Sunday 5 July 2026, 12 – 6 pm
Address: Roel Langerakweg 33, Rotterdam, around the clubhouse of Volkstuinvereniging Streven Naar Verbetering (SNV)
→ Enter through the community garden gate and stay left until you reach the clubhouse
Join us for the 5th edition of the Books Are Bridges Art Book Fest at the clubhouse of SNV community garden with over 30 local and (inter)national artist publishers, who will present and sell their latest publications.
Find the list of participants in the messages below 
Book presentations
12:00 – LOOKING AT NOTHING, a 10-minute group meditation by Moosje M Goosen, followed by the presentation of FIGURES, Moosje M Goosen and Ian Whittlesea. Published by PrintRoom, 2026
16:00 – Melon #3 – Meals for the Final 72 Hours: Living and Eating through Ongoing Collapse by Alice Strete, with editor and publisher Yen-Ting Kuan and Chen Jhen. Published by Limestone Books, 2026
Workshops:
13:00 -16:00 Imprinting the Garden: cyanotype printing with Élise Ory
14:00 -16:00 Woolworms: woolspinning with Sofia Niazi
15:00 -16:00 Wool Feeds Earth: felting with Amy Suo Wu
Film screening:
17:00 Trees of Rotterdam by Alice Ladenburg and Ollie Palmer
Food and snacks by Erika Hirose and SNV
Music by Ash K
The title Books Are Bridges was inspired by the work of Claudia de la Torre (backbonebooks, Berlin)
flyer by José Quintanar
Kindly supported by CBK Rotterdam, Stichting Volkskracht, Pictoright Fund, Creative Industries Fund NL and the City of Rotterdam.