Call out to Makers - take part in our Autumn Book & Craft Market

Our Autumn Book & Craft Market is Back

If you are a maker creating book-inspired crafts and gifts then join us for our annual Book & Craft Market on 8th November 2025.

We are busy planning the 2025 Autumn Book Festival (14-16 November) and our Book & Craft Market will be held the week before the festival starts, on Saturday 8th November, in a new venue this year: the newly reopened Market Hall in the centre of Derby. The Market Hall also houses shops and food counters selling local produce. This event is free to the public, providing a bustling location for catching seasonal shoppers.

In the run-up to Christmas, the Book & Craft Market will be an opportunity for you to showcase and sell your book-related crafts. We hope you can find room in your busy seasonal calendars for one more event. We shall have a series of children's activities on the day too

We hope to provide some great Christmas present ideas for the literary enthusiast and to all who come along on the day to this new busy city centre venue.

If you are interested in taking a stall and would like to find out more details, please let us know by emailing ally@derbybookfestival.co.uk by Friday 25th July with a brief description about you and your book-related crafts.

Please note we will only have limited spaces for invited authors and publishers to sell their books.