
29 Nov 2 Seas Agency’s 2021 International Book Fair Calendar
If they take place, which international book fairs and festivals would you like to attend in 2021?
Each year, 2 Seas Agency lists international book fairs and festivals that will take place throughout the world in a handy, easy-to-navigate book fair calendar.
Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, many of these events have been happening either virtually or were cancelled altogether.
At the time of writing (late December 2020), there is still a lot of uncertainty about when, how, or even if these events will take place in 2021.
That is why this year in particular, the below information is subject to change. 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.
We look forward to seeing you all in person again in the not-too-distant future!
January 2021
Manila International Book Fair, Philippines
1 – 3 January
Taipei International Book Exhibition, Taiwan
26 – 31 January
Emirates Airline Festival of Literature, Dubai, UAE
29 January – 13 February
February 2021
Delhi Book Fair, India (online)
6 – 14 February
Jaipur Literature Festival, India (online)
19 – 21 & 26 – 28 February
March 2021
Interliber, Zagreb, Croatia
23 – 28 March
Moscow Non/Fiction Book Fair, Russia
24 – 28 March
Bangkok International Book Fair, Thailand
24 March
International Kolkata Book Fair, India
dates TBC
April 2021
Quebec International Book Fair, Canada
7 – 11 April
Eurasian International Book Fair, Astana, Kazakhstan
21 – 25 April
Budapest International Book Festival, Hungary
22 – 25 April
Sant Jordi Festival, Barcelona, Spain
23 April
Geneva Book and Press Fair, Switzerland
28 April – 2 May
Alexandrina International Book Fair, Egypt
dates TBC
Strokestown International Poetry Festival, Ireland
dates TBC
May 2021
Jerusalem International Book Forum Jerusalem
2 – 6 May
Vilnius International Book Fair, Lithuania
6 – 9 May
Riga Book Fair, Latvia
7 – 9 May
Abu Dhabi International Book Fair, UAE
23 – 29 May
Turin International Book Fair, Italy
13 – 17 May
U.S. Book Show, USA (online)
26 – 28 May
International Arsenal Book Festival, Kiev, Ukraine
26 – 30 May
Leipzig Book Fair, Germany
27 – 30 May
Hay Festival, Wales
27 May – 6 June
Paris Book Fair, France
28 – 31 May
Tbilisi International Book Fair, Georgia
30 May – 2 June
Venezuela International Book Fair, Venezuela
dates TBC
Warsaw International Book Fair, Poland
dates TBC
Madrid Book Fair, Spain
dates TBC
Bookfest, Bucharest, Romania
dates TBC
June 2021
Prague International Book Fair, Czech Republic
10 – 13 June
Bologna Children’s Book Fair, Italy
14 – 17 June
Festival International de la Bande Dessinée, Angoulême, France
24 – 27 June
Albuquerque Comic Con, Albuquerque, USA
25 – 27 June
London Book Fair, UK
29 June – 1 July
Cairo Book Fair, Egypt
30 June – 15 July
Istanbul International Literature Festival, Turkey
dates TBC

Marleen with co-agent Yijae Kim/KCC and Key Media at the 2019 Seoul International Book Fair
Seoul International Book Fair, Korea
dates TBC
July 2021
Hong Kong Book Fair, China
14 – 20 July
International Book Fair of Lima, Peru
dates TBC
Comic-Con International, San Diego, USA
dates TBC
Paraty International Literary Festival (FLIP), Brazil
dates TBC
Santiago Book Fair, Chile
dates TBC
August 2021
Bogota International Book Fair, Colombia
9 – 23 August
Ghana International Book Fair, Accra, Ghana
26 – 29 August
Nepal International Book Fair, Nepal
dates TBC
Beijing International Book Fair, China
dates TBC

Derek at the 2013 Bienal do Livro in Rio de Janeiro
Lisbon Book Fair, Portugal
dates TBC
September 2021
Bienal do Livro in Brazil, Rio de Janeiro
3 – 12 September
Melbourne Writers Festival, Australia
3 – 12 September
Moscow International Book Fair, Russia
8 – 12 September
Göteborg Book Fair, Sweden
23 – 26 September
South African Book Fair, Johannesburg, South Africa
dates TBC
Indonesia International Book Fair, Indonesia
dates TBC
Lviv International Book and Literature Festival, Ukraine
dates TBC
Bloody Scotland, Stirling, UK
dates TBC
Nairobi International Book Fair, Kenya
dates TBC
October 2021
Frankfurt Book Fair, Germany
20 – 24 October
LIBER International Book Fair, Barcelona, Spain
dates TBC
International Belgrade Book Fair, Serbia
dates TBC
Krakow International Book Fair, Poland
dates TBC
Antwerp Book Fair, Belgium
dates TBC
Helsinki Book Fair, Finland
dates TBC
Krasnoyarsk Book Culture Fair, Russia
dates TBC
Istanbul Book Fair, Turkey
dates TBC
November 2021
Sharjah International Book Fair, UAE
3 – 13 November
Vienna International Book Fair, Austria
10 – 14 November
Shanghai International Children’s Book Fair, China
19 – 21 November

Chrys in front of the Sharjah International Book Fair, Expo Centre (November 2016)
FIL de Guadalajara, Mexico
27 November – 5 December
Thessaloniki Book Fair, Greece
dates TBC
Bibliotéka Bratislava, Slovakia
dates TBC
Malta Book Festival, Valletta, Malta
dates TBC
International Children and Young Adults Book Fair (FILIJ), Mexico
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 2021
Pula Festival of Books and Authors, Croatia
dates TBC
Più Libri Più Liberi (Rome Book Fair), Rome, Italy
dates TBC
Sofia International Book Fair, Bulgaria
dates TBC
Buenos Aires Book Fair, Argentina
dates TBC
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