Experiment
Experiment: Printing the Canadian Imagination
Extended to Thursday, September 13th
Curator: David McKnight
This exhibition showcases some highlights from an extensive collection of Canadian little magazines, Canadian small press and micro-press imprints (including most of the 1,500 Coach House Press titles), and a complementary research archive. As a determined collector/librarian imbued with considerable passion and resolve, David McKnight invested 30 years developing a private collection that has considerable potential for research on Canadian Modernist poetry, avant-garde literature, and the production of small magazines in Canada. The “David McKnight Canadian Little Magazine and Small Press Collection” was generously donated to the Peel library by David McKnight and Lillian Eyre in memory of Professor Wynne Francis, and this exhibition will unveil the collection publicly for the first time. The catalogue for this exhibition can be viewed alongside the exhibition and can be purchased through University of Alberta Press or Indigo or in person in the Peel library for $40 (cash only, no dealers).
