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The Fredericton Small Press and Community Fair, Autumn 2010 edition, including author readings and a “Nuestro Espacio” display for Spanish-language publications, will happen on Saturday, 13 November, from 12 noon to 5 pm, at Gallery ConneXion, in the Chestnut Complex, 440 York St, Fredericton, NB. The event is organized by Gallery ConneXion and BS Poetry Society with support from Broken Jaw Press, Capítulo de Fredericton de la Academia Iberoamericana de Poesía, and revue ellipse mag. Admission is free.

Independent, small, and micro-press publishers of books, chapbooks, artist multiples, hand-bound books, broadsheets, postcards, zines, lit mags, crafters, social and literacy info groups and more will be in attendance. Exhibitors and authors include Anchorage Press (Jolicure, NB), BlackTop MotorCycle Gang, bookshandmade.com (Ottawa), Breaking the Silence–Fredericton Chapter, Broken Jaw Press, ChilZine Publications (Toronto), Craig Davidson, The Fiddlehead, Gallery ConneXion, La Leche League, Literary Translators Assoc. of Canada, Mansoureh Nasserchian, Qwerty magazine, Random Paper & Fabric, revue ellipse mag, Goose Lane Editions, and White Dwarf Editions (Montreal).

The fair will also feature La imagen es un Sendero/The Image is a Path/L’image est un chemin International Multicultural–Multilingual Poster Poem Exhibit and Poetry Reading (Nela Rio, founder & coordinator) organized in conjunction with the United Nations’ World Day for Audiovisual Heritage.

Gallery ConneXion, Fredericton’s artist-run centre, is wheelchair- and stroller-friendly. Gallery ConneXion gratefully acknowledges the continued support of the Canada Council for the Arts, the Province of New Brunswick–Department of Wellness, Culture and Sport, the New Brunswick Foundation for the Arts, the City of Fredericton, and the New Brunswick Arts Board.


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Contact Joe Blades (506) 454-5127, joeblades@nb.aibn.com or Meredith Snider (506) 454-1433, connex@nbnet.nb.ca for more information.

Kingston Zine Fair October 30

The Second Kingston Zine Fair will be held at the Artel, 205 Sydenham St.,
Kingston, Ontario, on Saturday, October 30. The event will run from 11
a.m. to 5 p.m.

It's a small space usually used as an exhibition area by
the Artel artists' collective. There are still a few spaces open for anyone who
wants to join in. Full tables are $10, half-tables are $6.00. I'm always
looking for anyone with zines, chap-books, minicomics, or any other
micro-press or small-press publications. If you would like to introduce
your work to the city of Kingston, please contact Bill Gillespie at info (at) kingstonzines.com

Halifax Zine Fair : Sat Oct 23

HALIFAX ZINE FAIR
Saturday October 23rd 2010, noon-5pm
St. David's Church Hall, 1537 Brunswick Street, Halifax
Admission is Free!

Brought to you by the Anchor Archive Zine Library, Strange Adventures, Invisible Publishing, and the Halifax Pop Explosion.

Since 2001, this event has been an awesome annual showcase of all kinds of do-it-yourself projects and plans. This year has more vendors than ever, with folks coming from all over Canada and of course, lots of local people and projects.

Expect to see zines, small press books, comics, chapbooks, records, CDs, cassettes, magazines, posters, postcards, t-shirts, buttons, crafts, and other handmade bits and pieces. There will be a huge and eclectic variety of things for sale and trade, it’s not just a zine
fair or a craft fair or a record fair.

Also featuring:
CKDU DJs all day!
Invisible Author Readings!
Delicious and cheap burritos for sale!
Typewriter Silent Auction!

the ottawa small press book fair, fall 2010; fair + reading info;

the fall edition of the ottawa small press book fair happens Saturday, October 16, 2010, noon to 5pm at Jack Purcell Community Centre, Elgin at Gilmour, on Jack Purcell Lane; & don't forget the pre-fair reading the night before, with readings by Helen Hajnoczky, Natasha Nuhanovic, Suzanne Bowness + Peter Gibbon; celebrating the best of the small press in Ottawa, twice a year since fall 1994!

Fredericton Small Press Fair: 13 Nov 2010

Fredericton Small Press & Community Fair, including “Nuestro Espacio” display for Spanish language books & journals

13 November 2010

Doors open at 11 for setup!

Sponsors include Broken Jaw Press, Capítulo de Fredericton de la Academia Iberoamericana de Poesía, and revue ellipse mag ...

Tentative Vendors • Exhibitors • Readings • Workshop(s)
BlackTop MotorCycle Gang
bookshandmade.com (Ottawa)
Breaking the Silence--Fredericton Chapter
Broken Jaw Press
Gallery ConneXion
Goose Lane Editions
Qwerty magazine
Random Paper & Fabric
revue ellipse mag
workshops

LA IMAGEN ES UN SENDERO / THE IMAGE IS A PATH / L’IMAGE EST UN CHEMIN International Multicultural–Multilingual Poetry Reading & Poster Poem Exhibition, in conjunction with the United Nations’ World Day for Audiovisual Heritage. Nela Rio, exhibit founder and organizer.

Indie, small and micro-press publishers: books and chapbooks of poetry, fiction, artist multiples, artist books, broadsheets, postcards, zines, lit mags, literacy info crafters & much more ...

Location: Gallery ConneXion, in the Chestnut Complex, 440 York St, Fredericton, New Brunswick.

Exhibitor fees: $15 payable to: BS Poetry Society, Box 596 Stn A, Fredericton NB E3B 5A6. Doors open @ 11 AM for exhibitor setup. Contact (506) 454-5127, joeblades@nb.aibn.com to reserve a space and readings. Best if you can bring a table, too!

Free things (info, publications, calls for submissions, etc.) can be mailed to us for the distribution table. The fair itself will not sell for folks who can’t make it, but if you can arrange for someone local (say, a UNB student) to represent you @ the fair that would be great!

Cloverfield Literary Festival of Authors

Cloverfield Literary Festival of Authors (CLFA) will be held in VERY LATE October 2010 at The Ossington in Toronto. "We hope to avoid past disasters related to this festival such as in 2008," says publicist Leah McMillan. At press time rumoured readers include Lindsay Tipping, Evie Christie, Spencer Gordon of Ferno House Fame, Angela Hibbs (local poetry fanatic and author of Wanton) and Ewan Whyte who will be trained in the art of the brief reading.

And the enigmatic Christine Estima has confirmed her appearance.

"We can't confirm any of these people yet, as we are awaiting some important information via Friendster," McMillan says. "All we can guarantee is that this will be a very dangerous literary event. We're putting the danger back in literature."

Other rumoured appearances include the 2009 Indie Writers Deathmatch champion herself Natalie Pendergast.

There will be costumes and halloween type fun.

If you are a publisher interested in having your author read, please contact Nathaniel G. Moore at assisteditor@brokenpencil.com

Publishers and authors are welcome to sell books and suggest authors etc.

For more information (visual) click here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6hMCbd-rio

Canzine West, Canzine Toronto

Hello all. Canzine is filling up quickly.

This year we are in Vancouver on 16th October, and in Toronto on 24th October.

For registration information http://www.brokenpencil.com/canzine/index.php#register

click here