2026 Vancouver Art Book Fair

Vancouver Art Book Fair 2026

May 15-17, 2026
Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre, Vancouver

Free and open to the public, Vancouver Art Book Fair is a three-day celebration of artists’ publishing featuring over one hundred local, national and international publishers, as well as a diverse line-up of programs, performances and artists’ projects. ECH postcards, prints and publications were available to purchase.

Ron Benner and Jamelie Hassan were part of a panel titled Creative Work: Writing to Resist along with Laura Moseley and Haruko Okana. The panel was moderated by Lois Klassen. The panel was produced by VABF in partnership with Burnaby Art Gallery and the Marianne and Edward Gibson Art Museum.

We thank everyone who attended VABF and visitors to the ECH table.

(Right) Scenes from the Vancouver Art Book Fair 2026. Photos: Jamelie Hassan and Ron Benner

EDITORIAL TEAM

ONLINE FOUNDING EDITOR
Tariq Hassan Gordon

COFOUNDERS & CURATORIAL ADVISORS
Jamelie Hassan & Ron Benner

ADVISORY CIRCLE
Samer Abdelnour, Wyn Geleynse, Ira Kazi, Lorraine Klaasen, Olivia Mossuto, Diana Tamblyn, Judith Rodger, Ruth Skinner, Mary Lou Smoke, and Lucas Stenning

COORDINATING EDITORS
Mireya Seymour and Blessy Augustine

SOCIAL MEDIA EDITOR
Jessica Irene Joyce

CONTRIBUTING EDITORS
Anahí González, Salah D. Hassan, Jared Hendricks-Polack, Incé Husain, Shelley Kopp, and Jenna Rose Sands.

VIRTUAL TOUR
Andreas Buchwaldt

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OUR STORY

Artists Jamelie Hassan and Ron Benner and jazz musician Eric Stach founded the Embassy Cultural House (1983-1990) located in the restaurant portion of the Embassy Hotel at 732 Dundas Street in East London. In 2020, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Embassy Cultural House was re-envisioned as a virtual artist-run space and website.

The Embassy Cultural House gratefully acknowledges the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council and the London Arts Council through the City of London's Community Arts Investment Program.

The Embassy Cultural House is thankful for the mentorship program established by Western University's Visual Arts department and the continued support of the students and Faculty of Arts & Humanities.

Our Partners

E M B A S S Y C U L T U R A L H O U S E . C A

The Embassy Cultural House (ECH) is located on the traditional lands of the Anishinaabek, Haudenosaunee, Lūnaapéewak, and Chonnonton peoples, at the forks of Deshkan Ziibi (Antler River), an area subject to the Dish with One Spoon Covenant Wampum and other treaties, colonized as London, Ontario. The ECH strives to create meaningful relationships between the Indigenous Peoples of Turtle Island and our contributors. The ECH honours the stewardship of the many Indigenous peoples who have resided on these lands since time immemorial.