A new letterpress shop has just opened up in Ottawa called the Dempsey Press. A mom & pop style operation specializing in fine stationary and ephemera, but are also willing to do custom work on their beautiful vintage Heidelberg Windmill Red Ball Press aptly named “Heidi”. They’ve also just recently launched a great little webshop offering up some nicely designed Xmas [...]
Ottawa’s best antiquarian bookshop is on the move and their having a huge sale starting today to reduce the stock that will go with them. Definitely a great opportunity for any booklover or perhaps an Xmas gift or two. ——————————————————————– Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. We’re Moving, Not Closing Sale! After 39 Years on Bank Street [...]
This Thursday, November 18th, staff of the City of Ottawa are hosting a Used Book Sale with proceeds going to the United Way. The details: When: Thursday November 18, 2010, 9:30am – 2:00pm Where: Main Floor Cafeteria Lobby at 100 Constellation (beside Centrepointe Theatre) Questions: Contact Colin Kidd at 613-580-2424 ext. 21482
One of our own Ottawa Press Gang members is on exhibit at the Ottawa Folklore Centre for the next two months displaying his wonderful wood cut prints. His cuts of various Ottawa locales and events are truly outstanding and well worth checking out.
Von Allan’s latest graphic novel, Stargazer, will be launched at Perfect Books (258A Elgin St., Ottawa) this Sunday, Nov. 7th at 4pm. Stargazer is a wonderful all-ages fantasy graphic novel that sees a young girl, Marni, and her two friends go on a wild adventure to an alien world through the magic of a mysterious Artifact [...]
Rockcliffe Park Public School is holding it’s semi-annual Book Fair next weekend with thousands of books for sale. The Details: When: Friday, November 5th from 10am to 9pm Saturday, November 6th from 10am to 6pm Sunday, November 7th from 11am to 5pm Where: Rockcliffe Park Public School 370 Springfield Road Ottawa
It’s that time of year again to put wit to words and pen to paper. Apartment 613′s second annual fall fiction contest is on! From now until Nov. 5th they are accepting submissions on any topic, 1,000 words max, that’s got some connection to the Ottawa area. As one of the judges for last year’s contest, I [...]
The fall edition of the Ottawa Writers Festival starts today (running Oct. 20-26th) and looks to have another great line-up of talks, panels, and events involving a number of outstanding authors. One event I am very excited to be attending is a talk being giving by William Gibson, one of my favourite authors who’s work I’ve continually enjoyed since reading Neuromancer in [...]
At the Small Press Fair on the weekend I managed to pick up a few copies of Apt. 9 Press’ new titles. After months of working on the material, Cameron Anstee has put together an excellent descriptive bibliography of local Ottawa poet William Hawkins’ published work dating all the way back to the 60s. Complete with reproduction broadside [...]
Once again the Ottawa Small Press Fair will be taking place at the Jack Purcell Community Centre this Saturday from 12-5pm. Unfortunately we will not be there with a booth this time, but I will certainly be there in person to see what the local small presses have been up to over the summer.