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An interview with CBC Realtime’s [former] host, Leora Kornfeld (Editor’s Note: Since the appearance of this interview, the CBC has […]
It Was Fun Until It Wasn’t: Broken Pencil, 1995-2024
It is with profound sadness that I announce the closure of Broken Pencil Magazine, an independent publication I co-founded 30 […]
BP is Closed, But You Can Still Access Our Archives
Dear friends, Broken Pencil’s fabulous thirty year run has concluded. But we are going to keep our website and archives […]
Review: Nothing Without Us Too
With many of these speculative stories rooted in sci-fi, the line between reality and metaphor nearly disappears, playing with a reader’s inability to clearly differentiate between fact and fiction when it comes to the realities of disability.
Review: Beat The Rust
Life doesn’t unfold in a neat narrative, neither does Kelly Fruh's brief, deft, illustrated vignettes.
Poster Boy: Dril On Art, Philosophy, Life Beyond Twitter, All That Garbage
"People will beg for AI-free content like they do for water that isn’t tainted with lead. And when AI becomes synonymous with ‘Shit,’ it will die like every other Silicon Valley Clown Show and nobody will miss it."
Call for Submissions: Urban Legends
Overview “Urban Legends” is a compilation zine about urban legends, local myths, and folklore. Share your writing or art that’s […]
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Where the Action Is
There is one thing that the kids want to know and that is: where the action is! This intrepid reporter […]
Radio 3 Witness
From Kabbala To Cassette Culture Phrases like “Lo-Fi” and “4-Track” generally have a real specific usage for us Music Critics, […]
Photocopied Politics
Zines (re)Produce a New Activist Culture Putting out a zine, any zine, is a political act. Whether it’s the high […]
Feisty Femmes and Great Guys
Donna Laframboise Liberates Man from Feminism Donna Laframboise has been attacking feminism for years in her writing. But now, through […]
Fledgling Montreal Storefronts Distribute the Local Alternative
For awhile now in Montreal we’ve seen various scenes start growing again, as more and more people join the folks […]
Action for your Ezine: A Web Dick’s Guide
It was way too late on a Wednesday night and I was holed up at the House of Donuts, trying […]
Your Own Worst Enemy
In his newest zine-venture, Cygnals Scott bounces between features on schizophrenics (in pictures and in their own words) and stories […]
John Revolta (et la television)
Once again, an ingeniously different format for this one. And once again, some fine, highly original work by the Swiz […]
I Was a Teenage Masochist
My friend Karen and I had been going to this hotel lounge. It had deep loveseats and a dark interior […]
The Car Wreck Story
I’ve been walking a lot lately. When the new year came I had a notion that perhaps winter was going […]
Boo-Boo
I’ve been trying to get the details of this story for awhile now, but it’s been extremely difficult because my […]