Feature: Soundbites from the Funhouse
Feature: Soundbites from the Funhouse Six creative types reveal what makes them laugh By Nathaniel G. Moore Elyse Friedman: “I once […]
Information To Include In Your Own Post-Roe Infozine
It’s key that we build strong, autonomous local networks to support patients including secure treatment pathways in advance of any […]
How Zines Defend Abortion Access
2021 was an extraordinary, schismatic year for abortion politics globally. Some governments lifted long-standing prohibitions against abortion or loosened […]
Welcome To This
Welcome To This Marta Chudolinska, 12 pgs, Private Spectacle Press, https://martachudolinska.com/ Welcome To This is made up of several illustrations […]
Slow Heal: a zine on how to help yourself feel better after a breakup
Slow Heal Stellan Tobias, 20 Pages, self-published, $8, IG @servallystellan This zine, nominated in the comics category for the BP […]
About the Zine Awards
Founded in 2017, Broken Pencil Zine Awards celebrates excellence in independent, underground zine making and micro-printing! Since its inception in […]
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New Moon Special: Tantric Submissions Every month on the Full and New Moons, Solstice wants to highlight one amazing writer. […]
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Feature: That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore
Feature: That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore There was a time when comedy was challenging and it took people out of […]
If You Can Find it
By Liz Worth Hamilton proto-punks Simply Saucer are often cited as southern Ontario’s answer to the Velvet Underground. Their cult following […]
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 […]
Interview: Ken Sparling
A BP online exclusive By Brooke Ford Ken Sparling, author of self-publishedHush Up and Listen Stinky Poo Butt, For Those Whom […]
Interview: Joey Comeau
A BP online exclusive By Brooke Ford “The literary world, especially regarding headless monstrosities with incomprehensible messages from beyond the grave, […]
Riot on Campus
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Cut and Paste Fish Sticks
Brooke Ford follows Rob Kovitz’s frozen odyssey By Brooke Ford “I have imagined a man who might live as the coldest […]
Escaping Sonja Ahlers
Canada’s collage queen hides out in the Yukon and finds her selves By Hal Niedzviecki Sonja Ahlers is currently hiding out […]