Anarchy! Books! Zines! Mark Your Calendars For The 2025 Seattle Anarchist Bookfair!
October 18th & 19th, 11am – 5pm
The VERA Project, at the corner of Warren and Republican
The Seattle Anarchist Bookfair bursts back into the scene, brimming with brilliance and boundless possibilities!
After two amazing years of post-COVID bookfairs, we are excited to welcome you back to the VERA this fall for a weekend of workshops, encounters, arguments, meet-cutes, dialogues, diatribes, books and literature including anarchist theory, historical heresies, activist anthologies, and fictional fables. We hope to gather the anarchist publishers and zinesters you know and love as well as new emerging distros and projects from the PNW and beyond.
Whether you’re a seasoned subversive or a budding beacon of rebellion, this book bonanza beckons to all: the Seattle Anarchist Book Fair is an opportunity for old friends to come together, for new connections be made, and for those new to anarchy to have an opportunity to engage with the many and varied perspectives of what is called the Beautiful Idea. Discover new perspectives, defy dogma, and fuel your fiery fervor for freedom. Entry is always free. Childcare provided while you peruse.
If you are interested in volunteering your time or resources for the event, reach out to us at seattlebookfair at riseup dot net. More info as the event draws closer. See you there!
Bear with us as we update our site with new tablers, workshops, etc. Some of last year’s info will remain up while parts are still under construction.
Find our Frequently Asked Questions page here.
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What is Anarchism?? Lets spell it out!!
Ⓐ Stands for:
-Antifascist: “in the United States, most have been anarchist… since the emergence of modern antifa under the name Anti-Racist Action (ARA) in the late eighties” -Mark Bray, Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook
-Autonomy – “a self-governing person recognizes that their innate capacity for freedom cannot transfer to another” -Rocco A. Astorr, The Importance of Autonomy in Anarchy & Statelessness
-Abolition – “not a political framework against the very idea of punishment, its a political framework against prisons, police, and the state” -Lee Cicuta, Against a Liberal Abolitionism
-Aid – “We need to go beyond ‘just helping’ to working towards some sort of different economy, a survival economy, on the way to full anarchist communism.” -Lorenzo Kom’boa Ervin, Ungovernable
-Apolitical – “If voting is the democratic participation in our own oppression, voting as harm reduction is a politics that keeps us at the mercy of our oppressors” -Klee Benaly, Voting is Not Harm Reduction
-Attack – “’Criminal’ trial will not settle the question, there will be a war until justice is served” -Kuwasi Balagoon’s trial statement
Ⓐ stands for Anything! What it means to be an anarchist is deeply personal. The ideology extends across cultures and borders. All are welcome under the anarchist umbrella.
Come browse these books, zines, and others written by local anarchists at the 2025 Seattle Anarchist Bookfair!
Bring your own definition to The Vera Project on October 18th and 19th from 11am-5pm.
Masks provided and required. Free childcare.
Check out SABF.info for updates, and email seattlebookfair@riseup.net with any questions
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BOOKFAIR!
anon (not verified) Thu, 07/17/2025 - 09:10
I would just like to point out that as the title on the Seattle website shows it being called "book fair" then throughout the announcement it is referred to as "bookfair". It's 20-fucking-25 and the correct spelling is BOOKFAIR. thank you and good day!
Bookfaire. but who gives a…
anon (not verified) Sun, 07/20/2025 - 10:45
In reply to BOOKFAIR! by anon (not verified)
Bookfaire.
but who gives a flying fuck ??
book fair with the space is…
anon (not verified) Sun, 07/20/2025 - 13:06
In reply to BOOKFAIR! by anon (not verified)
book fair with the space is correct. smd north carolina
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