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.

The Wewak Mission. Coastwatchers at War in New Gui...

Veale, Lionel.

Veale, Lionel P.V., Ashmore City, Australia.

£15.00

Offered by Peter Moore Bookseller

New Guinea. People and Art.

Fuhrmann, Ernst. (Trans. by Walter E.J. Tips).

While Lotus Press, Bangkok.

£25.00

Offered by Peter Moore Bookseller

The Native Tribes of South Australia

Woods, J.D. (Introductory chapter)

Friends of the State Library of South Australia. Adelaide.

£100.00

Offered by Peter Moore Bookseller

Coaxing the Spirits to Dance. Art and Society in t...

Welsch, Robert L.; Webb, Virginia-Lee; & Haraha, Sebastian.

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College. Hanover, New Hampshire.

£15.00

Offered by Peter Moore Bookseller

Highlanders and Foreigners in the Upper Ramu. The...

Radford, Robin

Melbourne University Press, Victoria, Australia.

£15.00

Offered by Peter Moore Bookseller

The English Dane: A Life of Jorgen Jorgenson.

Bakewell, Sarah.

Chatoo & Windus. London.

£10.00

Offered by Peter Moore Bookseller

The Heart of the Continent.

Cato, Nancy.

New English Library. London.

£10.00

Offered by Peter Moore Bookseller

Up The Country. A Saga of Pioneerng Days.

Franklin, Miles.

Angus and Robertson. NSW. Australia.

£10.00

Offered by Peter Moore Bookseller

Jack Maggs

Carey, Peter

Universiy of Queensland Press, St. Lucia.

£12.00

Offered by Peter Moore Bookseller

F L Griggs : The Architecture of Dreams (SIGNED CO...

Jerrold Northrop Moore

Clarendon Press, Oxford

£85.00

Offered by Yardley Books

Orlando (The Marmalade Cat) A Seaside Holiday #101...

Kathleen Hale

Country Life

£150.00

Offered by Sarah Key Books

Hero-Myths and Legends of the British Race #101678

M. I. Ebbutt

Harrap

£110.00

Offered by Sarah Key Books

A Suitable Boy (Signed copy)

Seth, Vikram

Phoenix House

£65.00

Offered by Missing Books

Shakespeare and the Dramaturgy of Power.

Cox, John D.

Princeton University Press, Princeton.

£15.00

Offered by Peter Moore Bookseller

Censorship and Interpretation. The Conditions of W...

Patterson, Annabel

University of Wisconsin Press, Madison.

£15.00

Offered by Peter Moore Bookseller

Patriarchal Structures in Shakespeare's Drama.

Erickson, Peter.

University of California Press, Berkeley.

£15.00

Offered by Peter Moore Bookseller

A Young Wife's Tale (Signed)

Sansom, William

Hogarth Press

£15.00

Offered by Missing Books

Edward Seago: A Review of the Years 1953-1964

Francis W. Hawcroft

Collins

£45.00

Offered by Yardley Books

Thomas Girtin

Jonathan Mayne

F Lewis Publishers Leigh-on-Sea

£45.00

Offered by Yardley Books

Blooming Books (Signed copy)

Briggs, Raymond

Jonathan Cape

£145.00

Offered by Missing Books

A Life Drawing - recollections of an Illustrator (...

Hughes, Shirley

Bodley Head

£100.00

Offered by Missing Books

Fallen Angels (Signed copy)

Vettriano, Jack

Pavilion Books

£100.00

Offered by Missing Books

Passages from the Modern English Poets Illustrated...

Various

William Tegg

£225.00

Offered by Yardley Books

The Mirror and the Light (1st edition)

Mantel, Hilary

4th Estate

£12.50

Offered by Missing 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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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

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