London Radical Bookfair May 11th 2013
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On Saturday May 11th 2013, the Alliance for Radical Booksellers (ARB) will be hosting a bookfair, to take place in London’s Conway Hall. The idea behind the fair is to create an event which showcases the depth and breadth of radical publishing and bookselling in the UK. The ARB is composed of booksellers with a range of subject interests, including socialism, anarchism, peace/pacifism, sex & gender, environment, anti-racism and progressive children’s writing: we intend for the London Radical Bookfair to represent the full spectrum of radical publishing.
The event will culminate with the announcement of the winner of the ARB’s book prize for the best political non-fiction, The Bread and Roses Award for Radical Publishing. This year for the first time the Bread and Roses award will be complimented by a new prize, The Little Rebels Award, to be given for the best piece of fiction for readers aged 0-12 years.
As well as the bookfair in the main hall, we will be hosting talks in the Brockway Room throughout the day, with short-listed authors from the two book prizes presenting and discussing their work.
Entrance to the fair will be free for all. Food and drink will be available. And there will be a special selection of real ales approved by radical historian and beer lover, Keith Flett.
To book a stall please contact Nik Gorecki at Housmans Bookshop on 020 7837-4473This looks like something for the new Campaigns Committee to be appointed on 2 March to follow up and see if we can book a stall. The anarchists ban us from their bookfair. Let's see if the "radicals" are better.
I suggest that the booking is done as early as possible. You may miss out if space is limited as is often the case.Surely there is no reason to wait for a campaigns committee approval and that a London branch can do this (and if necessary request re-compense from the EC).Over the years I have noticed a tendancy of London branches to conduct activity through the conduit of HO instead of acting more independently, or in direct co-operation with other London branches. Perhaps it is the small-town provincial socialist in me and i don't understand the size of the problem London faces. Just what is the purpose of individual London branches if they don't do anything as a branch?I'm surprised, Adam, that the publishers of your own book have not endeavoured to arrange a sales-pitch for it at this book-fair…perhaps it is something to do with the book wanting to abolish money (and the similarity of message to Abbie Hoffman's "Steal This Book")
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