Q&A: Huynh talks tales from Vietnamese diaspora
The Forbidden Purple City Philip Huynh, Goose Lane Editions The title story of Vancouver-based lawyer-turned-writer Philip Huynh’s first book was […]
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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Q&A: Cullen’s Albertan novel is queer coming-of-age tale meets grieving family drama
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Q&A: Kimball on feminism leaving infertile women behind
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Spring 2019 Indie Book Picks
Here are our picks of the best 12 indie books coming out this spring! King of Joy Richard Chiem, Soft […]
Obsessive Pop Tendencies: Kalup Linzy on YouTube, soaps, and art world anxiety
Kalup Linzy straddles unexpected genres, media, and spaces. The Florida-born video and performance artist garnered considerable acclaim in the New […]
Enter the Staple Stanley Contest!
Put your creativity to the test with Broken Pencil‘s Staple Stanley Contest! Who’s Staple Stanley, you ask? Why he’s this […]
Online Exclusive Fiction: The Magpie
Magpies. That’s what my old man called ‘em. He worked in the coke ovens. Thirty-five years facing those gaping, lock-jawed […]
Zinester Joey Clift asks his artist mom how she does it
The Smell of Our Own is a column where artists interview, or are interviewed by, family members. In this edition, […]
Make Your Own Staple Stanley
Meet Staple Stanley, a sweet little guy plagued with anxiety and existential dread. If there’s one lesson we can learn […]