Market Expansion Fund

PRE-APPROVED TRADESHOWS/BOOK FAIRS/MARKET EVENTS FOR CREATIVE BC MARKET EXPANSION FUND

Livres Canada Books lists the dates for the major events here: Livres Canada Books

WITHIN CANADA
Alberta Book Fair

Alberta Library Conference

Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association Book Fair

Atlantic Public Library Association Conference

Canadian Association of Theatre Research Conference

Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences

London (ON) Book Fair

Montreal Book Fair

Northern Book Fair

Ontario Library Association Superconference

Ottawa Book Fair

Reading for the Love of It (Language Arts Conference)

Salon du Livre

Toronto Comic Arts Festival (TCAF)

Toronto Gift Show

Total Health Show

Word on the Street – Toronto

INTERNATIONAL
(Up to 50% or $2000 in support, whichever is less)

Abu Dhabi International Book Fair

Academy of Management

Affordable Art Fair (AAF)

Algiers International Book Fair

American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI) Annual Meeting

American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) Annual Meeting

American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons (AAOS) Annual Meeting

American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Experience National Conference & Exhibition

American Academy of Religion (AAR) Annual Meeting

American Anthropological Association (AAA) Annual Meeting

American Association for Adult and Continuing Education (AAACE) Conference

American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC) Congress

American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) Annual Convention

American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE) Annual Meeting & Exhibition

American Association of Family & Consumer Studies Annual

American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) Annual Meeting & Conference

American Association of School Librarians (AASL) National Conference &Exhibition

American Association of Teachers of French (AATF) Annual Convention

American Association of University Presses (AAUP) Annual Meeting

American Booksellers Association (Children Institute)

American Booksellers Association (Winter Institute)

American Burn Association (ABA) Annual Meeting

American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (ACAAI) Annual Meeting

American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons (ACFAS)

American College of Preventive Medicine (ACPM)

American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championships

American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Annual Convention / World Languages Expo

American Diabetes Association (ADA) EXPO / Scientific Sessions

American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting

American Hardware Manufacturers Association (AHMA) AHMA

American Historical Association (AHA) Annual Meeting

American Institute of Architects (AIA) National Convention and Design Exposition

American International Toy Fair

American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference / Midwinter Meeting & Exhibition

American Literature Association Conference

American Osteopathic Association (AOA) Osteopathic Medical Conference & Exposition

American Philosophical Association (APA) divisional annual meetings

American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) Conference & Exposition

American Podiatric Medical Association (APMA) Annual Scientific Meeting

American Political Science Association (APSA) Annual Meeting & Exhibition

American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (ASECS) Annual Meeting

American Society for Ethnohistory

American Society for Theatre Research

American Society for Training & Development (ASTD) International / TechKnowledge Conference

American Society of Criminology (ASC) Annual Meeting

American Society of Hypertension (ASH) Annual Scientific Meeting & Exposition

American Society of International Law (ASIL) Annual Meeting

American Sociological Association (ASA) Annual Meeting

American Urological Association (AUA) Annual Meeting

Annual Clinical Symposium on Advances in Skin & Wound Care

Annual Southeast Regional Character Education

Antwerp Book Fair

Arizona State Music Teachers Association (ASMTA) Conference

Art Educators of New Jersey (AENJ) Conference

Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA) Annual Conference

Art Paris Art Fair

Asian Pacific Physical Education Conference

Association for Asian Studies Annual Meeting

Association for Canadian Studies in German-Speaking Countries (GKS) Annual Conference

Association for Canadian Studies in the United States (ACSUS) Biennial Conference

Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE) CareerTech VISION

Association for Core Texts and Courses (ACTC) Annual Conference

Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) Annual Conference & Exhibit

Association of Educational Publishers (AEP)

Association of International Schools in Africa

Association of Partners for Public Lands (APPL) Convention & Trade Show

Association of Theatre for Higher Education

Association of Writers & Writing Programs (AWP) Annual Conference & Bookfair

Australian Booksellers Association Conference & Trade Exhibition

Baker & Taylor Vendor Summit Meeting

Beijing International Book Fair

Beirut Francophone Book Fair

Beirut International Arab Book Fair

Belgrade Book Fair

Berkshire Conference on the History of Women (triennial)

Better Living Show

Birdwatch America Expo

Bogota International Book Fair

Bologna Children Book Fair

BookExpo America

Books and Publishing Knowledge Community International Conference on Books and Publishing

