What is OXIB?
The National Independent Publishing Event
Established 2020
There are 2 OXiB events for 2026 and they’re both FREE to visitors.
- Summer Book Fair
Sunday 12th – July 11am-4pm
Magdalen College School OX4 1DZ - Autumn Book Fair
Sunday 22nd November – 11am-4.30pm
Oxford Exams Schools OX1 4BG
Exhibitor tickets for the 2026 Autumn Book Fair are now SOLD OUT.
Both fairs bring together the book-buying public and the burgeoning independent creative community of small publishers & presses, established and un-agented authors, poets, writing groups, and self-published writers. A meeting place as much as a marketplace, OXIB offers a superb space for conversation, collaboration, and inspiration. Visitors can meet authors face-to-face, attend talks and readings, and hear the stories behind the stories – all FOR FREE.
OXIB offers a welcoming, inclusive atmosphere where independent and alternative voices take centre stage.
Join us and discover your next favourite book.
Who will be there?
Exhibitors
Exhibitor tickets for the 2026 Autumn Book Fair are now SOLD OUT.
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Ink&Ink Publishing Ltd
Author, Editors, Book Store, Childrens' Books, Publisher, Publisher Services
Stories that stay with you. Ink&Ink Publishing is an independent publishing house dedicated to timeless stories that inspire, entertain and touch the earth. Listen, Nurture, Publish.
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Panjeree Publications Ltd
Author, Childrens' Books, Fantasy & Sci-Fi, Publisher
Panjeree is a leading and trusted name in Bangladesh’s publishing sector. Since its journey began in 1994, it has expanded from educational books into diverse areas of publishing, combining experience with a modern approach to serve readers of all ages.
Panjeree has already achieved distinction in publishing creative works, particularly in children’s literature. Realising the importance of the young readers, we have been successfully publishing reference books, novels, poetry books, comics, travelogues, classics in translation for the juveniles that have created a culture of reading among them.
Our commitment to publish quality books has received wide acclamation. Crossing the borders, Panjeree has already earned commendation as a result of our endeavor to expand our market and activities in India, the UK and other parts of Europe, the USA, Australia, and few other countries.
Our contributors include distinguished academics, researchers, award-winning writers and editors, supported by experienced in-house editors and proofreaders. Panjeree also operates an extensive distribution network and PBS, its international standard bookshop chain, which organises year round book fairs all over the country.
As we work towards becoming a global name, we remain committed to UNESCO’s ‘Books for Everyone’ and the Bangladesh Government’s ‘Education for All’, promoting a future where passion for reading drives social progress.
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Elena Ene Drăghici-Vasilescu
Author, History, Publisher
Prof. Elena Ene Drăghici-Vasilescu teaches and researches in the fields of Late Antiquity and Medieval Studies (Philosophy, Art History, History of Ideas). Most recently her work has focused on Mediterranean culture.
She has a DPhil/PhD in Arts from the University of Oxford and is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. Dr. Vasilescu is a frequent speaker at national and international conferences.
She has published books and articles with Oxford University Press, Palgrave, Routledge, Peeters and Vasilescu Academic Oxford (her own publishing house).
Among her latest books are ‘Michelangelo, the Byzantines, and Plato’ (2021, second revised edition 2025); ‘Byzantine and Medieval Cappadocia’ (2024), ‘Creation and Time. Byzantine and Moder’ (2021), ‘Glimpses into Byzantium. Its Philosophy and Arts’ (an anthology of peer-reviewed articles).
Dr. Vasilescu has also published chapters in collective volumes published by Ashgate, Routledge and other well-known publishers. Moreover, Elena Ene Drăghici-Vasilescu published three volumes of poems: ‘Bucuria Verii cu Fluturi/A Summer with Butterflies’ (2025); ‘Tot despre cuvinte’/’About Words Again’ (2026), and ‘E Dreptul Meu’ [‘It is my Right’]
She directed two films: one is titled “Ieşirea din Labirint”/”Escape from the Labyrinth” and the other is based on Franz Kafka’s “The Metamorphosis” and is titled as such. The latter had its premiere on the 2nd of May, 2026, at the Ultimate Picture Palace cinema in Oxford.
