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Provincial BooksellersFairs Association in association with the 
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Oxford Fine Press Book Fair 2007 |
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Once again, in conjunction with the Fine Press Book Association, the PBFA
is organising the most successful fine press fair in the world: |
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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 include sixty-three private presses from the UK, the Americas, Russia, and continental Europe, as well as dealers in fine press books, trade suppliers of fine printing materials, and related societies. Gregynog Prize The Gregynog Prize is again being offered for the best book printed letterpress since the last Fair. All FPBA members are eligible to enter. We're fortunate to have as judges three eminent printers in their own right: David Vickers (Gregynog Press), Simon Lawrence (Fleece Press), and Sebastian Carter (Rampant Lions Press). Details can be found by clicking here. The Judges' Choice Awards Three people from the world of books nominate five books that they particularly like from the books on show and published since the last Fair. The judges are free to adopt whatever criteria they choose: fineness of printing, excitement, value for money, binding, use of materials, typography . . . it's up to them. Our brave judges this time round are Peter Henderson, Michael Taylor, and Jem Wilyman. Administration The Fair Manager is Toby English (10 St.Mary's Street, Wallingford, OX10 0EL, UK; tel/fax +44 (0)1491 836 389; e-mail chris@tobyenglish.com). Lots to see!
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Opening times
The Fair will be open 11am to 6pm on Saturday 3rd November 10am to 5pm on Sunday 4th 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. |
