Columbus Book Festival · 2026
Columbus Book Festival
Two days of authors, signings, and bookish joy in downtown Columbus — and Dragonfly will be there with our shelves out under the sky.
Hilliard's indie bookshop, meeting the city at Topiary Park.
Free admissionSaturday
July 11
10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Sunday
July 12
10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Find Dragonfly
Topiary Park
Festival Marketplace exhibitor in the outdoor marketplace at Topiary Park — steps from the Main Library and the heart of the festival grounds.
Directions to Topiary Park
At the booth
Your neighborhood bookshop, downtown for the weekend
We're bringing the Dragonfly spirit to the Festival Marketplace — hand-picked fiction, local voices, and the kind of recommendations you'd get if you walked into our Hilliard shop.
Our Hilliard shopThe festival
200+ authors, panels, signings, and a marketplace that spills from the Main Library into Topiary Park. Featured lineup announced mid-April.
When & where
- Saturday, July 11, 2026
- 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
- Sunday, July 12, 2026
- 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Columbus Metropolitan Library — Main Library
96 S. Grant Ave., Columbus, OH 43215
Discovery District — Kaufman Plaza & Topiary Park
What to expect
- 200+ national and Columbus-based authors
- Panel discussions, author talks, and book signings
- Festival Marketplace with bookish retailers and exhibitors
- Indie Author Alley pavilion
- Entertainment lineup and local food court
- Friends of the Library Big Book Sale tent
Getting there
Parking
Free event parking in the Main Library garage and marked surface lots around Topiary Park.
Transit
COTA Lines 10 and 11 serve the Main Library directly.
Before the festival
Meet our local authors — or drop us a line if you have questions before the weekend.
Official festival site
Headliner tickets, marketplace maps, and schedule updates.
columbusbookfestival.orgFestival facts from the Columbus Book Festival. Dragonfly at Topiary Park, Space 41 — details may change; check organizers for the latest.