Bookmarks Festival - Winston-Salem, NC

Find us Saturday, September 27, 2025 at an exhibitor booth along Poplar Street, Holly Avenue, or Spruce Street.

Bookmarks Festival of Books and Authors, the largest book and author festival in the Carolinas celebrates with a festival in downtown Winston-Salem every year in September. Bookmarks began as an annual book festival in 2004. The Festival of Books & Authors has since grown to be the largest annual book festival in the Carolinas, reaching tens of thousands of readers each year. 

Since its beginnings as a book festival, Bookmarks has grown to be a 501(c)(3) literary arts nonprofit organization and bookstore in downtown Winston-Salem. All of Bookmarks' programming, including the Festival of Books & Authors, is part of the organization's mission to cultivate community by bringing people of all ages together with books and authors that educate, inspire, challenge, and entertain.

Location:
Downtown Winston-Salem, NC

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