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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
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
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
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
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
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
Opening at 12 noon tomorrow - Ilkley Book Fair - free entry - guest appearance by crime writer Martin Edwards who will be signing books - two rooms of books to browse! Fri 25th July 12-6pm and Saturday 26th July 10-4pm. King's Hall & Winter Garden, Station Road, Ilkley, LS29 8HB
July 24, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Sir John Lubbock's Hundred Books: Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson will be with Lanna Antique at Ilkley Book Fair Friday 25th July 12:00 - 18:00 and Saturday 26th July 10:00 - 16:00. Free entry. King's Hall & Winter Garden, Station Road, Ilkley, West Yorkshire, LS29 8HB www.pbfa.org/fairs/ilkley...
July 22, 2025 at 6:44 PM
A great friend of the PBFA, Martin is the author of three crime series: Harry Devlin in Liverpool, DCI Hannah Scarlett in the Lake District & the period crime series with Rachel Savernake. Martin is also President of The Detection Club & crime fiction consultant for British Library Crime Classics!
July 14, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Come & meet award winning crime novelist Martin Edwards
@martinedwardsbooks.bsky.social
author of Hemlock Bay and the upcoming Miss Winter in the Library with a Knife (out Sept)! He will be joining us for a book signing at Ilkley Book Fair on Friday 25th July, King's Hall & Winter Garden, Ilkley.
July 14, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Thank you to Jeremiah Vokes and team for a very enjoyable Darlington Book Fair! Next PBFA fair in the north of England is a new fair at Kirkby Lonsdale. 5th July, 10:00 - 16:00 Lunesdale Hall, Bective Road, Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria, LA6 2BG Link for comp ticket below
May 14, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Harrogate Book Fair is the next PBFA fair in Yorkshire. NEW VENUE The Old Swan Hotel, Swan Road, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG1 2SR. 21st March 2025, 12:00 - 18:00 and 22nd March 2025, 10:00 - 16:00 More details and comp tickets available from the website. Link below.
March 10, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The Midnight Sky (1879) and Stargazing: Past and Present. (1878) with @tonyfoth.bsky.social Ken Spellman Books at York Book Fair: Sat 11 Jan, 10:30-16:30, Knavesmire Suite, York Racecourse, YO23 1EX. Comp ticket pbfa.org/fairs/york-n...
January 9, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Blitz: Letters from London, Written by Evelyn Lister to sister Mildred, Sept & Oct 1940 in signed, limited edition binding will be with York Modern Books at York Book Fair: Sat 11 Jan, 10:30-16:30, Knavesmire Suite, York Racecourse, YO23 1EX. Comp ticket www.pbfa.org/fairs/york-n...
January 9, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Fantastic collection being brought to Yarm Book Fair this Sunday 10th Nov. by Pete Fry! Captain Pugwash, Cut-Throat Jake, Tom the Cabin Boy etc. 12 ink drawings signed by John Ryan. 10-4pm Princess Alexandra Auditorium, Yarm School, Yarm TS15 9EJ www.pbfa.org/fairs/yarm-o... for comp ticket to fair.
November 6, 2024 at 9:56 PM
There will be the usual huge range of books at Harrogate Book Fair including these from @RmjBooks @juxtabook Mobilis Books and Idle Booksellers. See pbfa.org/fairs/harrog... 15th March 12-6pm, 16th March 10am-4pm Derwent & Calder Rooms, Pavilions of Harrogate, Great Yorkshire Showground HG2 8NZ.
March 14, 2024 at 2:41 PM
The dates for next year's Ilkley Book Fair have been announced: 2nd August 2024, 12:00 - 18:00 and
3rd August 2024, 10:00 - 16:00 which is slightly later than usual. Organized as usual by Louise Harrison of TP Books, Addingham. We hope to see you there. Pic is Winter Garden @dbderbzbooks.bsky.social
December 3, 2023 at 7:04 PM