Comic, Zine and Bookfairs, Summer 2026

It's hard to keep up with the flourishing zine, comics and book fairs happening at the moment, which I see as a very positive sign.

This weekend (11th and 12th July 2026) sees the ARC festival of contemporary comics taking place in Copeland Park, Peckham with at least 100 exhibitors.

South London Comic and Zine Fair is coming up at Stanley Arts, 12 South Norwood Hill, SE25 6AB on Sunday 19th July 2026. 

At the same venue on 6th September, the London Radical Bookfair is making a comeback, with its first event since 2023.

Pagemasters, who have held successful events at Stanley St SE8 and elsewhere, have a late summer zine fair coming up at the South London Gallery on 29 August.

This year's London Anarchist Bookfair takes place on 26 September. After last year's successful event at Waterloo (Leake Street) - the first @ bookfair South of the River - it's heading back East to Rich Mix.

On the same weekend inQ!, London's Queer Comics Fair, is taking place at London LGBTQ+ Community Centre on Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 September 2025. 

 

Pagemasters Zine Fair 2025

Coming up next weekend (6/7 September 2025), the Pagemasters Zine Fair at ArtHub Studios, Stanley Street SE8 4BL (near New Cross station). More than 40 publishers stalls plus lots more. Look out for some local history from Past Tense and South London Landscape History. More details here

Update after the event:

Good to see the Pagemasters zine fair in Deptford so busy last weekend, lots of stalls and interesting publications. A tribute there too to the recently departed Mark Pawson, inveterate zinester, badge maker, mail artist and more.