VICTORIA’S 4th ANNUAL ANARCHIST BOOKFAIR & FESTIVAL OF ANARCHY

For more information go to http://victoriaanarchistbookfair.ca
Links to allied websites are greatly appreciated and will be reciprocated
if notified.

1.   Announcing the Victoria’s 4th Annual Anarchist Bookfair!
2.   How to Request a Table
3.   Workshops & Presentations: Want to participate?
4.   Callout: Festival of Anarchy Events
5.   Callout: Streetnewz Anarchy Issue
6.   Callout: Anarchist Art Exhibit @ Camas Books
7.   Get involved!
8.   Contact info

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* 1 Announcing the Victoria’s 4th Annual Anarchist Bookfair! *
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We are happy to announce the fourth year of the Victoria Anarchist Bookfair, located on the interlapping traditional unceded territories of
the Songhees & Lekwungen peoples in Victoria, British Columbia. Events include book and information tables, workshops, readings, films, presentations, and much more.

Saturday, September 12th (11am-6pm) & Sunday the 13th (11am-5pm) At the Victoria Cool Aid Society, Downtown Community Activity Centre 755 Pandora St, Victoria, Songhees Territory, B.C.

The Bookfair is for anarchists and non-anarchists, with participants from all over North America and beyond. We seek to introduce anarchism to the public, to further elaborate upon current and historical anarchist ideals and to foster dialogue between various anarchist tendencies. Participants from differing anarchist traditions, visions, and practices are welcome.

The Festival of Anarchy events will take place between September 4th to 13th at various locations in our area
** The D.I.Y. Fair is scheduled for September 11th **

We need participants! More information will be available as events are confirmed. Please explore our website and consider contributing to the Bookfair and Festival of Anarchy.

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* 2. How to request a table *
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The heart of the Bookfair is the main room where local, regional and international booksellers, distributors, independent presses and collectives sell and distribute their wares. If you haven't tabled at the Bookfair before, please make sure to read our statement of principles before contacting us to request a table. There is no fee for tabling at
the bookfair, but donations are greatly appreciated.

Please send the following information to tables@victoriaanarchistbookfair.ca

1. A short description of your group, collective, organization, operation,
etc.
2. A description of the materials you will be distributing at your table.

PLEASE NOTE: The deadline to request a table is July 15, 2009. (We cannot guarantee table space, inclusion on the poster or in our program-zine after that date)

NEW! DIY oriented tablers are more than welcome to also join us at the DIY Fair. Please send a separate email to festival@victoriaanarchistbookfair.ca to have your request forwarded to the right people.

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* 3. Workshops, presentations…want to participate? *
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The VA Bookfair organizing collective is currently seeking workshop and presentation proposals. We are looking for workshops on anarchism and anti-authoritarian, indigenous, or anarchist-supported struggles, alternative economics and other anarchist-related topics such as classical anarchism, syndicalism, labour, feminism, anti-racism, anti-colonialism, direct action, solidarity politics, media, communications, animal rights, gender issues, health, poverty, art, non-violence, ecology, natural and sustainable building, cultural diversity, urban and self-reliant agriculture, co-operatives and the social economy, transportation alternatives, music distribution, bookbinding & self publishing,
bookstores, dumpster diving and foraging, post-industrial society, local exchange trading systems, etc. The workshops and presentations can be
geared towards people who are curious about anarchist ideas or those who are already familiar with anarchism.

A standard workshop lasts for 50 minutes. There is a 10-minute break between workshops. It is recommended that workshop facilitators leave at least 20 minutes for discussion at the end of their presentation. A
variety of presentation formats are welcome.

Please send the following information to
workshops@victoriaanarchistbookfair.ca

1. A title for your Workshop
2. A short description of its scope & content. (60 to 250 words)

PLEASE NOTE: The deadline to submit a Workshop proposal is August 1, 2009.
(We cannot guarantee workshop space or inclusion in our program-zine for late or incomplete submissions. However, late applications may consider requesting a slot in the Festival of Anarchy).

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* 4.  Callout, Festival of Anarchy Events *
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In addition to the Bookfair, a "Festival of Anarchy" takes place during the preceding week, with diverse anarchist-themed events at different venues in Victoria. The only limit is your imagination. You can propose any type of event, including street art, posters, performance art, film-screenings, pranks, and social/political workshops. Past workshops included self-defense, dumpstering 101, various arts & crafts, stencil graffiti, body modifications, fixyerbike stuff, creating gender bending devices, and/or DIY sex toys.

Festival of Anarchy events are organized autonomously from the Bookfair. If you are interested in being part of the Festival, please provide a title, date, proposed venue and short description of your program. No time limits are necessary.

Please send Festival of Anarchy including D.I.Y. Fair proposals & tablers to festival@victoriaanarchistbookfair.ca

IMPORTANT: If you are proposing an event that will NOT take place during the D.I.Y. fair on Friday, September 11th, you are responsible for making arrangements for a venue.

D.I.Y Fair - daytime, Friday, September 11th.
If you can make it, it's D.I.Y., and if you can teach others to make it or do it, that's what we're looking for! If you can make it, it's D.I.Y., and if you can teach others to make it or do it, that's what we're looking for! If you want to table at the DIY Fair, facilitate a workshop, or invent something new, please drop us a line.  It would be very helpful, as well, if you can also provide us with a little info about yourself, and what you'll be doing at the Fair, including an approximate time-frame

PLEASE NOTE: To ensure your Festival of Anarchy event will be included in the Bookfair program-zine and the Festival of Anarchy Poster, submit your proposal by August 1, 2009. The DIY Fair operates autonomously and will continue to take proposals after this date.

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* 5. Callout: Victoria Street Newz Anarchy Issue *
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Last year, the Victoria Anarchist Bookfair collaborated with Victoria Street Newz to produce a special September Anarchy issue. It was so successful we are doing it again! Contact
info@victoriaanarchistbookfair.ca if you want to write an article about Anarchism for the September 2009 Victoria Street Newz issue.

The deadline to submit an article on Anarchy is August 5, 2009. And don't forget to support your local vendors!

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* 6. Callout: Anarchist Art Exhibit @ Camas Books *
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Calling all artists! In celebration of the Bookfair and Festival of Anarchy, Camas Books & Infoshop will host its first Anarchist Art Show. (2590 Quadra, Lekwungen Territory) The exhibit will launch with a performance art extravaganza Friday, September 4th and run until mid-September. Interested artists should contact quadrangles@yahoo.com for
submission information asap.

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* 7.  Get involved! *
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We are looking for volunteers to help before and during the Bookfair and Festival this September. Please go over the list of job descriptions below
and see if anything interests you. More detailed information is available on our website.

We need immediate help fundraising, soliciting or donating food and supplies, postering and finding beds for out-of town tablers to sleep on. During the bookfair we need people willing to sit at the welcome table, organize some kids activities, help with event set-up/take-down, and be part of a dedicated clean-up crew, or be around in case of a first aid emergency.

If you would like to help with anything, please send your e-mail and/or phone number and how you’d like to participate (and locations if you’re interested in postering in Victoria or Vancouver) to
volunteer@victoriaanarchistbookfair.ca

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* 7.  Contact information *
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If you have other ideas, suggestions, questions for the Bookfair or Festival of Anarchy, don't hesitate to get in touch with us! Also, please contact us if you’d like to receive regular updates and announcements by e-mail.

Website: http://victoriaanarchistbookfair.ca
General Inquiries: info@victoriaanarchistbookfair.ca