Small Press Virus Check-in
Independent publishers have been hard-pressed these past four months. Closed bookstores, little media attention, a distracted public, Amazon’s new hostility […]
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Putting Print Back on the Subway Map
It takes guts to open a business in real-estate mad Toronto these days, much less one with zines as its […]
The ultimate zine library catalogue has landed
Ten years ago, an ambitious band of zine librarians hatched a plan: to pull together all the catalogues of the […]
Pitch-off champs win a years’ rent, and bring their ‘Someday’ bookshop to life
[column size=one_half position=first ] Imagine this: a young couple hashes out a business plan to bring their media start-up dream […]
Zine Quest or zine fests? Kickstarter’s RPG zine promo grows, as do tensions
Last February, the internet’s most popular crowdfunding site spent a month specially promoting role-playing game (RPG) zine projects. By the […]
Beguiling launches steamy imprint
Festivals, bookstores and presses: the holy trinity of indie comics. TCAF co-founder and Beguiling owner Peter Birkemoe can now claim […]
Zine reports the grisly stories of HIV criminalization in Canada
In February of 2018, I joined a small but lively band of lunch hour protestors surrounding the door of the […]
Print’s new home for rural lesbians
Urban centres are known to be hubs of safety and culture for LGBTQ+ people. But what about those people under […]
Podcasting possible worlds
Attention, science fiction writers! Maggie MacDonald wants you to pick up the mic. With both the podcast boom and the […]
Pencil Sharpener: Beyond the Duplex Planet
Way back in 1976, David Greenberger created The Duplex Planet, a zine inspired by conversations with seniors in the nursing […]
Pencil Sharpener: ZINEmercado makes many homes
Some big, deeply rooted zine festivals settle in, becoming destination events for zinesters far and wide. Others, like Chicago’s ZINEmercado, […]
Pencil Sharpener: Documenting SF’s Shadow Economy
In the midst of a “21st century tech gold rush,” Nick Marzano is more interested in what’s happening in the […]