Event Calendar
When I launched it in 2019. NOVA Writing Events was an event calendar which covered all author events in Virginia and Maryland. Then COVID-19 happened, and the calendar went on hiatus and was removed to conserve resources.
In 2026 I finally found time to relaunch that site, and then a few weeks later I decided to merge it into
September 2026
- Author Academy, Writing Track (Williamsburg) – 3 September
- Mermaid City Author Event (Norfolk) – 5 September
- Arts Alive! Festival (Manassas) – 12 September
- Petersburg Book Fest – 12 September
- An Evening with Harlan Coben (Westminster)– 12 September
- Creatures, Crime, & Creativity Conference (Columbia) – 18-20 Sept
- Baltimore Book Festival – 19-20 September
- Carroll Book Festival – 19 September
- Women in Fiction Book Fair (Glenn Dale) – 19 September
- Writer’s Eye Creative Writing Workshops (Charlottesville) – 19 & 23 September
- James River Writers Conference (Richmond) – 25-27 September
- Rise and Fall Festival (Tappahannock) – 25-27 September
- “Writer in Residence” Book Chat with Rhonda McKnight (Petersburg) – 26 September
October
- Story Telling Workshop (Vienna) – 2 October
- Black Book Fest (DC) – 2-3 October
- Fredericksburg Independent Book Festival – 3 October
- Ink & Indie (Chestertown) – 3 October
- Fall for the Book (Fairfax) – 6-10 October
- Brain to Bookshelf Conference (Baltimore) – 10-11 October
- Virginia Children’s Book Festival (Farmville) – 14-16 October
- Spooky Stories and the People Behind Them (Baltimore) – 15 October
- Queen City Word Fest (Staunton) – 17 October
- Writer’s Eye Creative Writing Workshops (Charlottesville) – 17 & 28 October
- Eat Local/Read Local (Potomac Valley) – 18 October
- Crozet Book Fest – 24 October
- Virginia is for Book Lovers (Richmond) – 24 October
- Writers’ Homicide School: Procedural Homicide Investigations for Writers (Reston) – 24-25 October
November
- Carroll County Farmer’s Market and Author Showcase – 7 November
- ESWA’s 2026 Holiday Book Festival (Stevensville) – 7 November
- BLK AUTHOR EXPO SUITLAND 2026 (Suitland)– 7 November
- Rappahannock Writers Conference (Fredericksburg) – 14 November
- Hanover Book Expo (Mechanicsville) – 14 November
- Royal Book Bash in the DMV (Annapolis) – 14 November
- The Author Space Book & Art Festival (Upper Marlboro) – 14 November
- Nature Writing Series: Encountering Nature Indoors — Immersive Workshop (Baltimore)– 14 November
- State Book Fair Festival (Richmond) – 20-22 November
January 2027
- Marscon – 15-17 January, Norfolk
February
- Mid-Atlantic Romance Writers Conference (Ashland) – 6-7 February
- Farpoint Con (Towson) – 5-7 February
- Tinker Mountain Writers Workshop Winter Recharge (virtual) – 19-21 February
- Mysticon (Roanoke) – 26-28 February
- Williamsburg Book Festival – 27 February
April
- Virginia Festival of the Book (Charlottesville) – 1-4 April
- Charm City Romanticon 2027 (Ellicott City) – 2-3 April
- Malice Domestic (Bethesda) – 9-11 April
- Kensington Book Fair – April
May
- Gaithersburg Book Festival – 15 May
- Washington Writers Conference (Rockville) – 30 April – 1 May
October
- Ravencon – 22-24 October, Richmond