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Print copies of the 2025 Small Publishers Fair programme.
It's almost here! Join us for #smallpublishersfair25: 66 UK and international publishers, a special exhibition, and readings & talks.
Friday 24 & Saturday 25 October (11am-7pm)
FREE, all welcome
Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL (Holborn tube)
Further details:
smallpublishersfair.co.uk
Table 3—as well as a selection of Uniformbooks, we will have some new and some old [non]uniformbooks.
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Table plan for the 2025 Small Publishers Fair at Conway Hall.
One day to go! Here's a webpage with all the essential info for your visit to #smallpublishersfair25 at Conway Hall, London, this Fri & Sat (24 & 25 Oct, 11am-7pm): programme, new titles, map, venue info, directions, and now updated with table plan.
smallpublishersfair.co.uk/get-the-most...
Yasushi Cho is a book artist from Tokyo, whose publications are made using reconstructed images of printed matter and snapped photos. New titles launch at #smallpublishersfair25, Conway Hall, London, Fri 24 / Sat 25 October (11am-7pm, admission free)
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Curated this year by Kingston graduates the IPLA collective, Writers Kingston at Kingston University is a literary cultural institute dedicated to an expansive, innovative understanding of creative writing. Meet the team at #smallpublishersfair25, Conway Hall, London, Fri 24 / Sat 25 October
Two days to go! Here's a webpage with all the essential info for your visit to #smallpublishersfair25 at Conway Hall, London, this Fri & Sat (24 & 25 Oct, 11am-7pm): programme, new titles, map, venue info, directions (table plan available tomorrow)
smallpublishersfair.co.uk/get-the-most...
Founded in the 1970s and run by artist Helen Douglas from Yarrow, Scotland, the books of Weproductions combine photographic image & printing to explore visual narratives and themes of place and the natural world. Editions on sale at #smallpublishersfair25, Conway Hall, London, Fri 24 / Sat 25 Oct
Founded in 2011 by artist and book designer Colin Sackett, Axminster-based @uniformbooks.bsky.social is an imprint for the visual & literary arts, cultural geography & history, music & bibliographic studies. Find their titles - including the new 'Manifold' - at #smallpublishersfair25 24/25 October
Founded by Anthony Rudolf in 1969, The Menard Press published 150 titles in 40 years; the new iteration is the UK arm of Amsterdam indie imprint HetMoet. Original & translated poetry and fiction, non-fiction, art and literary criticism. New titles launch at #smallpublishersfair25 Fri 24/ Sat 25 Oct
The Caseroom Press is a publishing collective that applies systems, cataloguing, and data collection in their work using a combination of found surfaces, relief and screen print, letterpress, hand and machine stitch, typewriter and copy machine. Find them at #smallpublishersfair25 Fri 24/ Sat 25 Oct
Based in London and Bristol, @tenement-press.bsky.social is an occasional publisher of experimental, esoteric, accidental and interdisciplinary literatures, and is cousin to the magazine Hotel. Meet them, and their books, at #smallpublishersfair25, Conway Hall, London, Fri 24 / Sat 25 October
Founded in 2006 by Ornan Rotem and Num Stibbe, Sylph Editions publishes fiction, theoretical essays, limited-edition art and photography books with an emphasis on works in which image and text support and reinforce each other. Browse and buy their titles at #smallpublishersfair25, Fri 24/ Sat 25 Oct
Directed by artist & writer Stephen McNeilly, the publications of @swedenborghouse.bsky.social chart the legacy of Swedish scientist & philosopher, Emanuel Swedenborg, and include work from Alice Albinia, Gareth Evans and Iain Sinclair. New titles launch at #smallpublishersfair25, Fri 24/ Sat 25 Oct
Founded in 2003, run by Mark Pilkington and Jamie Sutcliffe, and rooted in a series of events at The Horse Hospital, @strangeattractor.bsky.social celebrates unpopular culture via neglected and esoteric cultural, historical and anthropological themes. New titles launch at #smallpublishersfair25
It's #smallpublishersfair25 in London this Fri/Sat! Here's a quick link to the PDF of the Fair programme, with details of all 66 UK & international publishers, special exhibition, readings & talks: smallpublishersfair.co.uk/wp-content/u...
(Print copies also available at Conway Hall on Fri/Sat)
One of three new collaborations that Essence Press will be launching @smallpublishers.bsky.social fair this coming Friday and Saturday 24-25 October.
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cobble
by J.R. Carpenter @jrcarpenter.bsky.social
www.juliejohnstone.com/essence-pres...
One of three new collaborations that Essence Press will be launching @smallpublishers.bsky.social fair this coming Friday and Saturday 24-25 October.
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sweet apple | after Sappho
by Richard Price
www.juliejohnstone.com/essence-pres...