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Peter Tickler
Author
Peter Tickler is an established writer of crime fiction, mostly set in and around Oxford. He has been much praised for the authenticity of his Oxford (‘a wonderful gift of creating geographically factual settings for his fictional characters’ – Oxford Times) as well as the pace of his stories (‘deliciously thrilling and wildly unpredictable’ – Oxford Today).
He studied classics at Keble College, and later settled with his wife and family in South Oxford. He worked in the IT dept of the Potato Marking Board in Between Towns Road, and from the computer room he looked down into the carpark of the Cowley police station. So it was inevitable that his irascible protagonist DI Susan Holden was based there. He loves setting his crimes in places he knows, and describes himself as ‘town, not gown’.
His latest (and 10th) crime story is Death in the Sea Pool, set in Bude where he has spent many off-season holidays. He insists that ‘sometimes I need a change of scene!’.
He is a member of the Crime Writers’ Association, and gives talks at festivals, libraries, U3As, Women’s Institutes and even at one of His Majesty’s Prisons. (They let him out eventually!).
His great-grandfather founded Tickler’s Jam Company, which supplied jam to the British troops and became a household name in the First World War. This was the inspiration for his novel The Tickler’s Jam Murders.
Peter Lovesey (winner of 3 CWA daggers) emailed him: “I was bamboozled by the solution to the puzzle. Bravo.”
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Montford Tales
Artist, Horror & Paranormal, Author, Publisher
Rori Montford is an award winning designer and illustrator of tabletop roleplaying games. She is known for thoughtful and beautiful games for solo players, with optional group play, requiring no preparation or game leader. Her most recent game is Asher’s Ridge, where you create episodes of a paranormal drama television show in the style of Twin Peaks or The X-Files in a remote area of the Lake District.
Everything she makes is 100% human made, from start to finish.
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J. C. O’Neill
Author, Fantasy & Sci-Fi
J. C. O’Neill is an independent author of modern Gothic fantasy and historical romantic thrillers. She only began writing to amuse a relative following their cancer diagnosis, but a few chapters turned into two series of books. She has degrees in law and medicine and had the privilege of working for the National Health Service for thirty-two years. She lives, works and writes in Sheffield, but was born in Cumbria, so is a true Northerner. She has three kids, one dog, a Mr O’Neill and a fondness for McVitie’s Chocolate Digestives. She didn’t mean to write a modern Gothic fantasy trilogy; it wrote her.

What's happening on the day?
Event Schedule
Join us on Sunday November 22nd, to discover your next favourite book at the Oxford Examination Schools, OX1 4BG.
Throughout the day we have a packed schedule full of exciting and informative sessions for all attendees.
This event is to be opened by the Lord Mayor of Oxford, Councillor Chewe Munkonge.
Where to find us
The Venue
Location
Oxford Examination Schools
75 – 81 High St, Oxford, OX1 4BG
Directions
By Car: The M40, M4 and A34 provide easy access to Oxford from London and the south. The M40 links Birmingham to Oxford from the north. The A420 and A40 approach Oxford from the west.
Parking: We are unable to offer parking for Festival events. Parking in Oxford city centre is limited. Visitors are advised to use one of the five Park & Ride systems, which are all clearly signposted from the Oxford Ring Road. The nearest car park is at St Clement’s Street, OX4 1AB.
By Bus: Oxford has an extensive network of local buses, making it easy to visit the town centre from every direction. The main Festival site is a short 5-10 minute walk from central bus stops. The closest bus stops are outside the Exam School. There are also fast and frequent bus services from central London that also stop at the venue.
By Train: Oxford has a centrally located train station with frequent and direct train services from London and Reading, as well as from Birmingham via Banbury and Coventry. Oxford Parkway station, north of the city, serves London Marylebone. The main Festival site is a 25-minute walk from the station.
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