Zine News Round-Up, 16.03.14

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1.            New Releases

2.            Upcoming Events

3.            Submission Calls

4.            A.O.B.

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1.New Releases

Poor Lass, a zine about working-class women, released its 3^rd issue this month!  Details here: https://www.facebook.com/PoorLassZine  

Split perzine ‘Mythologising Me #8 / Not Lonely #8’ was published this weekend. Buy your copy at https://www.etsy.com/shop/mythologisingme!

Issue #123 of Bi Community News, the UK’s biggest-selling bisexual zine, is available to buy now at http://bicommunitynews.co.uk/.  They also offer great subscription rates!

I published a full colour zine titled ‘Ways in which I am like my dog’, which is available to buy from my website for 50p! www.catherineelms.co.uk

New UK perzine Shelf Life is out now, featuring pieces on anxiety, obsessions, roller derby and university.  Buy a copy at http://etsy.com/uk/listing/177435234/shelf-life-1-zine.

Literary zine Hand Job #4 is out now!  Check it out at http://handjobzine.wordpress.com.

UK perzine Opinionated Nobody #7 is out now, which is all about the author turning 30.  Contact Rebs at clumsykisses @ gmail.com to buy or trade a copy.

D&D Virgin #2 is out now – buy a copy at www.marchingstars.co.uk.

MH perzine Unblissfully #2 was published last month – buy a copy at the author’s etsy store.

Your Pretty Face Is Going Straight To Hell #19 was published this weekend!  Details on buying/trading can be found here: http://tukru.vampiresushi.co.uk/blog/?p=514

Burnout (a minizine about burnout and self-care) is available for only 50p from Cool Schmool: http://coolschmool.bigcartel.com/product/burnout 

Athemaura #12 was also published this weekend, in time for Yorkshire Zine Weekender (you've all been such busy bees!) - lots of info here: http://athemaura.weebly.com/1/post/2014/03/new-issue-of-athemaura.html 

2.Upcoming Events

'Dare to be free': a women's history zine making workshop: 29^th March 2014, 13.30-16.30 at The National Archives in Kew.  A collaborative zine will be made during the course of the workshop!  Info here: http://nationalarchives.gov.uk/events/dare-to-be-free.htm

Alternative Press Fair: 10 May 2014, Bishopsgate Institute, London.  To take part as an exhibitor please apply for a table here: www.alternativepress.org.uk.   Spaces are limited and deadline is 5pm on 19th March.

Dublin Zine Fair: August 2014, date TBC.  The organisers are offering FREE tables for international zinesters, so email asap to register your interest!  Sarahbracken @ hotmail.com.

3.Submission Calls

‘Stories from Space Camp’ is looking for submissions for their second issue, on the theme of “bodies”.  Submissions from people who feel alienated from mainstream sci fi & fantasy media are particularly welcome. Check out the Facebook page for more info: https://www.facebook.com/StoriesFromSpaceCamp.

‘Sonorus: Feminist Perspectives on Harry Potter’ is looking for submissions for its second issue – deadline now extended to 29 March!  Lots of details on the website: http://sonoruszine.wordpress.com

Hand Job Literary Zine are looking for submissions for their next issue!  Email the editors at handjobzine @ gmail.com for more info, or visit www.handjobzine.wordpress.com.

4.A.O.B.

Did we miss anything?  Let us know – spillthezinesuk @ gmail.com .

Zine News Round-Up, 12.01.14

via @fanzines

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1.         New Releases

2.         Upcoming Events

3.         Submission Calls

4.         A.O.B.

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1.New Releases

Sci-fi and fantasy quarterly zine ‘Stories From Space Camp’ published its first issue this month. This issue’s theme is “assimilation and liberation”.  To buy a copy, get in touch with the editor at http://storiesfromspacecamp.tumblr.com/post/72497962890/stories-from-space-camp-is-a-zine-featuring

Long-running review blog ‘The Girls Are’ published its first paper issue in December!  It’s dedicated to women in music, and features articles, reviews, artwork and more.  Buy a copy at their store: http://www.thegirlsare.com/store/

Litzine ‘Handjob’ has published its second issue this winter – to buy copies, visit handjobzine.bigcartel.com

The  new winter issue of compzine ‘What’s the time, Mrs Woolf’ is out now! Previews and further information at http://whatsthetimemrswoolf.tumblr.com/post/69871784557.

