Fifth annual Calgary Anarchist Bookfair

On April 25, 26 and 27, Calgary will be hosting its fifth annual Anarchist Bookfair, bringing vendors from across Western Canada and beyond. This year's event promises to be this city's biggest and best bookfair yet and will feature dozens of vendors, three days of workshops, free food, a keynote speaker (TBA), the ever-popular "People's Prom" and a mini "film fest".

What: Anarchist Bookfair
When: Friday April 25, Saturday April 26 and Sunday April 27
Where: Calgary Old "Y" Centre
How much: All events and food are free
Info: http://bookfair.anarchistservices.ca

Movies
Sure, reading's great, but we're not snobs: we like video, too! This year's bookfair features a mini "film fest" within the bookfair itself. The confirmed screenings are:

"The Forest for the Trees" -- Presented by the Arusha Centre, this documentary follows the unlikely team of young activists and old civil rights workers who come together to battle the U.S. government and get a day in court for Judy Bari's 12 year lawsuit against the FBI.

"Polly II -- Plan for a Revolution" -- Presented by "Pirate Dave" of "No Quarter" magazine, "Polly II" is a science fiction tale of futuristic pirates in a flooded east end London fighting against corporate real estate development and building a revolution.

"Haiti: We Must Kill the Bandits" -- Presented by the Calgary Haitian Activist Network. This documentary follows the uprising and repression after the forced ouster of Haitian president Jean Bertrand Aristide.

"Unrepentant: Kevin Annet & Canada's Genocide" -- With a workshop by the filmmaker Kevin Annet! "Unrepentant" is a documentary about the holocaust visited upon native peoples by the Canadian state and churches under the name of residential schooling. It also follows one maverick reverend as he tries to force the United Church of Canada to live up to their teachings and atone for their ongoing role in the genocide and oppression of aboriginal peoples

Workshops
A good bookfair is all about sharing information. To that end, this year's event will offer a number of workshops on topics ranging from pirates and promotion to countersurveillance and talking to liberals. And, of course, there'll be the mandatory consensus decision-making workshop. Gotta have that. A full schedule of workshops will be available on the Calgary Anarchist bookfair website after April 1st.

Food
This year, the Calgary bookfair organizers are committed to feeding all who walk through the door. Now, we know that the phrase "free vegan food" is often interpreted as a code word for crunchy brown rice and some sloppy, grey lentil goop... but don't worry: we promise that this spread will be good! Our crack team of iron chefs have dozens of years of Food Not Bombs experience behind them and a commitment to making things yummy.

About Calgary
Calgary has a bad reputation, it's true. We're the town built on beef and oil -- the birthplace of Canadian neo-conservatism and the shiny, oversized buckle in this nation's bible belt. But don't let that scare you off attending this year's bookfair. Since the anti-G8 demonstrations in 2002, this city has seen a massive growth in the culture of dissent. Currently we have a strong Food Not Bombs group, one of the nation's largest ARA chapters, a fast-growing ABC, a worker-owned infoshop collective (currently on hiatus) and many other smaller but equally interesting projects and organizations. And, of course, we have a killer bookfair. Each year the bookfair committee has been committed to putting on a bigger, better and more thought-provoking event. And 2008 promises to be the best yet.

Contact
Everything you need to know about the 2008 Calgary Anarchist Bookfair can be found on our website
at http://bookfair.anarchistservices.ca
but, just in case that can't answer your question, you can get ahold of the organizers directly at
anarchistbookfair@linuxmail.org

If you want to be a vendor
If you would like to be a vendor or present a workshop at the Calgary Anarchist Bookfair, contact the organizers at anarchistbookfair@linuxmail.org