Event Information

The PBFA welcomes you back to the Dorchester book fair, now located in the stunning Victorian Hall of the Dorset Museum & Art Gallery.

The fair coincides with the final day of the Dorchester Literary Festival - a great end to a week packed with author talks and events, which has become a calendar staple for bibliophiles on the South Coast.

PBFA members will be offering antiquarian & second hand books, modern firsts, signed editions, prints, maps and ephemera.

Why not make a day of it and couple your visit with a tour of the Dorset Museum and Art Gallery, including Thomas Hardy’s study and special collections library. 

With parking available, a cafe on site and a bustling town centre location, we look forward to this new chapter for the fair. 

Key Details

Time & Date 25th October 2025, 10:00 - 16:00

Venue Dorset Museum, High West Street, Dorchester, Dorset, DT1 1XA

Organisers Endpaper Books Tel: 07907 302891 Email: info@endpaperbooks.co.uk

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Ticket Information

Admission £ 1.00

Travel Information

Parking

’Top O Town’ Car Park, DT1 1XT, What3words - protrude.guessing.swan; ’Colliton Park' Car Park, DT1 1XJ, What3words - Tricky.sung.obstinate; ‘Acland Road’ Car Park, DT1 1EE, What3words - grunt.slipping.popped

Bus

There is a bus stop directly in front of the venue - for direct routes from Yeovil, Weymouth, Lyme Regis, Bridport and local connections.

Train

Dorchester South Train Station is 0.6miles from the Venue - for direct routes from London, Southampton, Bournemouth, Poole and Weymouth. Dorchester West Train Station is 0.5miles from the Venue - for direct routes from Bath, Bristol and Frome.

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Fair Exhibitors

If you would like to see which Members will be at this fair, you can browse through them all below. Just select the letter their name starts with and click their name to see their specific page.

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Daniel Ahern | Daniel Ahern Tidworth

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Helen Deighton | Helen Deighton Sturminster Newton

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Hewett's Books | Luke Hewett Liverpool

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Karen Jakobsen Art and Design Books | Karen Jakobsen Sturminster Newton

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Pocock Rare Books | Grace Barham Shaftesbury

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Stour Bookshop | Tony Butler Sturminster Newton

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Resources

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