Over 250+ vendors from all over the USA & Canada are selling books (and other items including vinyl records, comic books, creative arts, and more) at Bookfest. Up to 20,000 attendees come from all over the USA, Canada, and other countries.

Activities include: hands-on projects for children, DJ playing funk music, variety of street performers, concert ticket giveaways, live on-site television programming, all sorts of different pop-ups, and more.

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Sean Snyder (DBF)

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Monday, June 30th, 2025

Post Tags: Bookfest 2025

Post Category: Event Details

Event Type(s): Book-cation 2025, Marquee Event

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All Post Categories

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Announcements (31)General Announcements about Detroit Bookfest.
Articles (49)Posts and Articles related to Detroit Bookfest.

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Eastern Market Attractions (9)Businesses in and around Eastern Market that may be of interest to Detroit Bookfest attendees.
Event Details (10)Event Details, such as Sponsors, Featured Vendors, FAQs, etc. of interest to someone who is planning to participate in Detroit Bookfest.

G

Giveaways (21)Giveaways and Prize Drawing Announcements.

I

Interviews (37)In-depth interviews with vendors, performers, volunteers, and others that help make Detroit Bookfest a GREAT event.

M

Media Coverage (9)References to media coverage that Detroit Bookfest has received over the years.

P

Press Releases (6)Press Releases about Detroit Bookfest.

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Surveys (3)Surveys to gauge our audience demographics and help us understand how we can best serve you.

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Tours (6)Photographic Tours of interest to the greater Detroit Bookfest community.

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– EXCLUSIVE – (34)EXCLUSIVE posts and articles published only to the Detroit Bookfest website.

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Art (11)

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Bookfest 2017 (17)Information related to Detroit Bookfest 2017.
Bookfest 2018 (14)Information related to Detroit Bookfest 2018.
Bookfest 2019 (14)Information related to Detroit Bookfest 2019.
Bookfest 2020 (4)Information related to Detroit Bookfest 2022.
Bookfest 2021 (8)Information related to Detroit Bookfest 2021
Bookfest 2022 (9)Information related to Detroit Bookfest 2022.
Bookfest 2023 (7)Information related to Detroit Bookfest 2023.
Bookfest 2024 (17)Information related to Detroit Bookfest 2024.
Bookfest 2025 (29)Information related to Detroit Bookfest 2025.

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Charlie LeDuff (3)Posts mentioning Charlie LeDuff.
Children’s Events (1)
Comics (6)

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Eastern Market (34)
Eastern Market Brewing Company (8)Posts mentioning Eastern Market Brewing Company (a.k.a. EMBC).

All Event Types

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Author Talk (8)Engaging lectures and discussions featuring notable local and visiting authors.

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Book-cation 2025 (3)Events occurring ONLY during the 3-day weekend of Bookfest 2025
July 18-20, 2025

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Featured Presenter (4)Engaging discussions, live talks, and presentations from renowned, nationally- or internationally-known members of the literary community.

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Marquee Event (3)Marquee Events to be featured in the “Featured Events” on the homepage.

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Party (3)Pre-Party and/or After-Party associated with Detroit Festival of Books.
Pop-Up Event (1)

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Supporting Presenter (4)Engaging discussions, live talks, and presentations from emerging and local members of the literary community.

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