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Ilkley Book Fair
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FREE ENTRY: 2 rooms full of books for sale in this annual fair. Fri 24 July 2026 12- 6pm, Sat 25 July 2026 10-4pm. Kings Hall & Winter Gardens Ilkley LS29 8HA More details: https://bit.ly/485cbUm Profile pic @dbderbzbooks.bsky.social
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Happy Lancashire Day from this ex pat! We've lots of lovely Lancashire books in stock covering the whole historic county from the Mersey to Lancashire over the Sands. www.clhawley.co.uk/counties-eng... #lancashireday
November 27, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Dates are now out for the 2026 PBFA Ilkley Book Fair 24th July 2026, 12:00 - 18:00 , 25th July 2026, 10:00 - 16:00. As always at the lovely King's Hall & Winter Garden. More details via bit.ly/485cbUm. Photo by @dbderbzbooks.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 3:26 PM
'I own a 105-year-old bookshop - but I'm not really a reader' www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Whitby bookstore Holman's celebrates 105th birthday
Bookshop has a long and eclectic history and occupies one of the town's oldest buildings.
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November 16, 2025 at 8:22 PM
The Adventures of Wonk by Muriel Levy along with many more Ladybird books will be with Humford Mill Books at the Illustrated, Children's & Detective Fiction Book Fair Saturday 8th November 10-4pm. Pavilions of Harrogate HG2 8NZ . Comp ticket www.pbfa.org/fairs/northe...
November 7, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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Signed by Arthur Ransome & he has drawn a sailing boat in ink underneath, Pigeon Post will be at Neil Summersgill's stand - Illustrated, Children's & Detective Fiction Book Fair 8th Nov 10-4pm. Pavilions of Harrogate HG2 8NZ @tarsociety.bsky.social @aransome.bsky.social www.pbfa.org/fairs/northe...
October 23, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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A first edition in dust jacket of The Cricket Term by Antonia Forest will be with Peakirk Books at the Illustrated, Children's & Detective Fiction Book Fair Saturday 8th November 10-4pm. Pavilions of Harrogate HG2 8NZ . More details and comp ticket www.pbfa.org/fairs/northe...
October 29, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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Judith in Hanover by Winifred Foley will be with
The Book House at the Illustrated, Children's & Detective Fiction Book Fair Saturday 8th November 10-4pm. Pavilions of Harrogate HG2 8NZ . More details and comp ticket www.pbfa.org/fairs/northe...
November 5, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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Tomorrow! Saturday, 8th November and it's the Illustrated, Children’s & Detective Fiction Book Fair...
November 7, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Kim: A Scottie by Barbara Muir will be with Sarah Keys Books at the Illustrated, Children's & Detective Fiction Book Fair Saturday 8th November 10-4pm. Pavilions of Harrogate HG2 8NZ www.pbfa.org/fairs/northe...
November 5, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Judith in Hanover by Winifred Foley will be with
The Book House at the Illustrated, Children's & Detective Fiction Book Fair Saturday 8th November 10-4pm. Pavilions of Harrogate HG2 8NZ . More details and comp ticket www.pbfa.org/fairs/northe...
November 5, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Louise of TP Books will have with her a limited number of signed limited edition copies of Miss Winter in the Library with a Knife, @medwardsbooks wonderful new book. Find Lou & the books on Sat 8th November 10-4pm at Pavilions of Harrogate, Yorkshire, HG2 8NZ! More info www.pbfa.org/fairs/northe...
November 3, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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On Saturday, 8th November we’ll be exhibiting at the Illustrated, Children’s & Detective Fiction Book Fair being held at the Pavilions of Harrogate, Great Yorkshire Events Centre HG2 8NZ.

