span-o (the small press
action network - ottawa) presents:
the ottawa
small press
book fair
fall 2015 edition
will be held on
Saturday, November 7, 2015 in room 203 of the Jack Purcell Community Centre (on
Elgin, at 320 Jack Purcell Lane).
“once
upon a time, way way back in October 1994, rob mclennan and James Spyker
invented a two-day event called the ottawa small press book fair, and held the
first one at the National Archives of Canada...” Spyker moved to Toronto soon
after our original event, but the fair continues, thanks in part to the help of
generous volunteers, various writers and publishers, and the public for coming
out to participate with alla their love and their dollars.
General info:
the
ottawa small press book fair
noon
to 5pm (opens at 11:00 for exhibitors)
admission free to the
public.
$20 for exhibitors,
full tables
$10 for half-tables
(payable to rob
mclennan, c/o 2423 Alta Vista Drive, Ottawa ON K1H 7M9; paypal options also
available
Note: for the sake of
increased demand, we are now offering half tables.
To be included in the
exhibitor catalog: please
include name of press, address, email, web address, contact person, type of
publications, list of publications (with price), if submissions are being
considered and any other pertinent info, including upcoming ottawa-area events
(if any). Be sure to send by October
31st if you would like to appear in the exhibitor catalogue.
And don’t forget the
pre-fair reading usually held the night before, at The Carleton Tavern!
(readers tba)
BE AWARE: given that the spring
2013 was the first to reach capacity (forcing me to say no to at least half a dozen
exhibitors), the fair can’t (unfortunately) fit everyone who wishes to
participate. The fair is roughly first-come, first-served, altough preference
will be given to small publishers over self-published authors (being a “small
press fair,” after all).
The
fair usually contains exhibitors with poetry books, novels, cookbooks, posters,
t-shirts, graphic novels, comic books, magazines, scraps of paper, gum-ball
machines with poems, 2x4s with text, etc, including regular appearances by
publishers including above/ground press, AngelHousePress, Bywords.ca, Chaudiere Books, Room 302 Books, Arc Poetry Magazine, The
Ottawa Arts Review, Buschek Books, The Grunge Papers, Apt. 9, In/Words
magazine & press, Ottawa Press Gang, 40-Watt Spotlight, Puddles of Sky
Press, room 302 books, Touch the Donkey,
Phafours Press and others.
The
ottawa small press fair is held twice a year, and was founded in 1994 by rob mclennan
and James Spyker. Organized/hosted since by rob mclennan thru span-o.
Come on by and see some
of the best of the small press from Ottawa and beyond!
Free
things can be mailed for fair distribution to the same address. We are unable to
sell things for publishers who aren’t able to make the event.
Also:
please let me know if you are able/willing to poster, move tables or distribute
fliers for the event. The more people we all tell, the better the fair!
Contact: rob mclennan at
rob_mclennan (at) hotmail.com for questions, or to sign up for a table
