Association of Book Crafts
2023 Wayzgoose
24 - 26 November 2023 Wellington
BOOK NOW! WAYZGOOSE 24 - 26 November 2023 Wellington
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- This year our annual Wayzgoose will be held in Wellington with the support of The Printing Musen Centre for Book Arts, Wai-te-ata Press | Te Whare Tā O Wai-te-ata and Victoria University of Wellington | Te Herenga Waka. All events will be open to ABC, AHP and NZ Calligraphy members, along with the public.
- The Programme as at 23 Sept 2023
- Bookings are essential for all events except for the Swap Meet and Foundry visit – please use the booking form below
- Friday 24
- 2 – 4pm Museum of New Zealand | Te Papa Tongarewa visit FULLY BOOKED
- Martin Lewis, Research Librarian, is offering a behind the scenes look at printed and bound taonga he’s chosen from the Te Papa research library.
- Place: meet at Level 4 (under the glass Treaty), Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, 55 Cable Street, Te Aro
- Bookings essential: places must be booked in advance with a contact phone number and numbers are strictly limited to 15 people.
- No cost to attend
- 6pm Drinks at The Backbencher Gastropub
- Come along to have a drink with fellow binders and printers in Wellington for the Wayzgoose. You might even like to stay on for dinner. We have a space booked.
- Place: The Backbencher Gastropub, 34 Molesworth Street, Thorndon
- https://www.backbencher.co.nz
- All welcome, just pay for what you drink and eat
- Saturday 25
- 9.15 – 10.45am Alexander Turnbull Library visit Two FULLY BOOKED
- This is a unique opportunity to view printed material and binding treasures from the Alexander Turnbull library chosen by Anthony Tedeschi, Rare Books and Fine Printing Curator.
- Place: Heaphy Room, 2nd floor, National Library, Corner of Molesworth and Aitken Streets
- Bookings essential: places must be booked in advance and numbers are strictly limited to 14 people
- No cost to attend
- 10-45 – 12.45am Alexander Turnbull Library visit Two FULLY BOOKED
- This is a unique opportunity to view printed material and binding treasures from the Alexander Turnbull library chosen by Anthony Tedeschi, Rare Books and Fine Printing Curator.
- Place: Heaphy Room, 2nd floor, National Library, Corner of Molesworth and Aitken Streets
- Bookings essential: places must be booked in advance and numbers are strictly limited to 14 people
- No cost to attend
- 1 – 4.00pm Swap Meet Open Day @ Wellington Centre for Book Arts
- An opportunity to buy | sell | swap all things relating to book crafts - letterpress printing, bookbinding and calligraphy. There will also be demonstrations of various book arts, a binding exhibition and the WCBA will have printing presses operating on the day for visitors to print their own 2023 Wayzgoose keepsake
- Sellers:
- • Please book your space in advance and bring you own table or advise us you if need to hire a table for $20.
- • You may trade from the back of your vehicle – access to the the underground carpark of the Woolstore building will be after 12noon.
- • We recommend you come prepared to take payments in cash and bank transfer.
- There are vendor/ seller spaces available and tables available to hire
- Place: Wellington Centre for Book Arts, Basement carpark, 262 Thorndon Quay, Pipitea
- No cost to attend and all welcome
- 6.30pm Wayzgoose dinner
- Place: Le Marché Français, Level 1 Woolstore Building, 262 Thorndon Quay, Pipitea
- Enter the Woolstore from the north entrance. Take the stairs up to Level 1. Follow the path to your right until you see Le Marché Français Bistro in the middle of Level 1.
- 9 Places left
- Dinner speaker:
- Our dinner speaker will be Dr Sydney Shep, a Reader in Book History and The Printer, Wai-te-ata Press.
- Sydney is also a practising letterpress printer, exhibiting book artist, and designer bookbinder who undertakes creative research commissions at Wai-te-ata Press
- Bookings essential: places must be booked in advance and numbers are strictly limited. Partners and friends are welcome.
- Sunday 26
- 10am - 1pm Workshop: An Anatomy of Printing
- Join The Printer at Wai-te-ata Press | Whare Tā O Wai-te-ata for a morning of letterpress composing and printing using our historic collection of metal and wood types. The inspiration will be the often arcane language of the book trades. Bring a printer’s (or bookbinder’s) term and a short definition (15 words maximum). Be prepared to typeset and print the text in a limited edition, collaborative A3 broadsheet.
- Place: Wai-te-ata Press, Level 0, Rankine Brown Building, University Library, Kelburn Campus, Victoria University of Wellington | Te Herenga Waka (parking close to the back delivery door of the press in the upper staff carpark, accessed via gate 7) [MAP] below
- BYO apron and lunch; coffee/tea will be available. FULLY BOOKED
- Cost: $90 per person, includes GST.
- Bookings essential: numbers are limited to 12-16 participants, first come first served. Contact: wtapress@vuw.ac.nz for details and payment
- https://www.wgtn.ac.nz/wtapress/about/events
- 1 - 2pm: Tour of Wai-te-ata Press
- Following on from the workshop there will be a guided tour of the Press’s unique Chinese Heritage Type collection and the opportunity to view some of their historic and contemporary treats and treasures as well as viewing the morning’s collaborative broadsheets.
- Bookings essential: there is no cost to attend and all are welcome to attend this separate event, even if you did not attend the workshop
- Plenty of spaces available
- Type Foundry Open Day
- 10am – 4pm Type Foundry Open Day
- The Printing Museum’s Type Foundry will be open to visitors – join in and cast some take-home type. There will also be interesting fonts available to purchase on the day. You are very welcome to bring your own lunch, tea and coffee will be available.
- Please wear closed toe footwear and bring safety glasses if you have them as there is limited loan eye protection available.
- Place: 54 Flux Road, Mangaroa (45mins from Wellington)
- All enquiries to: secretary@abc-nz.org.nz
- Please note that many events require pre-booking using the form below.
- Registration will be on a first come , first served basis with preference given to members. if any events are overbooked, we shall allways try to accomodate but final decision will be with the organising committee
- When booking dinner, please let us know how many are coming under your name ie include your spouse/ friends who may not be at the events but are accompanying you to dinner.
- We will continue to update this page as more events and opportunities become available.
PLEASE COMPLETE THE FORM BELOW, NOTE , ALL FIELDS WITH THE * MUST BE FILLED BEFORE SUBMITTING THE FORM, IF THE FORM DOESN'T SUBMIT REVIEW THE FORM AND COMPLETE WHAT HAS BEEN MISSED, the missed lines are highlighted in red