Stalls

Last year we had 100 stalls (up from 90 the year before). We are aiming for about the same this year. Last year we made a £600 loss, so if anybody can help with any donation or fund raising event it would be really appreciated. In 2010 we are again keeping the cost of stalls the same as in previous years. So, each stall will be £45 for a table which is roughly 5ft x 2ft. You can book half a stall for £22.50. If you are prepared to give an hours labour contribution during the day (giving out programmes, rattling collection buckets, etc) we will reduce the cost of a full stall to £40 (£20 for ½ stalls). It is possible we may reject your booking (Trots/people in political parties and stalls not related to anarchist or anarchist related activities please note). If you think this may mean you, please email us first to check. Also, because of the shortage of space, you may not get as much space as you asked for. To download a booking form click here

Meetings

In 2009 we had eight rooms available for meetings/speakers/discussions this year. Four of the rooms hold up to 70 people; one room holds about 100/120 people and the largest holds around 250. The meeting rooms in 2009 were £20 an hour except the two large meeting rooms, which are £40 an hour. We will let people know costs for 2010 when we send booking forms out. In order to try and make our lives a little easier in the general confusion of the day, we ask groups to give us a name of someone who will be a contact for the meeting. As ever, we're keen to prod people into having more interesting, varied and challenging meetings rather than just a re-hash of your meeting last year. We want the bookfair to be provocative: we think the meetings should be part of taking anarchist ideas forward not ploughing the same weary furrow. When we send booking forms out, we will ask that you send us a title, who is running the meeting (your group or the individuals name) and some copy for the programme and website (about fifty words). This way, people know in advance what the meeting is about. As with stalls, meetings may be refused. If you haven't paid yet and you have a debit or credit card, then payment can be made on the internet. click below to pay by debit or credit card.

You can also use this facility to make donations as well. These really help us, so if you can spare any money feel free to donate.

Programme

We print 3,000 copies of the programme, which will are given out free at the Bookfair each year. If you want to advertise in it, costs are £100 a page (fractions of a page are charged proportionally). Contact us about this or just fill in the form here.

Publicity

Nearer the time of the event, if you need posters or leaflets, contact us or collect them from Freedom Bookshop, 84b Whitechapel High St , London E1 . Our costs for the Bookfair in 2009 were just over £8,000 so we desperately need donations.

To contact us:

ANARCHIST BOOKFAIR
Freedom Bookshop
84b Whitechapel High Street, London E1.

click here to contact us by email