“…as essential a part of autumn in London as Halloween and Guy Fawkes.”
Writer and Small Publishers Fair regular, Andrew Ray
PROGRAMME, BOOKS AND LAUNCHES & TABLE PLAN
Small Publishers Fair Programme 2025 – publishers & clickable links to websites plus exhibition, readings and talks.
Small Publishers Fair 2025 Table Plan and Key
2025 Book launches and new titles – a list of 137 publications the document also highlights artists, writers and poets who will be at or visiting the fair.
OPENING TIMES
11am to 7pm, Friday 24 and Saturday 25 October 2025
Address Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL
Map Googlemaps
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
Please bring help minimise waste. Bring your keep cup and water bottle.
Water refill station – on the left 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. The Dolphin is 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, poet, writer and printmaker
