Bakewell
15th Aug 2026
Event Information
We are pleased to announce that Martin Edwards, the well-known and popular crime writer, will be at the book fair. His 25 crime novels include most recently Fever Island, the latest in the Rachel Savernake series; the Lake District Cold Case Mysteries; the Harry Devlin books, and the bestselling stand-alone Miss Winter in the Library with a Knife. His three Daggers include the CWA Diamond Dagger, the highest honour in UK crime writing, and he has two Edgars from the Mystery Writers of America. He has received lifetime achievement awards for his fiction, non-fiction, short stories, and scholarship. He is consultant to the British Library’s Crime Classics, and has been President of the Detection Club since 2015.
Everyone is welcome including children and pets. Easy disabled access throughout.
The venue is near to the town centre and shops, with other tourist attractions in the vicinity including Chatsworth and Haddon Hall.
This is the second, and last, fair of this year.
Key Details
Time & Date 15th August 2026, 10:00 - 16:00
Venue Bakewell Agricultural Centre, Agricultural Way, Haddon Road, Bakewell, Derbyshire, DE45 1AH
Organisers
Louise Harrison, T P Books
Tel: 07719 606211
Email: l.harrison539@btinternet.com
Ticket Information
Admission £ 1.00
Travel Information
Parking
Pay & Display.
Driving
M1, J29
Train
Matlock 9 miles, Grindleford 9 miles, but no taxi rank at either.
Bus
To Bakewell - Trans-Peak from Derby or Manchester; X18 or 240 from Sheffield or 170 from Chesterfield.
Highlights
If you are thinking of attending this fair, why not have a look at some of the books recommended by some of the Members who will be there.
Pinxton porcelain 1795-1813 and the porcelain of M...
C. Barry Sheppard
C. Barry Sheppard
£20.00
Offered by Northern Herald Books
Lucky Whites and Spirites: who's who in Chesterfie...
Stuart Basson
Yore Publications
£20.00
Offered by Northern Herald Books
Buxton: a people's history
Mike Langham
Carnegie Publishing Ltd.
£10.00
Offered by Northern Herald Books
A history of labour in Sheffield
Sidney Pollard
Liverpool University Press
£25.00
Offered by Northern Herald Books
Accident at Markham Colliery, Derbyshire. Report.....
J.W. Calder
Her Majesty's Stationery Office
£15.00
Offered by Northern Herald Books
The threat to the Peak: the Peak District, it's sc...
Anon.
Council for the Preservation of Rural England, Sheffield and Peak District Committee
£25.00
Offered by Northern Herald Books
The archaeology of a great estate: Chatsworth and...
John Barnatt and Nicole Bannister
Windgather Press/Oxbow Books
£15.00
Offered by Northern Herald Books
Stone circles of the Peak: a search for natural ha...
John Barnatt
Turnstone Books
£25.00
Offered by Northern Herald Books
The Derbyshire miners: a study in industrial and s...
J.E. Williams
George Allen and Unwin
£20.00
Offered by Northern Herald Books
Drums Abeating Trumpets Sounding Artistically Carv...
W. H Guthman
The Connecticut Historical Society
£120.00
Offered by Yardley Books
Engraved Powder Horns of The French and Indian War...
Nathan L Swayze
Gun Hill Publishing Company
£65.00
Offered by Yardley Books
THE DERBYSHIRE COUNTRY HOUSE VOLUME 2
CRAVEN / STANLEY
LANDMARK
£15.00
Offered by Claremont Books and Prints
LARGE SCALE MAP OF STAFFORDSHIRE
PHILLIPS AND HUTCHINGS
£295.00
Offered by Claremont Books and Prints
Jacky Tsai : Future Past (SIGNED)
Jacky Tsai & Lee Cavaliere
Fine Art Society
£18.00
Offered by Yardley Books
Catalogue Raisonne of the Works of Samuel Palmer
Raymond Lister
Cambridge University Press
£195.00
Offered by Yardley Books
The Temple of Flora
Robert Thornton . Intro by Ronald King
Weidenfeld & Nicholson
£35.00
Offered by Yardley Books
Fair Exhibitors
If you would like to see which Members will be at this fair, you can browse through them all below. Just select the letter their name starts with and click their name to see their specific page.
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Resources
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