FEDERATION OF BRITISH COLUMBIA WRITERS
Federation Workshops & Presentations Fall & Winter 2007 The Fall & Winter program of workshops and presentations will continue with a series of afternoon workshops held in the Boardroom at the Alliance for Arts and Culture, 938 Howe Street, Vancouver. The first workshop of the Fall 2007 season, Making Chapbooks: Book Art with Mona Fertig, will be limited to 14 participants, so early registration is encouraged. For more information on Federation workshops, contact the Fed office at 604-683-2057 or email bcwriters@shaw.ca.
Making Chapbooks: Book Art with Mona F ertig Fertig Sunday, November 18, 1 – 5 pm. Registration deadline: November 10 Cost: $75 (includes materials) Location: Alliance for Arts and Culture, 938 Howe Street, Vancouver Participants will create and produce four chapbooks, from simple chapbooks with a spine and French flaps to a more complex non-adhesive book art piece. These chapbooks can be used for self-publishing titles, future limited editions, artist’s books, journals or gifts for friends and family. No previous experience necessary but an ability to work with your hands is an asset. Participants will be required to bring an Exacto knife, scissors, glue stick, metal ruler, bone folder or letteropener, self-healing cutting board or piece of thick cardboard to cut paper on. Paper, thread and needles will be supplied. MONA FERTIG is a poet, publisher, literary organizer, book artist and art sleuth. She has studied bookart with Claire Van Vliet of Janus Press, one of the premier book artists in North America. She designs, constructs and publishes at (m)Öthêr Tøñguè Presš, a private literary press on Salt Spring Island which she owns and operates with her husband Peter Haase. Founded in 1990, (m)Öthêr Tøñgué Presš is a member of The Alcuin Society and The Canadian Bookbinders & Book Artists Guild (CBBAG).
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WORDWORKS–FALL 2007