Issue #2 of feminist perzine ‘Sympathy for the Strawberry’ is available to buy or trade now – to get your hands on a copy, get in touch with the author Caitlin.

Split perzine ‘Hedgehog in the Fog #6 / Not Lonely #7’ was published last week.  Get in touch with the authors Emma or Hannah for your copy!

‘Adventures in Menstruating Comic/Poetry Special #1’ was published in time for last month’s Queer Zine Fest London, and can be purchased at Marching Stars distro.

Issue #122 of Bi Community News, the UK’s biggest-selling bisexual zine, is available to buy now at http://bicommunitynews.co.uk/back-issues/.  They also offer great subscription rates!

2.Upcoming Events

Salford Zine Library Classification Party: Saturday 18 January, 2pm @ Salford Zine Library, Manchester.  Details and RSVP here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1444558759091248/

Margate Zine Fair: Saturday 1^st – Sunday 2^nd February.  Including workshops and live music.  Details here: http://wolfzines.tumblr.com/margatezinefair

Yorkshire Zine Weekender: Saturday 15^th – Sunday 16^th March, Sheffield and Leeds.  Sheffield Zine Fest will take place on Saturday 15^th at Electric Works, then Leeds Zine Fair will be on Sunday 16^th.  Check out this page for more information on the event, and how to apply for a table or workshop: http://sheffieldzinefest.wordpress.com/2013/12/05/sheffield-zine-fest-and-yorkshire-zine-weekender-2014/

3.Submission Calls

Poor Lass, a zine about working-class women, is looking for submissions for its 4th issue!  The theme is ‘relationships’. Details here: https://www.facebook.com/PoorLassZine

‘Stories from Space Camp’ is looking for submissions for their second issue, on the theme of “bodies”.  Submissions from people who feel alienated from mainstream sci fi & fantasy media are particularly welcome. Check out the Facebook page for more info: https://www.facebook.com/StoriesFromSpaceCamp.

‘Sonorus: Feminist Perspectives on Harry Potter’ is looking for submissions for its second issue!  Lots of details on the website: http://sonoruszine.wordpress.com

Litzine ‘Hand Job’ is looking for written work to publish in its third issue.   For more details, or to get hold of issues 1 and 2, email handjobzine @ gmail.com.

‘Hard Femme’ #3 is looking for submissions!  Hard femme is about “being tough, poor, awkward, queer and non-traditionally femme in any way”.  Lots of details here: https://www.facebook.com/events/474013216041761/

4.A.O.B.

Check out this interesting new website dedicated to all things zines – Secrets of the Photocopier: mapping English-speaking zine culture.

 Did we miss anything?  Let us know – spillthezinesuk @ gmail.com .

Zine News Round-Up: 15/09/13

Tote bag by http://www.hellomemo.com/

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1.            New Releases

2.            Upcoming Events

3.            Submission Calls

4.            Distro News

5.            A.O.B.

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1. New Releases

• ‘Zines in Space’, a comic zine about aliens finding a photocopier, is out now! Buy your copy at http://www.etsy.com/shop/sammyborras.
• Issue 1 of Animated Times zine is out now, and features a number of artists’ reinterpretations of their favourite childhood cartoon characters.  Take a look at http://www.animatedreview.bigcartel.com/
• Girls Get Busy #19 is out now! You can read it for free online at http://issuu.com/ggbzine/docs/ggb_19_pdf.

