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SAME PAGE ART BOOK FAIR

Presented by Gertrude and Perimeter, Same Page brings together a select network of imprints, publishers and distributors who share a commitment to supporting artists, writers and thinkers. Taking place annually since 2023 in Naarm / Melbourne, the bespoke art book fair is a community-oriented event, highlighting the practices of small presses and collective activities in contemporary art publishing.

Alongside a curated selection of stalls, Same Page also features public programs and book launches all weekend.

To see what previous iterations of Same Page have entailed, see the archives below:

2025
2024
2023

Perimeter and Gertrude respectfully acknowledge the Wurundjeri People of the Kulin Nation as the Traditional Owners of the land on which Same Page operates, and we acknowledge that this land is unceded. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.

GERTRUDE is a not-for-profit contemporary art organisation and studio complex that has been supporting contemporary artists for over 40 years. Gertrude is valued nationally and respected internationally as a dynamic centre for the production and presentation of contemporary art.

Gertrude enables creative and professional development in its strong community of arts practitioners through the studio program and the exhibition program, run across two venues. Artists are connected to Gertrude’s diverse audience through the exhibition program, education workshops and public programs. This nexus between art practitioners and audience is essential to all of Gertrude's activities.

Gertrude is assisted by the Visual Arts, Craft and Design Framework, an initiative of the Australian, State and Territory Governments; and the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria.

gertrude.org.au

PERIMETER is a specialised bookstore, award-winning publisher, distribution house and platform for various art publishing endeavours in Naarm / Melbourne, Australia.

Founded in 2011, Perimeter Books stocks a selective range of independently published books, editions and zines spanning photography, art, theory, text and the more lateral ends of design and architecture. The store also curates an active program of exhibitions, talks, launches, workshops and consultations, and co-presents Same Page Art Book Fair with Gertrude Contemporary (Melbourne), and Volume: Another Art Book Fair with Printed Matter Inc. (NY) and Artspace (Sydney). In 2012, Perimeter launched its in-house publishing imprint Perimeter Editions, which has since gone on to publish more than one hundred titles, winning several awards and exhibiting at key art book fairs in the United States, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. Perimeter Editions also publishes two biennial book prizes – the Perimeter Small Book Prize and the PHOTO x Perimeter International Photobook Prize. Perimeter Distribution, the business’s wholesale arm, began trade in 2013, and now represents some of the world’s leading independent photography, art, design and theory publishers. Perimeter Distribution is also the Australian/NZ sales agent for global Amsterdam-based distribution house Idea Books.

Perimeter has curated various outposts and libraries for institutions, galleries and spaces, including Centre for Contemporary Photography (CCP), Book Coffee Print Work Shop, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, StandardX Hotel, and The Commons in Melbourne; Hotel Hotel and Nishi Gallery in Canberra; and the Institute of Modern Art (IMA) in Brisbane.

perimeterbooks.com