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The Rose City Book Fair Returns June 14-15

Find the purrfect book at the 19th annual Rose City Book & Paper Fair.

Find the purrfect book at the 19th annual Rose City Book & Paper Fair.

Come June, it will once again be time for the annual Rose City Book & Paper Fair held in the “Rose City,” Portland, Oregon. The annual book fair will once again be held at the DoubleTree at Lloyd Center, 1000 NE Multnomah, Portland, Oregon. The dates are Saturday and Sunday, June 14-15. Hours are 10:00 a.m – 5:00 p.m. Admission is the same as last year, $5 at the door.

 

At this writing, they already have over 60 exhibitors signed up and there will likely be more. They go from ACS, Inc., to Zephyr Used & Rare Books. The sponsor is the Cascade Booksellers Association. Cascade's members come from Oregon and Washington. Visitors to the fair may come from anywhere!

 

This the link for more information or to buy tickets in advance - www.rosecitybookfair.com.

 

Here is a list of the currently confirmed exhibitors.

 

ACS, Inc.

Arches Bookhouse

Authors Against Book Bans

Backstory Books & Yarn

Balcony Books

Barbara Mader Children's Books

Belmont Books

BOLD Coffee & Books

Book Bin, ABAA

Book Feast

Books Read & Books New

boredom books

Bottom Feeder's Book Collective

Bud Plant & Hutchison Books ABAA

Burnside Rare Books, ABAA

Clinker Press

Collins Books

Comics Adventure

cool, calm, and collectible

Crooked House, ABAA

Cross Genre Books

Cultural Images, ABAA

Daedalus Books

Desert Wind Rare Books

Fairlook Antiques

Fandomland Crafts

Fantasy Illustrated, ABAA

John Howell for Books, ABAA

Junk Empire

Last Word Books

Lee Johnson's Zephyr Books, ABAA

Librariana, LLC

The Literate Collector

Magic Bird Books

Melville Books

MJ Rare Books & Manuscripts

Moothart Books N' Stuff

Munster & Company, ABAA

Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA

Orca Books Cooperative

Parallel Worlds

Passages Bookshop

Paul Johnson Fine Books

Peruse the Stacks, ABAA

Revolutions Bookshop

Richard Bishop, Bookseller

Rob & June Edwards

Robert Gavora, Fine & Rare Books, ABAA

Stellar Books & Ephemera, ABAA

Studio Books

Suzanne & Truman Price

Swan's Fine Books, ABAA

Taylor Bowie, ABAA

Terry's Old School Comics

Thorn Books, ABAA

Timbuktu Books

Tylor's Books, Toys & Comics

Vandello Books

Wallace Books

Zephyr Used & Rare Books, ABAA

 

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