Book Launch
Saturday 2 September 2023, 1:00am
Gertrude Contemporary
21-31 High Street, Preston South2 – 3 September | 11am – 5pm
Launch Party | 2 September, 5 – 7pm
Perimeter and Gertrude partnered to present the Same Page art book fair. The event was focused on innovative independent publishers and small-scale local imprints. The fair was held at Gertrude Contemporary over the weekend of 2–3 September from 11am–5pm.
Same Page brought 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 was 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 featured public programs and book launches all weekend.
Food and drinks were served by our creative culinary friends at Long Prawn.
PUBLIC PROGRAM: Saturday 2 September
11.45am Welcome to Country
12pm Panel Discussion | Book Design Under Inflation
1pm Poetry Reading | Read the Room
2pm Panel Discussion | What is Book?
3pm Room For More: New Recipes for the Common Cookbook
5-7pm Launch Party | DJ Tandem Reserve
PUBLIC PROGRAM: Sunday 3 September
12pm The Silent Army Archive
1pm Panel Discussion | Where do Books Belong?
2pm Panel Discussion | Prototypical Architecture Publishing
3-5pm Closing Drinks | DJ Muggaga
EXHIBITING STALLHOLDERS
acb press
Bad News Books
Books at Manic
Bookshop by Uro
Common Room Editions
Debris Magazine
Demure Mag
Discipline
Fiend
Good Sport Magazine
Knowledge Editions
MOM
Negative Press
Platypus Publication
Quiet Publishing
Slow Burn Books
Soft Stir
Sonntag Press
SONNU
Stolon Press
Stray Pages
Tall Poppy Press
Tart Magazine
Tempo Haus
un Projects
Identity design for Same Page: Narelle Brewer