Sunday 5 July 2026, 12 – 6 pm
Join our 5th edition of the Books Are Bridges Art Book Fest at the clubhouse of SNV community garden with over 30 local and (inter)national artist publishers, who will present their latest publications. Expect a lively day filled with outdoor book presentations, a film screening in a garden house, workshops for all ages, conversations over books, music, tasty treats and beats.
The full programme will be announced soon!
Participants: Alice Strete (NL), Alice Ladenburg, Amy Suo Wu (NL), Antoine Lefebvre / Artzines (FR), ABC [Artists’ Books Cooperative], Ash K (NL), Bebebooks (BE), Blob Shop Collective (NL), Building Fictions (NL), Common Imprint (DE), einBuch.haus (DE), Elise Ory (NL), Erika Hirose (NL), Errant Journal (NL), Fucking Good Art (NL), Further Reading (ID), Gloria Glitzer / we make it (DE), Hum Drum Press (NL), Ian Whittlesea (UK), Jap Sam (NL), Jesse Presse NL), Knust / Extrapool (NL), Yenting Kuan (NL), Limestone Books (NL), Maurice van Es (NL), MonoRhetorik (NL), Moosje M Goosen (NL), Oficyna Peryferie (PL), Onomatopee (NL), Pantofle Books (NL), Pleasant Place (NL), Portal Editions (NL), PrintRoom (NL), Rabbits Road Press (UK), Raum Press (ES), Reading Sideways Press (NL), Risofort (DE), Roots to Fruits (NL), Sofia Niazi (UK), Short Pieces That Move (NL), Small Editions (US), Tehran Zines (IR), Terry Bleu (NL), The Book Society (KR), Unformed Informed (NL), Valiz (NL), 51 Personae (CN), and more!
Book presentations – Meditation – Workshops – Filmscreening – Music – Food & Drinks
Address: in and around the clubhouse of Volkstuinvereniging Streven Naar Verbetering (SNV)
Roel Langerakweg 33, Rotterdam
→ Enter through the community garden gate and stay left until you reach the clubhouse
More information about the Books Are Bridges Publishing Summit:
The Art Book Fest is part of the annual Books Are Bridges Publishing Summit, which was initiated as a small-scale gathering for and with artist publishers and experts in this field. Its programme aims to link local and international publishing platforms. Through an in-depth exchange spread over three days, the programme includes presentations, workshops, shared meals, and more. By initiating this gathering, PrintRoom intends to contribute to the support system and network that encompasses publishing practices, initiatives, and spaces. Simply put, this meeting is an occasion to spend qualitative time together, connecting genuinely through showing, telling, making, eating, and conversing around a shared passion for artist publishing.
This edition is dedicated to publishing as a collective practice: the role of the workshop and DIY-together publishing as tools for creativity, social change and community building. Participants are initiators who, alongside their own publishing houses, also run meeting places where they support creators and publish collaboratively.
The title Books Are Bridges was inspired by the work of Claudia de la Torre (backbonebooks, Berlin). The logo was designed by José Quintanar.
Books Are Bridges Summit and Art Book Fest 2025, images by Öncü Gültekin