With the Brighton Children's Book Festival looking after younger readers, City Books is offering a couple of great nights at Hove's Old Market for adults in love with the printed word.
Although it is still not celebrated to the same extent as Ireland's St Patrick's Day - possibly because Guinness is not so closely involved - St George's Day is still a big day on the English calendar.
Top children's authors will be giving talks and leading workshops in an annual two-day celebration of writing for young readers, which this year takes Leaping From The Page as its theme.
Aimed at both those starting out to investigate their geneaology and those who already have volumes of their family tree, the South Coast Family History Fair is a one-stop shop for information about tracing your past.