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New zines for sale on our website

Have a look on our website for new zines. http://www.zineshop.com.au We have about 360 for sale at the moment from various Australian/international zinemakers.

http://www.zineshop.com.au/collections/frontpage/products/bespoke…

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Added by Bird in the Hand Zine Shop on November 5, 2010 at 2:59am — No Comments

Zine Shop! Looking for more zines

Hey there,

I'm Susy Pow from Bird in the Hand. We're an exclusively zine selling shop in Newcastle, Australia with about 150 zines currently for sale. We'd like more. We've got empty shelves waiting for more.

Head over to http://zines.wordpress.com/123 for all the details please!!!

Added by Bird in the Hand Zine Shop on August 23, 2009 at 9:48am — No Comments

UPCOMING ZINE EVENTS IN AUSTRALIA

There’s some zine fairs and zine haps I thought I’d update you all on.

May 24 – Sydney

ZINE FAIR – In association w/ Sydney Writer’s Festival

Venue: Museum of Contemporary Art

Times: 11:00am to 5:00pm

This zine fair has more than 40 stallholders & some panels going on at the same time. Info on the panels is here: (link). Bird in the Hand and friends are located close to the bar – Tables 1,2,3 etc. Hope to see you there! Come say hello and buy some of our 70+… Continue

Added by Bird in the Hand Zine Shop on May 27, 2009 at 4:56am — No Comments

Adelaide, Aus - New Zine Shop

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Adelaide Zine Shop

27 May, 2009 · No Comments

A new zine shop is soon to open in Adelaide and while in itself this is a great thing, it won’t survive on its own. They’ll be needing you dearly right now to fill those shelves and tables with your amazing zines. The shop will be opening on Sunday 7 June at a premises on 23 Peel St [between Hindley &… Continue

Added by Bird in the Hand Zine Shop on May 27, 2009 at 4:55am — No Comments

Help!

Hello friends,

We’re hoping you might be able to help. To keep the online store open, it costs us far more than the small amounts we get from selling zines. We want to keep growing the zine distro and expanding the possbilities for the zinemakers we stock. To do this, we currently rely on people ordering things online, at zine fairs, and also the money we get from sales of Susy Pow’s zines - Tea & Biscuits, Don’t Panic, Everything Was Beautiful & Nothing Hurt, Comparisons Between… Continue

Added by Bird in the Hand Zine Shop on April 8, 2009 at 6:33am — No Comments

Neverending Creation Project

If you’ve been toiling around my traps recently you may have been cajoled and accosted by me to do whatever-the-fuck-you-want to one page in a little zine-like scrapbook I’ve been creating and letting you create. The first book is nearly full. It’s full of things by (off the top of my head):

Simon Unwin (of the band, Intentions)

Jodie Brabin (of the Dep’t of Ageing)

Catman (of the zine, Krumpets, and the music Catman)

Dan Bolton (of that old band Faux Hawks)

Maddy… Continue

Added by Bird in the Hand Zine Shop on April 8, 2009 at 6:32am — 3 Comments

Mini Zine Call Out for the Distro!!!!

Hi all,

I'm looking for some mini zines for my distro. Currently, most of the stock is 1/2 size but I'd like to get some smaller things (1/4 size or 1/8 size). Little comics, little how to guides. little zines!!!!!!!

The distro is online at www.zines.bigcartel.com and on my blog www.zines.wordpress.com. I've been getting HEAPS of orders online lately and having those smaller zines… Continue

Added by Bird in the Hand Zine Shop on March 19, 2009 at 7:36pm — 1 Comment

Lots of New things in the Distro!

Well, there’s plenty of excitement abrewin’ on my end. New deliveries each day………eeeep!!! Here’s the stuff that’s online now and trust there’ll be more to come - (I still need to put up this AMAZING bird-related comic journal from Melbourne, which came highly recommended from Luke Sticky & a new issue of Zine World & more things from Sandy)

Musicological Review Quarterly … amazing..written by a wonderful Sydneysider named Sandy

The Cat Who Lost Her Whiskers … v… Continue

Added by Bird in the Hand Zine Shop on March 18, 2009 at 6:12pm — No Comments

MIXTAPE ZINE ISSUE 8 HAS LANDED

The new issue of Mixtape has hit my letterbox and excited me just a little too much. I've stuck it up on my Online Store for all you shoppers out there..........

"This is a beautifully crafted zine. Since its humble beginnings, Mixtape has grown from strength to strength. What began as an exciting project between two crafty females from Melbourne has become a very professionally printed, full colour zine that is still all about DIY and a strong love of art.

Issue 8… Continue

Added by Bird in the Hand Zine Shop on March 5, 2009 at 8:30pm — No Comments

Dave Roche "On Subbing" Sydney Zine Reading Tour

WHEN: Monday 16 March 2009 - 6pm

WHERE: 54 Old Canterbury Road Lewisham

BRING: Zines to trade, snacks to eat, voice to do yr own readings...

