Unconventional, not-for-profit publishing house, the Book Bakery, is hosting a fun-filled fair tomorrow night (Wednesday) with carnival games, a bake sale, readings of fresh new writing published by the Bakery and a raffle that includes prizes donated by Kobo, the Toronto Sailing and Canoe Club, The Walrus magazine, St. Joseph Media, Boylesque Toronto and more. It will be “everything you remember from elementary school, including fun prizes and tons of sugar.”
All proceeds will go to support the Book Bakery, a DIY publishing outfit operating out of the basement of coffee shop Capital Espresso since February. But just what makes this project deserving of your time and money? Derek McCormack (of Type Books and the Book Bakery) explains what the community-based art initiative is all about:
“What we do here is pretty novel, though not original. We’re building on a model that was introduced by Matthew Stadler. He began the original print-on-demand studio (Publication Studio, he called it) in Portland several years ago. Since then, he has helped to set up Studios in San Francisco, Vancouver, the Midwest, and Los Angeles.
“The Bakery is an outpost of his studio, with some differences. We have a different name. We are focusing on visually-oriented books (art books, collaborations between writers and artists, visual experiments by people who are known primarily for their writing). We are also working on lines of objects and jewelry.
“It’s important, too, for people to know that we’re not a publishing house in the traditional sense. We don’t accept submissions [and we don’t] distribute our titles. They’re created here, in-Bakery. They’re co-creations by our team and by the participating artists. They’re made by hand. Sometimes they are made in small editions (a hundred or so copies).”
If the event-packed description is not enough to spark your interest, one Fund-Fair organizer, Grace O’Connell, is brimming over with excitement about another special part of the night.
“We can’t help it – we’re all excited about the author kissing booth and the foxy scribes who are kindly donating their lips for literature,” says O’Connell. The booth will feature local stars like Andrew Pyper, Stacey May Fowles and Dani Couture.
Working mostly with local artists and writers, McCormack hopes that the Book Bakery continues “an amazing DIY tradition of Queen Street West art.”
Be sure to stop by tomorrow night for your fill of sugar, kisses, and literature.
Event Details:
Wednesday, June 29 – 7pm to midnight
918 Bathurst Street (2 blocks north of Bloor)
$10 donation at the door
Books launching: Selected Business Correspondence by Andrew Kaufman; Why We Fight > Q’uran Neck by Pasha Malla; and It Must Be As Tall As a Lighthouse by Tabatha Southey and Will Alsop. The event will also include a reading by Publication Studio founder and author, Matthew Stadler, who will be reading from his new book, Chloe Jarren’s La Cucaracha.
I liked up to you will obtain performed proper hereThe sketch is tasteful, your authored material stylishnevertheless, you command get bought an edginess over that you just wish be turning in the followingill undoubtedly come further earlier all over again since the exact same nearly a lot regularly within case you protect this hike.
Very nice info and right to the point. I am not sure if this is really the best place to ask but do you folks have any ideea where to hire some professional writers? Thx 🙂
I’ve recently started a site, and the information you provide on this website has helped me a lot. Thanks for all of your time & work.
I am not sure where you are getting your information, but great topic. I needs to spend some time learning much more or understanding more. Thanks for great info I was looking for this information for my mission.
I have been surfing online more than three hours today, yet I never found any interesting article like yours. It is pretty worth enough for me. In my opinion, if all webmasters and bloggers made good content as you did, the net will be much more useful than ever before.
Heya i am for the first time here. I came across this board and I find It really useful & it helped me out a lot. I hope to give something back and aid others like you aided me.
I am not sure where you are getting your info, but great topic. I needs to spend some time learning more or understanding more. Thanks for fantastic information I was looking for this info for my mission.
I am not sure where you’re getting your info, but great topic. I needs to spend some time learning much more or understanding more. Thanks for excellent information I was looking for this info for my mission.