Events > Book Fair

15 May 2026

Art Metropole at the Vancouver Art Book Fair

Offsite Location
Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre, 181 Roundhouse Mews, Vancouver, BC V6Z 2W3

Art Metropole is pleased to announce our participation in the 2026 Vancouver Art Book Fair, taking place at the Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre in Vancouver from Friday May 15 – Sunday May 17.

Free and open to the public, VABF is a three-day celebration of artists’ publishing featuring over one hundred local, national and international publishers, as well as a diverse line-up of programs, performances and artists’ projects. Art Metropole will present a selection of small press and self-published artist’s books and zines, alongside titles from Art Metropole’s publishing program.
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Fair Open Hours:

⁠Friday, May 15: 5–9 PM
Saturday, May 16: 11 AM–6 PM ⁠
Sunday, May 17: 11 AM–5 PM ⁠

Art Metropole is also proud to present a book signing with Jordan King and a panel on trans publishing practices, co-presented with VABF as a part of the Making Public(s) Symposium.

Panel: Publishing as Trans Artistic Strategy
Sunday, May 17, [TIME]
Panelists: Edie Fake, Whess Harman, Jordan King
Moderated by Dallas Fellini

Bringing together artists working across artists’ books, zines, and other print-based practices, this conversation will consider what print might offer to trans artists in a moment marked by simultaneous censorship and trans hypervisibility. Edie Fake, Whess Harman, and Jordan King will discuss their approaches to negotiating access, opacity, and visibility in their work, considering the significant historical role that print culture and self-publishing has held within trans communities.

Book Signing: Seen Through Red with Artist Jordan King
Saturday, May 16, 2–3 PM

Jordan King will be visiting Art Metropole’s VABF table from 2–3 PM on Saturday, May 16th to sign copies of her recently-published artist’s book Seen Through Red. Seen Through Red presents reproductions of nightlife ephemera from Jordan King’s personal archive, bringing together posters, flyers, and Polaroids documenting parties, performances, and drag shows that took place in Vancouver between 2000–2006. Stop by to grab your copy!
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