10th Annual Photobook Fair

Dates

12 October 2024
Time

11.00am - 7.00pm
Admission

FREE

Celebrate our 10th annual Photobook Fair with a focus on independent, non-mainstream, grassroots and self-published photobooks and zines.

As well as book stalls to enjoy, events will run throughout the day including talks, workshops, advice sessions, book launches, networking over drinks, and more. And back by popular demand, our tombola with lots of photo goodies to be won!

You will also be able to visit our new exhibition which celebrates the work of Café Royal Books, an independent publisher dedicated to post-war photography from Britain with a particular interest in unseen or overlooked work.

Photobook Fair programme of events includes…

Not to be missed, our talk with publisher Craig Atkinson. Published weekly in an accessible and affordable zine format, Café Royal Books have a broad appeal for their photographic and historic interest, charting a fascinating route through British social history.

Daniel Meadows will be joining us for a special event where he will share stories of his illustrious photography career and introduce us to his many publications, with a chance for you to ask questions.

Photographer Diane Bielik will be sharing tops tips for how to self-publish your own photobook and artist Anuhuya Saxena will share their exploration of the British South Asian experience, expressing the isolation and disconnection that can come with having a dual identity, and the celebration of South Asian culture and heritage

Make your own photo zine with The Photocopy Club with photos from your mobile phone. Drop in at their publisher stall, pay as you feel (suggested £5), takes around 15 minutes to create.

At the end of the Photobook Fair come along to our party to celebrate the exhibition Café Royal Books and reflect on the day’s talks and events.

Images © Karol Wyszynski.

Publisher stalls

Make a zine while you wait with The Photocopy Club

Drop in throughout the day.
Select your photos from your mobile phone and make your own zine while you wait with The Photocopy Club using their Xerox machine.
£5 per zine, takes approx 15 minutes to create.

Talk: Anuhya Saxena

11.15am to 11.45am

Anuhya Saxena's Coconut Zine is an exploration of the British South Asian experience through photography, expressing the isolation and disconnection that can come with having dual identity, as well as a celebration of South Asian culture and heritage.

Free, donations welcome

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Talk: Diane Bielik

12.00pm to 12.30pm

Find out some top tips and the process that led to making Diane Bielik’s first self-published book.

Hear about the ins and outs of the making, the sequencing process, design and layouts, making book dummies, using text, finding money, self-publishing, launching it, selling it and getting it out in the world.

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Talk: Daniel Meadows

1.00pm to 1.45pm

One not to miss! Fifty years ago, pioneering documentary photographer Daniel Meadows set off from Impressions Gallery's former home in York on a 14 month tour of the UK on his Free Photographic Omnibus. This event is a very special opportunity to hear Daniel talk about his lifetime's work recording British society.

Image © Andrew Sproxton (1973)

Free, donations welcome

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Talk: The Photobook Club Collective

2.15pm to 2.45pm

Hear from five members of The Photobook Club Collective, a photographic collective of 80 photographers whose members are completely engaged and united in the process of publishing, self-publishing and crowdfunding their publications.

Free, donations welcome

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Talk: Craig Atkinson

3.30pm to 4.30pm

Join independent publisher Craig Atkinson to find out more about the ethos behind Café Royal Books. Published weekly in an accessible zine format the books have a wide reaching appeal, and have opened up the work of generations of documentary photographers to new audiences.

Free, donations welcome.

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