Book World Prague

Bouchercon World Mystery Convention & Trade Show

Bratislava Biennial of Illustrations (BIB)

Brisbane Writers Festival

British Association for Canadian Studies Annual Conference

British Women Writers Conference

Brooklyn Book Festival

Brussels Book Fair

BuchBasel International Book and Literature Festival

Buenos Aires Book Fair

Cairo International Book Fair

California Art Education Association (CAEA) Annual State Conference

California Association for Bilingual Education (CABE) Annual Conference

California Council for Adult Education State Conference

California Language Teachers Association Annual Conference

California Library Association (CLA) Conference

California Mathematics Council (CMC) Central Conference

California Reading Association (CRA) Professional Development Institute

Canon Law Society of America (CSLA) Convention

Cape Town Book Fair

Casablanca International Book Fair (SIEL)

Cascadia Poetry Festival

Central and Eastern European Schools Association (CEESA) Conference

Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (CSCTFL) Conference

Certiport PATHWAYS Global Partner Summit (GPS)

Chain Drug Marketing Association (CDMA) Annual Trade Expo

Charleston Conference

Chicago Alternative Comics Expo (CAKE)

Chicago Flower and Garden Show

Chicago International Remainder & Overstock Book Exposition (CIROBE)

Chicago Printer Row Lit Fest

Children Book Salon (New York)

Christian Booksellers Association of Australia (CBAA) Convention

Cities Alive Annual Green Roof & Wall Conference

Colres du Pr©sent, Salon du livre dexpression populaire et de critique sociale

College Reading and Learning Association (CRLA) Conference

Colorado Art Education Association (CAEA) Conference

Comex Exposium Salon Mondial du Tourisme (Paris)

Comic-Con International

Comic-Con International Alternative Press Expo

Comic-Con International WonderCon

Commission on Adult Basic Education (COABE) Conference

Commonwealth Lawyers Association (CLA) Commonwealth Law Conference

ComptTIA Annual Member Meeting

Conference for the Advancement of Mathematics Teaching (CAMT) Conference

Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC) Convention

Congr¨s international des recherches fministes francophones

Conservatoire contemporain de Littrature Orale (CLiO) Festival EPOS

Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) Conference & Expo

Crocmilivre Salon du livre jeunesse Dijon

Dakar International Book Fair

Denver Merchandise Mart Tradeshow

Diabetes UK Professional Conference

Digital Book World Conference

Digital Publishing Innovation Summit

Distance Teaching & Learning

dOCUMENTA Exhibition

East Asia Regional Council of Schools (EARCOS) Annual Conference

East London Comics and Arts Festival

ECRM Market-Gate Education

Edinburgh International Book Festival

Educatec-Educatice (Paris)

Educational Book & Media Association (EDMA) Annual conference

Entertainment Software Association (ESA) E3 Expo

Escale du Livre (Bordeaux)

E’du Livre (Metz)

E’tonnants Voyageurs – Festival international du livre et du film

European Council of International Schools (ECIS) Annual Conference

European Film Market (EFM) Exhibition

Federation of Children Book Groups Annual Conference & Exhibits (UK)

Feria internacional del Libro de Mineria

Feria Internacional del Libro en Guatemala

Festival de la Parole Potique (Moelan-Sur-Mer)

Festival du Conte du Chteau dO’le’ron

Festival du Conte en Uzge

Festival du livre et de la presse d©cologie (Paris)

Festival international de la Bande Dessine (Angoulme)

Fete du livre de Saint-tienne

Florida Music Educators Association (FMEA) Conference

Florida State Music Teachers Association (FSMTA) Conference

Foire du livre de Brive

Frances Clark Centre for Keyboard Pedagogy National Conference (NCKP)

Frankfurt Book Fair

FutureBook Conference

Future of Education Technology (FETC) Conference

Geneva International Fair for Books and Press

German Studies Association Conference

Global Exchange and Green America Green Festival

Gothenburg (G¶teborg) Book Fair

Great Lakes Independent Booksellers Association (GLIBA) Heartland Fall Forum

Green Building Council Greenbuild International Conference and Expo

Guadalajara International Book Fair

Havana International Book Fair

Heartland Fall Forum (Midwest Independent Booksellers Association and the Great Lakes Independent Booksellers Association,)

Helsinki Book Fair

History of Science Society (HSS) Annual Meeting

Hong Kong Toys & Games Fair

Humanities Montana Festival of the Book

Humanities Tennessee Southern Festival of Books

Institut de linguistique franaise Congr¨s Mondial de Linguistique Franaise (biennale)

