“…as essential a part of autumn in London as Halloween and Guy Fawkes.”
Writer and Small Publishers Fair regular, Andrew Ray
PROGRAMME, LAUNCHES & TABLE PLAN
2024 Programme pdf – publishers & clickable links to websites; exhibition, readings and talks
2024 Books – new and launches pdf – 99 books plus artists, writers and poets who are attending
OPENING TIMES
11am to 7pm, Friday 25 and Saturday 26 October 2024
TRAVEL AND LOCATION
Address Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL
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Tube
Five minutes walk from Holborn tube. Exit tube station on High Holborn (A40). Cross the road and turn right. Take the first left (Procter Street, continuation of A40). Red Lion Square is across the road. Conway Hall is in the far left-hand corner, just across the park.
Bike
Docking stations on Red Lion Square, Red Lion Street, Southampton Place and Theobold Road. Bike stands next to Conway Hall.
Bus
Red Lion Square Stop J: buses 98, N98
(1 minute)
Procter Street Stop H: buses 59, 133
(1 minute)
Southampton Row/Theobald Road: buses 1, 68 and 91
(2 minutes)
Theobalds Road (Red Lion Street) Stop A: buses 55, 243, N19 (2 minutes)
ACCESS
Level access in the main hall and toilets. Steps to stage and to The Library. Disabled toilets. Baby changing facilities. Buggy storage – ask at reception.
PAYING FOR BOOKS AT THE FAIR
By mobile phone
Many publishers accept payment by Paypal and other mobile payment apps.
Nearest cash machine
Sainsbury’s ATM High Holborn, WC1V 6QL
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FOOD AND DRINK
Conway Hall’s water refill station is in the main corridor.
Woolleys at Conway Hall
Conway Hall’s neighbour, Woolleys, runs the Foyer Café (straight ahead of you as you enter Conway Hall)
- hot and cold drinks
- pastries
- homemade cake
- baguettes and ciabattas including veggie and vegan
- cold beers and white wine.
Nearby cafés and restaurants
Lamb’s Conduit Passage, Red Lion Street, Theobald Road
and Lambs Conduit Street.
The Dolphin Tavern, 44 Red Lion Street, WC1R 4PF, 1 min
Convivial local, where you’ll often Fair participants taking a break. Also where many people will head for after the fair closes on the Friday.
“…the Fair found its true home at Conway Hall, in Red Lion Square, where writerly Bloomsbury meets printerly Holborn.”
John Bevis Construction, Storage, Despatch Coracle Press 2015
