The Ottawa Small Press Book Fair - Fall 2010 Edition

Rroom 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 & 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 the first one, 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. Pre-fair Reading Friday October 15, with: Helen Hajnoczky (Calgary/Montreal)
Natasha Nuhanovic (Toronto)
Suzanne Bowness (Ottawa) 
& Peter Gibbon (Ottawa) 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 858 Somerset St W, main floor, Ottawa Ontario K1R 6R7; send by October 11 if you would like to appear in the exhibitor catalogue). Contact rob at az421@freenet.carleton.ca to sign up for a table. Full event information available here.