For booklovers, this Rare Book Fair is the only place to be this bank holiday weekend
Picture the scene.
A blissfully free bank holiday weekend, you, buzzing from a great coffee, browsing letterpress first editions, rare books, vinyl, maps and art in some of the most atmospheric locations in Cork.
It’s all there for the taking this weekend at the West Cork Rare Book Fair; the third annual celebration of all things bookish in Skibbereen, with a host of fascinating free events running throughout the day on Sunday, August 4th and Monday, August 5th, 2024.
The Fair invites book lovers and the curious to explore three beautiful bookshop locations throughout Skibbereen, all within walking distance from each other and with more than 20, 000 books on display.
Flitting from Inanna Rare Books at The Masonic Hall to Inanna Modern at The Still Mill and the Antiquity Bookshop–Café on Bridge Street (happily free of wi-fi), visitors can check out a talk with Bookbindery Diller, a traditional bookbindery from Frankfurt am Main in Germany, who will showcase some of their bindings and special Solander Boxes as well as binding techniques.
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You can even bring along special books you wish to have repaired for quotes and suggestions.
Ithys Press and Houyhnhnm Press, publishers of letterpress first editions will also be part of the line-up, alongside Ponc Press, a traditional letterpress printer and publisher from Dingle.
On Sunday afternoon, August 4th, at 4pm, the wonderful Irish photographer, John Minihan will also present a talk on his exhibition Beckett & the Wake.
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Minihan photographed the great playwright Samuel Beckett many times in Paris and London, capturing moments that have become iconic images of twentieth-century culture.
For more on what’s happening throughout the event, visit the West Cork Rare Book Fair website.
