THE RAINBOW BOOK FAIR
SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 2024
What is the Rainbow Book Fair?
Photo by Roberto Garcia, Jr.
The Rainbow Book Fair is the largest LGBTQ+ book event in the US. It is totally unique—there is no other book fair quite like it. At the RBF, the people who write, read, publish, and sell our books are taken seriously, but with a lot of queer humor and love thrown in.
We’re back, and we can't wait to see our readers, writers, and especially our wonderful exhibitors, who come from all over the country and places like London and Berlin to show their books to an enthusiastic audience of queer book lovers.
Our books run the entire span of LGBTQ+ literature, from scholarly and serious to campy and zany, from books for young readers to “adult” books (and we are sure you know what they are!) The important thing is that if you read and love LGBT+ writing, we want you here on
April 20, 2024, at the LGBT Center, 208 West 13th Street, in Greenwich Village, New York, NY, from noon until 6 p.m.
“The book fair is always a highlight of my year. Hell, everything started for me at the Rainbow Book Fair.”
TWO BONUS EVENTS!
at the
Bureau of General Services—Queer Division
[ROOM 210]
The Publishing Triangle Presents:
Judy Grahn in Conversation with Finalists for the Judy Grahn Award for Lesbian Nonfiction (participants TBA)
(in person & live-streaming)
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@ 12 Noon
&
Stay Black and Die:
On Melancholy and Genius
I. Augustus Durham + Brittnay L. Proctor
in Conversation (in person & live-streaming)
youtube.com/@bgsqd
@ 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Join the Bureau for a conversation with authors I. Augustus Durham and Brittnay L. Proctor to discuss Durham’s new book, Stay Black and Die: On Melancholy and Genius (Duke University Press, 2023). Examining the works of Frederick Douglass, Ralph Ellison, Marvin Gaye, Octavia E. Butler, and Kendrick Lamar, Stay Black and Die chronicles the relationship between black “mothers” and “sons” to argue for the black feminine/maternal, through the lens of abstraction, as the site of melancholy and genius.
The Rainbow Book Fair is back! For our 12th Fair, the theme is “Count Us In!” We’ll be facing crucial Presidential and Congressional elections in 2024, and too often LGBT people have been counted out as a political and cultural force. This year, we’re saying Count Us In! As usual, we’ll be spotlighting major queer writers as our Featured Readers, as well as panels that address the crucial issues that we’re dealing with. From LGBT politics to queer literature for kids and young adults to radical performance art, we’ll be facing some hot-button issues head-on!
AND… don’t forget our annual Drag Story Hour, a celebration of gender fabulousness for children of all ages.
PLUS, we’ll be hosting the Come Hear! poetry marathon and a wide roster of short readings in every genre.
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WHO should exhibit?
Artists! Authors! Self-Publishers! Publishers! Bookstores! Dealers! Collectors!
WHAT kind of work will we see?
Children's books, graphic novels, printed art, award-winning literature, young adult fiction, art books, adult materials, photography books, and much, much more!
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Do you need more real estate for you new book? Does your imprint require more tables for more authors? Does your heart have more love for Rainbow Book Fair? Upgrade to Sponsor!
Sponsors help RBF where it counts!
SILVER LEVEL
-be included in all our promotional materials
-guaranteed 5-minute slots for 3 readers in our reading sessions
-one table
GOLD
-all of the above
-AND an assigned and dedicated reading session of 25 minutes for you to use however you like.
-one table
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Rainbow Book Fair needs Friends—its DONORS, to create its programs and continue to have the richness of its outreach that have made it a destination for LGBT readers, writers, performers, artists, publishers, booksellers, and cultural followers from all over the world. Donors are the lifeblood and backbone of RBF!
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Volunteers help us set up and run the event at Rainbow Book Fair. We also need smart, engaged, talented people to help plan the Fair, year-round—join us! Write us at rainbowbookfair123@gmail.com Please let us know if you want to help us plan the FAIR or help out day of the event.
