Stratford-upon-Avon
29th Aug 2026
Event Information
There will be around 20 dealers offering for sale a selection of their secondhand, rare and antiquarian books, maps, prints and more, to suit all pockets.
Free admission. Refreshments available.
The image you see is of William Shakespeare who was born in Stratford-upon-Avon on 26th April 1564, sometimes called Britain's national poet and "Bard of Avon".
Key Details
Time & Date 29th August 2026, 10:00 - 16:00
Venue Charlecote & Harwood Suite, Crowne Plaza Hotel, Bridgefoot, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, CV37 6YR
Organisers
Georgia Mullen
Tel: 07909 901078
Email: info@bookswrittenby.co.uk
Travel Information
Driving
M40 Junction 15.
Parking
Available at the hotel. £4 all day, but you must register with the hotel reception.
Train
One mile from main station.
Bus
Several routes via National Express; Park and Ride from Birmingham Road.
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.
A History Of The English-Speaking Peoples
Winston S. Churchill
The Educational Book Company Limited
£360.00
Offered by Grimes Hill Book Club
The Plays and Poems of William Shakespeare, Boswel...
William Skakespeare
F.C. and J.Rivington et al
£2495.00
Offered by Grimes Hill Book Club
How The Vote Was Won
Cicely Hamilton & Christopher St. John
Edith Craig
£750.00
Offered by Grimes Hill Book Club
**Signed** Drawing on Life the Autobiography of Pa...
Paul Hogarth
David & Charles
£70.00
Offered by Books Written By
A Book Of Mediterranean Food
Elizabeth David
John Lehmann Ltd
£400.00
Offered by Grimes Hill Book Club
Testament Of Youth - Signed
Vera Brittain
Victor Gollancz Ltd
£1000.00
Offered by Grimes Hill Book Club
A West-India Fortune with an Essay by Isaiah Berli...
Richard Pares
Longmans, Green and Co
£250.00
Offered by Books Written By
D.H. Lawrence. Aesthetics and Ideology.
Fernihough, Anne.
Clarendon Press, Oxford.
£20.00
Offered by Peter Moore
Women and Romance Fiction in the English Renaissan...
Hackett, Helen.
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
£20.00
Offered by Peter Moore
Ungentle Shakespeare. Scenes from his life.
Duncan-Jones, Katherine.
The Arden Shakespeare, Thomson Learning, London.
£20.00
Offered by Peter Moore
Shakespeare and the Poet's Life.
Schmidgall, Gary.
University Press of Kentucky, Lexington.
£20.00
Offered by Peter Moore
Ireland: A Cultural Encyclopaedia.
Breffny, Brian De (Ed).
Facts on File, New York
£20.00
Offered by Peter Moore
Shakespeare, Plautus and the Humanist Tradition.
Riehle, Wolfgang
D.S. Brewer, Woodbridge Suffolk UK.
£20.00
Offered by Peter Moore
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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Guest Exhibitors
We are pleased to announce that we will have some special guests at this fair! Have a look at who they are.
Terry Sims
Contact:
Abbeydale
Gloucester
Gloucestershire
GL4 5XY
Simply Read Ltd, Harry Johnson
Contact:
Barton Seagrave
Kettering
Northamptonshire
KC Automotive, Ken Cowdry
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Friends of the PBFA
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