Grrrlblud
sharpener: Grrrlblud Archiving riot grrrl’s zine history By A. Wolfe Folded once, saddle-stitched and greased silky with the grips of […]
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Product of the Issue
Sharpener: Product of the Issue Domo arigatoo, Distroboto By Norah Franklin In 2001, Louis Rastelli of Archive Montreal launched his first […]
Freehand Books Arrives
Sharpener: Freehand Books Arrives By Elysia Bryan Freehand Books is a new independent press in Canada’s mid-west. A few Calgary shareholders […]
Charting Alt-Comedy in Canada
Sharpener: Charting Alt-Comedy in Canada By Laura Trethewey Across the country, burgeoning comedy troupes are collecting fans hungry for original humour. […]
Hamilton Arts and Letters
Sharpener: Hamilton Arts and Letters By Norah Franklin In May 1, 2008, editor Paul Lisson and art director Peter Stevens launched […]
The Lonely Insanity of B-seventeen
Sharpener: The Lonely Insanity of B-seventeen By Nathaniel G. Moore B-seventeen, the pouting kidnapped dungeon girl of Dick Cheney is the […]
Less Stupider & Vulgar
Sharpener: Less Stupider & Vulgar By Serah-Marie McMahon The Kidnappers have been friends since high school, and it shows. Moving on […]
Boy-o-Boylesque
Sharpener: Boy-o-Boylesque By Tara-Michelle Ziniuk Who: Christopher Hayden a.k.a Bruin Pounder What: Member of BoylesqueTO Where: Boy O Boy Cabaret. Also […]
Black Bile is Anything but Precious
By Spencer Gordon Bored by the upper middle class, educated anxieties endlessly detailed in our major literary journals? Tired of bloodless, […]
Brave New Writing Workshops
By Brooke Ford If the feeling of disappointment over the closure of certain indie retailers is sitting heavily, if the news […]
Publishing gets Mobile with Microcosm’s Zine Trike
By Sara Ritchie In a digital world, when print feels like it is going the way of the dinosaur, Microcosm […]
For the Love of a Good Beard
By Grace Evans Rosemary Travale likes to draw things that make her laugh. The Hamilton, Ontario-based artist, participating in this year’s […]