Masked hours from 11am–12pm on both days.
The 2025 edition of the fair is sponsored by the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Visual Arts News, and C Mag.
HABF is a gathering for art publishers and art book enthusiasts. There is a significant art book history in Halifax that has largely gone unnoticed - HABF wants to bring Atlantic art books out in the open and foster a space for new friendships, connections and ideas.
The fair is book focused. Our mandate prioritizes artists' books, catalogues, monographs, periodicals, zines, or related printed material. Visitors can also expect programming about the art book and its surrounding concepts.
The co-directors of the fair are Andrew Hill & Marite Kuus, who can be contacted through email and Instagram. The board of the HABF is composed of Alek Green, Alex Turgeon, Bryne McLaughlin, Craig Leonard, and Rebecca Young.
The fair takes place in Mi'kma'ki, on the unceded and stolen territory of the Mi'kmaq people. We are grateful to live, work, learn and play on these lands.
The fair will always be free to attend.
Exhibitors
Alicia’s Klassic Kool Shoppe
Art Metropole
ASC Press
Ben Denzer
Ben Duvall / Institute for the Study of the Urtext
bocchi projects
Bound Creative Collective
Cathy Busby Projects
C Magazine
Conundrum Press
Copy Shop Books
Dalhousie Art Gallery
Éditions Basic Bruegel Editions / e[BB]e
Eyelevel Artist Run Centre & Bookstore
Folly House / Ch-Town Zine Library
Koyubi Studio
nice damage studio
NSCAD Library / Anna Leonowens Gallery
Omíkhlē Bookshop
Oreades Press
O Underworld! Press
po3ms collective / Khyber Centre for the Arts
Possible Worlds
Press of the Varying Hare
Pseudo Press
Publication Studio Guelph
Reflex Editions
Reid Urchison
Seed & Spark Bookstore Co-operative
SUNSCAD Zine Press
Susan Mills Artist Books
Tel # Publishing
UPON
Visual Arts News