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Salon du Livre, The Paris Book Fair , March 21-24, 2014, Porte de Versailles, Paris, France
http://www.salondulivreparis.com
- London Book Fair, April 8-10, 2014, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, UK
http://www.londonbookfair.co.uk
- Abu Dhabi International Book Fair, April 30-May 5, 2014, National Exhibition Centre, Abu Dhabi, UAE
http://www.adbookfair.com
- The Book Expo of America book fair will be held in New York City, New York May 29-31. 2014
http://www.bookexpoamerica.com
- Printers Row Lit Fest will be held in Chicago, Illinois, June 7-8, 2014
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/books/printersrowlitfest/
- The 2014 Lit Fest Book Fair, June, 2014, in Denver, Colorado
https://lighthousewriters.org - Tokyo International Book Fair, July 2-5, 2014, Tokyo Big Sight, Tokyo, Japan
http://www.bookfair.jp
- The Books in Boothbay Book Fair (10th Annual) will take place July 12, 2014, in Boothbay, Maine
www.booksinboothbay.blogspot.com/
- The Harlem Book Fair in Harlem, New York, July, 2014
http://www.qbr.com/harlem-book-fair.aspx
- The Rocky Mountain Book and Paper Fair, August 1-2, 2014, in Denver, Colorado
http://www.rmaba.org
- The Martha's Vineyard Book Festival, August, 2014, in Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts
http://mvbookfestival.com - Beijing International Book Fair, August 7-31, 2014, New China International Exhibition Center, Beijing, China
http://www.bibf.net
- The Brooklyn Book Festival, September, 2014, in Brooklyn, New York
http://www.brooklynbookfestival.org
- The Bookmarks Festival of Books will be held in Winston-Salem, North Carolina on September 6, 2014
http://bookmarksnc.org/festivals/about#.UqoEv6W6KJI - The Kansas Book Festival will be in Topeka, Kansas on September 13, 2014
http://kansasbookfestival.com
- The Westchester Multicultural Children's Book Festival, September, 2014, in Westchester, New York
http://www.qbr.com
- The South Dakota Festival of Books in Sioux Falls, South Dakota will run from September 26-28, 2014
http://www.sdbookfestival.com
- The National Book Festival will take place in Washington, DC from September 22-23, 2014
http://www.loc.gov/bookfest
- The Baltimore Book Festival will begin in Baltimore, Maryland on September 26-28, 2014
http://www.baltimorebookfestival.com/
- The Frankfurt Book Fair in Frankfurt, Germany October 8-12, 2014, is the world’s largest – often legendary – book fair
http://www.buchmesse.de/en/fbf/
- The Southern Festival of Books in Nashville, Tennessee will run from October 10-12,2014
http://www.humanitiestennessee.org/programs/southern-festival-books-celebration-written-word
- The Iowa City Book Festival will begin October 2-5, 2014, in Iowa City, Iowa
http://www.iowacitybookfestival.org/
- The Seattle Antiquarian Book Fair, October, 2014 in Seattle, Washington
http://www.seattlebookfair.com
- The Texas Book Festival,October, 2014, in Austin, Texas
http://www.texasbookfestival.org/
- The Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair (38th Annual) will be held November 14-16, 2014, in Boston, Massachusetts
http://www.bostonbookfair.com
- The Miami Book Fair International in Miami, Florida November, 2014
http://www.miamibookfair.com/ - The Guadalajara International Book Fair in Guadalajara. Mexico is the most important publishing gathering in Ibero-America, November 9 - December 7, 2014
http://www.fil.com.mx/ingles/i_info/i_info_fil.asp
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