Book Festivals by State

State guide

Minnesota

The Twin Cities Book Festival is the Minnesota festival verified here. Rain Taxi presents it and says the festival champions adventurous literature. The official site lists Saturday, November 7, 2026, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Union Depot in Saint Paul, with author presentations and exhibitors. It warns that fraudulent emails have invited authors to present and says readers should consult the festival’s own scam note. The site says the activity is supported by the voters of Minnesota through a Minnesota State Arts Board grant from the arts and cultural heritage fund. The Minnesota State Arts Board site loaded as the state arts agency.

Checked against official sources on October 11, 2026. Rules and links change; confirm with the office listed before you act.

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Twin Cities Book Festival
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Union Depot is the place the festival page names, and Saint Paul is the city. The hours are printed as 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on November 7, 2026. The page points to author presentations and exhibitors and to Rain Taxi’s newsletter for updates. This guide does not copy the author biographies. The scam warning is worth repeating in plain language: an email that invites an author to pay or to join a festival Rain Taxi did not announce should be checked against twincitiesbookfestival.com.

The Arts Board credit is specific. The festival says voters fund the work through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board and the arts and cultural heritage fund. That is public-arts context, not a ticket price. The Arts Board’s own site describes grant-making for Minnesota arts. It is the agency link for this state. A separate state-library education page also responded, but the festival’s own sentence names the Arts Board.

No second Minnesota book festival was verified in this pass. People outside the Twin Cities should not assume the Union Depot day travels. Use the Rain Taxi festival site for the Saturday plan and the Arts Board site for how state arts grants work. Local libraries remain the place for story times that are not part of this festival. If Minnesota State Arts Board updates hours, a venue, or a deadline, the live page replaces this Minnesota summary.

Official resources in Minnesota

Twin Cities Book Festival

Rain Taxi festival page for November 7, 2026, at Union Depot in Saint Paul.

Presenting authors

Festival page for author presentations and the Union Depot hours.

Minnesota State Arts Board

State arts agency. The festival says an Arts Board grant supports the event.

Key facts for Minnesota

Verified festivals and programs in Minnesota

FestivalcityDetails
Twin Cities Book FestivalSaint PaulRain Taxi festival at Union Depot on November 7, 2026, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

* Not published: the official page doesn't list it. Call the office to confirm before you rely on it.

What to do next

  1. Plan on Union Depot in Saint Paul, not a Minneapolis hall, unless the festival site changes the venue.
  2. Read the scam note before you answer an author invitation email.
  3. Use the Arts Board site to understand the grant credit, not to buy festival entry.
  4. Check Rain Taxi’s newsletter if the author list is still marked as coming soon.

Not seeing your festival or county?

We list a festival only when an official government page publishes its rules. If yours isn't in the table above, it may not publish them online yet. Here's what to use instead, in order:

  1. General Start with the statewide information above. It applies across Minnesota, but cities and counties can add their own steps, fees or deadlines.
  2. Closest verified Nearest places where we have verified local data outside this state (distance from Minnesota's population center, for comparison only):
  3. Call to confirm Ask the official office. They have the current local rule, fee and form.
    Minnesota State Arts Board
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    Phone not shown: use the contact page on the official website above.
    Your city or county office: Local governments →
    Not sure who handles it locally? USAGov's free help line, 1-844-872-4681, or the Minnesota page on USA.gov can point you to the right office.
  4. Know the current info? Tell us and include a link to the official page. We check every tip before it goes up.

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