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November 2, 2025 at 11:14 AM
The Apache Girl by Arthur Mills - "Mills for Thrills!" - will be with Black Cat Books at the Illustrated, Children's & Detective Fiction Book Fair Saturday 8th November 10-4pm. Pavilions of Harrogate HG2 8NZ . More details and comp ticket www.pbfa.org/fairs/northe...
October 31, 2025 at 8:32 PM
A first edition in dust jacket of The Cricket Term by Antonia Forest will be with Peakirk Books at the Illustrated, Children's & Detective Fiction Book Fair Saturday 8th November 10-4pm. Pavilions of Harrogate HG2 8NZ . More details and comp ticket www.pbfa.org/fairs/northe...
October 29, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Signed by Arthur Ransome & he has drawn a sailing boat in ink underneath, Pigeon Post will be at Neil Summersgill's stand - Illustrated, Children's & Detective Fiction Book Fair 8th Nov 10-4pm. Pavilions of Harrogate HG2 8NZ @tarsociety.bsky.social @aransome.bsky.social www.pbfa.org/fairs/northe...
October 23, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Peril in the Pennines by Winifred Finlay will be with TP Books at the Northern Illustrated, Children's & Detective Fiction (Harrogate) Book Fair 8th Nov, 10-4pm. Pavilions of Harrogate, Yorkshire Event Centre, Harrogate, N. Yorkshire, HG2 8NZ www.pbfa.org/fairs/northe...
October 21, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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I have fianlly got around to reviewing these wonderful books by Lissa Evans. juxtabook.co.uk/2025/10/19/o...
Old Baggage, Crooked Heart, V for Victory by Lissa Evans
Old Baggage, Crooked Heart, V for Victory is the most charming and moving trilogy. Crooked Heart was written first and this book and the next feature Noel, a small boy becoming a teenager across th…
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October 19, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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Lovely article in the @lancasteruni.bsky.social newspaper by Connie Hawley on the pleasures of book fairs, browsing physical books & meeting sellers in person. Ilkley Book Fair got a name-check and that's us in the picture too! (pic @dbderbzbooks.bsky.social) scan.lancastersu.co.uk/2025/10/17/b...
Book Fairs: Second-Hand Book Dealers and The PBFA -
For book-lovers everywhere, a second-hand book fair resembles a gold mine. The thrill of rummaging through boxes of books and scouring shelves for the perfect edition is incomparable, something many o...
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October 17, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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High Wages by Dorothy Whipple reviewed on the new Juxtabook blog, with news of the new short film about her life and work. juxtabook.co.uk/2025/10/14/h...
October 16, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Lovely article in the @lancasteruni.bsky.social newspaper by Connie Hawley on the pleasures of book fairs, browsing physical books & meeting sellers in person. Ilkley Book Fair got a name-check and that's us in the picture too! (pic @dbderbzbooks.bsky.social) scan.lancastersu.co.uk/2025/10/17/b...
Book Fairs: Second-Hand Book Dealers and The PBFA -
For book-lovers everywhere, a second-hand book fair resembles a gold mine. The thrill of rummaging through boxes of books and scouring shelves for the perfect edition is incomparable, something many o...
scan.lancastersu.co.uk
October 17, 2025 at 1:32 PM
York Book Fair, the UK's largest book fair, is nearly upon us. The fair is enormous, over 200 book dealers, and is over two days, 12th September, 12:00 - 19:00 and 13th September, 10:00 - 17:00 at The Knavesmire Suite, York Racecourse, York, YO23 1EX. Comp ticket yorkbookfair.com
September 10, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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Settle Book Fair Monday 25th August 10-4pm. Victoria Hall, Settle, Yorkshire. Just off the A65 - mailchi.mp/35a187eb96dd... 12 book dealers and a cafe in the beautiful Yorkshire Dales town of Settle.
The Pusuit of Love by Nancy Mitford
The Pusuit of Love by Nancy Mitford - Folio Society illustrated edition in slipcase.
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August 24, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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We'll be exhibiting at the Settle Book Fair...

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Bank Holiday Monday, 25th August

SETTLE BOOK FAIR at Victoria Hall, Kirkgate BD24 9DZ ~ around 12 dealers with secondhand & collectable books & ephemera ~ café, nearby car parking.

See North West Book Fairs for more details plus a calendar of more events throughout the year.

#volumesofvolumes
August 20, 2025 at 5:46 AM
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Bank Holiday Monday, 25th August

SETTLE BOOK FAIR at Victoria Hall, Kirkgate BD24 9DZ ~ around 12 dealers with secondhand & collectable books & ephemera ~ café, nearby car parking.

See North West Book Fairs for more details plus a calendar of more events throughout the year.

#volumesofvolumes
August 17, 2025 at 8:56 AM