Anarchist Book Fair Amsterdam
November 22-23, 2025
Het Dokhuis (Plantage Doklaan 8)
Amsterdam, Netherlands
https://anarchistbookfairamsterdam.org/
Join us on November 22 & 23 for a amazing weekend filled with zines workshops and more!
The main venue of the Anarchist Book Fair Amsterdam is “Het Dokhuis” Plantage Doklaan 8 Amsterdam
Public transport
From Amsterdam Central you can take bus 22 towards Muiderpoort station and get of at the stop Kadijksplein or you can take tram 14 towards Javaplein and get at the stop Artis. From both stops it’s about a 5 minute walk. Important you can not pay with cash in Dutch public transport!
About Us
We’re the ABFA Collective, we came forth out of the first Anarchist Book Fair Amsterdam in 2017 that was organized with the Anarchist Group Amsterdam to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the anarchist library in the Bollox.
For Questions, Remarks or Compliments, send us an email at anarchistbookfairamsterdam(at)riseup.net
Join with a stand: https://anarchistbookfairamsterdam.org/join-for-stands/
Join with a workshop: https://anarchistbookfairamsterdam.org/workshop-application/
Help make this event possible!!!
We’re always looking for help in all kinds of capacities.
Check out below how you can help make this amazing event happen. Email us at Anarchistbookfairamsterdam(at)riseup.net
Volunteer at the book fair
You can help at the book fair itself. One or a few hours. You want to help on the day itself with various tasks such as a bar shift, setting up or cleaning.
Volunteer leading up to the event
You can help with a singular task. A day or a half day, in the days or weeks leading up to the book fair. You want to help with logistical tasks such as: picking up supplies or make sure all the beamers work. You can also hand out flyers on demo’s or events or distribute posters & stickers in your area. This spreading of propaganda can of course be done at any moment of the yea.
Join as a Coordinator
You can coordinate a vital part of the book fair. In the weeks before the book fair and at the book fair itself. You can coordinate workshops, stands and our different venues and take responsibility for this task. You can coordinate the volunteers on the book fair itself for your specific part (i.e. the bar), make sure there are enough people to help out and make sure everyone knows what to do. This means you are available in advance.
Organize an autonomous part of the book fair
You can organize autonomously in the months leading up to the book fair. Doing this means you can organise your own project at the book fair. An example of this could be a cooking collective that provides food for a specific meal or throughout the day. Organising autonomously also means your crew carries the responsibility of making sure it happens. Other examples are organizing a benefit for the book fair or organizing the afterparty on Saturday. It will be an integral part of the book fair, but you don’t have to be at every book fair meeting.
Join the ABFA collective
You will be part of the ABFA Collective. During the entire year you are working on the bookfair. This means being at meetings in Amsterdam (once a month, and more often in the weeks before the book fair), taking up and doing action points, and being there during the book fair itself. This is a lot of responsibility but also a very rewarding.
Our Friends:
Paper Jam an anarchist print & publishing collective based in Amsterdam
Firestarter a radical crowdfunding platform operating in the Netherlands
Vrije bond the Anarchist federation in the Netherlands and Flanders
Vrije bond Amsterdam a local chapter of the Vrije Bond