What is OXIB?
The National Independent Publishing Event
Established 2020
There are 2 OXiB events for 2026 and they’re both FREE to visitors.
- Summer Book Fair
Sunday 12th – July 11am-4pm
Magdalen College School OX4 1DZ - Autumn Book Fair
Sunday 22nd November – 11am-4.30pm
Oxford Exams Schools OX1 4BG
Both fairs bring together the book-buying public and the burgeoning independent creative community of small publishers & presses, established and un-agented authors, poets, writing groups, and self-published writers. A meeting place as much as a marketplace, OXIB offers a superb space for conversation, collaboration, and inspiration. Visitors can meet authors face-to-face, attend talks and readings, and hear the stories behind the stories – all FOR FREE.
OXIB offers a welcoming, inclusive atmosphere where independent and alternative voices take centre stage.
Join us and discover your next favourite book.
Who will be there?
Exhibitors
Final tickets for the 2026 Autumn Book Fair will be live from Friday 11th September 2026 at approximately 5pm.
Table N16
J A Crawshaw
Author
J A Crawshaw is a multi award winning contemporary women’s fiction author. He writes uplifting and deeply emotional love stories of hope, courage, self-worth and romance.
Table N26
Montford Tales
Artist, Horror & Paranormal, Author, Publisher
Rori Montford is an award winning designer and illustrator of tabletop roleplaying games. She is known for thoughtful and beautiful games for solo players, with optional group play, requiring no preparation or game leader. Her most recent game is Asher’s Ridge, where you create episodes of a paranormal drama television show in the style of Twin Peaks or The X-Files in a remote area of the Lake District.
Everything she makes is 100% human made, from start to finish.
Table N24
Pamela Roberts
History, Author
Pamela Roberts is an award-winning creative producer, historian, author and founder of Black Oxford Untold Stories, a cultural platform dedicated to uncovering, documenting and bringing to wider public attention the histories and contributions of Black scholars at the University of Oxford.
Pamela is also the author of Black Oxford – The Untold Stories of oxford University’s Black Scholars and The Adventures of a Black Edwardian Intellectual: James Arthur Harley.
She is an alumnus of the Eccles Centre for American Studies at the British Library and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and the Royal Historical Society.
Table N18
Christian Howgill
Author
Discover how tennis has influenced our world in all sorts of weird and unexpected ways; From the fall of Kings to the birth of Democracy to inventing Banking; From inventing the Stock Market to Causing The 2008 World Financial Crisis; Find out how Tennis created The Secret Service, MI5 and James Bond; How it invented the Smart Phone; Even how it helped win the Second World War.
Also in the book – the never revealed before, 500 year old secret, as to why tennis is scored at 15 points at a time.
But this is no history lesson. This is raw entertainment.
Christian Howgill has written for many TV shows like: BBC’s Jasper Carrott for the Carrott Confidential show, which was twice nominated for a Palm d’Or in Cannes; He also wrote for Rory Bremner’s And Now Something Else; and Clive Anderson Talks Back on Channel 4.
For radio he has written for various shows like Weekending, The News Huddlines, and Two Cheers for BBC Radio 4.
He was a regular satirists on the Sideswipes column on Punch Magazine, and was a named columnist on Excel Magazine, Edge Magazine, FORE! Magazine, and Today’s Golfer. He has worked in the tennis world for almost 25 years including as the Editor of The Queen’s Club Magazine where he sourced many of the stories you will hear tonight.
Table N48
Black Dove Books
Author, Publisher
“Jack Chandler is a sleep-deprived author and willing participant in an unbalanced cohabitation contract with a cat. She spends her time writing, playing strategic board games, doing puzzles, and turning the house and garden into a jungle.
Her first thriller, Ripped Into, became a Hot New Release within five days of publication, and a Bestseller on Amazon within two weeks. Its sequel, 13 Chances, broke that personal record. Check out her website for a free story in the series.”
Table S48
Andrius Lengvinas
Author
Andrius Lengvinas writes about how mortgages and long-term debt quietly change behaviour – the work people take, the risks they stop taking, and the lives they build around the payments.
After more than fifteen years in property, construction and business, and more than thirty mortgages by forty, he wrote the book he wishes he had read before signing the first one. Most people look at the rate and the monthly figure. Silent Debt is about the cost that never appears on the statement.
Silent Debt: How Mortgages Shape Decisions, Risk, and the Lives We Build is a #1 Best Seller in Financing Mortgages on Amazon UK. It has also reached #1 in Mortgages, Real Estate Investments, and Buying & Selling Homes on Amazon US Kindle.
This is not a guide to getting rich from property. It is part memoir, part explanation: what happens after you sign, and why so many people feel uneasy long before any document is completed.
Andrius is an independent author based in Bishop’s Stortford. Silent Debt is available in paperback, ebook and audiobook.
andriuslengvinas.com
mybook.to/SilentDebt
What's happening on the day?
Event Schedule
Join us on Sunday November 22nd, to discover your next favourite book at the Oxford Examination Schools, OX1 4BG.
Throughout the day we have a packed schedule full of exciting and informative sessions for all attendees.
This event is to be opened by the Lord Mayor of Oxford, Councillor Chewe Munkonge.
Where to find us
The Venue
Location
Oxford Examination Schools
75 – 81 High St, Oxford, OX1 4BG
Directions
By Car: The M40, M4 and A34 provide easy access to Oxford from London and the south. The M40 links Birmingham to Oxford from the north. The A420 and A40 approach Oxford from the west.
Parking: We are unable to offer parking for Festival events. Parking in Oxford city centre is limited. Visitors are advised to use one of the five Park & Ride systems, which are all clearly signposted from the Oxford Ring Road. The nearest car park is at St Clement’s Street, OX4 1AB.
By Bus: Oxford has an extensive network of local buses, making it easy to visit the town centre from every direction. The main Festival site is a short 5-10 minute walk from central bus stops. The closest bus stops are outside the Exam School. There are also fast and frequent bus services from central London that also stop at the venue.
By Train: Oxford has a centrally located train station with frequent and direct train services from London and Reading, as well as from Birmingham via Banbury and Coventry. Oxford Parkway station, north of the city, serves London Marylebone. The main Festival site is a 25-minute walk from the station.
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