Search results for: “Making Friends With Zines”
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Making Friends With Zines (print)
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A tribute to all the ways people can find each other and make and sustain connections through zines: trading through the mail, at zine fairs, by running a zine distro, on Discord, through zine libraries and zine librarianship, and by running a zine archive! (This zine was made as part of an internship at the…
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Making Friends With Zines (digital)
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A tribute to all the ways people can find each other and make and sustain connections through zines: trading through the mail, at zine fairs, by running a zine distro, on Discord, through zine libraries and zine librarianship, and by running a zine archive! (This zine was made as part of an internship at the…
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many new zines, upcoming events, & committing to PACBI
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I hope you’re having a good summer. It’s been a busy one for me!
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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 Dépanneur Le Pickup in Montreal, when I was living in Ottawa. It’s a little corner…
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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 unrolls a story that begins when he leaves the Democratic Republic of the Congo at…
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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 zines that other people wrote, and that Sheer Spite edits, designs, publishes, and distributes Print…
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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 more coming up before the year is through. Tabling at zine fairs brings in a…
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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 fascinating things, and saw so much wonderful artistic work. And, I am so happy to…
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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 for mail orders, although you’ll still be able to buy digital zines. (this is because…
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valentine season
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Unpopular opinion but Valentine’s Day is my favourite holiday. I’m currently working through a stack of about 100 valentines to send to friends all over the world. While there is no need for you to get on this level, you, too, can send weird mail to people you love. I’m here to help. Silly pink…