Photobook Fair - Impressions

Our annual Photobook Fair returns with book stalls to enjoy, and a programme of events including talks, book launches, and fun workshops.

As always we will be spotlighting independent, non-mainstream, grassroots and self-published photobooks and zines by photographers and artists.

Back by popular demand we will have our fabulous tombola with lots of photo goodies to be won throughout the day.

Photobook Fair programme features…

Featuring Archiving to Remember, a workshop on how to care for your personal and family archives by Cassia Clarke and Clare Hewitt’s talk about Everything in the forest is the forest biodegradable photobook and how it travelled far and wide throughout the UK this summer. Clare will share lessons learnt from the ‘borrow and share’ scheme.

Cassia Clarke will also be sharing her debut publication Preserving the Familial Archive offering practical, sustainable, and cost-effective strategies for preserving printed photographic archives in your home. Covering everything from fact-finding, handling, packaging, storage, making tough choices, and the emotional complexities of preservation. Clarke will share personal anecdotes from her own preservation journey, making the process both relatable and insightful.,

We’re excited to bring back our pop-up thrift stall, where you’ll find an eclectic mix of second hand photobooks and other photo-related delights.

At the end of the Photobook Fair come along to our Photo Connect Social to reflect on the day’s talks and events and an opportunity to find out more about Photo Connect: Championing photography in the North of England.

Event timings

10.30am to 12.00pm Workshop: Archiving to Remember with Cassia Clarke. Booking essential. Workshop fee £5. Book here.

12.30pm to 1.15pm Talk: Clare Hewitt: Everything in the forest is the forest biodegradable photobook. Free, booking recommended here.

2.00pm to 2.30pm Talk: Preserving the Familial Archive with Cassia Clarke. Free, booking recommended here.

4.00pm to 5.00pm Photo Connect social: At the end of the Photobook Fair come along to our Photo Connect social to reflect on the day’s talks and events and an opportunity to find out more about Photo Connect: Championing photography in the North of England. Free, pop in, all welcome.

Publisher stalls

Biscuit Books | 0.08 Imprints | Village | Cassia Clarke

If you are a publisher interested in a stall please email hello@impressions-gallery.com for more details.

Self-publishers stall

Others stalls to explore

Thrift Stall | Self-publishers | Tombola

Workshop: Archiving to Remember

How confident do you feel with caring for your photographs at home? Join artist and archivist Cassia Clarke in an insightful workshop exploring how to care for your personal photographic archives. Taking the lead from Clarke’s debut publication Preserving the Familial Archive you will be introduced to a method of caring for your physical photographs and the materials required to do so.

Booking essential.
10.30am to 12.00pm.
Workshop fee £5.

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Talk: Clare Hewitt: Everything in the forest is the forest biodegradable photobook

Hear about Everything in the forest is the forest biodegradable photobook and how it travelled far and wide throughout the UK this summer.

Clare will share lessons learnt from the ‘borrow and share’ scheme which after an open call saw 12 mini-books weaving their way to households and communities across the UK, from the Isle of Wight to Aberdeen.

Booking recommended.
12.30pm to 1.15pm.
Free, donations welcome.

Image: Clare Hewitt 'Everything in the forest is the forest' © Curtis James

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Talk: Preserving the Familial Archive and book signing

Hear Cassia Clarke speak about her debut publication, Preserving the Familial Archive, offering practical, sustainable, and cost-effective strategies for preserving printed photographic archives in your home.

Covering everything from fact-finding, handling, packaging, storage, making tough choices, and the emotional complexities of preservation. Clarke also shares personal anecdotes from her own preservation journey, making the process both relatable and insightful.

Booking recommended.
Saturday 4 October, 2.00pm to 2.30pm.
Free event, donations welcome, suggested £3.

Book your place

Photo Connect social

At the end of the Photobook Fair come along to our Photo Connect social to reflect on the day’s talks and events and an opportunity to find out more about Photo Connect: Championing photography in the North of England.

4.00pm to 5.00pm.

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