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  • Brighton Festival, 1969.

    Brighton Festival And All That Jazz…

    ‘You never know what you’ll find’ is an excellent way to sum up book collecting and, indeed, collecting in general. Walking into a book fair is like a new adventure every time. I buy stock to sell at book fairs…

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  • These shelves are now practically empty.

    The Book Fairs Have Started, And I Need To Buy Books!

    I sell a lot of old books at book fairs and need to buy old books in Sussex.

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  • Flyers are free tickets!

    Look out for a flyer – it’s your free ticket to the Brighton Book Fair.

    The flyers and posters have arrived! I’ll be putting them around Sussex this month so look out for one. Each flyer is a FREE ticket to the fair. You can also find a free ticket here on facebook. Book-lovers love…

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  • Off To The Brighton Book Fair

    We’re off to the Brighton Book Fair, Saturday October 22nd 2022.

    Off To Brighton! This image is from 1862 and shows Brighton’s crowded seafront. As you can see there’s no room to move on the pavements, everyone is wearing the latest fashions, wheeled vehicles are fighting for space on the roads…

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  • Positive change - Brighton Pride, 1995

    Brighton Pride – ephemera with a long lasting impact…

    Brighton Pride is this weekend. They have been building the multi-stage site in Preston Park all week. This beer mat is from 1995 when the event was somewhat smaller – just a few pubs and clubs and a carnival procession….

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  • Brighton Book Fair Bargains.

    Brighton Book Fair In The News

    28th October 2021

    Here it is – all you need to know, and the Brighton and Hove Independent’s top story too! Thanks to Phil Hewitt for his time and we’ll see you all at the Racecourse on Saturday 30th.

  • Brighton book Fair flyers

    Brighton Book Fair flyers!

    2nd October 2021

    The flyers have arrived! Thanks to my great pal Simon Fenton of sfcreative, I’ve now got five thousand of these eye-catching flyers! I’ll be distributing them at book fairs this month (Lewes and London) and all around Brighton, Lewes and…

  • Brighton Fantasia

    Fantastic Fantasia at Brighton Book Fair!

    20th September 2021

    Groovy Baby! This is a gorgeous technicolour A5 poster to advertise Disney’s Fantasia in 1970. The border has a space for the local cinema details and in our case it was the Brighton Film Theatre in North Street. Apparently the…

  • 1891 August Weather

    August, 1891 : A Remarkably Wet Month, With Very Little Sunshine.

    18th August 2021

    When is a book not a book? When it’s a manuscript! The book fairs have started again and at the very first one I bought a wonderful leather-bound notebook with a record for the weather on every single day between…

  • Brighton Book Fair In The News

    Brighton Book Fair in The News – Antiques Trade Gazette

    14th May 2021

    This is just a short post to let you know that the PBFA Brighton Book Fair is in the news! The image shows the full page article from the May 15th Antiques Trade Gazette. The ATG is essential reading for…

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