The Seventh Annual Gaspereau Press Wayzgoose

20 & 21 October 2006

This year's wayzgoose pays tribute to Canadian book designer William Rueter & The Aliquando Press in Dundas, Ontario. The weekend will include workshops, a shop talk, an open house, printing demonstrations, an evening round table, and author readings from some of Gaspereau's 2006 titles. The schedule of events is as follows:

Friday

7:30pm
Poetry Reading at the Kentville Rec Centre: Readings by Tim Bowling, Peter Sanger & John Terpstra. Music by Bob Snider. Cash Bar. Free Admission.

Saturday

9:00am-Noon
Workshops: Writing, bookbinding and paper marbling workshops. Pre-registration required. Space limited.

10:00am-Noon
Shop Talk at the Gaspereau Press Printing Works: Featuring special guest William Rueter of The Aliquando Press. If you're not in a workshop, drop in and putter around in the print shop with Will and our staff. There will be press demonstrations and a display of books and broadsides from Aliquando. Free Admission.

1:30pm
Prose reading at the Kentville Rec Centre: Readings by Robert Bringhurst, Sean Johnston & Elaine McCluskey. Free Admission.

3:30-5:00pm
Open House at the Gaspereau Press Printing Works: Enjoy conversation and refreshments, meet authors & illustrators, see printing demonstrations, feed the hungry Albion hand press. Special guest William Rueter will be on hand. Free Admission.

7:30pm
Presentation & Round Table at the Kentville Rec Centre: Special guest William Rueter will give a half-hour presentation on the history of the private press. Following the presentation we will begin the round-table discussion. Our round tables are spirited affairs with lots of audience participation. This year's topic for debate is "What does it mean now that everyone has access to type?" Our panel of rabble rousers will include Robert Bringhurst (Author & Typographer), William Rueter (Aliquando Press), Stan Bevington (Printer & publisher, Coach House Press), Glenn Goluska (Typographer) & Rod McDonald (Type designer). Moderated by Andrew Steeves. Come and put in your two cents' worth. Cash Bar. Free Admission.

Where are the events?

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); Kentville Rec Centre 354 Main Street (Brick building attached to Town Hall); Kings Courthouse Museum 37 Cornwallis Street (Brick courthouse).

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

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