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Same Page Art Book Fair 2024

Same Page Art Book Fair: October 19–20 2024

Same Page returns for 2024! Perimeter and Gertrude are thrilled to present the Same Page art book fair, focusing on innovative independent publishers and small-scale local imprints. The fair will be held at Gertrude Contemporary over the weekend of 19–20 October.

Same Page brings together a select network of imprints, publishers and distributors who share a commitment to supporting local artists, writers and thinkers. The bespoke art book fair is a community-oriented event, highlighting the practices of small presses and collective activities in contemporary art publishing.

Alongside a curated selection of stalls, Same Page will also feature public programs and book launches all weekend. 

SAME PAGE ART BOOK FAIR
Presented by Gertrude and Perimeter
October 19–20, 2024
Gertrude Contemporary
21-31 High Street, Preston VIC 3072

Saturday, October 19: 11am–5pm
Sunday, October 20: 11am–5pm

samepageartbookfair.com

EXHIBITORS

3-ply x Access Lab and Library 
51 Personae
Australian Centre for Contemporary Art
acb press
Aesthetic Calculations
Bad News Books
Bad Books Small Press
Betweenia Project 夾洲計劃
Books at Manic
Common Room Editions
Debris Magazine
Demure
Discipline
Fiend
Goodnight Press
Institute of Modern Art
M.33
Mode and Mode / Darpa
MOM
Perimeter Books
Person Books 
Platypus Publication
A Published Event
Ranch Pressing
Rosa Press
Ruby PH
Soft Stir
Sonnu Books
Sphere Archive
Stray Pages
Tall Poppy Press
Temporary Press
un Projects
Uneven Press
Uro Publications

PUBLIC PROGRAM

Throughout both days of the fair, Same Page will be hosting artist talks, panel discussions and readings that explore and promote various methods of art publishing. A list of event highlights is below, but for more detail head to Same Page website.

--- SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19 ---

TALK | Illuminated Manuscripts: faith, form, and the materiality of texts
11.30am–12.15pm, Zone B
Presented by Debris Magazine
 
TALK | Book Design as Critical Practice
12.30pm–1.15pm, Zone A
With Gideon Kong, Narelle Brewer, Kim Mumm Hansen, and Žiga Testen
 
WORKSHOP | Somatic Poetry Workshop
1pm–3pm, Zone B
Presented by Shannon May Powell
 
TALK | Reimagining the Role of Institutional Publishing
2.30pm–3.15pm, Zone A
Presented by ACCA, IMA, and Gertrude
 

LAUNCH + TALK |  Viscose Journal issue six: 'TEXT'
3.30pm–4.30pm, Zone B
Presented by Viscose Journal

--- SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20 ---
WORKSHOP | Kids and Adults on the Same Page
11am–1pm, Zone B
Presented by Kate Golding
 
TALK | Roots & Routes: Navigating Self-Publishing in Southern China and Beyond
11.30am–12.30pm, Zone A
Presented by Betweenia Project 夾洲計劃
 
TALK | Desiring spirits and medieval women's mystic texts
1.30pm–2.30pm, Zone B
Presented by Manisha Anjali and Mel Deerson
 
TALK | Riso and Shine: Risography in Naarm
2.30pm–3.30pm, Zone A
 
SCREENING + TALK | 00-01 Water with PLATYPUS
3pm–5pm, Zone B
Presented by Platypus Publication