Lee
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running an in-person zine distro
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Sheer Spite isn’t my first time running a zine-selling operation: from about 2012 to 2016, I ran a couple of zine racks in person in Ottawa, where I was living. I got started running a distro when I went to…
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on doing a giant mess of stuff as opposed to one streamlined thing
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So Sheer Spite does kind of a whole bunch of stuff. Here’s a list of types of things Sheer Spite sells: Print and digital zines that I (Lee, the sole person running this operation) wrote and published Print and digital…
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on sliding scale zine pricing, and the economics of running a tiny press
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Pricing creative work is notoriously difficult. I find it especially so for zines. In running Sheer Spite, two things that are important to me are supporting people in making some money from their creative work, and making beautiful and important…
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sheer spite’s fall/winter 2025 releases!
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I am exceptionally proud to announce a great lineup of new work for sheer spite’s fall/winter season! The U.S. store will be here soon– I know I’ve been saying that for a while, but zines are at the warehouse, and…
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Five things zine fairs do that I love
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Hello! I’ve been thinking about zine fairs (and book fairs, small press fairs, and other places where people stand behind a table and sell you little booklets). I’ve tabled at, I think, about 10 events this year, with a couple…
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hot hot zine summer ’25, what’s new?
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Hot summer, amazing art, lots of travel, global atrocities, the constant struggle to stay oriented towards justice and beauty and care, zines? Let’s go: The Writings of Shahd Alnaami, Gaza 2024 Israel continue to commit genocide in Palestine. One thing…
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what I learned from my zine tour
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I spent most of the spring in Europe doing a ~*~ zine business tour ~*~, which is kind of a wild thing to be able to do! I sold about a thousand zines, made amazing pals, ate great food, saw…
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spring 2025 zine lineup!
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We have a really thrilling spring lineup of new publications for you: I’ll talk more about each of these below, but I wanted to first let you know that from May 9 to June 19, the store will be closed…
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New release: Journey of a Speechless Man
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I’m so excited to share Sheer Spite Press’ newest release with you! Journey of a Speechless Man, Joseph Kapita Anyangya What would the speechless man say, if you ask him? In Sheer Spite Press’ second original publication, Joseph Kapita Anyangya…
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LOOK at my cool new banner!
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LOOK AT MY BEAUTIFUL BANNER! This is how you’ll be able to find me at future events: I embroidered it at the library makerspace, bought the fabric and thread from a very cute quilting store in my neighbourhood, the fringe…