BP Zine Awards: Best Comic Zine 2020
Restless Bones by Shannon Reeves (Gytha Press) Calgary, Alberta A Magical Realist Horror about trauma, recovery, and a mysterious visitor. “She […]
TOOLKIT: How to Save Your Books From Flooding
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.
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."
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.
Introducing Broken Pencil 103: Cruel to be Kind
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.
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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Online Exclusive Fiction: Pandora’s Jar by Zainab Coovadia
Pandora’s Jar I have a clay jar in my room filled with evil spirits, the kind who whisper doubts […]
‘Year of the Rabbit’ captures the enduring humanity and resilience of Khim’s family
Year of the Rabbit Tian Veasna, translated by Helge Dascher, 380 pgs, Drawn & Quarterly, drawnandquarterly.com, $34.95 Revolutionary slogans are […]
Announcing the BP Zine Awards Winners 2020!
Well people, it’s official — we have our winners. Find out who won the Broken Pencil Zine Awards 2020, celebrating the best in English language zine publishing!
Our top 4 event picks for Vancouver Writers Fest 2020
Calling all book nerds! Vancouver Writers Fest encourages readers of all ages to explore the power of storytelling, and books, […]
Out of Salem
Out of Salem Hal Schrieve, Seven Stories Press/Triangle Square Zombies, witches, goth werewolves and the coming of age of a […]
Aurora Borealice
Aurora Borealice Joan Steacy, Conundrum Press A functional illiterate teaches us the value of education, and the flaws of the […]
Egg Cream
Egg Cream Liz Suburbia, Silver Sprocket/czap books Your local bookseller has already conveniently shelved this book under “DIY outcast community” […]
This Woman’s Work
This Woman’s Work Julie Delporte, Drawn & Quarterly Womanhood is about as easy a concept to pin down as a […]
Collapsible
Collapsible Tim Conley, New Star Books Just in time for April Fool’s Day, Collapsible contains the fable of the Evil Lesbian, a […]
Shut Up You’re Pretty
Shut Up You’re Pretty Téa Mutonji, VS. Books (Arsenal Pulp Press Imprint) We couldn’t wait to get our hot little […]
The Forbidden Purple City
The Forbidden Purple City Philip Huynh, Goose Lane Editions The title story of Vancouver-based lawyer-turned-writer Philip Huynh’s first book was […]