The Tenth Annual Gaspereau Press Wayzgoose
Saturday 24 October 2009

Announcing the tenth annual Wayzgoose & Open House to be held at the workshops of Gaspereau Press, Printers & Publishers, located at 47 Church Avenue, Kentville.

What's a Wayzgoose?

Traditionally, a wayzgoose is an annual supper hosted by the proprietors of a printing establishment for their employees. At Gaspereau Press, we’ve made our wayzgoose a much more public event, and one designed to increase community awareness about the book arts by bringing artists, writers and readers face to face with the people and the tools of the trade: type, ink, paper and the printing press. For a brief history of the wayzgoose and highlights from our previous events, click here.

Schedule of Events

9:00 am - Noon
Book Arts Workshops: Calligraphy and bookbinding workshops at the Kentville Civic Building. $30 fee. Pre-register at workshops@gaspereau.com or 902 678 6002. Click here for details.

10:00 am - Noon
Morning Shop Talks and Demonstrations: Papermaking with Gary Dunfield and printmaking with Erik Edson at Gaspereau Press. The offcut paper sale will also be in its early hours. Free admission.

2:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Open House at Gaspereau Press: All sorts of demonstrations, including giant woodcut printmaking by guest artist Erik Edson. Free admission.

7:00 - 10:00 pm
Evening Presentations at the Kentville Rec Centre: Readings by Alison Smith and Soren Bondrup-Nielsen and an illustrated talk by Andrew Steeves on public lettering: "Wild Local Letterforms: A Taxonomy" at the Kentville Civic Building. Music by Bob Snider. Free admission.

Bonus Event

Wednesday 21 October, 7:00 pm
Wolfville’s Fundy Film Society will screen Proceed and Be Bold, a documentary film that follows the life and work of Alabama letterpress printer Amos Paul Kennedy Jr., and his socially and politically charged works of art. Screening to take place at Acadia Cinema’s Al Whittle Theatre, 450 Main Street, Wolfville. General admission charge of $8.

Event Locations

All events will take place in Kentville, Nova Scotia, at either The Gaspereau Press Printing Works 47 Church Avenue (Green building behind King's Arms Pub)or Kentville Rec Centre 354 Main Street (Brick building attached to Town Hall).

For more information or to register for a workshop, contact:

Gaspereau Press
47 Church Avenue, Kentville, NS B4N 2M7
info@gaspereau.com Tel 902-678-6002