UPCOMING CONFERENCES:
2025
Jul 16-19 RWA Conference, Niagara Falls, Ontario
Jul 17-20 Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival, Harrogate, UK
Jul 18-20 Book Passage Mystery Writers Conference, Corte Madera, CA
Aug 7-10 PulpFest, Pittsburgh, PA
Aug 9-24 Edinburgh International Book Festival, Edinburgh, UK
Aug 21-24 Killer Nashville, Franklin, TN
Sep 3-7 Bouchercon, New Orleans, LA
Sep 5-7 CrimeCon, Denver, CO
Sep 6 National Book Festival, Washington, DC
Sep 12-14 Bloody Scotland, Stirling, UK
Sep 13-21 The Agatha Christie Festival, Torbay & South Devon, UK
Sep 19-21 Creatures, Crimes & Creativity, Columbia, MD
Sep 27 Maine Crime Wave, Portland, ME
Sep 27 CrimeCon UK, Manchester, UK
Oct 4 Chiltern Kills, Gerrards Cross, UK
Oct 16-19 Murder One, Dublin, IE
Nov 7-9 New England Crime Bake, Boston/Dedham, MA
Nov 12-15 Iceland Noir, Reykjavík, IS
2026
Feb TBA Granite Noir, Aberdeen, UK
Feb TBA Williamsburg Book Festival, Williamsburg, VA
Feb 5-8 Savannah Book Festival, Savannah, GA
Feb 7-8 Bloody Barnes, Barnes, UK
Feb 26-Mar 1 Left Coast Crime, San Francisco, CA
Feb 26-Mar 1 AuthorCon VI, Williamsburg, VA
Feb 28 Amelia Island Book Festival, Amelia Island, FL
Mar 4-7 AWP Writers Conference, Baltimore, MD
Mar 14 Suffolk Mystery Authors Festival, Suffolk, VA
Mar 20-22 Virginia Festival of the Book, Charlottesville, VA
Mar 27-29 New Orleans Book Festival, New Orleans, LA
Apr 17-19 Get Lit! Festival, Seattle, WA
Apr 18-19 LA Times Festival of Books, USC, Los Angeles, CA
Apr 24-26 Malice Domestic 38, Bethesda, MD
May TBA Washington Writers Conference, Washington, DC
May 1-3 Crime and Thriller Weekend, Cromarty, UK
May 1-3 Sonoma Valley Authors Festival, Sonoma, CA
May 2 Annapolis Book Festival, Annapolis, MD
May 5-9 ThrillerFest, New York, NY
May 16 Gaithersburg Book Festival, Gaithersburg, MD
May 21-31 Hay Festival, Hay, UK
May 29-31 CrimeCon, USA
Jun TBA U S Book Show, New York City, NY
Jun TBA Lyme Crime, Lyme Regis, UK
Jun 17-21 Space Coast Book Lovers Event, Cape Canaveral, FL
Jun 18-20 Capital Crime, London, UK
Jul TBA RWA Conference, USA
Jul TBA Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival, Harrogate, UK
Jul TBA Book Passage Mystery Writers Conference, Corte Madera, CA
Jul 25 Readers and Writers Authors Event, Seattle, WA
Aug 7-10 PulpFest, Pittsburgh, PA
Aug 9-24 Edinburgh International Book Festival, Edinburgh, UK
Aug 20-23 Killer Nashville, Franklin, TN
Sep TBA National Book Festival, Washington, DC
Sep TBA Bloody Scotland, Stirling, UK
Sep TBA Creatures, Crimes & Creativity, Columbia, MD
Sep 12-20 The Agatha Christie Festival, Torbay & South Devon, UK
Sep 27 Maine Crime Wave, Portland, ME
Oct TBA Chiltern Kills, Gerrards Cross, UK
Oct TBA Murder One, Dublin, IE
Oct 3-4 CrimeCon UK, London, UK
Oct 21-25 Bouchercon, Calgary, Canada
2027
Feb TBA Murder in the Magic City, Birmingham, AL
May TBA Sleuthfest, St. Petersburg, FL
May 27-Jun 6 Hay Festival, Hay, UK
Sep 1-5 Bouchercon, Washington, DC
Sep 11-19 The Agatha Christie Festival, Torbay & South Devon, UK
2028
Aug 30–Sep 3 Bouchercon, Indianapolis, IN
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Reference Sites:
American Independent Writers
Finding an Agent:
Two sites that you should bookmark if you’re looking for a literary agent to represent your work:
Writer Beware
Has excellent information on how to avoid being scammed by dishonest or unethical people who present themselves as agents or book doctors.
Agent Query
Largest searchable online database of agents.
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