Book-ish Market – One Week Away!

Our Book-ish Market is only one week away! Come visit us and check out the coolest books, zines, magazines, comics, and more! Plus we’ll also have great stuff to write on in the form of journals, stationery, cards and postcards, and stickers, as well as book-related stuff like tote bags and bookmarks, And some vendors of art, jewellery, toys, and decor… all made by talented local artists and artisans. Plus don’t miss our tarot “Reading Room” on the stage with Madame de Savoye and Alien Toronto Tarot available to predict what the future has in store for you!

So mark your calendar and dust off a shelf to make room for all the wonderful stuff you’ll be bringing home.

Book-ish Market
Saturday, May 23rd
11am – 5pm
Ground Control
1279 Queen St. W.

Admission is free.

Book-ish Market – List of Vendors

We are so excited for our first Book-ish Market. We’ve got 40+ authors, small press publishers, comic artists, zinesters and creators of cool book-related stuff like journals, bookmarks, tote bags, stationery and more.

Plus, don’t miss our tarot “reading room” on the Ground Control stage where three of Toronto’s most fabulous tarot card readers will be set up to tell you your future. (We predict you’ll buy a lot of books!)

We’ll be running full vendor profiles on many of these folks leading up to the event, but in the meantime, check out their accounts to see what glorious delights they’ll have in store for you!

And then come and join us:
Saturday, May 23rd
11am – 5pm
Ground Control
1279 Queen St. West

Admission is free

Participating Vendors…

5th Rock
Aaron Lebold – Author
Ace of Cups Crafts
Alien Toronto Tarot
Alli Temple Books
Ban/She
Bvrcreationsshop
Chaotic Neurotic Creations 
Chloe Carmilla Rose 
Christian Baines
Created by Vall
Dave Sheppard
Dianna Gunn
Dylan Madeley, Author 
eX Press Art 
Executive Demon 
Ezra Mire 
Fever Dream Supreme 
Flesh_Artistry
Frank Paul Beghin 
Genevieve Clovis
Hazie Days
Hill Mary Full Of Grace 
Huesera: Textiles and Bones
Kxtana Studios 
Luna Craft
Madame de Savoye 
Matthew Fries
Michael Morton Illustration
Mirsktoons 
Noel Zaid 
Pastel Dumpster 
PattiCake & Patrician 
Pit of Eden
PLUNDER SHOCK
R. Haven 
Rachel Callahan 
Solkius
Stormbound Books 
Tamara Hecht, indie author 
The Great Lakes Horror Company
VK Thiran 
Wired by Kerry
Xen Publishing 

Vendor call for this market is now closed. Please do not contact us to be added, but visit our Vendor Information page to join the mailing list to receive notice of all upcoming vendor calls.

Gothic Garden Market – Thank You

Thank you to everyone who braved the rain and came out to our Gothic Garden Market yesterday. Almost 750 of you (our second largest turnout ever) came through the doors and bought all the things. You made a whole lot of amazing talented artists and artisans incredibly happy.

Thanks to those same artists and artisans who do so much incredible work and devote so much time to creating the coolest stuff. The very best part of my day is seeing your joyful faces as you leave with way less stuff to take home than you came with.

Thanks, as always to everyone at Ground Control, who give us the coolest and most welcoming place to host our market. You take such good care of us and we love working with you.

If you missed us, there are some other great alternative markets in Toronto and Southern Ontario, coming up over the next few weeks…

April 25th: Tr*nny Market – Three Dollar Bill
April 25th: Into the Void Market, Halfway to Halloween – Slovak Centre, Windsor
May 1st & 2nd: Luna Events Canada, Beltane Witches Market – Ancaster Fairgrounds, Hamilton
May 2nd & 3rd: Punk Rock Flea Market Hamilton – The Cotton Factory, Hamilton
May 3rd: Bazaar of the Bizarre – Parkdale Hall
May 16th: XtheGatheringX, Tattoos, Tacos and Tarot – Markets Ontario, Bowmanville

We return to Ground Control on May 23rd for our first Book-ish Market – we’ve got 40+ vendors including authors, small press, zines, comics and graphic novels, as well as artists selling all manner of cool stuff with a focus on stationery, journals, stickers, and book and reading accessories. We’ll also have 3 of Toronto’s coolest tarot readers taking over our stage for private readings in our Reading Room!

Plus, vendor call for our Goth Pride Market on June 20th is open until April 21st, so if you are an artist with a dark side but a rainbow swirl, please visit our website to submit an application to take part.