

leaves, a Bookstore Run by the Youth for the Youth
Looking for a space for readers dedicated to community and sustainability? leaves is just the place, with two locations in Brooklyn, New York. Their Greenpoint store is open daily, and their second location in Bushwick is appointment only - they’ve got some rare finds. They collect and sell a wide variety of books, spanning many genres from radical literature to artist books, but have a focus on books by female and LGBTQ+ authors. Zines, magazines, posters, broadsides and oth


Adrie Rose's Creation: Nine Syllables Press
Adrie Rose, a poet herself, is the editor of Nine Syllables Press, which was started in 2022 at the Boutelle-Day Poetry Center at Smith College. Named after the first line of “Metaphors” by Sylvia Plath, Rose wanted to honor the Smith College alum and the press is focused primarily on promoting poetry by women. She receives help from Smith students in two classes every year in selecting submissions and designing the book covers. Rose will be showcasing the first three poetry


Meet Greg Gibson, of Ten Pound Island Book Co., a bookseller's "bookman"
Ten Pound Island specializes in maritime history, yachting, whaling, U.S. coastal history, New England, lighthouses, logs, & navigation.


Perugia Press: Tipping the scales of gender inequity in poetry into balance
Founded in 1997, Perugia Press is a nonprofit feminist press that publishes one book each year: the winner of the Perugia Press Prize, their annual national contest for first or second books of poetry by women. This is the first year the literary press will be exhibiting and selling their books at the Northampton Book Fair Apostasies by Holli Carrell (Perugia Press.2025) Their mission is to celebrate and support women poets, inclusive of gender-expansive identities, in print


Peter Stern: An Intellectually Curious Bookseller and Bibliophile
Peter Stern is a long-time exhibitor at the upcoming Northampton Antiquarian Book, Ephemera, and Book Arts Fair. Stern specializes in selling and collecting old and rare fiction books from the nineteenth and twentieth century. He has a few thousand books at the moment, and in his collection aside from fiction, are poems and photographs and much more. For the last twenty-five years he’s been running his own online store and a bricks and mortar shop in Newton, Massachusetts th


Bridge Press & Brian D. Cohen's Etchings
Crow , from Bestiary, etching, 4 3/8 × 7 3/8 ", 2019 Angel , from The Fool's Journey, etching with aquatint and calligraphy on handmade paper, 10 × 7 " (image); 12 × 9" (sheet), 2005 Brian D. Cohen returns to this year’s book fair with over a hundred different prints, mostly etchings, as well as one artist’s book, a few trade books, and cards. The last time Cohen showcased was in 2019, where he was able to see old connections and create new ones; he's back this November afte


Head to Tail Books: Michele Wan's Creation
Head to Tail Books is run by Michele Wan, and will be exhibiting for the very first time this year, bringing a wide variety of rare books from miniature books to finely-bound books, and of course, books about dogs. Wan will be showcasing books and ephemera by women and people of color, and zines by Asian American creators that she is very excited about. A few other notable books she will be displaying include a graffiti sketchbook, a few artist’s books, and even a book with d


Marianne R. Petit: An Artist Focused on Intricacy & Accessibility
Marriane R. Petit is a New York based artist who will be showcasing her work at the Northampton Book Arts Fair this November. Her...


Music, Folklore, and Fine Books from The Country Bookshop
The Country Bookshop in Plainfield, Vermont has been serving book-lovers since the 1970s. Since his high school days, many moons ago,...


Castle Books and Tea: Tristan Evarts' Hidden Gem
Tristan Evarts is a librarian, part time archivist, and owner of Castle Books and Tea in North Haven, Connecticut. He will be showcasing...


