Industry Events

Grand Marais, Minn., held its third North Shore Readers & Writers Festival early last month, attracting literary types from across the state.

Once again, the Miami Book Fair offers a week of rare opportunities to see and hear some of today’s biggest writers and influencers. We interview festival authors including Debbie Harry, John Waters, Stephen Chbosky, Nathan Englander, Jamaica Kincaid, and more.

The Miami Book Fair’s director of operations, Delia Lopez, and director of programs, Lissette Mendez, have been working together for 15 years.

The Association of University Presses has announced the theme for this year’s University Press Week, which runs from Sunday, November 3 through Saturday, November 9: “Read. Think. Act.”

After a four-year absence, the free literary festival will be back in Los Angeles in October with 40 leading Latin-American writers and artists.

This past weekend, the 14th Brooklyn Book Festival was held on a hot and sunny Sunday in downtown Brooklyn, and saw another good year for indie publishers.

A thousand people turned up for the revamped Digital Book World, which ran last week in Nashville.

Accommodation for people with disabilities varies at book industry shows and fan fests, our investigation has found.

This fall, as is tradition, members of the bookselling industry will assemble at conferences all across the nation to share their strengths and struggles.

A roundup of key happenings at all eight shows, including panels and roundtables, author signings and mini-TED talks, and even a few pajama parties.