ICA’s annual book fair returns on 12 & 13 September, bringing together over 90 publishers for a weekend celebrating independent and artist publishing.

Alongside a vibrant fair, the weekend features talks, workshops, book launches and an exhibition, spotlighting the artist-led networks that sustain creative publishing today.

The talks programme brings together Gem Fletcher, Campbell Addy and Gabby Laurent to reflect on the future of photobooks, Jesse Glazzard and Biogal chat about the importance of friendship and community, while independent publishers come together to discuss who shapes the zeitgeist. To celebrate Pina Magazine's new issue, American Artist and Lola Olufemi join Catalina Imizcoz in conversation while Verso celebrates the launch of The Breaking of the English Working Class with Jonas Patrick Marvin.

Hands-on workshops are led by Ibrahim Azab, Kairo Urovi and Eva Jonas while TALKER presents a new performance. The weekend also features the LCC x ICA New Makers Prize with Romy Altman, while a display by Kalpesh Lathigra marks the launch of a new publication with Oval Press.

Running throughout the week, 12 – 20 September, a new exhibition by Jesse Glazzard marks the launch of his new photobook with Self Publish, Be Happy. The Sound of Dirt and Beauty reimagines the family album through photography, intimacy and the living archive.  

12 & 13 September 2026
Saturday opening hours: 12 – 7pm
Sunday opening hours: 12 – 6pm

Free entry to book fair
Tickets for talks and workshops £5


12 & 13 Sep, 12 – 7pm
Book Fair
Stage, Upper Gallery, Nash & Brandon Rooms

12 to 20 Sep, 12 – 7pm
Exhibition: Jesse Glazzard – The Sound of Dirt and Beauty
Lower Gallery


Sat 12 Sep, 12:30 – 1:45pm
Talk: What’s next for photobook publishing?
Nash & Brandon Rooms

Sat 12 Sep, 2:15 – 3:30pm
Talk: Jesse Glazzard in conversation with Biogal and Hannah Geddes
Nash & Brandon Rooms

Sat 12 Sep, 4 – 5:15pm
Launch: Pina issue #3 – American Artist and Lola Olufemi with Catalina Imizcoz
Nash & Brandon Rooms

Sat 12 Sep, 12:30pm & 3:30pm
Workshop: Remixing Capital Landscapes with Ibrahim Azab
Reading Room


Sun 13 Sep, 12:30 – 1:45pm
Talk: Verso – The Breaking of the English Working Class with Jonas Patrick Marvin and Amelia Horgan
Nash & Brandon Rooms

Sun 13 Sep, 2 – 3:15pm
Talk: Who decides the zeitgeist? What’s in and out in contemporary publishing?
SMUT Press, HELA Press and Tummy Ache Magazine with Flora Gau (Studio Nocturne)
Nash & Brandon Rooms

Sun 13 Sep, 2 – 4pm
Workshop: Getting up, falling down with Kairo Urovi and Eva Jonas
Reading Room

Sun 13 Sep, 3:45 – 5pm
Performance: TALKER – A Flickering Space Where the Deed Dissolves
Nash & Brandon Rooms


12 to 20 Sep, 12 – 7pm
Kalpesh Lathigra: What Remains Is All I See published with Oval Press
Concourse

12 to 20 Sep, 12 – 7pm
ICA New Makers Prize: Romy Altman
Concourse



1000 Words 
24°36°
51 Personae
Ají Press
Able Zine
Antenne Books
Art Data 
Banner Repeater
Baron 
Bemojake
Book Works
BOYS! BOYS! BOYS!
Bricks from the Kiln
Brick Lane Bookshop
Cc'd
CD3 Project
Ceci n’est pas
Colours of Art School
Common Threads Press
Cultural Traffic 
Divided
Elastic magazine
Erotic Review
Femmesocial Press
Fieldnotes 
Four Corners Books
Gender Fail Press
Granta Magazine 
Group Matter 
Hato Press
HELA Press
HELIONS
Hot Shoe 
If a Leaf Falls Press
Jane & Jeremy 
K. Verlag
Library Mothership
LOOKBOOKS
Lurid Editions 
MA BIBLIOTHÈQUE
Mack
MAKERMAKER
Manual Editions
Marfa 
monitorbooks
MULIERIS
New Dimension
New Papers
Nick Merdasi
Ochre Books
Oval Press
Overlapse
Pariah Press
Peer Matters
Peninsula Press
Perimeter 
Photieman Editions
PICPUS PRESS
Public Knowledge Books
Praun & Guermouche
Prototype
Queer Street Press
RA & Olly
RCA Media Studies
Sensored 
Serchia Gallery
Set Margins' 
Setsuko
Skoob Books
SMUT Press
Sold Out Publishing
somesuch
SPILLLL collective
Sports Banger
Stack 
Talker 
te editions
Tenement Press
The Boy Is Beautiful
The Grey Zine 
The New Rare
The West Asian and North African Women's Art Library 
Thomas Dane Gallery
to Be Magazine
Toe Rag
TONER
Tummy Ache
Valiz 
Velocity Press
Verso
Weed Magazine
Worms 
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