Author: chris

Thank you to all the folks who continue to donate to the Toronto Zine Library. Folks like Malcolm Rogge (donation pictured above) who help fill the gaps in our collections and keep the library interesting. *From a yet-to-be-catalogued donation…

Hey everybody! Your friends at the TZL want to wish y’all a happy Pride Week. We will be closed this Sunday, July 1st while the festivities are going on. Hope you have a safe and enjoyable weekend! xoxo.

doris #29 / quarter-size / perzine / Cindy Crabb Katze / odd-size / fanzine / various Pukernation! #4 / half-legal / perzine / anonymous & Dookie pitti platsch 3000 / odd-size / fanzine / Sam & Mawe A Queersafe Zine / half-size / gender / queer / Mary Potter Crime & Nourishment / odd-size /… Continue reading New additions for June 19, 2012

Last Night at the Casino / quarter-size / perzine / Billy Batmen Local 56 / quarter-size / comics / Lily Pepper Rumpshaker #6 / full-size / fanzine / Eric Weiss Cheaptoys #9 / quarter-size / perzine / Gizmo

 

Ravenswing is an annual festival of Crafts, zines, live music, skill-sharing workshops and the Clothesline Project. This Sunday, May 27th the TZL will be tabling all day in Minto Park on Elgin Street. At 3pm we will also be facilitating a short zine workshop in a series presented by Les Ateliers. Become a fan of… Continue reading Toronto Zine Library will be at Ottawa’s Ravenswing DIY Fair this Sunday, May 27th

The Vancouver Public Library is seeking new zines and self-published artists’ books to purchase for our collection. Please email zines@vpl.ca if you have any items you would like the library to purchase and add to our collection. If you live outside of Vancouver, we can arrange a mail order. Please contact me if you have… Continue reading Your zines, in a west coast library!!

Chickfactor #8 / full-size / fanzine / various Doris #18 / quarter-size / perzine / Cindy Crabb Introvert #5 / quarter-size / perzine / Nicole Mudflaps #2 / half-legal / comics / Nytsirk Noirrud The Pornographic Flabbergasted Emus / odd-size / Wred Fright Release #4 / full-size / Arie-Jan Bakker, Ramon Giorgi, and Markus Wawzyniak… Continue reading New additions for May 8, 2012

Varda de 5 a 10 / quarter-size / comics / Kristin Li For Lack of Better Words / quarter-size / perzine / Sarala B Eat World / half-size / art / Peter J. Lazarski Book Happy / full-size / fanzine / various Lemonbees / quarter-size / perzine/ Clara Bee Lavery bantha fodder #6 / half-size… Continue reading New additions for May 1, 2012

An interesting article on zines by Alana Kumbier, Library & Technology Services, Wellesley College I spent last Sunday afternoon at the Washington Street Art Center in Somerville, celebrating the arrival of spring with a roomful of artists and zine-makers. I had my doubts about whether this small, local event – the Spring Zine Thing –… Continue reading From “Unbound: Speculations on the Future of the Book”