Good news – the Brighton Book Fair is back. The south coast’s biggest and best second-hand book fair will be held in the main hall at Brighton Racecourse on Saturday 25th October. There are links to FREE TICKETS below.
But first – what will you find at the fair? Well, it’s basically an enormous second-hand bookshop coming to town for just one day. The hall is packed with thousands and thousands of old books, maps, prints, photographs, postcards, manuscripts, and more. Dozens of professional dealers come from all over the country to sell their wares, so you never know what you’ll find. Some are specialists in one area – childrens’ books, for example – and some are general booksellers. All are members of the PBFA, the country’s biggest organisation of professional booksellers. That means that every single thing in the room is guaranteed to be authentic and properly described. You can’t say that about the internet!
It all means that a big book fair is the perfect place to find something you never knew existed, something that could change your life. We all spend far too much time looking at screens, but we all know that nothing can beat the serendipity of finding something in the real world. It’s a much more intense and personal experience. Happily, there’s no artificial intelligence at a book fair, so you can buy the books you want to buy, not the ones the AI wants you to buy. That makes it a moment you’ll remember forever, not instantly forget.
Come and join us on Saturday 25th October and see for yourself. There’s free parking, easy access and a cafe all day. You can find a free ticket on our facebook page, here, and also on Eventbrite, here. And look out for our flyers around town – each one is a free ticket too!
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