Buffalo Small Press Book Fair Mar 19 /2011 (12 – 6 pm) @ Karpeles Manuscript Library (UPSTAIRS) 453 Porter Avenue / Buffalo, NY If you are in the Buffalo area on Saturday March 19th, the Buffalo Small Press Book Fair is a FREE one day event that brings booksellers, authors, bookmakers, zinesters, small presses, artists, poets, and other cultural workers (and enthusiasts) together. Over 100 vendors! Note that CAROUSEL will be present, and it will
Congratulations to Toronto-based artist Fiona Smyth (who we profiled/interviewed back in CAROUSEL 25) — she has just released her first graphic novel, The Never Weres, a youth-oriented science fiction tale where three teens become humanity’s only hope for survival. The Never Weres is a 6.75″ x 9.25″ book, 256 pages, b/w interior, and is being released by Annick Press in both softcover and hardcover editions. On Sunday, March 13, 2 – 5:30pm, The Never Weres
Featuring more than 250 cartoonists from around the world The Toronto Comic Arts Festival at the Toronto Reference Library, 789 Yonge St. Saturday May 7th 2011, 9am-5pm Sunday May 8th 2011, 11am-5pm FREE ADMISSION >>> More info here
2nd INDIE LITERARY MARKET Sat Jun 05, 2010, 12 – 5pm Clinton’s Tavern, Back Room (Toronto) 693 Bloor St W (just steps from the Christie Subway Station) … FREE! The Meet the Presses Indie Literary Market gives the public an opportunity to meet dozens of Canadian literary presses and micro-publishers. Referred to as “Toronto’s only all-literary indie-publisher showcase”, this event offers an opportunity to buy a variety of books and publication you’ll likely not find
Author of Lose #1 nominated! The Doug Wright Awards, established in 2004 to honour the legacy of Canadian cartoonist Doug Wright, have nominated Michael DeForge as a “Best Emerging Talent” finalist. His recent comic book, Lose #1 (published by the fiesty Koyama Press), is a grotesque and quirky adventure through hell by “guardian elf” Nesbit Lemon. The Awards ceremony is an annual featured event at the Toronto Comic Arts Festival, and will coincide with the
Join CAROUSEL in Buffalo! Buffalo Small Press Book Fair Mar 27 /2010 (12 pm – 6 pm) @ Karpeles Manuscript Library (UPSTAIRS) 453 Porter Avenue / Buffalo, NY If you are in the Buffalo area on Saturday March 27th, the Buffalo Small Press Book Fair is a FREE one day event that brings booksellers, authors, bookmakers, zinesters, small presses, artists, poets, and other cultural workers (and enthusiasts) together. Workshops are open to the public. >>>
This touring exhibition brings together a group of artists who are expanding the notion of cartooning and “sequential art” in a gallery context. It features animations, drawings and video projections by quite a few artists who have appeared in CAROUSEL over the years; it was co-curated by our Managing Editor, Mark Laliberte, who also designed the 40 page catalogue (the book officially launches on March 11/10). You can order copies now at our superstore!
BORING. PEOPLE. LOVE. DRILLS. Featuring: Michael DeForge, Drazen Kozjan, Mark Laliberte, Aaron Linton, Victor Romão, Fiona Smyth, Magda Trzaski Exhibition Dates: March 05 – 28, 2010 A warm thank you to all who came out to the opening reception @ LE Gallery (1183 Dundas St W — Dundas, near Ossington) / Toronto. For those of you who missed it, here’s a glimpse of the festivities! For more information on the show, check out this blog
Idyeahs Feb 16–20, 2010 @ Georgia Sherman Projects (133 Tecumseth St, Toronto) Toronto-based artist Jesse Harris (whose works previously appeared in CAROUSEL #17, 19, 21 and 23, respectively, along with the current issue, #24) has a short-run exhibit at Georgia Sherman Projects, Toronto. The exhibition features wall works, multiples and a button-making performance, which will occur at the main event on Fri Feb 19, 7-9pm. Gallery Hours// Tue–Sat (12– 6pm) ph: 416.544.4112 >>> For further
New show opens March 05, 2010! CAROUSEL is once again venturing out of magazine territory and into the art world with an exhibition of our own (our last show was called CRSL23+ remember? It occurred back in 2008, and we did a damned good job of it according to critic Gary Michael Dault). The Carousel Exhibition Series expands on the culture that CAROUSEL proposes to study with every new issue; these shows bring together groups
MM13 launch party Feb 4! Cactus Press will be releasing the 13th issue of Misunderstandings Magazine, a Toronto-based quarterly, on February 4. If you’re in the Toronto area, join editor Jim Johnstone (whose work is featured in the soon-to-be-released CAROUSEL #25) at the Black Swan Tavern for the much anticipated launch. Readers will include Liz Howard, Matt Leslie, Michael Lista, Andrew McEwan, Nyla Matuk and Robin Richardson. As well, Blair Trewartha will be launching his
Sandy Pool‘s Exploding into Night is now available! Toronto-based writer and artist Sandy Pool (whose work will appear in the forthcoming CAROUSEL #25 — Spring-Summer 2010 issue) has just released a new book of poetry, Exploding into Night. This collection is an initiative of Guernica Editions‘ First Poets Series, which focuses on previously unpublished writers under the age of thirty-five; other First Poets Series authors include past CAROUSEL contributors Clara Blackwood, Desi Di Nardo and
echolocation #8 out now + Nov 28 fundraising party! CAROUSEL would like to commend the new echolocation editors for taking on the exciting challenge of renewing a long-standing publication that had been on indefinite hiatus. echolocation is a compilation of poetry, writing, photography, artwork and review essays; issue #8 is recently available! For those in the Toronto area, note that echolocation is also holding a fundraising party (to raise funds that will help them to