When: Tuesday 17 March 2009 - 7pm

Where: Black Rose Books, 22 Enmore… Continue

Added by Bird in the Hand Zine Shop on February 25, 2009 at 7:30pm — No Comments

Call for Zine Exhibition

Hi,

I'm organising a zine exhibition for around March with various zinemakers - a collective, if you like - and I wondered whether you had a zine ready or something you'd like to make, which could be included in the exhibition?

There will be pages (or excerpts) from zines blown up to larger sizes and displayed on the wall in whichever creative form the zinemaker wants. For example, simple A3 or A2 sized posters or on canvasses or inside books hung on the wall... The… Continue

Added by Bird in the Hand Zine Shop on January 6, 2009 at 9:19pm — No Comments

Merry Christmas

Just wanted to wish everyone a very merry christmas and enjoy the season wherever you are!

Added by Bird in the Hand Zine Shop on December 24, 2008 at 1:40am — 1 Comment

I'm Really Excited

I just wanted to post and say how EXCITED I am about today and what today brings.

Today is a zine fair at the Penrith Regional Gallery in Emu Plains. I am especially delighted today because I have loads of new stock in the distro and I can't wait to see Tiny Paper Hearts new felt animals. I also can't wait to find a new notebook to spew my thoughts into all the time. It's been far too long without a pen in my bag.

Besides this, I also just sent off some $$ for a zine grab… Continue

Added by Bird in the Hand Zine Shop on November 28, 2008 at 8:49pm — 3 Comments

Send your zines to me!

If you'd like to submit your zines for possible inclusion in Bird in the Hand Zine Distro, you'll need to post me one copy of each zine you'd like to have considered. Here is my address:

Susy Pow!
54 Old Canterbury Road
Lewisham NSW 2049
Australia

xo Bird in the Hand

Added by Bird in the Hand Zine Shop on November 25, 2008 at 5:07pm — 1 Comment

Zine World #26

Hi y'all,

Just got Zine World #26 in stock - don't have many copies though! So if you want one get in quick. They're $7 + postage. Will only post these within Australia. See more info on this issue via http://www.zines.wordpress.com

Added by Bird in the Hand Zine Shop on November 24, 2008 at 6:43pm — 2 Comments

Let us trade zines!!!!

Yesterday I started a group on We Make Zines called Lets Trade Zines! I was hoping to be able to get all the zinemakers together who want to trade zines and make it easier for them to trade. Sometimes I contact people and I am a little worried that they won't want to trade with me. This group means people will post up a comment and that will act as a surety that they want to trade!!! I've already had one request for my zines from the Lets Trade Zines so I hope many more will come.

Added by Bird in the Hand Zine Shop on November 21, 2008 at 6:20pm — No Comments

Bee on Our Mailing List... bzzz

Bird in the Hand Zine Distro is starting a Mailing List for all you zineloving gangsters out there...

I don't want to miss out on anyone who would like to be a part of this.

Please let me know

a) your name

b) your email address

c) (optional) your postal address - I will, at some point, post you delightful zine-related goodness, which may very well include free zines, homemade art and other creative things.

All details are kept private. You will… Continue

Added by Bird in the Hand Zine Shop on November 4, 2008 at 9:13pm — No Comments

I made a weblog

You can see it!!!

http://www.zines.wordpress.com

http://www.myspace.com/quietchirps

rss the wordpress or bookmark it because I will obviously be adding things to it regularly.

xo chirp chirp

Added by Bird in the Hand Zine Shop on October 16, 2008 at 7:54am — No Comments

Life Without Internet

Well, it seems my life has changed in many ways in the last ho hum... week and a half. Not too long ago my boyfriend kicked my ass to the curb and this provided the catalyst for a world of physical change (and emotional growth).

I left the tiny apartment we shared last week and moved into an even smaller sunroom of a bedroom. I purged my belongings into this small space and started negotiating my way around housemates again. We're designing a vegie patch in the backyard for… Continue

Added by Bird in the Hand Zine Shop on October 13, 2008 at 10:48pm — 1 Comment

Desperately Seeking... Cooking Zines!

Do you talk about your fetish for cupcakes or your undying devotion to large pots of soup?

Do you have a thousand recipes in your head just waiting to burst out onto paper? Do you make a recipe zine?

DO YOU HAVE A FOOD ZINE? Is really what I am asking you.

Because if you do, I am desperate for it. I want to cook some new food and I want to share it with the people who buy things from my zine distro. Get in contact...now!… Continue

Added by Bird in the Hand Zine Shop on October 6, 2008 at 5:37pm — 3 Comments