Booking opens for the Summer Book Fair tonight!

If you're new to the Book Fair newsletter, then a warm welcome - we get signups almost every day, and it's lovely to see more and more potential visitors as well as writers joining in. As promised last week, we're going to be releasing the first half of the exhibitor passes for our summer book fair, which takes place on Sunday 13th July at the Magdalen College School.
You can see a map of the location on the homepage of our website.
It's a lovely venue, and we're running the show in conjunction with the Oxford Festival of the Arts who have VERY generously provided the hall for us free of charge - this means that we're able to sell the exhibitor passes at £20 for a full table and just £15 for a half table.
There's space for 58 exhibitors. The full tables are a standard trestle table, and the half ones are big enough to put on a carefully planned display. It's a little cosy, but we're all friends here aren't we?
This year, we're not having any talks and interruptions on the stage, so there are 7 large tables up there. MORE BOOKS!

Booking

If you'd like to book a space to exhibit, click the link to the booking page below and follow the simple instructions there* Tables will be released at 23:59 tonight!
All the information for exhibitors will appear on the Exhibitor Centre page. Check back there from time to time for up to date details.

To be fair to those that might not be so hot off the block, we'll be releasing the remainder of the spaces at the same time next week. So if you try to book and it won't let you, just hang tight for the second batch.

For the Readers

If you're signed up as a visitor then take a look at the website to see more information about the Oxford Indie Book Fair along with lots of fun photos of the brilliant exhibitors and events from previous shows. The exhibitors are all extremely keen and are no doubt dying to talk with you about their books and of course sell you a copy - often at special show prices.
We've got another MASSIVE event planned for November at our usual haunt - The Oxford Examination Schools with lot s of talks, readings and extra fun. Watch out for news of that as we finalise the details.

And remember: ENTRY TO THE BOOK FAIR IS FREE TO ALL VISITORS.

For the Writers

The Oxford Indie Book Fair is the perfect place to meet up with other writers to talk about your craft. You'll find businesses who can help you along your writing and publishing journey and there are also a number of writers' groups attending - why not visit them and join up, you'll be in great company.

Keep up to date

Our bespoke exhibitor booking system automates a lot of the process, which means that so long as exhibitors REMEMBER TO FILL IN THEIR PROFILE, they'll appear automatically on the Exhibitor Directory page on the website. Check back from time to time to see the listing fill up with the most amazing people you're likely to meet.

* ...some changes

We take this whole book fair business VERY seriously indeed and are committed to provide the best we can for our brilliant writers and help bring them and their readers together. As such, we're investing a lot of effort into our website. Previous exhibitors will notice that the booking system, which allows them to choose for themselves where they exhibit is undergoing a facelift. Gone is the "spreadsheet squares" to click on, and in comes a much more representative graphic with the actual floor plan.
It still works the same as before - just click on a table and when the orange button appears below, press that and continue on to pay for your exhibitor pass. The software is still in the 'Beta' phase - which makes you all our little Guinea pigs for now! We'd be very grateful for any feedback and reports of difficulties so that we can get it perfect for the November show. All being well, in the next iteration you'll be able to fill in your exhibitor profile while signing up to save you having to come back and do it later.

…so, roll on the summer, and you'll certainly hear more from us and the exhibitors on social media very soon.

Andy, Sylvia, James, Shona, Ray and Felicity