Inter American Press Association (IAPA) Mid-year Meeting

International Academy on Law and Mental Health (IALMH) International Congress

International Association of Culinary Professionals

International Association of Law Libraries (IALL) Annual Conference

International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) Congress

International Conference on Thinking Annual Conference

International Congress on Medieval Studies

International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF) Book Conference

International Food Bloggers Conference

International French Travel Market (IFTM) ITFM Top Resa

International Home and Housewares Show

International Literacy Association Annual Convention

International New Age Trade Show West (INATS West)

International News Media Association (INMA) World Congress

International Physical Literacy Conference

International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) Annual Conference and Exposition

International Society for the Sociology of Religion (SISR-ISSR) Biennial Conference

International Studies Association (ISA) Annual Convention

Inuit Studies Conference

Istanbul Book Fair

ITB Asia – The Trade Show for the Asian Travel Market

ITB Berlin Convention

Jerusalem International Book Fair

Kolkata Book Fair

LA Book Festival

LitLit (Los Angeles)

Language Show Live (London)

Law and Society Association Conference

League for Innovation in the Community College Innovations Conference

Left Forum Conference

Leipzig Book Fair

Len National Book Fair (FeNaL)

Liber International Book Fair (Barcelona and Madrid)

Licensing Expo

Literal Barcelona

Livres en Folie (Haiti)

London Book Fair

Louisiana Foreign Language Teacher’s Association Conference

March de la posie de Namur (Wallonie)

March de la posie de Paris

March de la posie de Rochefort sur Loire

Maryland Association for Adult & Continuing Education Conference

Medieval Academy of America Annual Meeting

Miami Book Fair International

Michigan Art Education Association (MAEA) Annual Conference

Microsoft World Partner Conference

Mid America Horticultural Trade Show (Mid Am)

Midwest Independent Booksellers Association (MIBA) Heartland Fall Forum

Midwest Modern Language Association Annual Convention

Midwest Renewable Energy Association (MREA) Energy Fair

Minneapolis Home & Garden Show

Minnesota Environmental Partnership Living Green Expo

Modernist Studies Association (MSA) Conference

Modern Language Association (MLA) Annual Convention

Moscow International Book Fair

Mother Earth News Fair

Mountains and Plains Independent Booksellers Association (MPIBA) Trade Show

Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art (MoCCA), Art Festival

Museum Store Association (MSA) Conference & Expo

Musicora, le salon de la musique classique

Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) National Conference

Music Teachers Association of California (MTAC) Annual Convention

National Alternative Education Association (NAEA) Annual Conference

National Art Education Association (NAEA) Convention

National Association for Bilingual Education (NABE) Annual Conference

National Association for Interpretation (NAI) Conference

National Association for the Education of Young Children

National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP) Annual Conference

National Association of Hispanic Publications (NAHP) Annual Conference

National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) Trade show

National Association of Orthopedic Nurses (NAON) Congress

National Association of Orthopedic Technologists (NAOT) Meeting-Symposium

National Bioneers Conference

National Book Network Sales Conference

National Business Education Association (NBEA) Annual Convention

National Coalition for Aviation & Space Education (NCASE) National Conferences

National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) Annual Convention

National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) Annual Conference

National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Annual Convention

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) Annual Conference

National Guild for Community Arts Education Conference and Arts Education Expo

National Head Start Association (NHSA) Annual Conference

National Middle School Association (AMLE) Annual Conference

National School Supply and Equipment Association (NSSEA) Ed Expo

National School Supply and Equipment Association (NSSEA) School Equipment Show

National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) Annual Conference

National Space Society (NSS) Annual Conference

National Stationary Show

National Women Studies Association (NWSA) Annual Conference

Native American and Indigenous Studies Association (NAISA) Annual Meeting

Natural Products Expo Annual Exhibition

Near South East Asia (NESA) Council of Overseas Schools Conferences and Institutes

New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association (NAIBA) Annual Conference

New Delhi World Book Fair

New England Grows Exhibition/Trade Show

New England Independent Booksellers Association (NEIBA) Annual Conference

New England Reading Association (NERA) Annual Conference

New York Art Book Fair Annual Exhibition

New York International Gift Fair Annual Trade show

New York Public Library Book Buzz

New York Rights Fair

New York State Art Teachers Association (NYSAT) Annual Conference

Non/Fiction Book Fair (Moscow)

