THE RAINBOW BOOK FAIR
SATURDAY, MAY 9, 2026
What is the Rainbow Book Fair?
Photo by bleu santiago
The New York Rainbow Book Fair is the largest LGBTQ+ book event in the US. Over a hundred authors, artists, and publishers travel from all over the country and the world as well as from our own backyard to participate in the Fair, running the gamut of LGBTQ+ literature: from poetry to comix, from scholarly and serious to campy and zany, from books for young readers to adult books. And over a thousand enthusiastic readers make their way up and down three floors of the LGBT Community Center.
Our 14th Fair will be on Saturday May 9th at the LGBT Center, 208 West 13th Street, in Greenwich Village, New York, NY, from 12 noon until 6 PM.
The Center is wheelchair accessible. Sign language interpreters are available upon advance request.
Books showed me the way of life.
—Emperor Hadrian
Yuhua is with us!
Yuhua is Chinese-born American drag queen.
She was a contestant on RuPaul's Drag Race, Season 10 and will be the host of a
BILINGUAL (English & Cantonese Chinese) Drag Queen Story Hour at 4:00PM in Room 310!
玉華同我哋一齊！
玉華係華裔美國變裝皇后。
佢係 RuPaul 嘅變裝比賽嘅參賽者，第10季將會主持一個
雙語（英粵中文 ROOM 310室下午 4 : 00 嘅變裝皇后故事時段！
Do You Love RBF? DONATE!
The Rainbow Book Fair is possible because of its wonderful donors!
Thank you!
Many Thanks to Gival Press for their generous support!
Stephanie Cowell, Anonymous, Seth Weine, S Maxfield, Robert Woodworth, SoHo Project Space,Melina Moore, Raymond Babin, Lori Oleskewicz, Tom Baker, Alana Integlia, Steve Turtell, Tiffany Albright, Anonymous, Lynn Walker, Avery Irons, Anonymous, Joe Ortiz, Jenny Rossberg, Raymond C Alvarez, Anonymous, Toby Johnson, Elyse Singer, Despina Kozulcali, Susan Mountz, Henrietta Mountz, Sarah Mountz, Loraine K. Obler, Anonymous, Michael Lavery, Melissa Utley, Carl Meissner, Gary Zebrn, Anonymous, Robert Wilson, Warren Hall, The Ivory Tower Boiler Room, Philip Clark, John Miller, Anonymous, Theo Sandfort, CJ Ravenna, Anonymous, Winthrop Smith, Teresa Theophano, Jee Leong Koh, Meryl Altman, Gival Press, LLC
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WRITE RAINBOWBOOKFAIR123@GMAIL.COM FOR WAITLIST!
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
-front page placement for your logo on the website
GOLD
-all of the above
-AND an assigned and dedicated reading session of 25 minutes for you to use however you like.
-one table
-front page placement for your logo on the website
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Rainbow Book Fair needs 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.
Rainbow Book Fair has partnered with Events.com for Table & Ticket sales
This year's Rainbow Book Fair's theme is "Books Change Our Lives!"—a sentiment that everyone who loves books can attest to. Whether it was a novel, a comic, a memoir, or a poem, many of us found a home for ourselves in reading. We can read alone, with friends, or in groups—queer books can be informative, sexy, community-building, hilarious, and sometimes infuriating.
Come to the RBF to find your next life-changing book (or find a new copy of the one that’s now falling apart!).
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!, an annual poetry marathon. As always, there will be featured readers, stars in their own right, as well as a wide roster of short readings in every genre.
Interested in a 5-minute reading time slot? Click HERE.
The 2026 New York Rainbow Book Fair will be at the LGBT Community Center, 208 W. 13th Street, from 12-6pm.
For more information about the RBF email us at rainbowbookfair123@gmail.com.
To register as an exhibitor, go to: Events.com.
ARTISTS, AUTHORS & PUBLISHERS!
VENDOR TABLES ARE SOLD OUT.
Books Change Our Lives!
The event is free, with a suggested donation of $5.00
Suggested donation: $5; more if you can, less if you can't.
Exhibitors do NOT need to register for attendance.
GOLD SPONSORS
SILVER SPONSORS
PLATINUM SPONSOR
CORE SPONSORS
