Gaspereau Press Fifth Annual Wayzgoose

On October 22-24, 2004, Gaspereau Press will hold its fifth annual wayzgoose weekend in Kentville, Nova Scotia. This year’s event will include a book arts lecture by typographer and book designer Glenn Goluska, a printmaking shop talk with artists Wesley Bates and Rudolph Kurz, bookbinding and writing workshops, and the launch of several new Gaspereau Press titles. Come join us for a celebration of book arts and literature. The schedule of events is as follows:

FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 22
7:00 p.m. at the Cornwallis Inn Dining Room, enjoy readings by poets Allan Cooper (Gabriel’s Wing), David Helwig (The Year One), K.I. Press (Spine) and Carmine Starnino (With English Subtitles). Free admission.

SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 23
9:00 a.m. to noon at the Cornwallis Inn Dining Room, author and broadcaster Noah Richler will facilitate a non-fiction workshop for 10 writers. Applicants will be selected on the basis of their publication experience and a five-page sample of recent work. To apply for this workshop, please send us a letter with your name, mailing address, telephone number and email, along with a brief c.v. of your publication credits and a five-page sample of recent work. Participants will be selected by Gaspereau Press and the facilitator. $25 registration fee.

9:00 a.m. to noon at Gaspereau Press, book artist Ruth Legge will facilitate a bookbinding workshop for 10 people. During the three-hour workshop, participants will complete a binding project. No previous experience is required. Materials will be supplied. To apply for this workshop, please send us a letter including your name, mailing address, telephone number and email. Participants will be selected on a first-come, first-served basis. A waiting list will be kept in case of late openings. $25 registration fee.

10:00 a.m. to noon at Gaspereau Press, artists Wesley Bates and Rudolph Kurz will give a hands-on printmaking demonstration. Free admission.

SATURDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 23
1:30 p.m. at the Cornwallis Inn Dining Room, Montreal-based typographer and book designer Glenn Goluska will deliver a lecture about his life in the book arts. This lecture is intended for a general audience. Free admission.

3:00 to 5:00 p.m. Gaspereau Press will host an open house at the new printing works. Join us for demonstrations of modern and antique printing methods. Meet with artists, authors and presenters. Light refreshments will be served. Free admission.

SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 23
7:00 p.m. at the Cornwallis Inn Dining Room, join us in exploring the state of book reviewing in Canada. This year’s public round table will be moderated by David Helwig, with panelists Noah Richler (CBC Radio, National Post), Martin Levin (Globe and Mail), Carmine Starnino (Books in Canada), K.I. Press (The Danforth Review) and novelist Thomas Wharton. Come take part in this informal and engaging conversation. Free admission.

SUNDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 24
2:00 p.m. at the Cornwallis Inn Dining Room, enjoy readings by four prose authors. Thomas Wharton will read from his latest title, The Logogryph; Larry Lynch will read from his collection of short stories, Learning to Swim; Jonathan Campbell will read from his novel, Tarcadia; and Glen Hancock will read from his memoir, Charley Goes to War. Free admission.

BACKGROUND
Gaspereau Press is a Nova Scotia owned and operated trade publisher based in Kentville, Nova Scotia. Gaspereau Press produces quality short-run paperbacks and limited edition hardcovers of both literary and regional interest. The press was established in 1997 by Gary Dunfield and Andrew Steeves, and is one of the few publishers in Canada that publishes its books in-house, using a combinatoin of antique and modern production methods. This year has been a busy one at the press, with a move to a new building and the release of ten new titles.

The wayzgoose tradition dates back to seventeenth century England when the menu item of choice at a printer’s dinner was the wayz- (or stubble-) fed goose, hence wayzgoose. These days the word is used to describe gatherings of book artists. The Gaspereau Press wayzgoose has become an annual public event t0 celebrate the process of creating books, from authors and writing, to typesetting, printing and binding.

For more information contact:
Kevin Estey at Gaspereau Press
47 Church Avenue, Kentville, NS, B4N 2M7
902-678-6002 / info@gaspereau.com