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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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Latest Reviews

Review: Love Is A Place But You Cannot Live There

The human brain and its capacity to love have never been simple. Jade Wallace’s poetry incites a lot of introspection into how we are connected to our environments in intimate ways, but not necessarily made loving by them.

Review: Feminism for a Genderqueer Generation

The way Melendez mixes theory with personal anecdotes is a graceful way to deliver intellectual critique with relatable humour. This is a strong, accessible read that even someone who might be hearing about “agender” for the first time can understand.

Review: People Collide

Unfolding like a thriller, People Collide is as much about marriage and what draws people together (and apart) as it is about gender or art.
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Latest Posts

The Canzine Portraits: Danila Botha

Hal Niedzviecki (Moderator)

Next up in our illustrations of Canzine performers, we bring you Danila Botha – a long-time Broken Pencil favourite – […]

Indie Events: September 19 – 26

Roxanne Hathway-Baxter

The insanity that is POP Montreal, book launches, activist bike rides and more in this week’s indie events listings… TORONTO […]

Lessons from the Trenches

Lindsay

A Few Things Artists Can Learn From Indie Game Developers Indie gaming is the new gold rush, where anyone has […]

The Canzine Portraits: Rob Benvie

Hal Niedzviecki (Moderator)

Canzine, Canada’s biggest zine fair, is only a few weeks away (Sunday, October 23) for Toronto and Canzine West in […]

Indie Events: September 12 -19

Roxanne Hathway-Baxter

Get your art crawl on in Toronto or cruise up to a bike drive-in in Hamilton, and more  in this […]

Indie Events for September 5 to 12

Art

Vegan potlucks, McLuhan improv and more in this week’s round-up of indie events. TORONTO: September 7, Mystical Endeavour, OCAD U […]

Jody Gets It

Lindsay

Jody runs across the patio and pushes over the terracotta flowerpot filled with Mom’s petunias. It makes a deep earthy […]