Timed entry is to ensure that we maintain capacity, crowd control and limit long 'in-line' wait times.

The free tokens provide 30-minute time slots and will be given out on a first-come, first-served basis.

We recommend arriving early to ensure entry, as time slots may be all claimed by evening.

You will receive a sticker with your designated time slot upon arriving. While you wait for your slot number, you are welcome to enjoy Amant’s exhibitions, bookstore, and cafe, and food trucks. On Sunday, you can also attend free outdoor programming and explore our block party! When your time slot is called, you will wait in a short line to enter the fair.

June 2nd

6-9pm Opening Party

11am-1pm Accessible Hours
1pm-7pm Public Hours

11-6pm Public Hours
& Block Party

We will only offer free pre-registration tickets for Saturday, 6/3 from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM for our immunocompromised, disabled, elderly, and high-risk community members. We are holding these Accessible Hours so that they can enjoy the fair with limited crowds and reduced entry lines.

To pre-register, simply fill out the form below! If you have additional accessibility questions, please reach out to brooklynartbookfair@gmail.com.

This talk is about Zhao’s personal creative process from performance to drawing that they developed while walking on the street, to create a new awareness of urban spaces.

OTHER PUBLISHING members Rey Carlson, Rin Kim, and Nix Ni will be reading excerpts from their new zine debuting at BKABF titled VESSELS. Inspired by Korean, Chinese, and Vietnamese mythology, queer worldbuilding, and fantastical story telling, the readings are separated into 6 chapters titled The vessel of the Moon (She Stays on Earth With me Under the Sun), Vessels of Rebirth, A Vessel Born in my Arms, Vessels of breath, Spirits of Red, and Ghosts of Touch.

Join Maamoul Press for a comics workshop to celebrate the launch of their newest publication, Inside the Giant Fish, by Rawand Issa. Participants will create a short comic inspired by the graphic novel.

Through the story of a girl looking for her lost memories on a beach that no longer exists, Rawand Issa poignantly describes the effects of privatizing public beaches on the locals of the El Jiyeh town in Lebanon. A graphic memoir that is political, social and personal. Previously published in Arabic in Egypt by Dar Al Mahrousa, Maamoul Press is thrilled to present the English language edition of this graphic novel, translated by Amy Chiniara.

Materials will be provided, all participants are welcome.

Weiyun (Winnie) Chen & Supatida Sutiratana from Midnight Project will host this workshop aims to teach participants how to create visually appealing types using grid-based design. Participants will learn about the importance of spacing and uniformity and have the opportunity to experiment with different typeface iterations and grid-based graphic features.

In addition, the workshop will initiate a conversation about the cultural factors that drive the emphasis on academic achievement in Asian society. The incorporation of Asian cultural elements into the type design will provide a unique opportunity for attendees to gain new insights into our cultural heritage. By the end of the workshop, participants will have a completed typeface that they can use for future design projects.

Always with our wings out, we are becoming a collective gust of wind that powers our survival, soaring & thriving! FLIGHT SCHOOL asks us to think of the ways our actions, rituals and work can give wings to long lives for trans, non-binary, gender expansive, queer, folks of color. 

Join us in an hour long workshop that writes, draws, dreams, demands and becomes tools for our survival! Artist Lukaza Branfman-Verissimo and F.S. collaborators will lead participants in writing and dreaming exercises and then invite all to make these collective dreams into kites/tools for continual flying!

Join the Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop for an immersive workshop on Screenprinting.

From Riso to offset, spiral to stab, check out an array of printing and binding techniques from Center for Book Arts’ Library... and get challenged by the possibilities of what “book” can mean.

Calling all artists! If you have an artists' publication that you would like to have considered to be sold in our store, bring it on over to the Printed Matter table at BKABF's street fair! Bring a single copy of the publication to the table and fill out our Title for Review form. No additional supporting materials are necessary, but feel free to provide relevant information along with the book if you like.

Join us for a unique workshop that combines the art of cyanotype with embracing rest and relaxation. This workshop invites participants to celebrate the idea of dolce far niente (the sweetness of doing nothing) and view rest as an act of resistance.

During the workshop, participants will not only learn the fascinating process of creating cyanotype prints but also explore the transformative power of rest. The central activity involves taking a nap directly on specially prepared cyanotype papers, allowing the body’s imprint to form captivating images. By resting on the paper, participants will create a tangible representation of their own presence and the tranquility of the moment.

After everyone has contributed their unique imprints, we will collaborate on assembling a mural that showcases the collective artwork. This mural will serve as a visual testament to the celebration of stillness and the art of being present.

Note: No prior experience in cyanotype or art is necessary. All materials will be provided. Just bring yourself and your willingness to rest and create.

This event is free with limited space. Registration is required. 

Please Sign-Up here.

Bring a book you are done with, you are bored by, you detest or you protest, and let’s see what we can do to make it better. Selected examples of artists' books that are reappropriated, re-imagined and re-engineered based on found books will be shown, and assorted tools will be provided. 

This event is free with limited space. Registration is required. 

Please Sign-up Here.

Have you been looking for a way into artists' book making? Feeling inspired but needing questions answered? Join us for a ‘how to’ discussion of independent publishing! Hear about the beginnings of some of New York’s notable zine and small press publishers as they discuss how they got started, practical tips for book work and zine creation, and so much more.

Panelists include: Eva Parra from Calipso Press, Tara Ridgedell from Secret Riso Club, & Hannah Yukiko Pierce from Small Editions.

This event is free and open to the public.