Celebrate photobooks with BIFB on World Photobook Day. Back by popular demand, connect with fans and makers across a series of events and talks Saturday 14–Sunday 15 October, including the BIFB Photobook Fair.
 

BIFB Photobook Fair

Saturday 14 October, 11am–4pm
FEATURING

• Prominent Publishers
• Artist Books & Zine Tables
• Book signings & launches
• Australia and New Zealand Photobook Award Archive. Courtesy of Photo Collective
• Student Photobook Swap 3–4pm Connect with other students, share feedback and swap a book or zine at the Photobook Fair. You’ll be joined by special guests and photobook stalwarts Doug Spowart and Victoria Cooper. Open to VCE and tertiary student photobook makers.

Workshop: Rip, Cut and Paste: Recycle Old Stories into New

Make a zine with artist and educator Victoria Cooper. Participants will work with found material and create a collage, which will be photocopied and folded into different book forms.

Bring your own printed material to work with | Some materials provided
$55 | Bookings essential
Saturday 14 October 11am–1pm
Duration 2 hours
 

Workshop: Book Binding for Beginners with Matt Dunne, Tall Poppy Press

Learn three basic bookbinding techniques: concertina, saddle stitch and stab binding. Participants will also learn how these binding techniques can be combined with covers and other book construction techniques to bind in various ways (e.g., saddle stitch to dos-à-dos or stab binding). Participants will make notebooks, photobooks, art books or simple albums using what they have learned.

$250 (materials provided) | Bookings essential
Sunday 15 October 10am–1pm
Duration 3 hours
 

Panel: Presenting Photobooks to an International Audience

Sunday 15 October, 2–3pm

Photobook makers in Australia and New Zealand make significant books, equal to the international scene. However, the tyranny of distance means that it can be very difficult to get the recognition that our books deserve. In this panel, you’ll hear from artists and curators who have experience sharing their work with international audiences.

Chaired by artist and photobook blogger Doug Spowart.