inspires and connects different people and communities through music and book festivals and a year-round programme of outreach and creative learning projects. All our work is designed to maximise inclusion and accessibility, ignite ideas, thoughts and conversations and promote and celebrate the positive impact that music, literature, and performance have on people’s lives.
Tallinn HeadRead Literary Festival
May 29 – June 2, 2024 | Estonia
HeadRead Festival has taken place for 12 years, it has both international guests and Estonian authors, poetry, prose and non-fiction. We also cooperate with theatre, film and music. Usually, it takes place in the last week of May. The festival is small and relaxed, people are usually invited to stay for the whole festival.
June 2024
Bay Area Book Festival
June 1-2, 2024 | Berkeley, CA, USA
Based in Berkeley, California, the annual Bay Area Book Festival brings 200-300 notable authors each year to a two-day festival with approximately 100 programs (interviews, panels, performances) for adults. One of the most international literary festivals in the U.S., we typically include 25-35 authors from other countries. While most author programs are indoors, we also have a large Outdoor Fair with three stages and 100 literary-themed exhibitors. The Outdoor Fair also hosts our children’s program, with author-led storytelling, author interviews (often done by youth), and interactive activities. Around 20,000 people attend each year.
Essex Book Festival
June 1-30, 2024 | Essex, United Kingdom
Essex Book Festival takes places annually in 50 venues across Essex, one of the UK’s largest and most diverse counties to celebrate the book in all it forms. Innovative, challenging, inclusive and ambitious, our aim is to spark new, meaningful conversations locally, nationally and internationally that build bridges between communities and transform lives.
Le Marathon des Mots
June 25-30, 2024 | Toulouse, France
Le Marathon des mots » in Toulouse (France), is an international festival of Literature is dedicated to writers worldwide. Recognized as one of the most successful, busiest literary events in Europe, where international and French prominent writers participate in readings, conversations or panel discussions on literature, poetry, politics, gender, human and civil rights.
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