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John Dilnot @johndilnot.bsky.social · 8d

The images in this book are taken from a series of paintings made over fragments of London street maps.
TREE SEEDLINGS edition of 50
it is available from my website shop
and can be seen at the
SMALL PUBLISHERS FAIR @smallpublishers coming soon
#smallpublishersfair2025 #smallpublishers johndilnot.com

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Small Publishers Fair @smallpublishers.bsky.social · 5h

Based in Hastings, and run by artist Scott Robertson, Fifthsyllable is a small press releasing artists books and editions, and the bimonthly single sheet publication 'A3/4', released in small numbers, by a different artist each time. Browse and buy their titles at #smallpublishersfair25 24/25 Oct

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Small Publishers Fair @smallpublishers.bsky.social · 7h

A Fair regular, @essencepress.bsky.social is the imprint of Edinburgh-based artist, curator & publisher Julie Johnstone, whose minimal quiet books, cards and poem objects explore perception and contemplative experience. You can find them at #smallpublishersfair25 24/25 Oct
smallpublishersfair.co.uk

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Small Publishers Fair @smallpublishers.bsky.social · 9h

Ensixteen Editions was founded by Mike Nicholson, Farnham-based, Lake District-born illustrator, storyboard artist and academic, and publishes the diaristic zine ‘bio auto graphic’. The latest title in the series (no. 37) launches at #smallpublishersfair25 London 24/25 Oct
smallpublishersfair.co.uk

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John Dilnot @johndilnot.bsky.social · 6d

WITH THE WORMS edition of 300
it is available from my website shop
johndilnot.com
and can be seen at the
SMALL PUBLISHERS FAIR @smallpublishers
24 and 25 October 11-7 each day
Conway Hall , Red Lion Sq, London

#smallpublishersfair2025 #smallpublishersfair #smallpublisher #supportsmallpublishers

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Small Publishers Fair @smallpublishers.bsky.social · 1d

"Mark paid careful attention to the small things in the world around him and he made each of us complicit in his process."

Erica Van Horn on the much-missed artist Mark Pawson, a mainstay of the Fair, who passed away earlier this year. Read more about Mark:
smallpublishersfair.co.uk/mark-pawson-...

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Small Publishers Fair @smallpublishers.bsky.social · 1d

From the Netherlands, artist and poet Elisabeth Tonnard creates new literature from existing texts and images; her works range from a book that is invisible to one that is a swimming pool. 'The End of the World', a new artist’s book about Robert Walser, will be available at #smallpublishersfair25

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John Dilnot @johndilnot.bsky.social · 5d

SOME DESTROYED WORK FROM THE 80s
edition of 30
it is available from my website shop
johndilnot.com
and can be seen at the
SMALL PUBLISHERS FAIR @smallpublishers
24 and 25 October 11-7 each day
Conway Hall, Red Lion Sq, London

#smallpublishersfair2025 #smallpublishersfair

johndilnot.co

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Small Publishers Fair @smallpublishers.bsky.social · 1d

Fledgling and nonprofit, eeodo makes and publishes artists’ books by Paul O’Kane and Bada Song (and guest collaborators), and celebrates the idea that “… art, while innovative and esoteric, is also an everyday human experience.” Browse and buy their titles at #smallpublishersfair25 on 24/25 October

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Small Publishers Fair @smallpublishers.bsky.social · 2d

Edited by Paul O’Prey and Pilar Garcia, the poetry pamphlets of Brighton-based Dare-Gale Press focus on design and the environment, and their "high quality and rich mix of established and early career poets" led to a Michael Marks Publishers Award in 2024. Find them at #smallpublishersfair25

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Les Fugitives @lesfugitivespress.bsky.social · 2d

In the @lrb.co.uk London Review of Books this month. Les Fugitives has been preparing a reprint of Erica Van Horn’s We Still Have the Telephone for this month’s @smallpublishers.bsky.social Small Publishers Fair.

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Small Publishers Fair @smallpublishers.bsky.social · 2d

Directed by writer and artist Erica Van Horn and poet, artist and editor Simon Cutts, Coracle is a printer-publisher and editor of spaces based in Tipperary. They return to #smallpublishersfair25 on 24 /25 October: this year's exhibition also draws on several decades of work by Erica Van Horn.

