The 2nd edition of the ROOKIE Festival comprised two parts: the Rookie Book Fair and Rookie Book Ideas, a series of lectures and discussions devoted exclusively to book authors, collectors and designers. The previous edition of the ROOKIE Festival, which took place at the Arsenal Municipal Gallery in Poznań, featured twenty five publishers and attracted over 5,000 viewers. It was voted ‘Event of the Year’ by the Association of Applied Graphic Designers (STGU) in Warsaw.

The purpose of the ROOKIE Book Fair was bringing together the best domestic publishers of art, photography, architecture and artist’s books; those for whom the form of their publications is as important as their contents. Organizers wanted to help beautiful and finely designed books find their way to readers who would appreciate their quality. The fair featured a number of Warsaw-based art galleries that presented their publications.