NYC ANARCHIST BOOK FAIR
Judson Memorial Church (and other venues)
55 Washington Square South
April 8-10, free
www.anarchistbookfair.net
NEW YORK ANTIQUARIAN BOOK FAIR
Park Avenue Armory
643 Park Ave. at 67th St.
April 8-10, $20/day, $30/two-day pass, $45/three-day pass (includes catalog)
www.armoryonpark.org
www.sanfordsmith.com
The publishing industry is currently going through revolutionary change as digital ebooks threaten the future of the physical book. Although there are still plenty of people who believe that the thrill of holding a book in their hands, putting it on their shelf in its proper place once finished, will never go away, there is a new generation of readers who might never care about that feeling of accomplishment. You are likely to find a lot more of the former rather than the latter at this weekend’s fifty-first annual NY Antiquarian Book Fair, being held April 8-10 at the Park Ave. Armory. More than two hundred exhibitors will be selling first editions, maps, illustrated books, manuscripts, and other literary treasures that would never be quite the same seen on a Kindle, Nook, or iPad. There’s no telling who will show up at the fifth annual New York City Anarchist Book Fair, which begins today with the Anarchist Film Festival ($10 suggested donation), taking place this afternoon and tonight at the Sixth St. Community Center and promising to “celebrate a global uprising and resistance to state repression.” On Saturday and Sunday, exhibitors will set up at Judson Memorial Church, where attendees can check out such workshops and panel discussions as “Food Not Bombs in New York City and Long Island: Diverse Tactics for a Singular Mission,” “Farmworker Justice, Green Capitalism, and Trader Joe’s: A Presentation on the Coalition of Immokalee Workers,” “Disarm and Hammer: Anarchist Pacifists in Nuclear Direct Disarmament Actions,” and “Sexuality, Surveillance, and Government Infiltrators: Fragmenting the Radical Left Through the Terrorization of Animal Advocacy.” In addition, the Anarchist Art Festival at the Living Theater will feature “Seven Meditations on Political Sado Masochism” today and tomorrow and the Anarchist Art Laboratory “Deconstructing Power, Creating New Routes” on Sunday.