2. Upcoming Events

• Bristol Comic and Zine Fair: 05 October at The Station, Bristol, 12pm. http://bristolcomicandzinefair.wordpress.com/
• Nottingham Zine Fair: 12 October at Spanky Van Dykes, Nottingham. https://www.facebook.com/events/393606757425696/?fref=ts
• Autumn Zine Fest: 20 October at The Fighting Cocks, Kingston, London. https://www.facebook.com/londonzinefest?fref=ts
• Print Matters: A Fanzine and Self-Publishing Workshop: 25 October at Studio 74, London, 10am.  https://www.facebook.com/events/416975098421100/
• London Queer Zine Fest: 01 December, details TBC! https://www.facebook.com/events/160624710775600/?ref=ts&fref=ts
• SW Zines Presents A Christmas Zine Social: 07 December at Housmans Radical Book Shop, Kings Cross, 7pm.  Deets: http://swzinecollective.weebly.com/events.html

3. Submission Calls

• Poor Lass, a zine about working-class women, is looking for submissions for its third issue!  The theme is ‘family’. Details here: https://www.facebook.com/PoorLassZine
• ‘Stories from Space Camp’ is an alternative sci fi and fantasy quarterly looking for submissions for their first issue.  Submissions from people who feel alienated from mainstream sci fi & fantasy media are particularly welcome. Check out the Facebook page for more info: https://www.facebook.com/StoriesFromSpaceCamp.
• Litzine ‘Hand Job’ is looking for written work to publish in its second issue.   For more details, or to get hold of issue 1 of free, email handjobzine @ gmail.com.
• A new zine dealing with death & loss is looking for submissions. We'd like to put a workbook-type zine together, with strategies for & articles on grieving and dealing with death. Get in touch at ipsumATriseupDOTnet.
• DUPE is calling for submissions for its third publication: “THE DARK ISSUE" due for release in Winter 2013.We are looking for original and creative material in the form of photography, illustration, collage, writing, poetry, reviews, interviews etc. The work must respond to the theme but it can be interpreted as literally or abstractly as you like.  More details at http://wearedupe.tumblr.com/post/55868960304/call-for-submissions-issue-3-the-dark-issue

4. Distro News

• New zines up at feminist/queer distro www.vampiresushi.co.uk!
• New zines and other bits at http://marchingstars.co.uk/!

5.A.O.B.

• Save Our Royal Mail is a new campaign that has popped up, campaigning against the proposed plans to sell off the Royal Mail.  Check out their website for lots of detailed information on why the Royal Mail should stay as it is, and how to get involved with the campaign: http://saveourroyalmail.org/

Zine News Round-Up: 18/08/13

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Zine News Round-Up: 23.06.13

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Zine News Round-Up: 11.06.13

Posting this 2 days late because I’m rubbish. Enjoy!

(Btw did you see that we were featured in The Screever zine last week?)

Cath x

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1. Zine Releases

2. Upcoming Events

3. Submission Calls

4. AOB

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1. Zine Releases

- Mixed media “acid trip” zine Soul Vibe #1 is out now! Grab hold of a copy by getting in touch with the author: brandon.tango @ live.co.uk.
- Lights Go Out #21 is out now! www.lightsgoout.co.uk
- Found is a photography project by Rhys Atkinson exploring the nature of discarded and found slide photographs.  More info at http://www.backtoprint.co.uk/product/back-to-print-issue-1

- Feminist campaign group Armpits 4 August have released their first zine! Check it out here: http://www.etsy.com/shop/Armpits4August
- Crafting zine Sugar Paper has just released its 10^th issue! More info at http://sugarpapergang.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/sugar-paper-11.html
- Athemaura #10 is out now! Details on buying/trading a copy can be found at http://athemaura.weebly.com/1/post/2013/05/athemaura-10-new-issue-ready.html

2. Upcoming Events

- Queer Zine Fest London 2013: date and venue TBC! Keep up to date at https://www.facebook.com/events/160624710775600/?ref=ts&fref=ts
- Let us know if we’ve missed anything - spillthezinesukATgmail.com!

