We don’t know yet how this year’s bookfair will be like, but we know that it will take place from the 14th to the 16th of May 2021 in the Tscharnergut in Bern! Looking forward to seeing you!
Coming Soon!

This year the bookfair is moving to the Tscharnigut.
THE 2019 PROGRAMME!
THEME: produce, distribute, eat
This year the bookfair workshops and presentations will take place in several different places, so please check where each event is!
Child care will be available all weekend.
All food will be vegan.
Friday
17.00 – 23.00: Bookfair
17.00 – 22.00: Crèche
18.00 – 19.00:
Book presentation : Agriculture without animal exploitation
19.00 – 21.00: Dinner
20.00 – 21.00:
Book presentation : An Oasis in a Desert of Order /
21:00 – 22.00: Concert NÂR (Drone / Cosmic loops / Gnawa)
Saturday
10.00 -21.00:
Bookfair
EXHIBITION : GMO, still under pressure
Live radio
Screenprinting
10.00 – 20.00: Crèche
12:00 – 14.00: Lunch
11.00 – 13.00:
WORKSHOP: Autonomy and forest gardens
TABLE RONDE: Community Supported Agriculture
14.00 – 16.00:
PRESENTATION: GMO and Technology in Agriculture
WORKSHOP: Medical plants
PRESENTATION: The 15th Garden – a revolutionary network for food sovereignity in Syria
DISCUSSION: Working in the fields
16.30 – 18.30:
WORKSHOP: Anarchism = Antispeciesism
WORKSHOP: Is it hunger or a lifestyle choice?
PRESENTATION: SOS Rosarno
19.00: Anarchist choir of Lausanne concert
20.00 : Dinner
22.00 – 01.00: DJ night at Zieglarstrasse 9
Reggae, Soul, Ska, R’n’R, Rockabilly, Psychobilly, Italo
Selecters: Lucky Lulu Belle // Hans Friedensbruch // Joe the Bossless
Sunday
10.00 – 13.00: Brunch
10.00 – 16.00: Crèche
11.00 – 13.00:
WORKSHOP: Questioning our practice of autonomy
WORKSHOP: Hangry Zine project
13.00 – 15.00:
ROUND TABLE: Collective Farming: What, why and how?
15.00: Final meeting – open for everyone
Places:
Furia : Fabrikool, Fabrikstrasse 16
Gertrud-Woker–Mensa : Gertrud-Woker-Strasse 3
Casa d’Italia : Bühlstrasse 57
Von Roll lounge : Fabrikstrasse 8
Produce, distribute, eat: the films
This May, the Anarchist Bookfair is organising film cycles in the Reitschule in Bern and the Oblo in Lausanne- all in keeping with this years theme of “produce, distribute, eat”. We hope to see you there!
More info is available at:
Programme:
Reitschule:
Fr. 03.05.2019; 20:00 Uhr
Trading Paradise
Sa. 04.05.2019; 20:00 Uhr
Landraub
Fr. 10.05.2019; 20:00 Uhr
Somonte
Sa. 11.05.2019; 20:00 Uhr
Algun dia es manana
Fr. 17.05.2019; 20:00 Uhr
Eine Hand voll Zukunft – ein Jahr mit der Gartenkooperative Ortoloco
Sa. 18.05.2019; 20:00 Uhr
Le dernier Continent
Fr. 24.05.2019; 20:00 Uhr
El Ejido, la loi de profit
Sa. 25.05.2019; 20:00 Uhr
Soylent Green
Oblo:
Fr. 03.05.2019; 20:00 Uhr
Trading Paradise
Fr. 10.05.2019; 20:00 Uhr
Chicken Run
Fr. 17.05.2019; 20:00 Uhr
SEED: The Untold Story
Benefit party for the Anarchist Bookfair
Anarchist Bookfair 2019
The last anarchist bookfair in Switzerland was a great success, with more people then ever before coming. However, it’s already time to start thinking about the next bookfair!
The bookfair will take place on the weekend of the 31 May-02 June 2019 in the city of Bern, at the Gertrud-Wocker Mensa.
To give you an idea of what to expect, the general theme of this year is Food!, with discussions, presentations (all translated into English, French and German), childcare, film screenings and of course food!
Save the dates!
The Anarchist Bookfair 2018
Theme: Collectives! Anarchy in Action
The programme as download: Here!
The programme in short:
Activities for kids all 3 days
Live diy radio during all of the bookfair
Friday
18.00 – 23.00: Bookfair
19.00: Attentat littéraire (Open mike)
21.00: Concert: Orquestra Lloron (Tango)
Saturday
10.00 -18.00:
Bookfair
Cyber Security workshop
Skillsharing workshop
Screenprinting
12:00 – 14.00: Lunch
11.00 – 12.30: Workshops 1 (Raaupe) and 2 (ZAD)
13.00 – 14.30: Workshop 3 (Consensus)
15.00 – 16.30: Workshops 5 (Radio) and 6 (Megafon)
19.00: Dinner
20.00 – 24.00: Concerts
Tschämi Sole (folk/blues/soul/hip-hop)
Protestango (hip-hop/tango punk)
Sunday
10.00 – 13.00: Brunch
11.00 – 13.00: Radio workshop for kids
13.00 – 15.00: Workshop 7 (Organising resilience)
15.00: Final meeting – open for everyone
Where?
Bühlplatz-Mensa, Gertrud-Woker-Strasse 3
Casa d’Italia, Bühlstrasse 57
Anarchist Bookfair 2018
Collectives: Anarchy in Action
The next anarchist Bookfair is set on track.
It will again take place in the Gertrud-Wocker-Mensa in Bern on the 11th to the 13th of May.
Mor Infos will follow when we know more ourselves.
Stay tuned.
The programme!
Theme: mediterranea
Place
Presentations/workshops & bookfair:
Bühlplatz-mensa gertrud-Woker-strasse 3,
Casa’d italia, Bühlstrasse 57
Opening hours :
Friday: 18.00–23.00
Saturday: 10.00–19.00
Sunday: 10.00–16.00 (bookfair only Fri & Sat)
Everything will be translated into French, German and English if necessary.
Friday
19.00 Exhibition : Uter
20.00 Book presentation : Rage de camp
21.00 concert : Manuel & Moel
Saturday
11.00 – 13.00 presentation : Notara
13.15 – 15.45 song workshop: part 1, preparation
13.30 – 15.30 presentation : A critical approach to antisexism in the anarchist milieu
16.00 – 18.00 presentation : Local resistance to environmental exploitation
18.30 song workshop: part 2, concert
21.00 concert at Zieglerstrasse 9:
K0DE (solo set / acoustic powerwave)
Basseville (psychedelic stoner garage)
Syndrome WPW (violence and synths)
Sunday
10.00 Brunch
12.00 -13.30 presentation : Gaza
14.00 – 15.00 calligraphy workshop
More information here, or click on the tabs above!
Anarchist Bookfair 2017
Save the date!
The anarchist bookfair will take place in Bern again – at the Gertrud-Woker Mensa (Gertrud-Woker Str.3) on the weekend of Ascension, from the 26-28th mai.
The programme is still to follow.
Some general infos:
Friday
18.00 – 0.00
-Publishers
-Reading
-Exhibitions
-Concerts
-Bar and Food
Saturday
10.00 – 18.00
-Publishers
-Presentations and Discussions
-Workshops
-Exhibitions
-Bar and Food
Sunday
Not fixed yet