Festival Near You
Festival-related events from local organizations.
This year, the Library of Congress brings the National Book Festival closer to home. Below, you can find events such as watch parties, community conversations, story walks, poetry slams, book club meetings and more, brought to you by local organizations and affiliate Centers for the Book.
You can also explore these events by state and discover Great Reads from Great Places book selections and videos through the Festival Near You interactive map.
Local Events
| Event | Date | State | Format |
|---|---|---|---|
| Watch Party: National Book Festival Conversation with Guy Raz and Mindy Thomas | Sep 24, 2021 | Colorado | In-person |
| Watch Party: National Book Festival Conversation with Tana French | Sep 18, 2021 | Colorado | Online |
| Watch Party: National Book Festival Conversation with Kazuo Ishiguro | Sep 25, 2021 | Colorado | Online |
| Watch Party: National Book Festival Conversation with Michael J. Fox | Sep 20, 2021 | Colorado | In-person |
| Watch Party: National Book Festival Conversation with Dan Gutman | Sep 22, 2021 | Colorado | In-person |
| Watch Party: National Book Festival Conversation with Trung Le Nguyen | Sep 17, 2021 | Colorado | In-person |
| Share Your Story | Sep 17-Nov 30, 2021 | Washington | Hybrid |
| Author Talk: Dan Gutman | Sep 30, 2021 | Connecticut | Online |
| Author Talk: Michael J. Fox | Nov 16, 2021 | Connecticut | Online |
| Author Talk: Isabel Wilkerson | Oct 7, 2021 | Connecticut | Online |
| Author Talk: Angie Thomas | Oct 29, 2021 | Connecticut | Online |
| Conversations and Representations in Asian American Literature | Connecticut | Online | |
| Gothic Horror with Silvia Moreno-Garcia & Sarah Pearse | Sep 21, 2021 | Connecticut | Hybrid |
| King of Kindergarten StoryWalk | Connecticut | In-person | |
| Anti-Racist Book Club: Fitch High School (Ibi Zoboi and Yusef Salaam) | Sep 23, 2021 | Connecticut | Hybrid |
| Anti-Racist Book Club: Fitch High School | Sep 24, 2021 | Connecticut | Hybrid |
| Story Walk | Sep 1-30, 2021 | Connecticut | In-person |
| Poetry Workshop, Grades 4-5 | Sep 26, 2021 | District of Columbia | Online |
| Poetry Workshop, Grades 6-8 | Sep 26, 2021 | District of Columbia | Online |
| Story Walk — Washington, DC ABCs | District of Columbia | Online | |
| LGBTQ Stories: Connecting the Real and Imagined | Sep 24, 2021 | Massachusetts | Online |
| Watch Party & Community Conversations: Isabel Wilkerson's "Caste" | Sep 22, 2021 | Massachusetts | Hybrid |
| Immigrant Storytelling in the American Narrative | Sep 22, 2021 | Massachusetts | Online |
| Opening Up with "Closer to Nowhere": In Conversation with Author Ellen Hopkins | Sep 21, 2021 | Nevada | Online |
| Watch Party: Conversation with Nikki Grimes | Sep 22, 2021 | Louisiana | Online |
| Watch Party: Conversation with Ibi Zoboi and Yusef Salaam | Sep 23, 2021 | Louisiana | Online |
| Watch Party: Conversation with Angie Thomas | Sep 24, 2021 | Louisiana | Online |
| Watch Party: Conversation with Derrick Barnes | Sep 17, 2021 | Louisiana | Online |
| Watch Party: Conversation with Kate DiCamillo and Sophie Blackall | Sep 20, 2021 | Louisiana | Online |
| Watch Party: Conversation with Kacen Callender | Sep 21, 2021 | Louisiana | Online |
| Book Club Meeting: Silvia Moreno-Garcia and Sarah Pearse | Sep 23, 2021 | Arkansas | In-person |
| Young Children's Stories from the Sunshine State: Celebrating the 2021 National Book Festival | Sep 13, 2021 | Florida | Hybrid |
| Young Children's Stories from the Sunshine State: Celebrating the 2021 National Book Festival | Sep 20, 2021 | Florida | Hybrid |
| Great Reads from Great Places: Heidi King | Sep 25, 2021 | Florida | Online |
| NC Culture Storywalk | Sep 13-30, 2021 | North Carolina | In-person |
| Great Reads from Great Places: Jessica Lanan | Colorado | Online | |
| Watch Party: Family Secrets — Navigating Unexpected Genealogical Finds | Sep 24, 2021 | Pennsylvania | Online |
| Watch Party: Lunch Chat with Jason Reynolds | Sep 18, 2021 | Maryland | Online |
| Watch Party: Happy Hour with Levar Burton | Sep 17, 2021 | Maryland | Online |
| National Book Festival On-Demand Video Round-table Discussion | Sep 22, 2021 | Maryland | Online |
| Watch Party: Angie Thomas | Sep 17, 2021 | Mississippi | Online |
| Mack's Corner with NoNieqa Ramos, author of "Your Mama" (Virginia selection for 2021 Great Reads) | Sep 14, 2021 | Virginia | Online |
| Considering the Work and Words of Roxane Gay | Sep 24, 2021 | Illinois | Online |