What’s Still Ahead: Photobook + Zine Fairs to Watch in 2025
As the year progresses, numerous opportunities remain for photobook lovers, independent presses, and artist-publishers to connect, share, and exhibit. Here’s what I’ve found so far for the rest of 2025: fairs, print shows, and independent book events. I’ll update this if more come up.
- ICP Photobook Fest 2025, International Centre of Photography, New York
2 — 5 October 2025
70 publishers, signings, talks. - BOP Bristol Photobook Festival
11 — 12 October 2025
Annual photobook festival by Martin Parr Foundation. - Central Photobook Festival, Birmingham
17— 18 October 2025
Central Photobook Festival is a new event celebrating the photobook in all its forms. Taking place at Birmingham City University’s Parkside Building, it brings together publishers, artists and audiences for two days of talks, displays and discussions. The festival is free to attend and marks Birmingham’s first major gathering dedicated entirely to the art of the photobook. - Photobook Mania 2025, Bologna, Italy
18 — 19 October 2025
PHmuseum’s small fair weekend. - Bound Art Book Fair, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester
25 — 26 October 2025
Bound Art Book Fair, the North’s leading arts publishing fair, hosts over 90 artist publishers and collectives. It features a free programme celebrating collaboration and collective joy, from raves and rituals to proms and UFO clubs. - HALFTONE Print Fair, Dublin
28 November 2025 – 25 January 2026
This is more than a fair; it’s a long-running print & art fair at The Library Project, Temple Bar. Includes photography, prints, mixed media, and zines. Halftone+1 - Paris Photo
13 – 16 November 2025
Not in the UK, but worth noting: a major international fair with 40+ publishers, and the Aperture PhotoBook Awards onsite. Well worth a visit for anyone who loves the book as an art form. Photo Paris - Photofusion UK & London Independent Photography Winter Book Fair
29 November 2025
Photofusion and LIP Winter Book Fair returns on Saturday, 29 November 2025, following a successful spring edition. The event offers photographers, publishers, and artists a chance to sell work, connect, and celebrate independent photography. Limited spaces available, with discounted tables for members. - Brighton Art Book Fair, Phoenix Art Space
7 —8 December 2025 // Saturday — Sunday 12-5 pm.
Entrance to the fair costs £2. The first Brighton Art Book Fair takes place at Phoenix Art Space, bringing together a vibrant mix of international artists, small presses, and photobook publishers. Visitors can browse a wide range of artists’ books, zines, and limited editions. - PhotoBOOK Fair 2025, PhotoNOLA / Ogden Museum, New Orleans
13 December 2025
What’s Coming in 2026:
Confirmed / Projected 2026 Events
2026 is shaping up to be a year full of opportunities for independent publishers, photobook enthusiasts, and creative exchanges. Below are the confirmed and projected fairs and festivals to add to your diary now.
- Pro Foto Ireland 2026
Tuesday 14 April 2026
A trade fair event in Ireland featuring major brands, seminars, demos, and worth watching for book tables or visibility. profotoireland.ie - Photographica 2026 (Date to be announced)
The UK’s large photographic collectors’ fair includes books, prints, and camera gear. PCCGB - London Photo Trade Show 2026 (Date to be announced)
A free trade show of photographic gear, demos, and likely publisher/print presence. Eventbrite - Offprint London
May, TBC
Art publishing fair with a strong photobook presence. 2025 ran 16–18 May. - Peckham24 A Bigger Book Fair 2026
Spring TBC
This publisher-led fair has consistently featured a strong presence of photobooks. - Photographica (UK) — London’s photographic collectors’ fair (includes books & publications) — expecting 2026 info. PCCGB
- BOP Bristol Photobook Festival
Autumn 2026, TBC
The annual books on photography event in Bristol, combining exhibitions, signings, and publishers. Kenro - CONTACT Photobook Fair — International independent photobook event. The Eye of Photography Magazine
- Bound Art Book Fair
October 2026 - Photofusion x LIP Winter Book Fair
Late Nov or Dec, TBC