Events

✨📚 TASTE OF THE BOOK FAIR 📚✨
>>>> Saturday, October 18, 10am-2pm
📍 Authors at @bivouacnorthpark
📍 Artists/crafters at @verbatim.books
📍 Booksellers/zines in the Bargain Center parking lot (Ray St. And North Park Way)
Over thirty literary vendors popping up around North Park! Support local authors, artists, and booksellers!

Liwanag Lit Fest 2025 returns to the Michelle Obama Library in Long Beach CA on Saturday 10/25 from 11am to 5pm!

Learn more at belcantobooks.net/liwanag

Join acclaimed middle grade authors Tracy Badua and Annabelle Oh for spooky mask making, prize wheel spinning, and signing of Ghoul Summer and Maggie and the Story Shadows!

Join the City of Virginia Beach Public Library for a special visit with author of Freddie vs the Family Curse, Tracy Badua on Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026, 10 a.m. at MEO Central Library. Tracy will talk about her writing journey and end with a book signing.

More about the Battle of the Books and the trivia challenge here.

TomeCon is an exciting day of concurrent sessions based on all facets of literacy for students in grades 2-12.
Session topics include reading, writing, technology, engineering, art, music, and more!
Authors from across the country visit with and teach students at the conference.
​Students also receive awards for their participation in Tome Competitions throughout the year.

More about TomeCon here.