Layth Yousif Gooner Fanzine editor 
Save The Date!
The Gooner Fanzine is joining Stanchion Books and the South London Gallery Bookshop along with so many others for the London Football Book Market this Saturday (May 27).
The eagerly-awaited event is intended to celebrate the wealth of independent football publishing that is transforming the way we see and speak about the beautiful game.
The Gooner Fanzine will have a stall at the event, along with an exciting mix of publishers, authors, illustrators and other football brands who will be present selling books, magazines, fanzines, photobooks, shirts, prints and other merchandise.
The event is free entry all day, open to all ages.
Alongside the Gooner Fanzine and Stanchion Books, confirmed stallholders will be:
The South London Gallery Bookshop will also be open, where you will find a curated selection of books, magazines, artists’ editions, stationery and gifts.
There a pop-up exhibition curated by Football Beyond Borders along with book signings with Eve Ainsworth, Venessa Taylor and Ashley Hickson-Lovence.
In Conversation: 6-730pm
Calum Jacobs will be in conversation with Christian Adofo to discuss A New Formation: How Black Footballers Shaped the Modern Game edited by Calum and published by #Merky Books, an award-winning imprint launched in 2018 by Stormzy and Penguin Random House.
South London Louie, the gallery’s café will be open and Queer Brewing will be selling beer and other non-alcoholic drinks throughout the day.
ACCESS
The London Football Book Market will be located in the Clore Studio, inside the South London Gallery.
The gallery and the studio are both wheelchair accessible.
The Orozco Garden features a series of steps and seating, and is partly accessible.
The first hour of the London Football Book Market will be a ‘quiet hour’, where the volume of the music is low and capacity in the room is capped to ensure the space is accessible.
After 12pm the space may become busy and loud.
You can view full details on access on the South London Gallery website here
If you have any access requirements and would like to attend outside the quiet hour, please email [email protected].
