The Dublin Small Press Fair (November 28 and 29, 2025) will celebrate small-scale publishing in Ireland and welcome small presses from abroad. We hope to foster rich and diverse connections among and across literary magazines, small publishers, writers, bookmakers, and others whose work intersects with writing, reading, small/independent publishing, and book arts.
This two-day event (evening preview with sales and an opening panel on Friday 28 November; all-day sales and a closing panel on Saturday 29 November, 2025) will showcase books and book-adjacent work from about thirty small and independent presses, literary magazines, book binders, book artists, zine makers, and more.
The Dublin Small Press Fair at a glance:
PREVIEW EVENING November 28, 5-9 p.m., Pearse Street Library, Dublin 2
Join us at 5 p.m. to launch the Fair with a welcome reception and panel on independent publishing in 2025 and beyond, featuring Will Dady from Renard (UK), Eimear Ryan from Banshee (IE), and Brendan MacEvilly from Holy Show (IE). Nidhi Zak/Aria Eipe (Skein, IE) will moderate. Tickets are now available!
Then, from about 6:15-9 p.m., browse the work of more than thirty book-makers, small presses, zine distributors and -makers, independent publishers, and literary magazines, based both on the island of Ireland and abroad. Explore the richness and variety of contemporary small and independent publishing; discover new work that’s often unavailable in bookshops; and share in a celebration of the book in all its forms. Book sales are unticketed and open to the public!
DAYLONG FAIR November 29, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m., Pearse Street Library, Dublin 2
From 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. on November 29, literary professionals, writers, students, interested readers, and the public at large are warmly welcome to stop by to browse the work of more than thirty book-makers, small presses,zine distributors and -makers, independent publishers, and literary magazines, based both on the island of Ireland and abroad. Explore the richness and variety of contemporary small and independent publishing; discover new work that’s often unavailable in bookshops; and share in a celebration of the book in all its forms. Book sales are unticketed and open to the public!
At the close of the Fair (browsing closes 4:00; event begins by 4:15), join us for an hour-long panel: Young Blood: Class x Masculinity in Contemporary Poetry, brought to the Fair by Skein Press with support from Poetry Ireland. This panel discussion, featuring Charles Lang, Rafael Mendes and Matthew Rice (chaired by Eoin McNamee), centres poets who are traditionally underrepresented, exploring a theme not commonly featured in literary discourse. In Ireland, the issue of class is rarely discussed in public fora, or even on the sidelines, of conversations on books and literature. The intersections of class and masculinity in contemporary poetry form a crucial starting point from which to bring this conversation into the public sphere, with important resonances for debates about young men and masculinity that are currently dominating our airwaves. Tickets are now available!
Press kit available here, including list of vendors.
Vendor information (password-protected) here.
Download event flyers here and here.
Indie Publishers, Small Presses, Book Artists, Zine Distros & More!
| Annabelle Frankham Annette Brausch Antiphon Editions Arlen House Arkbound Banshee Press Bullaun Press Cailleach Books Hi Tone Books Intergraphia Irelandia Press James Holcombe Road Books | Leabharlann Beag Sans. Press Channel Paper Lanterns The Dublin Review The Pig’s Back Little Island Longbarrow Press Macha Press Mossy Press Nathan O’Donnell & Claire Bell New Island Books Plaintext Distro | Poetry Ireland Review Publishing Ireland PVA Books Renard Press Roberts Print Scratch Books (UK) Sinoist Books Skein Press Swan River Press The Lilliput Press W.S. Frankham Written Off Publishing Zena Van den Block |
Literary Magazines at the Dublin Small Press Fair!
Literary magazines and journals are a vital part of the small and independent publishing ecosystem—and Ireland is lucky to be home to many, all doing exciting work. Discover the variety and richness of literary journals at the Dublin Small Press Fair!
We are grateful to have Leabharlann Beag organizing a ‘consortium table‘ of literary magazines and journals from the island of Ireland!
Journals you will find on the Consortium Table include Holy Show, Profiles, Poetry Ireland Review, Southword, The Waxed Lemon, The Storms, SWERVE, Paper Lanterns, Skylight 47, Tolka, Unapologetic Magazine, The Four Faced Liar, Ropes and The Dublin Review.
(Some journals are tabling as independent vendors.)
About the organizers:
Tim Groenland leads the project ‘The Publishing Infrastructures of Contemporary Anglophone Literature’ at the School of English, Drama and Film at University College Dublin. He has written on publishing and contemporary literature in academic and popular venues including The Los Angeles Review of Books, Post45, and The Irish Times. His book The Art of Editing (2019) examined editorial relationships in US literature.
Éireann Lorsung is a writer and visual artist with a long history of small press work. She is the author of four collections of poetry including Pattern-book (Carcanet, 2025) and a fifth, Pink Theory!, forthcoming from Milkweed Editions in 2027. Since 2011 she has run a small press called MIEL (on hiatus). Her current artist publishing project is Abundant Number.
Thanks to our sponsors for their generous support:
The Dublin Small Press Fair is proud to be supported by Dublin UNESCO City of Literature and Dublin City Council. Special thanks to the staff and patrons of Pearse Street Library, Dublin for their hospitality and support, and to Publishing Ireland, Poetry Ireland, and Skein Press for their collaboration, as well as to Research Ireland for funding of Tim Groenland’s research.
Contact: dublinsmallpressfair /a/ gmail