Bookart - exhibitons (Biennials and Triennials) and fairs

Returning events and their venues (with link)

Alexandria

Biennale of the Artist’s Book

Egypt, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, spring during even years

Bath

Bookart and Bookbinding - works by members of the FIne Press Book Association - theme altering every year

alongside Bath Literature Festival

UK, Chapel Row Gallery, early every year

Erlangen

Buch und Kunst (Book and Art)

alongside Poets Festival at Erlangen

Germany, Bavaria, August every year

Frauenfeld, Old Steelmill

Book- and Handprinters Fair

Switzerland, November all even years

Hamburg

Handprinters Fair

Germany, Museum der Arbeit,  March every year

Leipzig

Bookfair

Germany, Saxonia, March every year

Mainz

Small Presses Fair

Germany, Rheinland-Pfalz, every odd year

Mosbach

Bookmakers Fair

Germany, Baden-Wurttemberg, October every even year

Norwich

Turn The Page

Great Britain, Norfolk, every year

Oxford

Fine Press Book Fair

Great Britain, Oxfordshire, November, every odd year

Vilnius

International Triennial of the Artist’s Book

Lithuania, in a 3 year turn (e. g. 2009)

Weimar

Biennial Book Arts Exhibition, November/December, every odd year

Worldwide

World Book and Copyright Day

UNESCO 23 April

Since 1995 the day to celebrate the pleasure of reading, the beauty of books, the effort and rights of writers and authors. The date in Catalonia is the traditional day of St. George, when a rose is given as a gift for every book sold.

More Bookart Venues

Every 4-6 weeks there is a downloadable newsletter (colour PDF in print quality) at the UWE’s Website which gives news, dates and locations as to fairs, exhibitions, workshops, masterclasses, calls for entries and much more.