March 7, 2026
Southwest Festival Reading Festival
Fort Myers, FL
Crime Fiction Author Guests: Bruce Borgos, Brad Thor, Sarah Pekkanen,
David Rosenfelt,
March 14, 2026
Suffolk Mystery Authors Festival
Suffolk, VA
Special Guests: Abigail Keam, Carrie Ann Knox, Jackie Layton, Teresa Inge, Amy
Patricia Meade, Eleanor Kuhns, Sara E. Johnson, Bre Coleman, Jeffrey James
Higgins
March 14-15, 2026
Tucson Festival of
Books
Tucson, AZ
Special Guests: Brad Thor, Ward Larsen, Tracy Clark, William Kent
Krueger, Craig Johnson, Margaret Douihay, Mariah Fredericks, Joshua Moeling, JA
Jance, Linda Castillo, Elle Cosimano, Naomi Hirahara, CJ Box, Gregg Hurwitz, Anne Hillerman, and more
March 19-21, 2026
KrimFestivalen
Oslo, Norway
Special Guests: Val McDermid (UK), Pascal Engman (SE), Lisa Jewell (UK), Jens
Henrik Jensen (DK), and Hjorth & Thorsson (SE/IS), as well as Norwegian
authors Anne Holt and Hans Olav Lahlum
March 19-22, 2026
Virginia Festival of the Book
Charlottesville, VA
Special Crime Fiction Guests: John Gilstrap, Polly Stuart, Nicole Glover,
Pamela Harris, Stacy Hackney, Daniel Messina, Marisa Kashino, Victor
Suthammanont, and Jennifer van der Kleut.
APRIL 2026
April 3-5, 2026
Quais Polar
Lyon, France
Special Guests: Eva Björg Ægisdóttir, Chris Brookmyre, SA Cosby, Peter
James, Abir Mukherjee, Don Winslow
April 11, 2026
Midwest Mystery Conference
Chicago, IL
Special Guests TBA
April 16-19, 2026
Hamptons Whodunnit
East Hampton Village, NY
Special Guests: Jack Carr, Attica Locke, May Cobb
April 18-19, 2026
Los Angeles Times Festival of the Book
Los Angeles, CA
Special Guests TBA
April 19, 2026
Warrington Crime Festival
Warrington, UK
Special guests include: Simon McCleave, Conrad Jones, Caroline England, Andrew
Barrett, ML Raynor, Axl Malton, Cheryl Elaine, and more
April 24-26, 2026
Malice Domestic
Bethesda, MD
Guest of Honor: Annette Dashofy; Lifetime Achievement: Jacqueline Winspear;
Toastmaster: Ellen Byron; Poirot Award: Jim Huang;
MAY 2026
May 2, 2026
Mechanicsburg Mystery Bookstore's I Scream of Mysteries
Mechanisburg, PA
Special Guests: Laura Bradford; C. Bradly; Ellen Crosby; Nancy Hughes;
Sarah Ickes; Andrea J. Johnson; Tj O'Connor; Amy M. Reade (aka A.M. Reade);
Robert Swartwood
May 5-9, 2026
Thrillerfest
New York, NY
Special Guests: Lisa Scottoline, Thrillermaster; Harlan Coben, Thillermaster;
Douglas Preston, Silver Bullet Recipient; Rachel Howzall Hall, Spotlight Guest;
Luis Alberto Urrea, Spotlight Guest; Barbara Peters, Thriller Legend
May
16, 2026
CrimeConn
Stamford, CT
Special Guests: Alafair Burke, Hank
Phillippi Ryan, Reed Farrel Coleman
May 17, 2026
Gaithersburg Book
Festival
Gaithersburg, MD
Special Guests: Dan Fesperman, Alex Finlay, Sujata Massey, Nick Petrie,
Lori Rader-Day, Jennifer Van Der Kleut
May 23-24, 2025
Montreal Mystery / Montréal Mystère
Montreal, Canada
Guest of Honor: Kathy Reichs
May 29-31, 2026
CrimeCon
Las Vega, NV
A conference for fans of true crime
Special guests TBA
JUNE 2026
June 6, 2026
Short Con
(crime fiction short stories)
Alexandria, VA
Special guests: TBA
June 18-20, 2026
Capital Crime
London, UK
Special Guests TBA
June 20, 2026
Bodies From the Library
London, England
Celebrating the Golden Age of Detective Fiction.
June 25-29, 2026
ALA Conference
San Diego, CA
JULY 2026
July 9-12, 2026
Public Safety Writers
Conference
Las Vegas, NV
Special guests: Allan Fox, Ellen Kirschman, James
L’Etoile, Joe Haggerty, Mike Brandt, John Gilstrap, Kelli Peacock, Allen Grimes
July 17-19, 2026
Book Passage Mystery
Writers Conference
Corte Madera, CA
Faculty: Cara
Black and Tim Maleeny, Co-Chairs; Samantha Downing, George Fong, Elizabeth
George, Rachel Howzell Hall, James L'Etoile, Luisa Smith, Kelli Stanley
July 23-26, 2026
Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival
Harrogate, UK
Special Guests TBA
July 30-August 2, 2026
Pulpfest
Pittsburgh, PA
AUGUST 2026
August 9-24, 2025
Edinburgh Book Festival
Edinburgh, Scotland
Schedule TBA
August 20-23, 2026
Killer Nashville
Nashville, TN
Special Guests: Reed Farrel Coleman, Heather Graham, Noelle Nhi,
SEPTEMBER 2026
September 3-7, 2026
Bouchercon
Calgary, CA
Lifetime Achievement Guest Of Honour: Louise Penny; Cross-Border Guest Of
Honour: Kathy Reichs; International Guest Of Honour: Abir Mukherjee; American
Guest Of Honour: Mark Greaney; Canadian Guest Of Honour: Jennifer Hillier; Cozy
Guest Of Honour: Vicki Delany; Kids’ Guest Of Honour: Kevin Sands
September 4-6, 2026
St. Hilda's Mystery
& Crime Conference
Oxford, England
Guest of Honor: Andrew Taylor; Other speakers
include: Jo Callaghan; Ajay Chowdhury; Abigail Dean; Vaseem Khan; Remi Kone;
Simon Mason; Ayo Onatade; Hallie Rubenhold; Laura Shepherd-Robinson; Sarah
Vaughan; Martyn Waites
September 26, 2026 –
NEW
Coastal Crime
Southampton, UK
OCTOBER 2026
October 3, 2026
Chiltern
Kills
Gerrards Cross, UK
Special Guests: TBA
October 8-11, 2026
Ashland Mystery
Festival
Ashland, OR
Special Guests: TBA
NOVEMBER 2026
November 6-8, 2026
New England Crime Bake
Special Guests: Joseph Finder, Lisa Gardner
November 14, 2026
Men of Mystery
Long Beach, CA
Special Guests: TBA
