Artists’ Bookmarket 2026

the modernist returns to the Artists' Bookmarket at the Fruitmarket gallery, Edinburgh.

Saturday 14.02.26, 10am–6pm. Free

Sunday 15.02.26, 10am–5pm. Free

Join us at the Artists’ Bookmarket, Edinburgh’s annual celebration of artists’ book culture. The event runs over two busy weekend days with stalls laid out to showcase a wide array of work. Artists’ Bookmarket is complemented by a busy talks and workshops programme, now open for booking.

modernist talk

As a special treat, Bruce Peter, author of our landmark book Modernist Scotland, will be giving a free talk as part of the talks programme. Book here/free entry.

Sunday 15.01.26: 12.45–1.15pm: the modernist-Modernist Scotland
Professor Bruce Peter, author of the modernist’s latest publication, will discuss his comprehensive, exploration of Scotland’s bold modernist legacy. He will discuss modernist architecture in Scotland and share insights into the process of bringing this landmark book to life. 

At the bookmarket this year the modernist will be exhibiting alongside:

Adam Geary, AMBruno, Amy Sterly Prints, Art Walk Press, B K Stationery, Book Works, Bound:Unbound, C.A.Hiley & C.Simonis, (riso des bois), Catriona Clark, Central Fife Artist Collective, Christine Partridge, Ciarraí Samson, Concrete Nature, David Armes, David Faithfull, Deeooshee, Doris Press, Edinburgh College of Art: Illustration, Edinburgh College of Art: MA Illustration, Elke Thompson, Erin K. Schmidt, Essence Press, Felicity Bristow, Fieldnotes, Frances Law, Frost Pocket Press, George Logan, Gnõbilis Press, Helen Douglas / Weproductions, Hestan Isle Press, Hrishitonoy Dutta, Jack Ravi, Jacqueline Thomas, Jade Stout, James Holcombe, Jane Hyslop, Jeffrey Charles Henry Peacock, Jessica Crisp, Joan Higgins, Joanna Caskie, Joanna Robson, Karen Joyce, Kate Foster, KBJ Publishing, Lydia Davies, Louise Wilde, Marc Gosteli, Marie-Alice Harel, Mhairi Braden, Monitor Books, New Arcadian Press, Of Source! Press, Onion Press, 0o Press, Orange Press, Pauline Lamont-Fisher, Peer Matters, Ploterre, Rosemary Everett, Somewhere: for us, Sophie Demery, Strange Exchange Library, The Book Tree Press, The Bookband, The Caseroom Press, The Great Her, The Kelpie Press, The Modernist, The Travelling Bookbinder, Wild Pansy Press

Fruitmarket
45 Market Street
Edinburgh EH1 1DF

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