PYA Book Fair Saturday 29th October 2022 - Expression of Interest
We're pleased to announce that we've found a great venue for the Book Fair scheduled for 29th October 2022 in Harrogate and we'd like you to contact us if you are interested in selling your books at the fair.
This book fair will be open to all genres and is being organised by Jane Clack with a supporting cast of members helping her.
Kate Swann kindly went to view the venue and here's what she thought...
I had a good look at St Peters today and was impressed by the facilities.
The entrance hall in glass would make a good 'shop window' to display books and banner and could accommodate around 3 or 4 tables. This would be a good place to entice people in an point them to other spaces.
There is an alcove area which could be used for another table and/or display on the corridor to the Brostoff Hall. This room is upstairs and is 7m x 9m square, it has access to a kitchen and a loo and can be reached by lift or stairs.
There are about a dozen tables 6ft x 3ft which can be set up and plenty of chairs. Close to this area is a smaller space which is glass fronted and looks over the church which I thought might be used for readings. Light and airy and enclosed for quieter activities.
The church itself is used as a cafe on Saturdays so plenty of footfall to attract visitors. They have installed a state of the art air purifier which traps and kills germs and viruses. The building is modern and well appointed with disabled facilities.
The administrator suggested that we set up on the Friday and the church staff would help with putting up tables.
There is another room available for readings if we wanted to do several at a time and this is a music room with excellent acoustics.
They have boards for attaching publicity material and a banner rail if we wanted to hang large advertising material.
All in all I was impressed and feel it would be an excellent venue. If we can attract lots of authors to join and if we do readings and/or discussion it could be a really lively event - the facilities are first rate.
Some photos are below... please register your interest quickly as spaces are likely to go quickly.
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