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Last updated 17 October 2023
February
Sheffield Radical Book Fair Saturday 4 February 2023, Dina Venue, Fitzalan Square, S1 2AZ, (new)
Valentines DIY Art Market Saturday 11 February 2023, Unit 8, Copeland Park Peckham, London SE15 3SN (annual)
Brixton Libary LGBTQ+ Zine Fair Saturday 11 February 2023, Brixton Library, Windrush Square, London SW2 1JQ (annual)
The Artists Book Market and Edinburgh Zine Festival, Friday 18 and Saturday 19 February 2023, Fruitmarket Gallery, 45 Market Street, EH1 1DF (annual)
March
Stroud Wayzgoose Saturday 9 and Sunday 10 March 2024, 11am to 5pm, Trinity Rooms, Stroud GL5 2HZ (biennial)
Margate Zine Fair, Sunday 12 March 2023, midday to 4pm, Turner Contemporary, Margate, Kent, CT9 1HG
Paper Ink Print Festival, Friday 17 to Sunday 19 March 2023, Landmark Arts Centre, Teddington, London, TW11 9NN (new, biennial)
PAGES Artists’ Book Fair, Friday 17 and Saturday 18 March 2023, Parkinson Court, University of Leeds, LS2 9JT (biennial, alternates with BABE in Bristol)
States of Independence Saturday 18 March 2023, DeMonfort University, Clephan Building, Oxford Street, Leicester, LE1 5XY (annual)
April
Illustration and Print Fair Saturday 22 and Sunday 23 April 2023, Towner Gallery, Eastbourne, BN21 4JJ (annual)
Book Arts Day (Society of Book Binders, London and South Region), Saturday 22 April 2023, 11am to 3pm, Kentish Town Congregational Church, Kelly Street, London NW1 8PH (annual)
May
Duplicate Publishing Fair, Friday 5 and Saturday 6 May 2023, Eastside Projects, 86 Heath Mill Lane, Birmingham, B9 4AR (annual)
Chapter 13 Artists Book Fair, Saturday 13 May 2023, Rising Sun Arts Centre, Reading, RG1 2ST (annual)
CMYK Festival, Saturday 20 May 2023, Hereford College of Arts, College Lane Campus, HR1 1EB (annual)
Brighton Illustration Spring Fair (BIF), Saturday 20 and Sunday 21 May 2023, Wagner Hall, Brighton, BN1 2RU (annual)
Hastings Book Fair, Sunday 28 May 2023, The Observer Building 53 Cambridge Road, Hastings, TN34 1DT (new)
City of Literature Publishing Fair Sunday 28 May 2023, 10am to 4pm, National Centre for Writing, Dragon Hall, Norwich NR1 1QE (annual)
June
Shipley Wayzgoose Saturday 10 June 2023, Yorkshire BD18 3EH (annual)
BABE – Bristol Artists Book Event Saturday 29 and Sunday 30 June 2024, Bower Ashton Campus, Bristol (biennial; alternates with PAGES Artists’ Book Fair in Leeds)
July
The Illustrators’ Fair, Saturday 8 July 2023, Kings Cross N1C Community Centre, 1 Handyside Street, London N1C 4BQ (annual)
August
Independent Print Market presented by Velocity Press, Saturday 12 August, 12 to 7pm, All My Friends, 96 White Post Lane, Hackney Wick E9 (new)
September
Wales Artists’ Book Ffair, Saturday 2 & Sunday 3 September 2023, Hafon yr Afon, Newtown, Powys (new)
October
Anarchist Book Fair, Saturday 7 October 2023, across 4 venues in east London, (annual)
Peterborough Radical Book Fair Saturday 14 October 2023, The George Alcott Centre, PE2 8QS (annual)
Lincoln Zine Fest Saturday 21 October 2023, Central Libary, Lincoln LN2 1EZ (annual)
Small Publishers Fair Friday 25 and Saturday 26 October 2024, Conway Hall, London WC1R 4RL (annual)
November
Manchester and Salford Anarchists Book Fair, Saturday 4 November 2023, 10am to 4pm, People’s History Museum, Left Bank, Bridge Street, Manchester, M3 3ER (annual)
Edinburgh’s Radical Bookfair, Thursday 9 to Sunday 12 November 2023, The Assembly Roxy, EH1 2LU (annual)
Bound Art Book Fair 25 to 26 November 2023, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester M15 6ER (annual)
December
Brighton Illustration Fair (BIF), Winter Fair, Saturday 2 & Sunday 3 December 2023, Wagner Hall, 2 Regency Road, Brighton BN1 2RU (annual)
City of Literature Publishing Fair Saturday 3 December 2023, National Writers Centre, Dragon Hall, 115-123 King Street, Norwich NR1 1QE (annual)
Dublin Art Book Fair, Thursday 7 to Sunday 17 December 2023, Temple Bar Gallery and Studios, D02 AC84, Ireland (annual)
Oxford Fine Press Book Fair, Saturday 9 and Sunday 10 December 2023, Examination Schools, Oxford