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Object//Project

Possible Worlds presents Object//Project Art Book Fair at the Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre, 290 Lisgar Street, Ottawa, Ontario, May 8-9, 2026. Free entry and open to the public. A multiday event in Canada’s capital, which celebrates diverse and boundary-pushing artists’ publishing… Continue Reading →

Wayzgoose 2026

48th Annual Book Arts Fair on Saturday, April 25, 2026, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Grimsby Public Art Gallery (GPAG), 18 Carnegie Lane, Grimsby, Ontario. Free admission. Always held on the last Saturday in April, the GPAG’s Wayzgoose Book… Continue Reading →

Antiquarian Book Fair, Ottawa 2025

From October 25th, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. to October 26th, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Saint Paul University, 223 Main Street, Ottawa, Ontario. Peruse and purchase antique and rare books of all genres as well as maps and… Continue Reading →

Kindred Spirits Special Event, November 13, 2024

Please join the CBBAG Ottawa Valley Chapter at the Carleton University Book Arts Lab, MacOdrum Library, Carleton University, for a special event celebrating the 150th anniversary of Lucy Maud Montgomery’s birthday in conjunction with the Kindred Spirits book arts exhibition. … Continue Reading →

Kindred Spirits Book Arts Exhibition (Ottawa)

This exhibition, featuring close to 40 artists from across the country, is now on display in Ottawa at the Carleton University Book Arts Lab, MacOdrum Library.  This year (2024) marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of Lucy Maud Montgomery,… Continue Reading →

Exploring the Book Arts (workshop registration closes August 9)

Dive into the world of book arts with our immersive workshop featuring bookbinding, paper making, paper marbling, calligraphy, block printing, and letterpress printing. Over five days, bring your book project from conception to completion, guided by expert instructors. Each day… Continue Reading →

Excursions

Works by Madeleine Rousseau. March 7th to April 1st, 2024 An exhibition at the Galerie d’art Eugène-Racette at MIFO (Movement d’implication francophone d’Orléans), 6600 Carrière Street, Orléans, Ontario. Join the opening event on 7 March, 6 p.m to 7:30 p.m…. Continue Reading →

Ottawa Book Arts Show and Sale 2024

May 25, 2024, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. You are invited to join us at Carleton University, MacOdrum Library, home of the Carleton University Book Arts Lab. Entrance is free. Vendors, sign up to reserve a free table at… Continue Reading →

Kindred Spirits: The Lucy Maud Montgomery Legacy as Interpreted by Contemporary Book Artists

The Kindred Spirit exhibition will be a juried collection of book artistry created by members of CBBAG. Scheduled to launch in conjunction with the L.M. Montgomery Institute’s 2024 biennial conference, this 40-piece exhibition will open in mid-June 2024 in Charlottetown,… Continue Reading →

Wayzgoose 2024 – application deadline is January 19

Dear Wayzgeese, The 46th Wayzgoose Book Arts Fair will be held on Saturday, April 27th at the Grimsby Public Art Gallery, bringing together a captivating group of private press printers, bookbinders, print makers, paper marblers, and other artisans to celebrate the book… Continue Reading →

Picturing the Invisible: Sights/Sites Unseen

Exhibition Ottawa-Gatineau Printmakers’ Connective /Collectif des artists graveurs d’Ottawa-Gatineau November 2, 2023 – February 19, 2024Nepean Creative Arts Centre35 Stafford Road, Ottawa ON K2H 8V8 Using varied printmaking techniques, from relief and intaglio to cyanotype, lithography, collagraph, and silkscreen, 14… Continue Reading →

13th Biennale internationale d’estampe contemporaine de Trois-Rivières

The 13th Edition: a fascinating journey! If you are planning to visit Trois-Rivière in Quebec this summer, don’t miss this important printmaking event from June 17 to September 10, 2023. Free admission. This exhibition, in existence since 1999, is the… Continue Reading →

“I Always Speak to Dogs and Cats”: Early Animal Rights Literature for Children

Held at the Jordan Rare Books and Special Collections, Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, this exhibition examines the intersection between Victorian children’s literature and the emergent animal rights movement in the 19th and early 20th centuries, with special interest in… Continue Reading →

Amos Kennedy & the School of Bad Printing

A virtual conversation between printers Amos Kennedy & Andrew Steeves Thursday, Jun 22, 2023 at 5pm Pacific After years of bad mouthing by Andrew Steeves, Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr. will expose the lies that have been said about BAD PRINTING…. Continue Reading →

the ottawa small press book fair

Spring 2023 edition: June 17, 2023 span-o (the small press action network – ottawa) presents the ottawa small press book fair, on Saturday, June 17, 2023, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., in room 203 of the Jack Purcell Community Centre… Continue Reading →

MIGRATION: An exhibition

Murray Dineen, Deidre Hierlihy, Freida Hjartarson, Shealagh Pope, Madeleine Rousseau, Beth Shepherd, Patricia Slighte, Linda Turner Where: Centre des arts La FAB sur Mill Art Centre, 8 chemin Mill, Chelsea, Québec When: April 21 to June 4, 2023 (Friday, Saturday,… Continue Reading →

Wayzgoose 2023

45th Annual Wayzgoose Book Arts Fair Saturday April 29, 2023, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.Grimsby Public Art Gallery (GPAG), 18 Carnegie Lane, Grimsby, OntarioFREE AdmissionMore information Every year on the last Saturday of April a fascinating group of private press… Continue Reading →

The Art of Bookbinding – Robert R. Reid Medal Event with Odette Drapeau

Odette Drapeau is the winner of the twelfth Alcuin Society’s Robert R. Reid prize and medal for lifetime achievement in the Book Arts in Canada for 2020. On February 8th, 2023, she was celebrated at the ROAAr (Rare & Special… Continue Reading →

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