Events
Baltimore Book Festival
The 26th Baltimore Book Festival will kick off on September 12, 2025 for its third year in the Waverly neighborhood.The Baltimore Book Festival has evolved from a downtown literary celebration into a dynamic, community-powered cultural cornerstone. Today, it honors its roots while showcasing Baltimore’s rich literary heritage and embracing emerging voices—making it a fixture truly reflective of the city’s diverse creative spirit.
Kansas Book Festival
The full line-up for the 14th annual Kansas Book Festival is available now, just click here. On Saturday, September 20, all events will take place at Washburn University, hosted by the Washburn Library. The 2025 Festival involves an amazing lineup of 50 speakers, including NY Times Bestsellers and winners of national book awards. Their presentations cover fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and children’s books. The festival always includes outdoor performances, a book-art exhibit, food trucks, and exhibitor tents with 40+ publishers, nonprofits, and individual authors.
South Dakota Festival of Books
The state’s premier literary event, the Festival celebrates literature in South Dakota and beyond by connecting the very best regional and national writers with our state’s readers for conversations, presentations, panel discussions, book signings, and special events.
Through workshops and craft talks offered by established authors and publishing professionals, it provides unique support for aspiring writers to craft and share their stories.
Printers Row Lit Fest
The 40th Annual Printers Row Lit Fest, the largest free outdoor literary event in the Midwest, returns to Printers Row on September 6-7, 2025.
Columbus Book Festival
The 2025 Columbus Book Festival will feature a whole new lineup of 200+ national and Columbus-based authors, panel discussions, author talks, book signings and more!
The Festival Marketplace will brim with dozens of bookish retailers, community exhibitors, an entertainment lineup, local food court and the popular Indie Author Alley pavilion and Friends of the Library Big Book Sale tent.
As always, this event is free and open to all book lovers.
National Adoption Council Conference
NCFA's annual conference offers continuing education and high-caliber training to professionals from the adoption, social work, and child welfare communities who all share a common commitment to helping children thrive in nurturing, permanent families.
The Conference gives you an opportunity to learn from experts, refine your application of best practices, network with fellow professionals, and be re-inspired for the important work that you do in your community, region, and the world.
AAPI Creatives Celebration
In honor of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, join us for a very special AAPI Creatives Celebration—an evening dedicated to uplifting the vibrant voices of our local AAPI authors and illustrators. These stories deserve to be celebrated with food, drinks, and joyful connection!
What’s in store for this event:
A casual mix-and-mingle Q&A session with our AAPI guests
Book signings
A raffle for 10 lucky schools (hello, teachers and librarians!) to win free author visits for the next school year
Goodie bags featuring bookmarks, Asian candies, store discounts, bindis and more
RSVPs encouraged but not required.
Adoptee Hub: Bake N Chill Fundraiser
- Chili contest, cookie contest & pie contest with prizes
- Market of donated food and goods to support Adoptee Hub. All proceeds will go to support programming for Adoptee Hub in 2025
- Meet local author and adoptee Jade Amez, enjoy a reading from her book, "Where Am I From? (2024)", participate in a fun activity, and enter to win a giveaway!
Read Across America Day
Join us for Read Across America Day and the kickoff of our virtual fundraiser week!
Get inspired as we hear from three incredible local authors.
Plus everyone who joins our virtual call will be entered into a giveaway to win a set of five children’s books by local BIPOC authors and illustrators.
