CENTRAL is Birmingham’s annual photobook festival.
The event brings together a wide ranging group of publishers, talks and exhibits all centred around the photobook.
INFO
23-24 October 2026
EH Smith Design Centre
312 – 314 Bradford St,
Birmingham, B5 6ET
23-24 October 2026
EH Smith Design Centre
312 – 314 Bradford St,
Birmingham, B5 6ET
Friday 10-7pm
Saturday 10-5pm
Friday Afterparty:
[Readings by Borough Inc. & Music by Alex Astbury]
Saturday 10-5pm
Friday Afterparty:
[Readings by Borough Inc. & Music by Alex Astbury]
PUBLISHERS
Antiphone Editions
Borough Inc.
Besides Press
First Fold Books
Gulf Photo Plus
No Go press
Out of place books
Overlapse
Oval Press
Photomafia
Raft
Stanley/Barker
Shire Press
Silvergrass press
SODA (MMU)
Yang Zhou
Village
GRAIN
Emmerson Press
Birmingham Architects Assoc.
TALKS
World of Mirrors: Photographs, texts and time travel
Lillian Wilkie
The Blindest Man
Emily Graham
Photobook Practice
Jermaine Francis
Photobooks: community and collaboration
Hark1karan X Raj Dhunna
Errare: The photobook as art object
Chris Neophytou with Flora Jay (BIFA)
Stutter: fragments from
a history of British photography
John Spinks
Paradise Place
Stuart Whipps
EXHIBITS
Island Studies: photobooks from cyprus
Curated by Gamze Sanli
Stutter: fragments from a history
of British photography
Curated by John Spinks
Future Photobook Award
Curated by Matt Johnston
All talks & exhibits are FREE
No booking required
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UPCOMING EVENTS -
CENTRAL Photobook Club.
A regular informal event which will host guest speakers delving into some of their favourite photobooks