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

SappyFest Zine Fair - July 31 - Sackville NB

Dear Zine Makers, Record Labels, Comic Folks, Small Press Book
Publishers, and Makers of Any Lovely Such Things:

You are cordially invited to show/sell your stuff at the SappyFest
zine/small press/record/other things fair this July 31st of 2010, 12 -
4pm in Sackville, New Brunswick.

We are looking for folks to spread their wares out on tables for
selling and trading, it'll to make this weekend really nice. This
event is presented in collaboration with the Anchor Archive Zine
Library.

Tables cost $10 per day (you can share). Please note that the cost for
the table does not include a ticket to the music festival. The fair
will be at the Royal Canadian Legion on Lorne Street.

Please contact zinecrafter@sappyrecords.com to book a table or to ask
questions. More information about SappyFest here: www.sappyfest.com

We sincerely hope you can make it! Spread the word!

xoxox
-team sappy

Indie Literary Market this Saturday in Toronto

Here's the skinny! Hope a lot of you can make it!

We've got a nifty "build-your-own-anthology" thing going too, so don't forget to collect anthology pages from the tables you visit.

ottawa small press book fair; pre-fair reading info

now up, June 25, 2010, here; the fair itself the following day;

an ongoing interview series with small press publishers

conducted by rob mclennan  (the ottawa small press book fair) and Lisa Pasold (co-organizer of the Toronto Small Press Fair); link to interviews here;

2nd Indie Literary Market (Toronto) on June 5

Mark your calendars for June 5

the 2nd Indie Literary Market is coming!

The Meet the Presses Indie Literary Market gives the public an opportunity to meet dozens of Canadian literary presses and directly purchase publications that may not be readily available (or available at all!) in bookstores.

The Indie Literary Market is Toronto's only all-literary literary-publisher showcase! Curated by the Meet the Presses Collective, the June 5 event features a range of fantastic publishers from Toronto, Hamilton, Vancouver, Ottawa, Cobourg, Windsor, and London.

So far, participating publishers and magazines include:

Anvil Press
Battered Press
BookThug
Brick Books
Carousel
Coach House Books
Ferno House
Gesture Press
HARDSCRABBLE
Imago
Learn/Yeats
Lowlife Publishing
Mansfield Press
Pedlar Press
Peter O’Toole
Porcupine’s Quill
Proper Tales Press
Rampike
Red Iron
Room 3o2 Books
serif of nottingham editions
sub-Terrain
The Emergency Response Unit
Toronto Poetry Vendors
Underwhich Editions
Wolsak & Wynn

This is Toronto’s only all-literary indie-publisher showcase! You’ll find cutting-edge fiction, poetry, and creative non-fiction from some of the most exciting, challenging publishers in Canada.

Saturday, June 5, 2010
12-5
Clinton’s Tavern, 693 Bloor Street West (near Christie subway station)

Admission is free. Clinton’s has a great selection of food and drink for purchase.

Stay tuned for updates about participating presses and special events!

The Meet the Presses Collective
Gary Barwin, Elisabeth de Mariaffi, Paul Dutton, Andrew Faulkner, Leigh Nash, Nick Power & Stuart Ross
[Founding Members Emeritus: Maria Erskine, Ally Fleming, Beth Follett, Maggie Helwig]