West Virginia Book Festival

10/14/2026

Kate Quinn, a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of historical fiction, is one of our featured authors this year! Check out info on her presentation and book signing session here: https://www.wvbookfestival.org/kate-quinn.html

10/13/2026

The West Virginia Book Festival Marketplace features over 50 authors, publishers, and literary-related vendors – a place to shop, browse, and meet local authors.

We wanted to highlight some more our Marketplace vendors before the big event! Authors Shelly Jarvis, Elizabeth Horton-Newton, Andrea Franco-Cook, and Craig Halloran.

Learn more about these authors and all of our vendors here:
https://www.wvbookfestival.org/marketplace-vendors.html

The Festival Marketplace will be open from 8 am – 5 pm on October 24 at the Charleston Coliseum & Convention Center, and admission is free

10/12/2026

Writer, researcher, and entrepreneur Margot Lee Shetterly is one of our featured authors this year! She is the author of Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race (William Morrow/HarperCollins).

Please check out her presentation and book signing information here: https://www.wvbookfestival.org/margot-lee-shetterly.html

10/11/2026

It All Started in My Barn with author and illustrator D.H. Anderson is one of our featured children's programs this year! For more details on this program and Children's Word Play, visit: https://www.wvbookfestival.org/childrens-word-play.html

10/10/2026

The West Virginia Book Festival Marketplace features over 50 authors, publishers, and literary-related vendors – a place to shop, browse, and meet local authors, like Sarah Delena White, Janeen Ippolito, and J.C. Moore! Also featured is one of our publishing vendors, Headline Books!

Learn more about our vendors here:
https://www.wvbookfestival.org/marketplace-vendors.html

The Festival Marketplace will be open from 8 am – 5 pm on October 24 at the Charleston Coliseum & Convention Center, and admission is free.

10/08/2026

And getting to see RL Stine at the West Virginia Book Festival will be fun too! Read more about his October 24th event https://www.wvbookfestival.org/rl-stine.html

10/07/2026

We're so excited to have CHAMP Interpreters LLC. at the West Virginia Book Festival this year! They will provide ASL interpretations of all presentations in the Little Theater, Alyssa Davis's Young Dragon Adventure storytime, and the Silly Safari program!

Champ Interpreters, LLC’s goal is to provide equal access to concerts, performances, and everyday life tasks to the Deaf/HOH community of West Virginia while also creating mentorship and networking opportunities for interpreters.

For more about the West Virginia Book Festival and the schedule, visit: https://www.wvbookfestival.org/

10/07/2026

The West Virginia Book Festival Marketplace features over 50 authors, publishers, and literary-related vendors – a place to shop, browse, and meet local authors.

We wanted to highlight some more our Marketplace vendors before the big event! Authors C.O. Bonham, Dana Fraedrich, Joseph Lewis, and Hannah Linder.

Learn more about these authors and all of our vendors here:
https://www.wvbookfestival.org/marketplace-vendors.html

The Festival Marketplace will be open from 8 am – 5 pm on October 24 at the Charleston Coliseum & Convention Center, and admission is free.

10/04/2026

Emotional Stakes Over Shock Value is one of our featured presentations this year, led by author J.C. Moore! For more about Moore and his presentation, visit:
https://www.wvbookfestival.org/programs--workshops.html

01/21/2026

We have opened applications for vendors in the Marketplace and applications for program presenters for the 2026 WV Book Festival. You will find the forms on the website - http://www.wvbookfestival.org/.

This year's Festival is set for Saturday, October 24th at the Charleston Coliseum and Convention Center. See you then!

West Virginia Book Festival