The free, two-day event will feature panel discussions from artists and publishers, featured exhibitors, an all-ages build-your-own-zine zone, reading rooms, and more. Photobooks, zines, and poetry volumes published by dozens of local and visiting publishers will be available to see and purchase at the fair. The panels include "Navigating Challenges in Photobook Creation: Insights from Artists and Publishers" (July 6 at 11am), which will be moderated by Carlos Loret de Mola and featuring Martha Naranjo Sandoval of publisher Matarile Ediciones, Jordanna Kalman, Raymond Meeks, and violet; and “Empowering Communities Through Independent Publishing: Uniting Artists, Publishers, and Activists" (July 7 at 11am), which will be moderated by Juan Madrid and featuring Veronica Melendez (La Horchata), Amanda Chestnut, and Vladimir Nahitchevansky of 1080 Press.
The second annual CPW Photobook and Zine Fair will take place at the Center for Photography Woodstock in Kingston on July 6 and 7. A kickoff party for the fair will be held at Unicorn in Kingston on July 5 at 8:30pm.