About this Event
The Bloomsbury Jamboree is an annual fair held in the historic Artworkers’ Guild, 6 Queen Square, London WC1N 3AT and features a range of independent exhibitors selling beautiful illustration, books, prints, ceramics, jewellery, folk art, and fairtrade food and drink. All accompanied by a programme of illustrated talks - come and join the fun!
November 14 2026
🕑: 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Suzanne Cooper: Paintings Under the Spare-Room Bed
Info: Join author Lucy Hughes-Hallett for an illustrated talk exploring the life, work and rediscovery of Suzanne Cooper, an important British modernist artist.
🕑: 12:15 PM - 01:00 PM
Sarah Ainslie - Women at Work: East End Portraits 1992-2025
Info: Join photographer Sarah Ainslie for a talk about Women at Work, her long-term project documenting the lives and labour of women in London’s East End.
🕑: 02:00 PM - 02:45 PM
Pearl Binder: Art, Satire and Socialism
Info: Join Lou Taylor, Pearl Binder’s youngest daughter, for an illustrated talk about the extraordinary life and work of this pioneering artist, writer and journalist.
🕑: 03:15 PM - 04:00 PM
Typefounders of East London: The Making of the Printed Word
Info: Join typographer and designer Richard Ardagh for an illustrated talk about the people, places and processes behind East London’s remarkable typefounding history.
November 15 2026
🕑: 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Made in London: The city’s manufacturing scene today
Info: Join manufacturer and urbanist Mark Brearley for an illustrated talk about what’s made in London these days, and by who, in the filigree of factories that are fighting to keep a foothold in the city.
🕑: 12:15 PM - 01:00 PM
The Creative Future Of Independent Bookselling
Info: Julia Harrison (formerly of Waterstone's and Daunt Books) and Mireille Galinou (of the forthcoming City Lovers' Bookshop) celebrate the creative new possibilities for independent bookselling, adapting and innovating to challenge the online marketplace by offering a radically different and more personal experience.
🕑: 02:00 PM - 02:45 PM
Marx and Sparks! Enid Marx: Pattern, Popular Art and Modern Design
Info: Join Alan Powers, art historian and writer, for an illustrated talk about the life and work of the remarkable designer, printmaker, illustrator and collector Enid Marx.
🕑: 03:15 PM - 04:00 PM
Look Down! The Coal Hole Covers of London
Info: Look down as you walk through London and you’ll find thousands of coal hole covers set into pavements, doorsteps and courtyards.
Event venue & nearby stays
The Art Workers' Guild, 6 Queen Square, London, United Kingdom
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