Books travel—and so do we. Come find us, say hello, and spend some time with the new books.
Earlier this year, K. Verlag joined Notes to Other Futures at Framer Framed in Amsterdam and returned to MISS READ in Berlin. After a short summer interlude, we’re packing the boxes again: this September, find us first at GLUE at the ICA in London, followed immediately by Dear books, at UNFAIR26 in Amsterdam.
Book fairs remain some of the rare occasions when the distributed life of independent publishing gathers physically in one place: books and the people who make, distribute, sell, read, discuss, carry, recommend, and live with them. We’re looking forward to bringing along new arrivals from our Fall 2026 program, recent releases, and favourites from across the K. Verlag catalogue.
Coming up this September
GLUE — ICA London
September 12–13, 2026
Institute of Contemporary Arts, London
We’re delighted to be heading to London for GLUE, the ICA’s annual celebration of independent and artist publishing. More than 90 publishers will gather for a weekend of books alongside talks, workshops, launches, performances, and exhibitions exploring the artist-led networks sustaining independent publishing today.
Saturday, September 12: 12–7 pm
Sunday, September 13: 12–6 pm
Book fair admission is free.
Come find K. Verlag and browse our new Fall 2026 titles alongside books from across the programme.
Dear books, at UNFAIR26
September 17–20, 2026
Gashouder, Klönneplein 1, Amsterdam
Five days later, the books travel back to Amsterdam for the inaugural edition of Dear books, a new art book fair presented as part of UNFAIR26.
Initiated by Hugo Rocci (Terry Bleu), Floor Kortman (Pleasant Place), and Unfair Amsterdam, Dear books, brings fifty publishers and independent art-book makers from around the world into the Gashouder for four days dedicated to printed matter, artistic practice, and the communities that grow around them.
Thursday, September 17: 3–9 pm
Friday, September 18: from 11 am
Saturday, September 19: 11 am–8 pm, with an extended cultural programme
Sunday, September 20: 11 am–5 pm
Earlier this year
MISS READ, silent green Kulturquartier, Berlin — June 26–28, 2026
And then there was possibly the hottest MISS READ ever.
For three days, “Gloria” the spray bottle, salt pretzels, wet towels, and innumerable fans in every shape, colour, and pattern formed our essential toolkit for surviving the airless underground concrete vaults of the former crematorium at silent green while the city above was being pressure-cooked beneath the heat dome.
It did feel rather maniacal to choose “going to work” over lying low and zoning out. But it was also much better to sweat through the weekend collectively, among independent publishers, authors, artists, designers, readers, and friends. There was something mad and energising in this scene of books, water, improvised mutual support, joy, and good humour.
The fair’s focus on Bibliodiversity felt particularly pointed under those conditions. Plurality in publishing depends not only on the presence of many voices and forms, but on the infrastructures, resources, persistence, and relations of care that allow them to take root and continue.
Thank you again to everyone who ventured into the dungeon to find us—and to the MISS READ team for keeping the whole overheated undertaking running.
Notes to Other Futures, Framer Framed, Amsterdam — May 23, 2026
We began this year’s travels in Amsterdam with Notes to Other Futures, joining publishers, artists, and readers at Framer Framed for an absolutely beautiful spring day dedicated to books and other forms of publishing and gathering.
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