Q&A with Emily Pohl-Weary on the Parkdale Street Writers Workshop
This Friday, July 1 at 7pm at the Gladstone Hotel, the Parkdale Street Writers Workshop launches Underground Inspirations, a beautiful […]
Toronto Zine Library Reopens
“To me the space is important as an example of creativity, community and solidarity coming together without commercial expectations.”
Introducing Our Spring Issue: America the Absurd
Boots Riley tells us about the absurd and how it functions as a satirical language that can speak far more eloquently when the world is on fire. All that and more in our latest issue!
Your Own Personal Joker
Filmmaker Vera Drew wanted to reclaim the clown prince of crime with The People’s Joker. Now she has to fight the real supervillains to bring her Joker to the people.
Review: The Love Of My Life Doesn’t Use Dating Apps (but maybe they’ll read this zine)
Not only is Cleopatria hilarious, they’re the kind and generous sort of artist who will proofread your bad poetry for you before you commit to screen-printing it.
Faith and Comics. Love and Rockets.
As someone who looked up to female punk music icons and also struggled with her own Catholic faith, I felt like Love and Rockets was attuned to me and my sensibilities.
Call for Submissions: HOCUS OVER THE THRESHOLD
Submissions In honour of the solstice, the theme is OVER THE THRESHOLD. Send your stories and poems of planetary […]
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Mr. Monitor
Check for weekly episodes of Mr. Monitor at www.brokenpencil.com/mrmonitor throughout the summer.
Editor’s Note
When I was 17 and looking for people to relate to, Broken Pencil was my enlightenment. The first copy of […]
Border Patrol
A surveillance of small presses outside the Canadian border By Spencer Gordon Mud Luscious Press As the ground freezes […]
50 People (And Places) We Love
By Brooke Ford, Lindsay Gibb, Nathaniel G. Moore, Hal Niedzviecki, Richard Rosenbaum, Ian Sullivan Cant & Derek Winkler For our […]
Broken Pencil’s 15 Year Timeline
1995: Hal Niedzviecki and Hilary Clark drink several pitchers of beer at the now defunct Beverly Tavern. Hal: We should […]
Despite What You’ve Heard, Zines Aren’t Dead
Liz Worth investigates the survival of zines and finds that they’re more important than ever “In web-centric world of 1,001 […]
Questionnaire with Broken Arts: Small Press of Toronto Spring Fair 2011 Edition
In anticipation of Small Press of Toronto Spring Fair this weekend, Broken Pencil has put together some previews for you […]
The Advocate for Fagdom
Filmmaker and early zinester, Bruce LaBruce, has been an inspiration to many Canadian punks, gay activists, sexual liberators and general […]
Renegade Craft Season
By Grace Evans It’s craft season again across the U.S as the summer Renegade Craft Fair winds its way through […]
To Do List: Toronto Comic Arts Fest
Did you know there’s some 300 cartoonists attending this weekend’s Toronto Comic Arts Festival? That is one certifiable clusterfuck of […]
TUFF Now Accepting Submissions
The Toronto Urban Film Festival needs YOU! Well, not you specifically. Just your homemade silent one-minute films that you keep […]