The Edmonton Small Press Association (ESPA)
maintains an extensive Small Press Library & Archive
which is currently represented by over 700 member artists and collectives
from 33 countries. We encourage artists to submit info to our archive
and invite submissions year-round, regardless of official Calls for Submissions or exhibitions. See the catalogue link
at the left for more info about submitting.
We also produce several events year-round
in an effort to gain exposure for our mission and mandate, including annual
small press and Fair Trade fairs, music cabarets
(through our Symphony in the Dark program), film/video
screenings (through our UniTV program), and we
also initiate special projects as opportunities arise. We frequently collaborate with other social-justice advocates in
producing Active Citizenship projects involving
street theatre, peaceful marches and demonstrations, etc., and for 2 years
we ran the successful Free Store & Much More (currently on hiatus until
we can find better, permanent space). In September 2007 we will be producing our 3rd North of Nowhere Expo - a multidisciplinary festival
of independent media & underground art - which right now is bi-annual but
we hope will become an annual Edmonton festival.
We are also distributors:
We sell a wide variety of zines, underground comix, literary chapbooks,
activist & anarchist literature, calendars, t-shirts, patches, buttons,
toilet paper and other fun & creative ephemera. All
proceeds from distro sales support our non-profit activities and are funneled
back into ESPA's special projects and ongoing operations. We don't plan on releasing a print
catalogue, but we hope to update the ESPA site next
year to include an E-Store. In the meantime get in touch to find
out when and where we'll be tabling next, to make an appointment to check out the infoshop in person, or just see the
what's new link at the left....
Download our 2006 Annual Report HERE
Download our 2005 Annual Report HERE