3. Submission Calls

- If you have any art that you want to put out into the world please feel free to submit them to Brown Paper Bundles! Get in touch at thechickencoop @ live.co.uk.

- Pandora Press, a feminist compzine from Swansea, are looking for submissions for their 6th issue! The theme is body.  More info at http://swanseafeministnetwork.wordpress.com.
Hand Job Zine is a new literary zine, looking for writing in whatever format on British subject matter.   Details at https://www.facebook.com/pages/Hand-Job/404655936308222?ref=stream

Sonorus: Feminist Perspectives on Harry Potter are looking for submissions for their first issue! Details at http://sonoruszine.wordpress.com/
OH VENUS! are looking for contributors for their feminist zine on the theme of HEROES. Art, comment, fiction, reviews and so on all wanted. Please email images to oh_venus@live.com before June 16.
- A zine on the intersection of queer and working class identities is currently looking for submissions! Deadline is in September. Details at https://www.facebook.com/events/354699081318568/?fref=ts.

5. AOB
- Check out a great review of last weekend’s Alternative Press Fair: http://shadowplayfanzine.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/review-alternative-press-spring-zine.html and some photos: http://pinterest.com/mikedraws/alternative-press-fair-spring-2013/
- July 2013 is International Zine Month! Alex Wrekk, founder of IZM, has posted a list of tasks to do for every day of July to celebrate (see above)! Text version here: http://www.stolensharpierevolution.org/31-activities-for-international-zine-month-july-2013/

Zine News Round-Up: 12.05.13

via http://girlsgetbusyzine.tumblr.com

1. Zine Releases

2. Upcoming Events

3. Submission Calls

4. Distro news
5. AOB

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1. Zine Releases

- The first issue of The Northern Bullet Fanzine is available to read for free online here: http://issuu.com/thenorthernbulletzine11/docs/thenorthernbulletissue1
- Issue 26 of the UK horror fanzine Necronomicon is out on Etsy, with a big feature on Whitbys Bram Stoker International Film Festival. http://www.etsy.com/listing/121928470/necronomicon-26-uk-horror-fanzine-zine?ref=shop_home_active - Let us know if we’ve missed anything - spillthezinesukATgmail.com!

2. Upcoming Events

- Bradford Baked Zines: A Popup Zine Shop - 13th to 18th May, 13 Market Street, Bradford.  Lots of details at their website: http://bradfordbakedzines.wordpress.com/
- Alternative Press Fair: 1st June, 1 Albert Road, London.  For more details, including how to apply for a table, check out http://www.alternativepress.org.uk/index.php/events/

3. Submission Calls

- Kat W is looking for reviews, essays, quotes and artwork for her Stephen King fanzine, titled ‘Death Is When The Monsters Get You’.  For more info, email kjwilliams1986ATgmail.com.
- Girls Get Busy zine is always looking for feminist-themed writing and artwork to feature in upcoming issues! You can submit to the zine by emailing your work to girlsgetbusyzine @ gmail.com.

- Poor Lass, a zine about working class women, is looking for submissions for its second issue!  More info at https://www.facebook.com/PoorLassZine.
- If you have any art that you want to put out into the world please feel free to submit them to Brown Paper Bundles! Get in touch at thechickencoop @ live.co.uk.
- Lee is putting together a compzine on bereavement and grief.  If you'd like to contribute any prose, poetry, art etc., forward them to Lee at losborne74 @ gmail.com.  More info at http://primitivepeople.livejournal.com.
- Pandora Press, a feminist compzine from Swansea, are looking for submissions for their 6th issue! The theme is body.  More info at http://swanseafeministnetwork.wordpress.com.
- Submissions wanted for a fanzine titled 'Sonorus: Feminist Perspectives on Harry Potter'! Lots of info over at the website: http://sonoruszine.wordpress.com/

4. Distro News

- Marching Stars Distro is off hiatus, and has had a big redesign! Woo! www.marchingstars.co.uk
- Lots more zines in stock at Vampire Sushi Distro! http://shop.vampiresushi.co.uk/

