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The book fair will run from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., with almost 30 vendors, representing independent publishers like Book*hug, a new press based out of Six Nations, Wilfrid Laurier University Press, Between the Lines (a social movement press started in 1977), small comic publishers like Black Eye Books, letter press artists like Wes Bates, chapbook publishers like Baseline Press from London, Ont., as well as several children’s book authors.

There will be panel discussions throughout the day on the Bridgeworks stage, including one at 11 a.m. on the pros and cons of self-publishing vs. traditional publishing, featuring Allen, of Wolsak & Wynn, and author Mark Leslie Lefebvre who runs Canadian ebook seller Kobo’s self-publishing platform, Kobo Writing Life.