Event Information

This is a new addition to the calendar this year, being held on Friday 30th October, as part of the Norwich Book Festival.  The book fair will be held at our usual Norwich venue, the Forum Building of the Millennium Library in the centre of the beautiful medieval city. The building is a magnificent piece of architecture, flooded with light. 

There are coffee shops and food outlets at the venue, and even more to explore in the adjacent market place, with the Cathedral and Castle Museum only a short walk away.  

Admission is free and all are welcome. 

Key Details

Time & Date 30th October 2026, 10:00 - 16:00

Venue The Forum, Millennium Plain, Norwich, Norfolk, NR2 1TF

Organisers John Underwood Tel: 01953 860746 Email: underwoodbooks@icloud.com

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Travel Information

Parking

Forum Car Park has 204 spaces charged at £2.20 per hour. Access is via Bethel Street.

Train

Norwich railway station is 15 minutes away. See https://theforumnorwich.co.uk/visit-us/getting-here for more information.

Bus

The nearest bus stops are a short walk away.

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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.

Turacos A natural History of the Musophagidae

Joseph M Forshaw

Nokomis Editions

£130.00

Offered by Curtle Mead Books

British Bats

John Altringham

Harper Collins

£50.00

Offered by Curtle Mead Books

Falconer's New ?un.iversal Dictionary of the Marin...

William Burney

Charham Publishing

£95.00

Offered by Curtle Mead Books

The Seventy-Four Gun Ship

Jean Boudriot

Jean Boudriot Collection Archeologie Navale Française

£480.00

Offered by Curtle Mead Books

British Battleships of the Victorian Era

Norman Friedman

Seaforth Publishing

£25.00

Offered by Curtle Mead Books

British Warships in the Age of Sail 1603-1714

Rif Winfield

Seaforth Publishing

£75.00

Offered by Curtle Mead Books

Nelson's Navy The ships, Men and Organisation 1793...

Brian Lavery

Conway Maritime Press

£18.00

Offered by Curtle Mead Books

The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Wessex Press LLC

£190.00

Offered by Curtle Mead Books

The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ire...

Maitland Emmet and Langmaid

Harley Books

£100.00

Offered by Curtle Mead Books

The Great Auk

Errol Fuller

Harry N. Abrams, Inc

£40.00

Offered by Curtle Mead Books

The Anthony Roll of Henry VIII's Navy

Knighton and Loades

Ashgate for the Navy Records Society

£60.00

Offered by Curtle Mead Books

An Historical Atlas of Norfolk

Wade-Martins, Peter (ed)

Norfolk Museum Services

£20.00

Offered by Missing Books

The Ancient Sculptures in the Roof of Norwich Cath...

Goulburn, Edward Meyrick with Symonds, Henry and Hailstone, Edward

Autotype Fine Art Company

£75.00

Offered by Missing Books

Art and Artists of the Norwich School

Walpole, Josephine

Antique Collectors Club

£22.50

Offered by Missing Books

A Great Estate at Work- the Holkham estate and its...

Martins, Susanna Wade

Cambridge University Press

£30.00

Offered by Missing Books

Happy England

Allingham, Helen & Huish, Marcus B.

A & C Black

£50.00

Offered by David Ford Books

The Essential Darwin

Darwin , Charles

Folio Society

£90.00

Offered by David Ford Books

The Lord of the Rings

Tolkien, J.R.R.

Folio Society

£125.00

Offered by David Ford Books

Hunting & Stalking The Deer . The Pursuit of Red,...

Edwards, Lionel and Wallace, Harold Frank

Longmans, Green & Co, Ltd.

£75.00

Offered by David Ford Books

The First Parish Register of St. George of Tomblan...

Jay, George Branwhite Tallack, Thomas R. Hudson, William Revised by

A.H. Goose

£185.00

Offered by David Ford Books

The Norfolk Antiquarian Miscellany Volume II Parts...

Rye, Walter

A.H. Goose

£55.00

Offered by David Ford Books

Recollections of Norwich Fifty Years Ago.

Hibgame, Frederick Thurlow

Norfolk Press Syndicate Ltd,

£25.00

Offered by David Ford Books

The History of Costessey

Norgate, T.B.

The Author

£35.00

Offered by David Ford Books

The Monastic remains of Norfolk & Suffolk

Messent, Claude J.W.

J.W. Hunt

£18.00

Offered by David Ford 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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David Ford Books | David Ford Cley-next-the-Sea

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Missing Books | Chris Missing Chelmsford

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Yardley Books | Bob Yardley Chesterfield

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Guest Exhibitors

We are pleased to announce that we will have some special guests at this fair! Have a look at who they are.

Margaret Steward

Contact:

Telephone: 01493 750804
Address

Old Hall, Norwich Road
South Burlingham
Norwich
Norfolk
NR13 4EY

Victoria Hall Hand Decorated Papers
Victoria makes hand marbled and paste papers with a particular interest in historic papers which are available from stock or may be ordered. Requests to match old papers are welcome, as are enquiries for use in modern editions and other applications. Gift products. Established 1989.

Contact: Victoria Hall

Telephone: 01328 701381
Address

Hill Farm House, London Street
Whissonsett
Dereham
Norfolk
NR20 5ST

The Book Surgeon, Michael Holton
Precious Books Bound For Life. Book restorations since 1976. Traditional materials & equipment used. Gold blocking * sewing * simple make overs * rebuilds. Estimates from pictures. Consultations available via Zoom.

Contact:

Telephone: 07563 709355
Address

Kesgrave
Ipswich
Suffolk
IP5 1JT

Richard Edwins, Thorneyhall Books

Contact:

Telephone: 01449 774292
Address

Stowmarket
Suffolk
IP14 5AN

HMM Fine Art, Hugh McGlyn
Art books.

Contact:

Telephone: 01603 621991
Address

Norwich
Norfolk
NR1 4AS

National Trust - Blickling Bookshop

Contact: Connor Eke

Alex Macbeth, Collecting Chest
Antiquarian, first edition, signed and association books.

Contact:

Telephone: 07469 671 714
Address

Norwich
NR1 1RT

David Roger Burton
Author of "Nelson Remembering".

Contact:

Telephone: 07403 311228
Address

The Staithe Gallery
26 Staithe Street
Wells-next-the-Sea
Norfolk
NR23 1AF

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