North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE) Annual Conference

North American Society for the Sociology of Sport (NASSS) Annual Conference

North American Society for the Study of Romanticism (NASSR) Annual Conference

North Dakota State University (NDSU) Northern Great Plains History Conference

Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (NECTFL) Annual Conference

Northern California Independent Booksellers Association (NCBIA) Tradeshow

Northwest Bookfest

Nuremberg Toy Fair

Ohio Association for Career and Technology Ohio (ACTE) Connections to Education Conference

Ohio Music Teachers Association (OMTA) Annual Conference

Ohio Nursery and Landscape Association (ONLA) CENTS (Central Environmental Nursery Trade Show) Marketplace

Oklahoma Music Teachers Association Annual Conference

Outdoor Retailer Winter/Summer Market Tradeshow

Pacific Coast Builders Conference (PCBC) Homebuilding Tradeshow

Pacific Northwest Bookseller Association Events

Pacific Northwest Labor History Association (PNLHA) Annual Labor History Conference

Pacific Northwest Library Association (PNLA) Annual Conference

Palace of Mines International Book Fair (FILPM) Mexico

Pop Culture Association of the South

Portland Book Festival

Printemps du livre de Grenoble

Public Library Association (PLA) Conference

Publishers Association of the West (PubWest) Conference

Puls Art Le Mans Manifestation internationale dArt contemporain

Quais du Polar

Readercon Annual Conference

Reading Recovery Council of North America (RRCNA) Annual Conference

Religious Book Trade Exhibit (RBTE) Tradeshow

Renaissance Society of America (RSA) Annual Conference

Rendez-vous de lhistoire (Blois)

Retail Print Music Dealers Association (RPMDA) Annual Convention

Rio de Janeiro International Book Fair (biennial)

Rocky Mountain Antiquarian Booksellers Association (RMABA) Book and Paper Fair

Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association (RMMLA) Convention

Salon du livre du Mans

Salon du livre et de la presse jeunesse Seine-Saint-Denis

Salon du livre gourmand de Périgueux

Salon du Polar (Montigny-l¨s-Cormeilles, France)

Salon Europen de lE’ducation

Salon international de la Posie en Pays de George Sand

Salon international du livre d’Abidjan

Salon Livre Paris

Salon Marjolaine (Paris)

School Libraries Group (SLG) conference (UK)

Science Fiction Research Association (SFRA) Eaton Science Fiction Conference

Seattle Gift Show

Seoul International Book Fair

Shanghai International Children’s Book Fair

Sharjah International Book Fair

Small Press Expo (SPX)

Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) Annual Meeting

Society for the History of Authorship, Reading & Publishing (SHARP) Annual Meeting

Society of American Travel Writers (SATW) Annual Convention

Society of Biblical Literature (SBL) Annual Meeting

Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ) Annual convention

Society of Illustrators MoCCA (Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art) Fest

Southern Conference on Language Teaching Annual Conference

Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance (SIBA) Tradeshow

Staff Development for Educators (SDE) National Conferences

Taipei International Book Exhibition (TIBE)

Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) International Convention

Texas Computer Education Association

Texas Library Association Annual Conference

Texas Music Teachers Association Annual Convention

Thessaloniki International Book Fair

Tokyo International Book Fair

Tokyo International Comic Festival

Transworld Halloween and Attractions show

Tunis International Book Fair

Turin International Book Fair

Typo International Design Talks

Utopiales Nantes International Science-Fiction Festival

Venice Biennale

Vilnius Book Fair / Baltic Book Fair

Voix de la Mditerrane, Festival de posie

Warsaw International Book Fair

Washington Library Media Association Conference

Western History Association Annual Conference

Women Writing the West Conference

Workforce Council Workforce Innovation Conference

World Association of Newspapers and Newspaper Publishers (WAN-IFRA) World Publishing Expo (IFRA Expo & Conference)

World Association of Women Entrepreneur Congress (FCEM)

World Bridge Federation (WBF) World Championships

World Cookbook Fair

World Education Market

World Fantasy Convention

World Science Fiction Society (WSFS) Convention (Worldcon)

World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Forum

Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses (WOCN) Society Annual Conference

Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) Young Adult Literature Symposium

Youth Library Group (YLG) National Conference (UK)

For all inquiries:

Mathew Parry
Email: mparry (at) creativebc.com

Christine Larsen
Email: clarsen (at) creativebc.com