Are We Really Depressed?
Non-fiction depression literature is a pretty lame genre filled with personal accounts, self-help programs, inflammatory warnings, and many many patronizing […]
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Fringe Festivals
Fringe Festivals Splattered against the summer landscape of Canada, when zine folks don’t spend quite as much time in their […]
Dis-assembly required: The re-related elements of a pre-fabricated world
According to Billy Reuben – the straight man in the Juxtsuppose comedy duo — “The juxtapositioning of totally unrelated elements […]
Norval No More
moccasins by Angela Swedberg, photo by Christi Belcourt INSPIRED BY IDLE NO MORE, FIRST NATIONS, METIS AND […]
Rae Spoon: Prairie Fire
As an artist in the public eye, Rae Spoon has felt a constant pressure to define and label themself. The […]
Event Profile – Vector: Game + Art Convergence
Video games and gaming culture are starting to form an inescapable part of the debate on what is art and what […]
The Year the Punk Book Broke
Indie publishers are suddenly seeing the value of documenting punk history. Ian Gormely investigates why authors and first-wave punks are […]
Reading Between the Bars
In Canada and the U.S., zines are thriving in an unlikely place: prison by Ashleigh Gaul For most zinesters and […]
The YA Underground
Canada’s indie genre publishers are reaching the teen market by Alison Lang As a young reader, stuck in the netherworld […]
Indie Won. Now What?
Note: The essay below, published in October 2010 in Issue 49 of Broken Pencil, has been chosen as one of […]
Arrested Artists
Tara-Michelle Ziniuk investigates the growing role the DIY arts are playing in reflecting the experiences of political prisoners in North […]
Food Not Bands
Why Indie Food Can Leave A Funny Taste in Your Mouth by Ryan Bigge APPETIZER On March 4th of this […]