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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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    Diana Bell

    Diana Bell

    Diana is a multi media artist using installation, sculpture and painting. She has been commissioned for six public sculptures in Oxford and has won awards for her sculpture and her work in hospital. She has exhibited widely in the UK and Europe including Grenoble, Bonn, Leiden, Padua, Greece and Romania, also Perm and Sydney. Diana has published four books of paintings and poetry the most recent titled ‘That’s Life, Let’s Face It’.

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    Panjeree Publications Ltd

    Panjeree Publications Ltd

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    Panjeree is a leading and trusted name in Bangladesh’s publishing sector. Since its journey began in 1994, it has expanded from educational books into diverse areas of publishing, combining experience with a modern approach to serve readers of all ages.

    Panjeree has already achieved distinction in publishing creative works, particularly in children’s literature. Realising the importance of the young readers, we have been successfully publishing reference books, novels, poetry books, comics, travelogues, classics in translation for the juveniles that have created a culture of reading among them.

    Our commitment to publish quality books has received wide acclamation. Crossing the borders, Panjeree has already earned commendation as a result of our endeavor to expand our market and activities in India, the UK and other parts of Europe, the USA, Australia, and few other countries.

    Our contributors include distinguished academics, researchers, award-winning writers and editors, supported by experienced in-house editors and proofreaders. Panjeree also operates an extensive distribution network and PBS, its international standard bookshop chain, which organises year round book fairs all over the country.

    As we work towards becoming a global name, we remain committed to UNESCO’s ‘Books for Everyone’ and the Bangladesh Government’s ‘Education for All’, promoting a future where passion for reading drives social progress.

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    The Little Review

    The Little Review

    The Little Review is the pocket magazine for anyone interested in poetry. It is sold in more UK bookshops than any other magazine dedicated to poetry.

    In each issue you will find pithy reviews, erudite essays, stylish comic-strips, impertinent interviews, a fiendish literary crossword and a handful of new poems.

    Poetry magazines can be very dull. The Little Review is not a poetry magazine. We are a magazine – one that just happens to be entirely about poetry.

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    Josie Jaffrey

    Josie Jaffrey

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    Josie Jaffrey (she/her) writes about lost worlds, dystopian societies and morally-ambiguous monsters (vampires are her favourite). Her queer vampire detective novel May Day won the Book Bloggers’ Novel of the Year Award 2021. She is the founding editor of fantasy magazine Indie Bites and writer of the urban fantasy podcast Jack Valentine, Vampire Detective.

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    Deana Luchia

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    “Deana Luchia is an author, editor and journalist. Her non-fiction books about dogs are informative, wise and funny, whilst her novels are quirky, poignant stories about misfits.
    Deana offers a wide range of editing services and teaches creative writing classes. She also writes freelance features including celebrity interviews, travel and lifestyle pieces.”

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    Griselda Heppel

    Griselda Heppel

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    Griselda Heppel is an award-winning children’s author, whose stories for age 9 –13 are inspired by myth, magic, Greek legend and a shiver of the supernatural. Her first, Ante’s Inferno, sends 12 year-old Antonia on a journey through the classical Underworld, all the way to the heart of hell itself, to solve a 100 year-old murder mystery.

    Ante’s Inferno won The People’s Book Prize and a Gold Wishing Shelf award.

    Next, The Tragickall History of Henry Fowst, embroils a 13 year-old boy in Elizabethan magic and the dark arts when he decides that the best way to solve his problems is to make a pact with a smooth-talking demon. What could possibly go wrong? Er, plenty, as Henry soon finds out.

    In The Fall of a Sparrow, 11 year-old Eleanor is sent away to a spooky school run by a mysterious great-aunt she has never met. There she’s followed around by a strange, awkward little boy who – to her horror – knows all about her and the past she desperately wants to escape. Unravelling the mystery awakens a long-buried family tragedy, drawing her into deadly danger.

    The Fall of a Sparrow won a Bronze Wishing Shelf award and came runner-up in the Rubery Independent Book Awards and the Page-Turner Awards.

    “Griselda Heppel is a born storyteller. Your children will love her books and, to be honest, so will you.”
    The Wishing Shelf Book Awards

    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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