Welcome to Dear books, Amsterdam’s newest art book fair where printed matter, artistic practice, and community come together.
As part of UNFAIR26, this first edition of Dear books, brings together the work of 60 publishers and independent art book makers from around the world, selected through an open call. Here you’ll find artist publications, editions, zines, experiments, printed conversations, unlikely archives, quiet obsessions and ideas that simply insisted on becoming print.
Every book can be a small universe, a conversation between artist and reader. Publishing remains one of the few places where creating happens entirely on your own terms. Books ask us to slow down. To pay attention. They create space outside the algorithm, where every page exists because someone chose it for you.
Browse. Collect. Read. Don’t read.
DATES
Thursday 17 September
Friday 18 September
Saturday 19 September
Sunday 20 September
OPENING HOURS
17:00 – 21:00
11:00 – 18:00
11:00 – 20:00
11:00 – 17:00
LOCATION
Gashouder
Klönneplein 1
1014 DD Amsterdam
TICKETS
Entry to Dear books, is free.
Also want to visit UNFAIR26? Click here
An important note about accessibility
Dear books, is located on a balcony, accessible via 20 steps. Unfortunately, due to delays in the renovation of Gashouder, the elevator on location is currently not operational. We are very sorry that this means Dear books, is currently not wheelchair accessible.
For those unable to access Dear books, via the stairs, a selection of books from participating publishers will be available to browse downstairs. If you’d like to see more from a particular publisher, one of our team members will be happy to assist you.
Unfair and Dear books, would like to apologize and stress that we will do everything we can to make the best of this unexpected development.
Participating publishers
51 Personae
A Tale of A Tub
Blind Finch Books
Boekie Woekie
Building Fictions
Chillzone Books
DIABP
Dwaalstêr
Erin Jackson Raynes
Errant Journal
Fidèle éditions
Foot Books
Fotokino
FUTURE DAYS SHOP x JAPANESE AVANTGARDE BOOKS
Fw:Books
Gerrit Rietveld Academie BB & Co
Handshake
Happy Potato Press
Hocus Bogus Publishing
J.Quintanar
Jap Sam Books
Jesse Presse
John Molesworth
Jumbo Press
K. Verlag
Knust Press
Kudla Press
Lagon Revue / France Atlantide
Laura Segalà Ortoll & Luiza Yuan
Maurice van Es
Minigolf Deportivo
Nomad Papaya Books
Objet Papier
Ok Des Paris
Onomatopee
OUTLINE
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PageMasters
Papertrail
Pleasant Place & Friends
Quintal x RNVP
Risofort
Robida Collective
Roots to Fruits
San Serriffe
Set Margins’
SO-RI
Soft concern hard concern
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
Stencilwerck
Terry Bleu & Friends
The Eriskay Connection
The Future Publishing
Tosam
Unfair
Unformed Informed (Publishing)
Valiz
Walkscapes
Wobby.club
Dear books, an initiative by Hugo Rocci (Terry Bleu), Floor Kortman (Pleasant Place), and Unfair:
book lovers united by a shared belief in the power of print and the communities that grow around it.
GETTING THERE BY CAR
From the Ring Road A10: take exit S103/S104 (Haarlem) and follow the Haarlemmerweg in the direction of Centrum. On your left hand side, you’ll see Gashouder.
From Schiphol: take the A4 in the direction of Amsterdam (Ring Road A10) and take the exit S103 in the direction of Centrum, down the Haarlemmerweg. On your left hand side, you’ll see Gashouder.
You can park your car at Q-Park Westergasfabriek.
GETTING THERE BY PUBLIC TRANSPORT
From Amsterdam Central Station, get bus 21 and get off at the stop Van Hallstraat.
Are you traveling from the centre of Amsterdam? Get tram 19 and get off at Van Limburg Stirumplein or the stop Van Hallstraat/Westergasfabriek.
