
29 Nov 2 Seas Agency’s 2020 International Book Fair Calendar
Which international book fairs and festivals will you attend in 2020?
2 Seas Agency has listed the international book fairs and festivals that will take place throughout the world in 2020 in a handy, easy-to-navigate book fair calendar.
Below information is subject to change, and we will, of course, do our best to keep this listing as much up to date as possible. Please contact us if you have additional information, or would like to report changes. Your comments are much appreciated and will help us improve our popular international book fair calendar!
December 2019
Pula Festival of Books and Authors, Croatia
29 November – 9 December
FIL de Guadalajara, Mexico
30 November – 8 December
Moscow Non/Fiction Book Fair, Russia
4 – 8 December
Più Libri Più Liberi (Rome Book Fair), Rome, Italy
4 – 8 December
Sofia International Book Fair, Bulgaria
10 – 15 December
Jeddah International Book Fair, Saudi Arabia
11 – 21 December
January 2020
New Delhi World Book Fair, India
4 – 12 January
Çukurova Book Fair, Adana, Turkey
4 – 12 January
Cairo Book Fair, Egypt
23 – 24 January
Jaipur Literature Festival, India
23 – 27 January
International Kolkata Book Fair, India
29 January – 9 February
Festival International de la Bande Dessinée, Angoulême, France
30 January – 2 February
February 2020
Taipei International Book Exhibition, Taiwan
4 – 9 February
Lahore International Book Fair, Pakistan
6 – 10 February
Casablanca Book Fair, Morocco
6 – 16 February
Feria Internacional del Libro de La Habana, Cuba
6 – 16 February
Vilnius International Book Fair, Lithuania
20 – 23 February
Riga Book Fair, Latvia
28 February – 1 March
Tempo di Libri, Milan, Italy
dates TBC
March 2020
Brussels Book Fair, Belgium
5 – 8 March
Emirates Airline Festival of Literature, Dubai, UAE
4 – 9 March
London Book Fair, UK
10 – 12 March
Leipzig Book Fair, Germany
12 – 15 March
Paris Book Fair, France
20 – 23 March
Bologna Children’s Book Fair, Italy
30 March – 2 April
Bangkok International Book Fair, Thailand
dates TBC
April 2020
Alexandrina International Book Fair, Egypt
13 – 25 April
Quebec International Book Fair, Canada
15 – 19 April
Abu Dhabi International Book Fair, UAE
16 – 22 April
Bogota International Book Fair, Colombia
21 April – 5 May
Budapest International Book Festival, Hungary
23 – 26 April
Sant Jordi Festival, Barcelona, Spain
23 April
Eurasian International Book Fair, Astana, Kazakhstan
20 – 26 April
Strokestown International Poetry Festival, Ireland
30 April – 4 May
Buenos Aires Book Fair, Argentina
30 April – 18 May
May 2020
Thessaloniki Book Fair, Greece
7 – 12 May
Prague International Book Fair, Czech Republic
14 – 15 May
Turin International Book Fair, Italy
14 – 18 May
Venezuela International Book Fair, Venezuela
dates TBC
Warsaw International Book Fair, Poland
21 – 24 May
International Arsenal Book Festival, Kiev, Ukraine
20 – 24 May
Hay Festival, Wales
21 – 31 May
Madrid Book Fair, Spain
29 May – 14 June
Lisbon Book Fair, Portugal
dates TBC
BookExpo America & New York Rights Fair, New York, USA
27 – 29 May
Bookfest, Bucharest, Romania
dates TBC
Tbilisi International Book Fair, Georgia
31 May – 3 June
June 2020

Marleen with co-agent Yijae Kim/KCC and Key Media at the 2019 Seoul International Book Fair
Istanbul International Literature Festival, Turkey
3 – 6 June
Seoul International Book Fair, Korea
24 – 28 June
July 2020
Hong Kong Book Fair, China
15 – 21 July
International Book Fair of Lima, Peru
17 July – 2 August
Comic-Con International, San Diego, USA
23 – 26 July
Paraty International Literary Festival (FLIP), Brazil
29 July – 2 August
Santiago Book Fair, Chile
22 July – 6 August
August 2020

Derek at the 2013 Bienal do Livro in Rio de Janeiro
Nepal International Book Fair, Nepal
dates TBC
Beijing International Book Fair, China
26 – 30 August
Melbourne Writers Festival, Australia
dates TBC
Ghana International Book Fair, Accra, Ghana
dates TBC
September 2020
Moscow International Book Fair, Russia
2 – 6 September
South African Book Fair, Johannesburg, South Africa
dates TBC
Indonesia International Book Fair, Indonesia
9 – 13 September
Lviv International Book and Literature Festival, Ukraine
dates TBC
Bloody Scotland, Stirling, UK
18 – 20 September
Nairobi International Book Fair, Kenya
dates TBC
Amman International Book Fair, Amman, Jordan
dates TBC
Göteborg Book Fair, Sweden
24 – 27 September
October 2020
LIBER International Book Fair, Barcelona, Spain
7 – 9 October
Frankfurt Book Fair, Germany
14 – 18 October
International Belgrade Book Fair, Serbia
dates TBC
Krakow International Book Fair, Poland
22 – 25 October
Geneva Book and Press Fair, Switzerland
28 October – 1 November
Antwerp Book Fair, Belgium
dates TBC
Helsinki Book Fair, Finland
22 – 25 October
Bienal do Livro, São Paolo, Brazil
30 October – 8 November
Krasnoyarsk Book Culture Fair, Russia
31 October – 4 November
Istanbul Book Fair, Turkey
31 October – 8 November
November 2020

Chrys in front of the Sharjah International Book Fair, Expo Centre (November 2016)
Sharjah International Book Fair, UAE
4 – 14 November
Bibliotéka Bratislava, Slovakia
dates TBC
Vienna International Book Fair, Austria
11 – 15 November
Malta Book Festival, Valletta, Malta
dates TBC
Shanghai International Children’s Book Fair, China
dates TBC
International Children and Young Adults Book Fair (FILIJ), Mexico
dates TBC
Interliber, Zagreb, Croatia
dates TBC
Salon du livre de Montréal, Canada
dates TBC
Dublin Book Festival, Ireland
dates TBC
Gaudeamus Book Fair, Bucharest
dates TBC
Slovenian Book Fair, Ljubljana, Slovenia
dates TBC
December 2020
Pula Festival of Books and Authors, Croatia
dates TBC
FIL de Guadalajara, Mexico
dates TBC
Moscow Non/Fiction Book Fair, Russia
dates TBC
Più Libri Più Liberi (Rome Book Fair), Rome, Italy
dates TBC
Sofia International Book Fair, Bulgaria
dates TBC
Jeddah International Book Fair, Saudi Arabia
dates TBC
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