One of three new collaborations that Essence Press will be launching @smallpublishers.bsky.social fair this coming Friday and Saturday 24-25 October.
#smallpublishersfair25
a story of floating weeds | homage to Ozu
by Thomas A Clark
www.juliejohnstone.com/essence-pres...
London-based writer, poet, performer and collaborative interdisciplinary practitioner Steven J Fowler is widely published by imprints that reflect the strength and diversity of British small press publishing. He will be among the 66 stallholders at #smallpublishersfair25, London, 24/25 October
Editor, publisher and translator Tony Frazer founded Shearsman magazine in 1981, shortly followed by @shearsmanbooks.bsky.social, with more than 900 poetry & poetry-related publications now in print. Browse and buy their new & recent titles at #smallpublishersfair25, London, Fri 24 / Sat 25 October
Founded in 2022, Set Margins Press is the imprint of Eindhoven-based writer, curator, editor and lecturer Freek Lomme (@freeklomme.bsky.social), engaging in critical & creative publishing to rethink & evolve visual communication and forms of cooperation. New titles launch at #smallpublishersfair25
Based in Leicester, Serena Smith is an artist-lithographer, writer and book artist whose hand-made publications use material poetics to explore research undertaken in the arts and humanities. Three new titles - On Stone, Heteroglossia (2), and Listen - launch at #smallpublishersfair25, 24/25 Oct
Edited by publisher and writer Tom Conaghan, @scratchbooks.bsky.social is a small London press dedicated to the craft of the short story, publishing anthologies & collections, and organising competitions & events. You can find them at #smallpublishersfair25, London, Fri 24 / Sat 25 October
"Playful, funny, clever and enchanting." London-based illustrator and book artist Ruth Martin creates colourful, hand-crafted and hands-on little books printed with intricately hand-cut rubber stamps. A new title, The Off-White Cube Gallery, launches at #smallpublishersfair25, Fri 24 / Sat 25 Oct
Readings at the Small Publishers Fair: The Green Room Friday 24 October Introduced by poet Simon Tyrrell 2.00pm—Weproductions Helen Douglas on MEETING POINT Within the Lewisian made with Jake Harvey. 2.30pm—Pilot Press Launch of Practicing Dying by Charlotte Northall, a memoir on addiction and capitalism. 3.00pm—Uniformbooks John Bevis on his book A Surrey Naturalist. 3.30pm—Fly on the Wall Press Readings: Amy Lilwall from The Water that May Come and John Ironmonger from The Wager and the Bear. 4.00pm—Negative Press London Launch of everything is so very much connected by Roelof Bakker and Sarah Bodman with Rachel Smith and Declan Wiffen. 4.30pm—The New Menard Press Launch of Shira Wolfe’s Jugoslovenska Kinoteka. Wolfe reads from this bilingual (English/Serbian) poetry collection, translated with Marko Mladenovic. SPECIAL EVENT: REMEMBERING MARK PAWSON 1965-2025 Small Publishers Fair will remember and celebrate Mark Pawson with a special event on the Friday afternoon. 5.30 to 7pm—Badge making Mark’s friend, artist and printmaker Xtina Lamb, will lead a badge-making session in Mark’s name. Come and make a badge!
A 🧵 of the #smallpublishersfair25 readings & talks on both days of the Fair. Friday's readings are introduced by @tyrrellknot.bsky.social and take place in The Green Room (2pm-5pm).
2pm: Helen Douglas (Weproductions)
2.30pm: Charlotte Northall (Pilot Press)
3.00pm: John Bevis (Uniformbooks)
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Based in South London, Russell Weekes works with objects, images, books and ephemera, exploring observations and connections found within everyday surroundings. Browse and buy his titles (including 'Swift', which launches at the Fair) at #smallpublishersfair25, Fri 24/Sat 25 Oct, Conway Hall, London
Based in Margate, Richard Roberts (Roberts Print) describes himself as a ‘purveyor of slow dissemination’. His printed books and zines take a sideways glance at different aspects of contemporary culture. A new title, String Theory, launches at #smallpublishersfair25, Conway Hall, London, 24/25 Oct
Road Books was founded by writer Judy Kravis and artist Peter Morgan in 1992 on a hill in Ireland, publishing solo and collaborative works. They launch 'Monday Night at Home' at #smallpublishersfair25, Conway Hall, London, Fri 24 / Sat 25 October
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Red Sphinx is the Berlin-based press of English artist, editor and translator Malcolm Green, publishing artist's books, postcards, prints, and Seedy CDs. You can find his work (and rare stock from the now-defunct Atlas Press) at #smallpublishersfair25, Conway Hall, London, Fri 24 / Sat 25 October