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On New Years Eve, Silver Sprocket rang things in on a damp note. Their HQ was slammed by historic rain. Here's how the radical publisher spared their stock from the flood.
"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."
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.
Life doesn’t unfold in a neat narrative, neither does Kelly Fruh's brief, deft, illustrated vignettes.
There are brighter days underground. Our latest issue features Cruelty Squad creator and Finnish artist Ville Kallio speaking about the anticipated follow-up to his unlikely hit and giving video games an overdue shock to their system.
Overview “Urban Legends” is a compilation zine about urban legends, local myths, and folklore. Share your writing or art that’s […]
View all Calls for SubmissionsFor teens 13-19! Broken Pencil is proud to help our friends at the Toronto Public Library get the word out […]
Toronto writer Sheila Heti has brought back to life an artists’ survey she conducted over 10 years ago in a […]
Back in 2008, Brainscan and Stolen Sharpie Revolution creator Alex Wrekk proposed an International Zine Month to the users of […]
Gallery and studio space cre8ery is located in a non-descript building in Winnipeg’s Exchange District. Established in 2006 by artist […]
Unconventional, not-for-profit publishing house, the Book Bakery, is hosting a fun-filled fair tomorrow night (Wednesday) with carnival games, a bake […]
The Monkey’s Paw, named for W.W. Jacobs’ 1912 horror short story about a monkey paw talisman, is a secondhand bookstore […]
After 18-years as a print-based litzine, Edmonton’s long-running Urban Graffiti has officially transitioned onto the worldwide web. Still the same […]
Today is the big day: Small Press of Toronto Spring Fair starts at 11 am to 5 pm and is […]
For those still resisting/actively hating all things social media and the internet, check out these fun literary Twitter accounts that […]
With only a few days left before the Small Press of Toronto’s Spring Fair, where an ensemble of small presses, […]
It’s official, people: Broken Pencil can no longer receive mail. We knew it was coming, but rather than read the […]
It is perhaps un-journalistical of me to declare unabashed love for one small press in a sea of small presses […]