Hosted by Project Space with presenting partner Fillip
Project Space and presenting partner Fillip host the first annual Vancouver Art/Book Fair. Drawing from publishers local and international, VA/BF showcases emerging practices and contemporary dialogues in publication through a series of talks, book launches, readings and more, as well as more than seventy publishers of books, magazines, zines and printed ephemera.
Exhibitors include Manystuff, Project Space, Fillip, New Documents, Artspeak, Or Gallery, Presentation House Gallery, Art Metropole, Publication Studio, AND Publishing, Split Fountain, Colour Code Printing, Anteism, Red76, STAG Library, Bad Day, Palimpsest, OMMU, Passenger Books, Michalis Pichler, Drawn & Quarterly, Witte de With, Gottlund Verlag, and more.
Reception
Friday, October 5 at 8pm
Project Space, 222 E Georgia St
(also the Opening Reception for the Wandering Art Metropole Publications and Ephemera Archive)
Day One: Book Fair & Symposium
Saturday, October 6 from noon to 7pm
Vancouver Art Gallery, 750 Hornby St
Free VA/BF tote and SWAG provided in part by our sponsors
Free coffee provided by Ethical Bean
Day Two: Event Series
Sunday, October 7 from noon to 7:30pm
multiple venues (see schedule)
Details at vancouverartbookfair.com