The Oxford Indie Book Fair

Were you ready for the BIG ONE?

A MASSIVE thanks to everyone who exhibited, visited and helped to make our BIGGEST EVER book fair, the BEST EVER!

We’re going to take a day or two to recover, then you can see some photos and news from the book fair.

The event was opened by Author, Actor and Chancellor of Brookes University
Paterson Joseph

EXHIBITOR BOOKING IS NOW CLOSED

Here’s the AD roll which will played on the big screens at the Book Fair.

Here’s some photos of the summer fair, below for you to enjoy

Click to enlarge, swipe to skip photos – photo credit Matty Severn

2024 Summer Oxford Indie Book Fair

The July 2024 event was amazing, and it was so nice to see all the exhibitors and visitors having a great time. A massive thankyou to EVERYONE that came along, to the sponsors, patrons and organisers. And, of course to the Michelle Castelletti and Oxford Festival of the Arts for Hosting us.

A very very special thank-you to Shona and the Oxford Festival of the Arts volunteers who worked SO hard and made everything run so smoothly on the day – you made a HUGE difference!

The Helpers

FOR VISITORS

If you’re a BOOK LOVER then you’ll get to meet local and national authors, artists and poets. Buy their books, often at special book-fair prices, even get a signed copy.

If you’re an AUTHOR, work in the publishing profession or want to get into the industry then come and network at the event. There’s loads of people to talk with about your work.

Set the date in your diary and let us know you’re coming with a FREE booking at EVENTBRITE – CLICK HERE

ENTRY IS FREE TO THE PUBLIC – NO TICKET NEEDED

FOR EXHIBITORS

We’ll be back in 2025 and although we can’t promse we’ll be BIGGER AGAIN, we’ll sure to be back at regular, prestigious venue with space for over 150 exhibitors and with more improvements. It’s bound to impress visitors as they browse your books for sale. It’s a great place to talk with other professionals as well as meet your audience.

If you’d like to exhibit at the 2025 event then please register at the bottom of the page to get up to date news about this and future events. If you’re already on the news list then no need to do anything, we’ll get in touch.

Our exhibitor centre pages have all the information that exhibitors will need for the day.

How to get there

There is NO parking at the venue. There is, however plenty of parking in Oxford, though some can be expensive. The cheapest is the large Westgate car park. St Clements Car park is the closest. The Thornhill park and ride stops 150yds from the venue.

The Address is High Street, Oxford, OX1 4BG.

Click HERE for the google maps link, or see the map on this page.

If you’re thinking of using the busses then The Oxford Bus Company have kindly prepared a route planner that will help tou.

We offer the opportunity for new and established talent to showcase their work taking at our event in Oxford.

It seems to be increasingly difficult for all but the most ‘already-successful’ authors to be accepted by traditional publishers, and/or receive recognition and profile in our mainstream media. Indie book fairs are becoming established elsewhere and since Oxford is a major city of arts and letters and renowned for writing and publishing it is not before time that the ever-growing Indie sector is to have its voice.

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