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Small Publishers Fair @smallpublishers.bsky.social · 2d

CLOD Magazine's off-shoot book editions emphasise the team’s ‘local’ to ‘universal’ approach, using the ‘half-joke’ to garner ‘50% seriousness’. Browse and buy their titles and discover the 'universal truths revealed by small-town hacks' at #smallpublishersfair25, London, Fri 24 / Sat 25 October

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Small Publishers Fair @smallpublishers.bsky.social · 3d

London-based @cbeditions.bsky.social (founded in 2007 by Charles Boyle) is a publisher of fiction, poetry and non-fiction, including work in translation. Find their books (including 'Ghost Stations' by Patrick McGuinness) at #smallpublishersfair25 on Fri 24 & Sat 25 Oct:
smallpublishersfair.co.uk

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Small Publishers Fair @smallpublishers.bsky.social · 3d

Led by Hayfaa Chalabi, Miriam Elgon and Gareth Proscourine-Barnett, and previously home to the renowned MA Book Arts, Camberwell Press / MA Illustration present new publications from the in-house imprint of this London art college at #smallpublishersfair25. Discover their work on 24 & 25 October.

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Small Publishers Fair @smallpublishers.bsky.social · 3d

Founded by owner Tanya Peixoto in 2002, and based in Shoreditch, Bookartbookshop specialises in books by artists, and stocks small press publications of 20th century avant-garde works from Dadaism to ’Pataphysics. Browse and buy their books at #smallpublishersfair25 on 24/25 October

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Small Publishers Fair @smallpublishers.bsky.social · 4d

A leading contemporary arts organisation with a unique role as makers and publishers of artists’ books, @bookworks.bsky.social commissions and supports new work by emerging artists, while their London studio also offers book binding and related services. Find them at #smallpublishersfair25

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Small Publishers Fair @smallpublishers.bsky.social · 4d

Boekie Woekie are Henriëtte van Egten (Netherlands), Rúna Thorkelsdóttir (Iceland), and Jan Voss (Germany): artists who make books and run Amsterdam’s Boekie Woekie Bookshop and Gallery. boekiewoekie.com returns to #smallpublishersfair25 at Conway Hall, London, on Fri 24 / Sat 25 October.

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Dr Lucy Carolan @icarousse.bsky.social · 5d

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Small Publishers Fair @smallpublishers.bsky.social · 5d

Batool Showghi is a London-based mixed media and book artist, working with photography, illustration, painting and textiles to explore women’s issues, immigration, and displacement. A new work, 'A Visual Reflection on Displacement', launches at #smallpublishersfair25.

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Small Publishers Fair @smallpublishers.bsky.social · 5d

Batool Showghi is a London-based mixed media and book artist, working with photography, illustration, painting and textiles to explore women’s issues, immigration, and displacement. A new work, 'A Visual Reflection on Displacement', launches at #smallpublishersfair25.

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Small Publishers Fair @smallpublishers.bsky.social · 5d

Badbloodandsibyl is the imprint of artist Andrew Kötting, maker of films, performances, installations, bookworks, CDs, LPs, VR and music, often in collaboration with his daughter Eden or writer Iain Sinclair.

At #smallpublishersfair25 Friday 24 & Saturday 25 October:
smallpublishersfair.co.uk

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Small Publishers Fair @smallpublishers.bsky.social · 5d

London-based multimedia and book artist Anne Rook is a regular Fair participant. Publications feature drawings, photographs, short poetical prose and found images such as fruit labels. You can find her, and her new work, at #smallpublishersfair25 on Fri 24 / Sat 25 October

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Small Publishers Fair @smallpublishers.bsky.social · 5d

Based in Cirencester, Andrew Morrison is a poet, book artist and printer working with woodcut, letterpress and potato prints. Books, prints and ephemera are typeset, printed and handbound; themes include memory, sequences, tokens and the zebra. You can find his work at #smallpublishersfair25

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Small Publishers Fair @smallpublishers.bsky.social · 5d

Three weeks today! Join us for #smallpublishersfair25: 66 UK and international publishers, a special exhibition, and readings & talks.

Fri 24 & Sat 25 October (11am-7pm)
FREE, all welcome
Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL (Holborn tube)

Further details:
smallpublishersfair.co.uk

Promotional card for the 2025 Small Publishers Fair, with a full list of the 66 participating artists and publishers. Full details at https://smallpublishersfair.co.uk/publishers-2025/

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Small Publishers Fair @smallpublishers.bsky.social · 6d

Established in 2008, AMBruno is a coalition of artists with a common interest in the book. This year’s project - with the theme of ‘finale’ - launches at #smallpublishersfair25 on 24/25 October. Featured artists include Claudia de la Torre, Rafael Klein and Cally Trench.

smallpublishersfair.co.uk

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