Below is a selection of reoccurring International Book Fairs and Festivals and the relative dates they occur, since most re-occur about the same time each year. Dates may have changed since posted, however. Check the link to determine the exact dates and times.
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Events (alphabetical)
A bigger book fair @ Peckham 24 – London, May
Athens Art Book Fair, Athens, Greece, October
Atlanta Center for Photography, Atlanta, GA, October
Baxter St. at CCNY Zine & Photo Book Fair, New York, NY, June
Booklette, Vevey, Switzerland, September
Brooklyn Art Book Fair, New York, NY, September
Brooklyn Book Festival, New York, NY, September
Center Photographic Fair, Santa Fe, NM, November
Charta, Rome, Italy, October
Chicago Art Book Fair, Chicago, IL, June
CODEX International Book Fair, Richmond, California, February, bi-annual
Contact Photo Festival, Toronto, Canada, May
Exposure Photography Festival, Calgary, Canada, February
Fiebre (Fever) Photobook Festival, Madrid, Spain, October
Filter Photo Festival, Chicago, Illinois, September
FORMAT Photobook Market – Derby, United Kingdom, March
FotoFest, Huston, Texas, March-April
Frankfurter Buchmesse (Frankfurt Book Fair), Frankfurt, Germany, October
Hot Stir Photobook Fair – Taipei, Taiwan, December
ICP Photobook Fest, NYC, October
LA Art Book Fair , Los Angeles, CA, May
Leipzig Photobook Festival – Leipzig, Germany, March
Liège Photobook Festival, Liège, Belgium, May
Les Rencontres d’Arles, France, July
Lisbon’s Photobook Fair, Lisbon, Portugal, November
Medium Photo Festival, San Diego, California, March
Miss Read: Berlin Art Book Festival, Berlin, Germany, May
NY Art Book Fair, New York, NY, September
Offprint London, London, England, May
Offprint Paris, Paris, France, November
Palm Springs Photo Festival, Palm Springs, California, October
Paris Photo, Paris, France, November
Photobook Weekend @ PHOTO International Festival of Photography (next edition: 2026), Melbourne, Australia, March
Photo Books @ Copenhagen Photo Festival, Copenhagen, Denmark, June
Photobook Market @ Art Photo Bcn, Barcelona, Spain, May
Photobook / NZ, Wellington, New Zealand, August
Photolucida, Portland, Oregon (biennial)
PhotoNola, New Oreleans, LA, December
Photobook Week Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark, November
Polycopies, Paris, France, November
San Francisco Art Book Fair, San Francisco, CA, July
SF Camerawork Holiday Book & Zine Fair, San Francisco, CA, December
Silver Eye Book Fair, Pittsburg, PA, November
Staple + Stitch Art Book and Print Fair, Chicago, IL, November
StegoFoto, Santiago, Chile, August
Thousandfold Photobook Fair @ Photoscene, Cologne, Germany, May
Typograpics Book Fair, New York, NY, June
Unseen Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, September
Vienna Art Book Fair, Vienna, Austria, October
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Events (by month)
February
Exposure Photography Festival, Calgary, Canada
CODEX International Book Fair, Richmond, California
March
FORMAT Photobook Market – Derby, United Kingdom
Leipzig Photobook Festival – Leipzig, Germany
Medium Photo Festival, San Diego, California
Photobook Weekend @ PHOTO International Festival of Photography (next edition: 2026), Melbourne, Australia
FotoFest, Huston, Texas
April
May
Contact Photo Festival, Toronto, Canada
A bigger book fair @ Peckham 24 – London
Liège Photobook Festival, Liège, Belgium
Miss Read: Berlin Art Book Festival, Berlin, Germany
Offprint London, London, England
Thousandfold Photobook Fair @ Photoscene, Cologne, Germany
LA Art Book Fair , Los Angeles, CA
June
Baxter St. at CCNY Zine & Photo Book Fair, New York, NY
Chicago Art Book Fair, Chicago, IL
Photo Books @ Copenhagen Photo Festival, Copenhagen, Denmark
Typograpics Book Fair, New York, NY
July
Les Rencontres d’Arles, France
San Francisco Art Book Fair, San Francisco, CA
August
Photobook / NZ, Wellington, New Zealand
StegoFoto, Santiago, Chile
September
Booklette, Vevey, Switzerland
Brooklyn Art Book Fair, New York, NY
Brooklyn Book Festival, New York, NY
NY Art Book Fair, New York, NY
Unseen Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
October
Athens Art Book Fair, Athens, Greece
Charta, Rome, Italy
Atlanta Center for Photography, Atlanta, GA
Fiebre (Fever) Photobook Festival, Madrid, Spain
Frankfurter Buchmesse (Frankfurt Book Fair), Frankfurt, Germany
ICP Photobook Fest, NYC
Palm Springs Photo Festival, Palm Springs, California
Vienna Art Book Fair, Vienna, Austria
November
Lisbon’s Photobook Fair, Lisbon, Portugal
Paris Photo, Paris, France
Photobook Week Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark
Polycopies, Paris, France
Center Photographic Fair, Santa Fe, NM
Silver Eye Book Fair, Pittsburg, PA
Staple + Stitch Art Book and Print Fair, Chicago, IL, November
Offprint Paris, Paris, France
December
PhotoNola, New Oreleans, LA
SF Camerawork Holiday Book & Zine Fair, San Francisco, CA
Hot Stir Photobook Fair – Taipei, Taiwan
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