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Canzine/Winnipeg Anarchist Bookfair

October 24, 2015 @ 5:00 PM - 11:00 PM

| Free

Broken Pencil Magazine and the Winnipeg Anarchist Bookfair are proud to present…

• Canzine Central and the Winnipeg Anarchist Bookfair 2015 •

Saturday Oct. 24, 2015, 12pm-6pm
Millenium Library, Winnipeg Public Library, 251 Donald Street
Free, $5 suggested donation

Registration for Canzine Central in Winnipeg is now live!
Register now: www. brokenpencil.com/canzine-winnipeg

ZINE FAIR 12PM-6PM

The main event! Hundreds of zines, books, comics and more!

EVENTS

• 1pm – Panel Discussion: Disability and the Independent arts

What are the concerns facing indie artists with disabilities? How can the arts community best centre these voices? We talk to panelists Kristin Nelson, Leslie Corbay, Kate Grisim and Synthia Nicole about their work and these questions.

• 2:30pm – IWW Winnipeg presents: An Introduction to Revolutionary Unionism

• 3pm – 1-2 Punch Live Book Pitch

Live on our mainstage in front of a crowing crowd, you get two minutes to pitch your book to our panel of judges. They get one minute each to tell you why you’ll never get published in a million, billion years, or why they want to see your manuscript in their inbox ASAP.

Sign up in advance to participate in the 1-2 Punch Book Pitch at Canzine. To sign up email canzine@brokenpencil.com with your: 1. name 2. email address 3. phone number 4. two or three line description of the project you are going to pitch. Sign up now, we only have room for 8 participants and this will be first come first served.

The winner of the pitch gets bragging rights and a Broken Pencil prize pack worth $200.

Our AMAZING Judges this year: Jonathan Valelly, Wayne Antony, Rosanna Deerchild

• 5pm – Radical Reading Series

The crowning glory of Canzine! New and exciting work from Sheldon Birnie, Ariel Gordon, Jeanne Randolph and Mona Mousa!

ANARCHIST BOOKFAIR AFTERPARTY

Join us to celebrate the Anarchist Bookfair at the Handsome Daughter (61 Sherbrook St) at 7pm! Featuring Shawn Katz, author of Generation Rising.

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Stay tuned for more exciting details!

~Big thanks to Canzine national presenting sponsor John Fluevog Shoes ~

Details

Date:
October 24, 2015
Time:
5:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Cost:
Free
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Website:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1619515204966591/

Organizer

Broken Pencil and the Winnipeg Anarchist Bookfair
Website:
http://www.brokenpencil.com/canzine-winnipeg

Venue

Millennium Library
251 Donald Street
Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada
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