Oxford Fine Press Book Fair

Every two years the Provincial Booksellers Fairs Association (PBFA) in the UK organises the Oxford Fine Press Book Fair with the assistance of the UK team of the Fine Press Book Association. The Fair runs over a Saturday and Sunday with around 100 stands for presses, dealers, suppliers, and related organisations.

The 2023 Fair was held on 9 and 10 December in the Examination Schools in central Oxford. It was managed for the PBFA by Henry Gott and Sian Wainwright.

2023 Exhibitors

Catalogued exhibitors at the 2023 Fair were:

13 Edition – Alexandra Frohloff
Altazimuth Press & Tom Paine Press
Andy Moore Calligraphy
Apulhead Originals
Ariadne Books
Ashton Rare Books
Babel
Blackwell’s Rare Books
Blue Print Press
Bonnefant Press
Books Illustrated Ltd
Carolyn Trant/Parvenu Press
Cheltenham Rare Books
Chevington Press
Chisato Tamabayashi
Christine McCauley/MsPress
Claire Illouz
Collinge & Clark
Cordes Press
Corvus Works
Daker Books
De Bry Rare Books
Deep Wood Press
Design for Today
Designer Bookbinders
Duet Books
Dylans Bookstore/Jeff Towns
Editions Verdigris
Effra Press & Typefoundry
Elies Plana
Evergreen Press
Fernando Feijoo & Jim Butler
Fine Press Artists’ Books – Susan Allix
Fine Press Book Association
Fine Press Poetry
Fleece Press
Florin Press
Fox Ash Press
Friederike von Hellermann
Grant Street Editions
Gwasg Gregynog
Harmatan & Oakridge Leathers
Heavy Duty Press
J Hewit & Sons Ltd
Joe McCann Books/Four Candles Press
Julian Smith
Hill Press
Hirundo Press
Il Buon Tempo
Impress Publishing
Incline Press
Inky Parrot Press
Intima Press Editions
Jennings Fine Art/No Pattern
John Purcell Paper
Judd Street Gallery
Karen Jakobsen Art & Design Books
Kelpie Press
Leslie Gerry Editions
Linda Landers Fine Press Books
Lone Oak Press
Ludlow Bookbinders Ltd
Lux Mentis
Maggs Bros Ltd
Mainstone Press
Midnight Paper Sales
Mixolydian Editions
MKB Editions/Belmont Hall Press
Muttons & Nuts
Nancy Loeber
Nicholas Daly Books
Nomad Letterpress
Old School Press
Old Stile Press
p’s and q’s Press
Paekakariki Press
Peter Fry
Plain Wrapper Press Redux
Prototype Press
Reading Room Press
Red Plate Press
Rooksmoor Press/Gloucester Typesetting
Russell Maret
Ruth Martin
S P Tuohy
Salvage Press
Sarah Amatt
Small Circus Rare Books
Solmentes Press
Sophie Brudenell-Bruce/La Providence Press
Sophie Schneideman Rare Books
St James Park Press
Theoc Books
Thin Ice Press
TOC Publishing Berlin
Tracey Bush/Fathom Five Books
Tudor Black Press
Veronica Watts
Verso Press/Sue McLaren
Victoria Hall Hand Decorated Papers
Wild Pangolin Press
Woodbridge Rare Books
Woodcraft Press

Judges’ Choice Awards

This year’s three eminent judges were Graham Moss, Pat Snidvongs, and Nancy Campbell. The prize-winners were:

David Armes who was selected for the body of his work as a whole at his Red Plate Press;
Claire Illouz who was selected for her Theodor’s Corridors; and
Friederike von Hellermann who was selected for her Bilingual Animal Alphabet.