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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 
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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

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  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

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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 
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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

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  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 
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  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

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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: 
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