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Hay Festival Global(Lviv Book Forum)                                                             

Ukraine | 11 – 13 September 2026                                                                                               



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Any literary festival, no matter what their size or location is welcome to join

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Toronto International Festival of Authors

Reflecting the city to its residents, its literature to the nation, and its creative ambition to the world.

South Dakota Festival of Books

The South Dakota Festival of Books annually features more than 60 regional, national and international authors and publishing professionals.

The British Library

More a year-round literary festival, with pop up minifestivals within including JLF London, Africa Writes and others.

Seoul International Writers Festival

Launched in 2006, the Seoul International Writers’ Festival (SIWF) is a global literary festival

Kentucky Book Festival

A celebration of reading, writing, and publishing, the Kentucky Book Festival takes place each November in Lexington

The Margate Bookie

The Margate Bookie began in a disused warehouse in 2015. It now holds a four-day day festival

Brussels Planetarium Poetry Fest

Brussels Planetarium Poetry Fest is a niche festival, fully devoted to contemporary avant-garde, in conversation with the mainstraim.

At the First Step, International Literary Festival

Ideogramma is an encounter of writers and poets, from all over the world, who came together for four days of literature

Southbank Centre

The Southbank Centre is the UK’s largest arts centre and is one of the top five visitor attractions, with a year-round literature programme

Read My World

Read My World is a yearly international literature festival which aims to celebrate literature in the broadest sense of the word

Borderlines Carlisle Book Festival

The much-loved Carlisle based festival, celebrating the written and spokenword, will run from Thursday 30 September to Sunday 3 October

Newcastle Writers Festival

The Newcastle Writers Festival will celebrate its 14th year in 2026.

Filba Internacional

FILBA FOUNDATION is an ONG dedicated to the promotion of literature in all its forms and among all kind of readers.

Passa Porta International Festival of Literature

The biennial Passa Porta Festival brings over 100 national and international writers, thinkers and artists to Brussels for 4 days in March.

Cove and Kilcreggan Book Festival

We are an annual literary festival normally held on the last weekend of November.

Auckland Writers Festival

New Zealand's premier festival of books and writing, delivering a six-day, 200 event programme annually in May

Words of Fire

Founded by the Portuguese writer Ana Filomena Amaral, director of Arte-Via Cooperative, based in Lousã, Portugal

The Jerusalem Writers Festival

The tenth International Writers Festival in Jerusalem was held this year in an unusual hybrid format.

Calabash International Literary Festival

Held every other year, Calabash is three days and nights of readings and live music beside the beach in Treasure Beach, Jamaica.

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13-18

October 2026

Wordfest's Imaginairium

Wordfest™ beams out from the foothills of the Canadian Rockies, Treaty 7 territory. We are an entrepreneurial arts non-profit founded in 1996 as one of Canada’s leading literary festivals. Our small team’s mission (which is to connect the world’s best audiences with the world’s best authors) has evolved to include producing 100+ lively, accessible experiences…

15-25

October 2026

Québec en toutes lettres

Déployé chaque automne au cœur de la ville de Québec, le festival Québec en toutes lettres fait rayonner les arts littéraires et les artistes en offrant à un large public des expériences rassembleuses et surprenantes.  Créé en 2010, le festival est un rendez-vous incontournable de la vie et du milieu littéraire, un moteur de création…

15-18

October 2026

Wisconsin Book Festival

The Wisconsin Book Festival, presented by Madison Public Library in partnership with Madison Public Library Foundation, presents free, public author events that celebrate books and spark conversations. Each year, the festival creates a robust schedule of accomplished and new writers whose fiction, nonfiction, and poetry books appeal to all ages of readers. The festival presents…