Publishers Weekly’s 2025 Book Business Events Calendar
Our annual Google calendar, updated throughout the year and to which readers can subscribe, keeps track of the dates of dozens of book business events of interest. more...and more.
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PW Talks with St. Paul Public Library director Maureen Hartman
For its citywide Read Brave book club this year, the St. Paul Public Library chose Romina Garber’s young adult novel Lobizona, about an undocumented Argentinian teen who is hiding from immigration enforcement. SPPL director Maureen Hartman spoke with PW about Read Brave and will present a leadership strategy session at PLA on April 2.
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PLA 2026: Program Picks
Participants in the Public Library Association’s Minneapolis meeting will lean into social justice, ethical AI, getting more bang for library bucks, and connections with authors.
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PLA 2026: Showing Up
Weeks after federal immigration enforcement upended everyday life in Minneapolis, the Public Library Association brings its biennial convention and librarians’ care for community to the city.
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LBF 2026: A ‘Buzzy and Busy’ Fair
A bustling rights market and strong statements on AI added up to a lively London Book Fair.
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AWP 2026 Takes On AI
The literary merits—and potential dangers—of artificial intelligence were a hot topic at the Association of Writers & Writing Programs’ annual conference, held March 4–7 in Baltimore.
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TLA Program Picks
The Texas Library Association will present three days of general sessions, ticketed events, and educational panels.
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All Together in the Lone Star State
Texas Library Association members will rocket into Houston for their March meetup.
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At ComicsPRO 2026, the Comics Industry Proves Its Resilience
Despite the chaos caused by Diamond Comic Distributors’ bankruptcy, sales to comics shops hit record highs last year thanks to an influx of new readers, enticing book publishers to find new ways to reach the direct market.
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WI2026: This City Built on Poetry
This year’s Winter Institute in Pittsburgh will feature a poets’ salon, a keynote conversation with poet Aimee Nezhukumatathil, and an appearance by U.S. poet laureate Arthur Sze.
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BISG Webinar Digs into Tariffs, Title II
Speakers at last week’s Book Industry Study Group webinar predicted more tariff uncertainty in 2026, while an exec from Macmillan Learning said it’s time for publishers to take the Americans with Disabilities Act’s Title II requirements seriously.
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