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January 
Zora Neale Hurston Festival

February 
Much Ado About Books 
National African American Read-In 
South Carolina Book Festival 
Natchez, Mississippi Literary & Cinema Celebration
2nd Annual Dahlonega Literary Festival 

March Lee County Reading Festival 
Small Press Book Fair 
Virginia Festival of the Book 
National Center for Family Literacy National Conference Colorado Independent Publishers Association

AprilAnnapolis Book Festival 
Festival of Faith andWriting 
North Carolina Black Book Festival
Romance Slam Jam
Texas Library Association  Conference
Best Southwest Book Fest
Brother 2 Brother Literary Symposium 
Arizona Book Festival 
Southern Kentucky Bookfest
Memphis Black Writers Conference 
North Carolina Literary Festival 
Alabama Bound 
Los Angels Times Festival of Books 
Northern Arizona Book Festival
Seattle Rainbow Bookfest
Ohio River Festival of Books
May  The Detroit Book Festival
Book Expo AmericaInternational Reading Association

June
Black Writers Reunion & Conference 2009 
Black Caucus of the American Library Assoc. National Conference AmiGals Literary Retreat 
Chicago Tribune Printers Row Book FairALA | American Library Association Conference 
JulyChristian Booksellers Association Tradeshow NAACP Annual Convention (Author Pavilion) 
Harlem Book FairThriller Fest
Zora Neale Hurston/Richard Wright Writers' Week

August 
TulisomaQueens Book FairL.A. Black Book Expo
Indianapolis Book Fest 
National Book Club Conference
National Poetry Slam 
Metro Detroit Literary Collective 

September Annual Harlem Book Fair on Long Island 
National Book Festival 
The RAWSISTAZ-Affair
The Decatur Book Festival 
Baltimore Book Festival 
Midwest Literary Festival
OctoberSouthern Festival of Books Kansas Book Festival 
African American Book Club Summit at SeaPen to Paper Literary SymposiumMidwest Literary FestivalWisconsin Book Festival 
LitQuake
Capital Book Fest 
Children's Literature Festival 
West Virginia Book Festival 
Novello Festival of Reading 
Wisconsin Book Festival Great Read in the ParkSt. Petersburg Times Festival of Reading 

November The Kennedy Center's Multicultural Childrens' Book Festival 
New Orleans Book FairTexas Book Festival 
Miami Book Fair International

Author Tour Group 
Divine Literary Tour