Once again, in conjunction with the Fine Press Book Association, the PBFA is organising the longest standing fine press fair in the world: the Oxford Fine Press Book Fair in Oxford, UK. The Fair will be held on 5th and 6th November 2011. Stand applications for exhibitors are due by March 11, 2011. See instructions and application form. Note that there are generally more applications than availabilites for stand space.
Admission
Admission by catalogue at the door on the day. Valid both days, it includes admission to all of the lectures on the second day. Admission price, including catalogue and lectures, is £5 per person. Refreshments will be available.
Exhibitors
The exhibitors will include private presses from the UK, the Americas, Russia,
Asia, and continental Europe, as well as dealers in fine press books,
suppliers of fine printing materials, and related societies. See the full list of exhibitors.
Judges' Choice Awards
Three judges have been given carte blanche to select four or five books which they think are especially worthy of attention according to the criteria that they choose. These may include innovation, value for money, use of unusual materials or format, originality, work of promise from a new press, printing excellence, quality of illustration, unusual subject, etc. An announcement of the chosen books will be made on the Sunday afternoon and the presses will receive certificates printed at Whittington Press.
The Parrot Prize
2011 will see the first award of the Parrot Prize of £500, sponsored by the
Previous Parrot Press. More details are available here.
Lecture Programme
| 1100 | Russell Maret: New Type for New Books |
| 1200 | John Whiteley (Ashmolean): Lucien Pissaro’s Eragny Press |
| 1300 | (Announcements of Judges’ Choice Awards & Parrot Prize) |
| 1400 | Crispin & Jan Elsted: The Painless Adventures of Pericles: Printing & Publishing a Classic from the Ground Up |
| 1500 | Carolyn Trant: Who Killed Cock Robin? Communications, collaborations & creative thinking – a year in the life of a Book Artist |
Administration
Toby English, Fair Manager
10 St.Mary's Street,
Wallingford,
OX10 0EL, UK
tel/fax +44 (0)1491 836 389
chris@tobyenglish.com
Lots to see!
Opening times
The Fair will be open 11am to 6pm on Saturday 5th November, and 10am to 5pm on Sunday
6th November.
Location
The fair will be held at Oxford Brookes University, Headington Campus, Gipsy Lane, Oxford OX3 0BP, UK. Click here for a simple map of the immediate locality. Click here for a map showing its position relative to Oxford centre.
Car parking is available a few minutes' walk from the Fair, at Headington Hill Hall: at the north end of Gipsy Lane, turn left at the traffic lights (towards Oxford centre on the Headington Road), and take the second right into Headington Hill Hall.
The exhibition is also conveniently reached from Thornhill Park & Ride, to the east of Oxford, at the intersection of the A420 and eastern Bypass. Take the 300 bus towards Oxford town centre and alight at the bus stop on Headington Road at the top of Gipsy Lane (10 minutes). The venue is two minutes' walk from the bus stop, down Gipsy Lane on the right hand side.
For buses (in particular from the railway and bus stations), check Oxford Bus and Stagecoach.
By train, Oxford is served by Thames Express, First Great Western, Wales & West, Virgin Trains, and Central Trains.
By coach, The Oxford Espress and The Oxford Tube leave London from several points and stop at Gipsy Lane.
