Pavilions of Harrogate,
Great Yorkshire Showground.

Friday March 20,
noon - 6.00pm

Saturday March 21,
10.00 am - 4.00pm

Admission £1

Where is it? - map

Please click here for a map of the town and directions to Harrogate or use the ""Travel and Hotel" Link above

BOOK FAIRS 2009

If you are unable to get to Harrogate 2009, then take a look at other PBFA Book Fairs nearer to home this year.
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PBFA
The Sign of a Good Book Fair

The Provincial Booksellers Association has been organising book fairs since 1974. We aim to provide a wide ranging selection of books at all prices, in a variety of subjects, for both the reader and the serious collector. Wherever possible we welcome disabled visitors to our fairs and strive to provide a relaxed atmosphere in which customers may browse at leisure.

Who is the Book Fair For?

Anyone interested in books, collecting and reading. This is a Fair designed for everyone young and old, and a great place to start collecting. You will find books from over 500 years old to modern first editions, and everything in between. With over 50,000 books for sale, where else can you look at, touch, enjoy, and even purchase so many rarities under one roof? If you are already a collector then it is a great opportunity to meet new dealers in your area.

All enquiries to the webmaster.
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Welcome to the Harrogate Book Fair 2009

Following the success of last year’s fair, we return to Pavilions of Harrogate for the 31st annual book fair. Nearly 80 booksellers from all over the country will be there offering for sale thousands of books on all subjects, as well as other items such as maps, prints and ephemera. There is a large free car park at Pavilions, and for customers travelling by public transport we will be providing a free shuttle bus service from Station Parade in the centre of Harrogate.

Refreshments will be available on both days.

If you would like a complimentary ticket for the fair please follow the link above.

We hope to see you in March.

Harrogate

Harrogate in beautiful North Yorkshire is renowned for its floral beauty and elegant spa buildings, which include The Royal Baths and The Royal Pump Room, built over the site of the strongest sulphur spring in England and the water can still be sampled today.

Other attractions are the Harlow Carr Botanical Gardens, home to the Northern Horticultural Society and of course Betty’s Café.

The cosmopolitan feel of Harrogate is added to by the fashionable boutiques, arts and crafts shops, second-hand book shops, alongside the high street names.

Links for Visitors

Places of Interest - Harrogate
Pump Room Museum,
Mercer Art Gallery
Harlow Carr Botanical Gardens
Great Yorkshire Show
Harrogate Tourist Board

P.B.F.A. Premier Fairs

All our fairs are good, but at these selected major two-day fairs around the country we aim to try that little bit harder to put on a special show:

OXFORD: Saturday & Sunday 24th and 25th January at Oxford Brookes University, Gipsy Lane, Headington.

CAMBRIDGE:Friday & Saturday 20th and 21st February in the historic Guildhall building in Market Square.

EDINBURGH: Friday & Saturday 13th & 14th March in the splendid Robert Adam designed Assembly Rooms in George Street (run jointly with the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association)

HARROGATE: Friday & Saturday 20th & 21st March at the Pavilions of Harrogate, Great Yorkshire Showground

BATH: Friday & Saturday 17th & 18th April in the magnificent Assembly Rooms on the corner of Alfred & Bennet Street

YORK: Friday & Saturday 11th & 12th September in the marvellously spacious Knavesmire Suite of York Racecourse - some 200 exhibitors. We even lay on a free shuttle bus from York railway station to make book buying even easier for our visitors.