The RVA Children’s Book Fair/Festival is scheduled for August 8, 2026, at Diversity Richmond, with a mission to promote public awareness of the importance of children's literature. Join us for a literary extravaganza, where the magic of storytelling comes alive in an immersive celebration of literature, creativity, and community. This event is a great opportunity to meet and engage with your favorite authors, publishers, or bookstores. There will be several featured authors.
What You Can Expect This event will feature authors, publisher exhibits, book signings, entertainment, networking, door prizes, and food and drinks. Come out to support your children book authors, meet them face to face, get pictures, buy books at discounted prices, network with other professionals, and bring back reading books into normalcy.
Free and open to the public, this event will attract visitors, as well as vendors from all over, staying in hotels throughout the Commonwealth.
Come enjoy this free community Festival that celebrates kids, the beauty, power, passion, and excitement of the written work.
