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  • 2026 National Year of Reading
  • Oxford Indie Book Fair

    Keeping publishing independent

    November 22nd 2026

  • 2026 National Year of Reading
  • Oxford Indie Book Fair

    Keeping publishing independent

    November 22nd 2026

  • 2026 National Year of Reading
  • Oxford Indie Book Fair

    Keeping publishing independent

    November 22nd 2026

    What is OXIB?

    The National Independent Publishing Event

    Established 2020

    There are 2 OXiB events for 2026 and they’re both FREE to visitors.

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    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.

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    Who will be there?

    Exhibitors

    Final tickets for the 2026 Autumn Book Fair will be live from Friday 11th September 2026 at approximately 5pm. 

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    Sarah Lustig

    Sarah Lustig

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    Sarah Lustig is the author of the Westminster Mysteries series, which follow the adventures of Theo Duncan, the Prime Minister’s son, as he tries to solve mysteries that have baffled Parliament.

    The first book in the series, Mystery in the Palace of Westminster, was awarded Highly Commended in the Selfies Children’s Book Award 2023 and it is a Wishing Shelf Book Awards finalist. The second book in the series, Body in the Thames, was also shortlisted for the Selfies Book Awards, 2025. The series finale, Murder at Speaker’s House, published in September 2026.

    Sarah been a book editor for over 15 years and lives in Buckinghamshire, where she spends her time reading, writing and pottering on her balcony garden.

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    Lizzie Jardine Godwin

    Quince Press

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    Quince Press is the imprint of book artist Lizzie Jardine Godwin. I make one-off books, limited editions and 3D structures. Each piece begins with my own poems and short stories and is developed by experimentation with book structures, surface textures and watercolour. My work is informed by the natural world, memory and sense of place.

    Work held in public and private collections.

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    Jane Croft

    J. C. O’Neill

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    J. C. O’Neill is an independent author of modern Gothic fantasy and historical romantic thrillers. She only began writing to amuse a relative following their cancer diagnosis, but a few chapters turned into two series of books. She has degrees in law and medicine and had the privilege of working for the National Health Service for thirty-two years. She lives, works and writes in Sheffield, but was born in Cumbria, so is a true Northerner. She has three kids, one dog, a Mr O’Neill and a fondness for McVitie’s Chocolate Digestives. She didn’t mean to write a modern Gothic fantasy trilogy; it wrote her.

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    Vanya Bagaev

    nova·nevédoma

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    Vanya Bagaev (Vanechka) is a Russian-British writer and translator, and founder of the samizdat press nova·nevédoma (nova-nevedoma.com). His most recent novels are Tulubaikaporia (2026), about a vanishing Russian village and the people trying to escape it or return to it, and Deleted Scenes from the Bestselling Utopian Novel (2024), a dystopian satire and psychological horror about a fictional reflection of contemporary Russia. Vanya’s work has been shortlisted for the Saroyan International Prize for Short Fiction and has appeared in the Republic of Letters, Apocrypha, SUM FLUX and Soaring Twenties, among other places.

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    Ignition Press

    ignitionpress

    Established in 2017 and based at Oxford Brookes Poetry Centre, ignitionpress is an award-winning poetry pamphlet press with an international outlook which publishes original, arresting poetry from emerging poets.

    The press won the Michael Marks Publishers’ Award in 2021, and six of our pamphlets have been shortlisted for the Michael Marks Poetry Award, with one winning the Michael Marks Environmental Poetry Pamphlet Award in 2026. Six of our pamphlets have also been Poetry Book Society Pamphlet Choice selections.

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    Pamela Roberts

    Black Oxford Untold Stories

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    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.

    Through books, heritage experiences, talks, exhibitions, film and creative projects, Black Oxford Untold Stories creates new ways to encounter histories that have too often remained hidden or overlooked.

    The new, substantially updated and extended edition of Black Oxford: The Untold Stories of Oxford University’s Black Scholars will be published in October 2026. Based on new research, it revisits the stories of Black scholars including Christian Frederick Cole, Britain’s first Black barrister, and Alain LeRoy Locke, intellectual architect of the Harlem Renaissance. It also highlights African and African American women, the contribution of the Windrush Generation, and a new generation of Black scholars and leaders at Oxford.

    Pamela is also the author of The Adventures of a Black Edwardian Intellectual: James Arthur Harley. She has contributed to BBC History Magazine, academic journals and Oxford University Press reference works.

    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.

    Oxford Poetry Slam

    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.

    Who's Speaking?

    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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