July 2011 Blog Posts (64)

I haven't written on here in a long time! Most of my zine news goes on my blog: http://vanessaberryworld.wordpress.com but I thought I'd check in here with a little bit about my most recent zine.

It's a Disposable…

I'm new here so it seems a good idea to introduce myself... I'm a writer from the Netherlands who's fond of zines. I publish a small literary zine called 'De Kutgitaar' (the shitty guitar) and compose zines of all kind from stories, poetry and comics. Most of them are in Dutch, one is German and I'm planning to make an English one soon. 

The zines so far:

http://denieuwes.com/zines/

This weekend is a rare beast - I actually have it off.

Tomorrow (Saturday) I will be taking part in the 24 Hour Zine Thing event that Tangleball in Auckland is hosting. From noon Saturday til noon Sunday I will be taking part in an event of concentrated creativity.

It is the first time I have done the 24 Hour Zine Challenge, I have done NaNoWriMo and the like before - a month of writing madness but I have never done a full on challenge in such a short space of time.

I am…

I've started a zine promotion project on Twitter. It's located atwww.twitter.com/zinenews. If you would like your zine plugged there, simply drop me a message to my We Make Zines inbox which has the following information:

The name of your zine, some details about it and whether you do trades, distro, etc and a mailing address for same.

The web address for your zine's blog or Etsy shop

Most…

These days, the Ms Valerie Park Distro is glamorously operating from many different locations at once. We’re in Olympia packing orders and stocking shelves and (at the same time!) out on the road doing paperwork and responding to emails. It makes us feel big, grand even. But we’re trying to not let…

ABSTRACT BY NATURE IS HERE!!! MY FIRST ZINE!!!

UP FOR TRADE OR $3.00 DONATION. PLEASE CONTACT ME!!

http://www.etsy.com/listing/76393343/abstract-by-nature?ref=pr_shop

'Shape & Situate: Posters of Inspirational European Women' is a zine of posters made by artists and DIY creative folk within Europe, each poster highlighting the (often hidden) history and lives of radical inspirational women and collectives from Europe, as a way of connecting us with the past, the present, and to help us to make sure that there will be a future which contains such creative and pioneering female action and activity. The zine aims to activate feminist cultural memory, to…

I saw that we hadn't updated this blog in a long time. I think It would be a bit redundant to do so since we have our main page/blog elsewhere. I will however direct you to where you can find our blogging, catalog and links to cool stuff here Las Vegas Zine Library ! If you come through Las Vegas be sure to visit us, as we're downtown and easy to locate for those of you not familiar with life outside the strip YET. :) You…

I thought it would be nice to show you how my sketches and doodles are born. At the minute I’m catching up with writing letters to people and most include a little drawing. I used to include sketches in letters to fill the void as writing isn’t my strong point so I never wrote much. Now with practice I’m getting more confident with writing but the drawings still remain. Its also these sketches which make up my zone of lunch time doodles. Just drop…

Zero Hour is unlike the other issues of Printaissance in some very key ways, while remaining true to some of the style and format that has made Printaissance so popular among ones of readers. A very random mix of rants, musings, poems, Dr. Who trivia/game and oh so much more that all came together in under 24 to meet the deadline for the 24hr. Zine Thing 2011.

Just like all Printaissance issues there is a two page ‘centerfold’, this one contains a timeline of the construction of the…

The new issue of Reclusive Obscenities is now available for trade. I would prefer to trade for another zine, but if you don’t do a zine of your own, I’ll trade for anything you would like, stickers, postcards, stationary, buttons & pins, art, anything hand made… Pretty much anything you would like as long as it’s vegan.

Email me for trades or if you have any questions.

This is my…

We (Vanessa, Tim and I) are organising a zine fair!

It is called the Snapdragon Zine Fair and it's going to be at The Red Rattler theatre, 6 Faversham St Marrickville, on the 4th of September! There is more information about it here on our blog, but…

Basically this one's supposed to be a sort of "101" (hopefully more along the lines of "Not Your Mom's Trans 101" in taking a more radical perspective) to the issues of Autistic rights activism (I'd say neurodiversity but there's broader concerns in that that aren't addressed here; however, effort is being made to not be erase-y or otherwise problematic about the struggles of other neurodivergent groups, especially since the contributors/probable contributors fall into several…