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Small Press Expo 2016

Applications for tables will open May 1

April 14, 2016 | 2 min reading time

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ST. LOUIS SMALL PRESS EXPO (SPEx) GROWS AGAIN IN 2016

New Collaboration with Pulitzer Arts Foundation Makes SPEx a Two-Day Event

The St. Louis Small Press Expo (SPEx) show and sale becomes a two-day event in 2016, taking place October 14 and 15 at two notable St. Louis institutions. Growing this year's festival is SPEx's increased variety and accessibility of programming, partnering with Pulitzer Arts Foundation to host a kickoff event on Friday, October 14 at Pulitzer, 3716 Washington Boulevard, 63108. Organizers will co-curate hands-on workshops, panel discussions and readings featuring a mix of national and regional guests. The main SPEx event will take place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.on Saturday, October 15 in the Great Hall of the St. Louis Public Library's Central Branch, 1301 Olive Street, 63103. All events will be free and open to the public.

Applications for tables will open May 1. SPEx seeks the widest possible variety of participants. Publishers of zines, limited run art books, comics, traditional books, broadsides, journals of literature and art are all encouraged to apply, especially those with a unique format or target audience. Applications are entirely online and will be available at stlouissmallpressexpo.com.

The St. Louis Small Press Expo was founded in 2014 to showcase and better connect the St. Louis small press community. The overwhelmingly positive response inspired the SPEx team to seek a much larger venue. In only its second year, the partnership with Central Library has helped SPEx grow to include 64 publishers and welcomed more than 900 guests. That's an increase of 45 percent in vendors and 125 percent in attendance. Central Library will host SPEx again in 2016. A wide variety of small press publishers from the St. Louis region as well as notable indie guests from across the nation will be featured.

The St. Louis Small Press Expo is the work of:

·Nicky Rainey, Co-Host of KDHX's weekly podcast "Literature for the Halibut"

·Jared Rourke, Queer Young Cowboys

·Nick Kuntz, Any Other Time & Underwold Adventure Comics

·David Peery, Bear &Otter, Co.

·Jen Tappenden, Architrave Press

·Lauren Cardenas, P I E C R U S T

·Christopher Chabl&#é; Press

·Somnadrome Kristie, Please Hold Magazine

 

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