Once you’ve finally got your book in your hand, it’s hard to know where to go next. Every community has farmer’s markets, conferences, or street fairs where authors are welcome to peddle their wares. San Diego has several and we are including the general Southern California area.
If you investigate local chapters of your genre’s associations (such as San Diego’s Partners in Crime), they usually have shared tables at larger events, also. Libraries and independent bookstores will often host local authors.
Publisher’s Weekly keeps an updated global calendar of book events.
If we’ve left one off the list, or you spot an error/update, please let us know.
2025 Author Events
January
?? Authors Night, Mainstreet Oceanside
February
5-7th: Rancho Mirage Writers Festival
March
8th: San Diego Wine & BookFest
9-11th: Children’s Literature Festival
5th: Literary Festival of Women Authors
28-30th: WonderCon
April
5th: San Diego Writer’s Festival
13-16th: Left Coast Crime
26-27th: LA Times Festival of Books
May
3rd: YallWest Book Festival
June
July
24-27th: San Diego Comic Con
August
5th: KPBS San Diego Book Festival
September
22nd: Orange County Children’s Book Festival
13th: Idyllwild Author Faire
October
?? Latino Book & Family Festival
5th: Write On, Oceanside
12th: Once Upon a Book Fair
26th: North Park Book Fair
31-1st: Steamy Lit Con
November
23rd: Encinitas Holiday Street Fair
December
Google local holiday craft and maker fairs!
??: Idyllwild Christmas Market Festival