01 Oct 2 Seas Agency’s 2019 International Book Fair Calendar

Which international book fairs and festivals will you attend in 2019?

2 Seas Agency has listed the international book fairs and festivals that will take place throughout the world in 2019.

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 and help are much appreciated!

Marleen at the 2016 Turin Book Fair, at the end of her 5-week European tour

December 2018

Più Libri Più Liberi (Rome Book Fair), Rome, Italy
5 – 9 December

Sofia International Book Fair, Bulgaria
11 – 16 December

Jeddah International Book Fair, Saudi Arabia
12 – 22 December

January 2019

New Delhi World Book Fair, India
6 – 14 January

International Kolkata Book Fair, India
30 January – 10 February

Marleen at the 2011 Beijing International Book Fair: 2 Seas Agency’s very first book fair participation, just a few months after its launch!

Jaipur Literature Festival, India
24 – 28 January

Festival International de la Bande Dessinée, Angoulême, France
24 – 27 January

Cairo Book Fair, Egypt
24 January – 5 February

February 2019

Lahore International Book Fair, Pakistan
1 – 5 February

Casablanca Book Fair, Morocco
7 – 17 February

Feria Internacional del Libro de La Habana, Cuba
8 – 15 February

Taipei International Book Exhibition, Taiwan
12 – 17 February

Perth International Arts Festival, Australia
8 February – 3 March

Brussels Book Fair, Belgium
14 – 17 February

Vilnius International Book Fair, Lithuania
21 – 24 February

March 2019

Chrys at the 2016 Lisbon Book Fair

Riga Book Fair, Latvia
1 – 3 March

Emirates Airline Festival of Literature, Dubai, UAE
1 – 9 March

Tempo di Libri, Milan, Italy
dates TBC

London Book Fair, UK
12 – 14 March

Paris Book Fair, France
15 – 18 March

Leipzig Book Fair, Germany
21 – 24 March

Alexandrina International Book Fair, Egypt
25 March – 7 April

Marleen and Chrys at the London Book Fair 2016 edition

Bangkok International Book Fair, Thailand
dates TBC

April 2019

Bologna Children’s Book Fair, Italy
1 – 4 April

Quebec International Book Fair, Canada
10 – 14 April

Bogota International Book Fair, Colombia
23 April – 7 May

Budapest International Book Festival, Hungary
25 – 28 April

Santiago Book Fair, Chile
18 – 29 April

Sant Jordi Festival, Barcelona, Spain
23 April

Geneva Book and Press Fair, Switzerland
1 – 5 May

Buenos Aires Book Fair, Argentina
25 April – 13 May

Eurasian International Book Fair, Astana, Kazakhstan
dates TBC

Abu Dhabi International Book Fair, UAE
24 – 30 April

May 2019 

Chrys in front of the Sharjah International Book Fair, Expo Centre (November 2016)

Thessaloniki Book Fair, Greece
TBC

Strokestown International Poetry Festival, Ireland
2 – 6 May

Teheran International Book Fair, Iran
TBC

Istanbul Tanpinar Literature Festival, Turkey
TBC

Prague International Book Fair, Czech Republic
9 – 12 May

Turin International Book Fair, Italy
TBC

Jerusalem International Book Fair, Israel
12 – 15 May

Warsaw International Book Fair, Poland
23 – 26 May

Derek at the 2013 Bienal do Livro in Rio de Janeiro

Hay Festival, Wales
23 May – 2 June

Madrid Book Fair, Spain
31 May – 16 June

Lisbon Book Fair, Portugal
TBC

BookExpo America, New York, USA
30 May – 1 June

New York Rights Fair, New York, USA
29 – 31 May

Bookfest, Bucharest, Romania
TBC

Tbilisi International Book Fair, Georgia
TBC

June 2019

Seoul International Book Fair, Korea
19 – 23 June

Venezuela International Book Fair, Venezuela
TBC

Lit Link Festival, Croatia
TBC

July 2019

Hong Kong Book Fair, China
17 – 23 July

Comic-Con International, San Diego, USA
18 – 21 July

Paraty International Literary Festival (FLIP), Brazil
10 – 14 July

International Book Fair of Lima, Peru
TBC

Marleen speaking at a panel on books in translation during the 2014 BookExpo America

August 2019

Beijing International Book Fair, China
TBC

Melbourne Writers Festival, Australia
TBC

Ghana International Book Fair, Accra, Ghana
TBC

September 2019

Moscow International Book Fair, Russia
4 – 8 September

South African Book Fair, Johannesburg, South Africa
TBC

Indonesia International Book Fair, Indonesia
TBC

Lviv International Book and Literature Festival, Ukraine
TBC

Bloody Scotland, Stirling, UK
20 – 22 September

Marleen and Chrys at the 2016 Frankfurt Book Fair (© João Piedade)

Nairobi International Book Fair, Kenya
TBC

Amman International Book Fair, Amman, Jordan
TBC

Göteborg Book Fair, Sweden
26 – 29 September

Baku Book Fair, Azerbaijan
TBC

October 2019

LIBER International Book Fair, Barcelona, Spain
TBC

Frankfurt Book Fair, Germany
16 – 20 October

International Belgrade Book Fair, Serbia
TBC

Krakow International Book Fair, Poland
TBC

Antwerp Book Fair, Belgium
TBC

Books sold to Knaus Verlag in Germany through 2 Seas Agency, at the 2015 Leipzig Book Fair

Helsinki Book Fair, Finland
24 – 27 October

November 2019

Sharjah International Book Fair, UAE
TBC

Krasnoyarsk Book Culture Fair, Russia
TBC

Bibliotéka Bratislava, Slovakia
TBC

Vienna International Book Fair, Austria
6 – 10 November

Malta Book Festival, Valletta, Malta
TBC

Shanghai International Children’s Book Fair, China
TBC

International Children and Young Adults Book Fair (FILIJ), Mexico
TBC

Istanbul Book Fair, Turkey
TBC

Interliber, Zagreb, Croatia
TBC

Salon du livre de Montréal, Canada
TBC

Marleen in action at the 2016 Guadalajara International Book Fair

Dublin Book Festival, Ireland
TBC

Gaudeamus Book Fair, Bucharest
dates TBC

Slovenian Book Fair, Ljubljana, Slovenia
TBC

FIL de Guadalajara, Mexico
TBC

Moscow Non/Fiction Book Fair, Russia
TBC

Pula Festival of Books and Authors, Croatia
TBC