London Football Book Market - May 2026

Schedule

Sat May 30 2026 at 11:30 am to 04:30 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

Brixton Library | London, EN

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A market celebrating independent football books, magazines, fanzines, kits, art and other independent football-related projects
About this Event

Join Stanchion Books and Brixton Library for the fourth London Football Book Market, celebrating the wealth of independent football publishing that is transforming the way we see and speak about the beautiful game.

An exciting mix of publishers, authors, illustrators and other football brands will be present selling books, magazines, fanzines, photobooks, shirts, prints and other merchandise.

The event is free entry all day, open to all ages.

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PUB QUIZ - FRIDAY 29 MAY

The legends at Trekuartista95 are hosting a pub quiz at The Volley in Old Street on Friday 29 May.

"Be a part of history. Come witness the admin in the wild. Hosting our first ever public event. The night before Arsenal win the Champions League. Be a car crash, probably. But good crack, hopefully. £100 bar tab for the winning team and a Stanchion voucher for runner-up. Bag a ticket. Get yaself down. Into 'em."

Grab your ticket: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/t95-pub-quiz-at-the-volley-tickets-1985000390603

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STALLHOLDERS - SATURDAY 30 MAY

We are delighted to welcome old friends and new for this Book Market. The stallholders confirmed so far:


AFTA Studios
Among Good People
Collosive Press
Dream Teams Books
GIRLFANS
Glory
Golazo
Herne Books
Lower Block
Passing Pattern (USA)
Pitch Publishing
Rematch
Seen Enough
The Signal
Soi Books
Tifograd (GER)
TOPSAFE
Trekuartista95
Alexander Stone
Debs Parr
Sebastian Frej
Matt Tiller from Will Dalton
We've got a limited number of tables left - if you're a football-related author of books, magazines, fanzines or a brand selling kits, merch art, illustration, board games etc - and you fancy being one of the sellers, please email [email protected]

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BOOK SIGNING - SATURDAY 30 MAY

We are thrilled to welcome Felix White who do a public book signing for the paperback release of .

The book is a personal and unique road trip style journey through the FA Cup campaign of the 2024/25 football season by bestselling author Felix White - from the first non-league rounds of the tournament to the final at Wembley.

Felix White is a musician and broadcaster. He co-presents BBC podcast Tailenders with Greg James and England's most successful ever fast bowler Jimmy Anderson and is a member of The Maccabees, the band for whom he is renowned, released four studio albums and split at their commercial peak after 14 years together, off the back of a UK number one album and major festival headline shows.

The book signing will take place Brixton Library from 12 midday (please note the change in time originally posted).

If you cannot attend but wish to preorder a signed copy, please place your order on the Stanchion Books website (international shipping is available) at the following link: https://stanchionbooks.com/products/whatever-will-be-will-be-a-matter-of-life-and-football-paperback

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Artwork by Dan Evans.

Below photo from the previous London Football Book Market at Brixton Library in December 2025.


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