
29 Jul 2 Seas Agency’s 2023 International Book Fair Calendar
Which international book fairs and festivals will you attend in 2023?
2 Seas Agency has listed the international book fairs and festivals that will take place throughout the world in 2023 in a handy, easy-to-navigate book fair calendar. The below information is subject to change, and we will, of course, do our best to keep this listing as 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!

Marleen with co-agent Yijae Kim/KCC and Key Media at the 2019 Seoul International Book Fair
January 2023
Kerala Literature Festival, India
12 – 15 January
Albuquerque Comic Con, Albuquerque, USA
13 – 15 January
Çukurova Book Fair, Adana, Turkey
14 – 22 January
Jaipur Literature Festival, India
19 – 23 January
Cairo Book Fair, Egypt
24 January – 6 February

Chrys in front of the Sharjah International Book Fair, Expo Centre (November 2016)
Festival International de la Bande Dessinée, Angoulême, France
25 – 29 January
International Kolkata Book Fair, India
31 January – 12 February
Taipei International Book Exhibition, Taiwan
31 January – 5 February
New Delhi World Book Fair, India
dates TBC
Doha International Book Fair, Qatar
dates TBC
Venezuela International Book Fair, Venezuela
dates TBC
February 2023
Emirates Airline Festival of Literature, Dubai, UAE
1 – 6 February
Feria Internacional del Libro de La Habana, Cuba
9 – 19 February
Vilnius International Book Fair, Lithuania
23 – 26 February
March 2023
Lahore International Book Fair, Pakistan
1 – 5 March
Riga Book Fair, Latvia
3 – 5 March
Bologna Children’s Book Fair, Italy
6 – 9 March
Geneva Book and Press Fair, Switzerland
22 – 26 March
Brussels Book Fair, Belgium
30 March – 2 April
Bangkok International Book Fair, Thailand
30 March – 9 April
April 2023
Quebec International Book Fair, Canada
12 – 16 April
Alexandrina International Book Fair, Egypt
dates TBC
London Book Fair, UK
18 – 20 April
Bogota International Book Fair, Colombia
18 April – 2 May
Eurasian International Book Fair, Astana, Kazakhstan
19 – 23 April
Reykjavik International Literary Festival, Iceland
19-23 April
Festival du Livre, France
21 – 23 April
Sant Jordi Festival, Barcelona, Spain
23 April
Leipzig Book Fair, Germany
27 – 30 April
Buenos Aires Book Fair, Argentina
27 April – 15 May
Strokestown International Poetry Festival, Ireland
dates TBC
May 2023
Melbourne Writers Festival, Australia
4 – 7 May
Prague International Book Fair, Czech Republic
11 – 14 May
Turin International Book Fair, Italy
18 – 22 May
Abu Dhabi International Book Fair, UAE
22 – 28 May
U.S. Book Show, USA (online)
dates TBC
Hay Festival, Wales
25 May – 4 June
Madrid Book Fair, Spain
26 May – 11 June
Lisbon Book Fair, Portugal
dates TBC
International Arsenal Book Festival, Kiev, Ukraine
dates TBC
Warsaw International Book Fair, Poland
dates TBC
Tbilisi International Book Fair, Georgia
dates TBC
Jerusalem International Book Forum, Jerusalem
2024 dates TBC
June 2023
Casablanca Book Fair, Morocco
dates TBC
Istanbul International Literature Festival, Turkey
5 – 9 June
Seoul International Book Fair, Korea
14 – 18 June
Children and Youth Colombo International Book Fair
dates TBC
Bookfest, Bucharest, Romania
dates TBC
July 2023
Comic-Con International, San Diego, USA
20 – 23 July
Hong Kong Book Fair, China
19 – 25 July
International Book Fair of Lima, Peru
21 July – 6 August
August 2023
Moscow International Book Fair, Russia
30 – 03 September
Ghana International Book Fair, Accra, Ghana
dates TBC
Nepal International Book Fair, Nepal
dates TBC

Derek at the 2013 Bienal do Livro in Rio de Janeiro
September 2023
Bienal do Livro, this year in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1 – 10 September
Bloody Scotland, Stirling, UK
15 – 17 September
Nairobi International Book Fair, Kenya
dates TBC
Göteborg Book Fair, Sweden
28 September – 1 October
Amman International Book Fair, Amman, Jordan
dates TBC
South African Book Fair, Johannesburg, South Africa
dates TBC
Budapest International Book Festival, Hungary
dates TBC
Lviv International Book and Literature Festival, Ukraine
dates TBC
Manila International Book Fair, Philippines
dates TBC
Colombo International Book Fair, Sri Lanka
dates TBC
October 2023
LIBER International Book Fair, Madrid, Spain
4 – 6 October
Baku Book Fair, Azerbaijan
4 – 8 October
Frankfurt Book Fair, Germany
18 – 22 October
Helsinki Book Fair, Finland
26 – 29 October
International Belgrade Book Fair, Serbia
dates TBC
Krakow International Book Fair, Poland
dates TBC
Riyadh International Book Fair, Saudi Arabia
dates TBC
Kortrijk Book Fair, Belgium
dates TBC
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