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The Dublin Small Press Fair celebrates small-scale publishing in Ireland and welcomes small presses from abroad. We initiated this event 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 on this island and across other borders.
Our 2025 Fair was a two-day event (evening preview with sales and an opening panel (ticketed) on Friday 28 November; all-day sales and a closing panel (ticketed) on Saturday 29 November, 2025). It showcased books and book-adjacent work from about thirty small and independent presses, literary magazines, book binders, book artists, zine makers, and more.
Thanks to everyone who made the 2025 Dublin Small Press Fair a success! We are looking forward to a little rest and then to planning what comes next. Please keep in touch! We’re on Instagram and Bluesky and you can sign up for our electronic and paper mailing lists too.
The 2025 Dublin Small Press Fair: Events and Outline
PREVIEW EVENING November 28, 5-9 p.m., Pearse Street Library, Dublin 2
Fair launched with a welcome reception and panel on independent publishing in 2025 and beyond (ticketed), featuring Will Dady from Renard (UK), Eimear Ryan from Banshee (IE), andBrendan MacEvilly from Holy Show (IE). Nidhi Zak/Aria Eipe (Skein, IE) moderated.
After the event, visitors were invited 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. The richness and variety of contemporary small and independent publishing allowed visitors to discover new work that’s often unavailable in bookshops. The book sales portion of the Fair was 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, the Fair invited the public at large, as well as literary professionals, writers, students, and interested readers to stop by and 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. Book sales were unticketed and open to the public.
At the close of the Fair, we presented an hour-long panel (ticketed): 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), centred traditionally underrepresented poets and explored 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 formed a crucial starting point from which this conversation was brought into the public sphere, with important resonances for debates about young men and masculinity that dominated the airwaves in 2025.
2025 DSPF Press Kit available here, including list of 2025 vendors.
Vendor information (password-protected) here.
Download 2025 DSPF flyers here and here.
Indie Publishers, Small Presses, Book Artists, Zine Distros & More at the 2025 DSPF!
| Annabelle Frankham Antiphon Editions Arlen House Arkbound Banshee Press Bullaun Press Cailleach Books Hi Tone Books Irelandia Press James Holcombe | Little Island Macha Press Mossy Press Nathan O’Donnell & Clare Bell New Island Books Plaintext Distro PVA Books Renard Press Road Books | Roberts Print Scratch Books Sinoist Books Skein Press Swan River Press The Lilliput Press W.S. Frankham Written Off Publishing Zena Van den Block |
Literary Magazines at the 2025 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 Sans. Press, Channel, Paper Lanterns, The Dublin Review, The Pig’s Back, 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 of the 2025 Fair:
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 2025 Dublin Small Press Fair wase 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.
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