- New stock at Princesa Pirata Distro! http://princesapiratadistro.wordpress.com/about-2/
- SW Zines website updated with new zines: http://swzinecollective.weebly.com/our-zines.html 

5. AOB
- Broken Pencil (Canada's magazine of zines and indie culture) recently launched an iOS and Android app, The Nub: Indie Arts Hub. The app provides readers with a stream of content from participating independent arts and culture magazines: columns, poems, short stories, essays, interviews, profiles, book/zine reviews, comics and rants.  The app is free for a limited time - more info at http://www.brokenpencil.com/thenub.
- Feminist magazine Spare  Rib is relaunching! http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2013/apr/26/spare-rib-magazine-rosie-boycott

Zine News Round-Up: 07.04.13

picture by Liz Prince - thanks!

Seems to be a very quiet one this fortnight… or maybe we just haven’t been able to find enough zine news?  Keep sending us your news (or news that you’ve heard of that you think we’d like to hear about)! It’s just me running the blog at the moment so there’s only so much of the internet I can read! Spillthezinesuk @ gmail.com.

Cath

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1. Zine Releases

2. Upcoming Events

3. Submission Calls

4. Distro news

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1. Zine Releases

- The latest Lights Go Out zine is out now, featuring reviews of gigs from 2012 . details here: http://www.lightsgoout.co.uk/?product=lights-go-out-issue-20 
- Let us know if we’ve missed anything - spillthezinesukATgmail.com!

2. Upcoming Events

- Artists’ Bookmarket: Saturday 20 April, The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, 11am til 6pm.  Lots of artwork and zines on sale! More details at https://www.facebook.com/events/499067516818389/
 - Victoria Baths Fanzine Fair: Sunday 5 May, Victoria Baths, Manchester, 12 til 4pm.  More info here: http://www.victoriabaths.org.uk/visit/2013/family-friendly-trail/

3. Submission Calls

- Kat W is looking for reviews, essays, quotes and artwork for her Stephen King fanzine, titled ‘Death Is When The Monsters Get You’.  For more info, email kjwilliams1986ATgmail.com.

- Annabell is creating a zine called ‘fōbēə’, focusing on strange and obscure phobias. Illustration, articles, and stories all welcome, and even if you don't fancy submitting but have an obscure phobia you’d like to share, that would be helpful too. More info, email annabell.daltonATgmail.com
- Poor Lass, a zine about working class women, is looking for submissions for its second issue!  More info at https://www.facebook.com/PoorLassZine.
- If you have any art that you want to put out into the world please feel free to submit them to Brown Paper Bundles! Get in touch at thechickencoop @ live.co.uk.
- Beth Siveyer is looking for submissions for an updated e-zine titled 'We Heart Lisa Simpson'.  Lots more info here: http://bethsiveyer.tumblr.com/post/47471948303/ive-decided-to-redesign-my-we-heart-lisa-simpson
- Feminist campaign 'Armpits for August' are looking for submissions on their zine about women's body hair.  For more info, check out their website http://armpits4august.org/.
- Pandora Press, a feminist compzine from Swansea, are looking for submissions for their 6th issue! The theme is body.  More info at http://swanseafeministnetwork.wordpress.com.

4. Distro News

- Marching Stars Distro is off hiatus, and has had a big redesign! Woo! www.marchingstars.co.uk
- Lots more zines in stock at Vampire Sushi Distro! http://shop.vampiresushi.co.uk/

- New stock at Princesa Pirata Distro! http://princesapiratadistro.wordpress.com/about-2/
- SW Zines website updated with new zines: http://swzinecollective.weebly.com/our-zines.html 

5. AOB
 - Check out this video about last weekend's DIY Cultures 2013 zine fest: 

Zine News Round-Up: 18.03.13

photo by Ten Minute Reviews - thanks!

Had to post our news round-up a day late due to how tired we were this weekend after Sheffield Zine Fest (a review of the event will be published on Sunday)!  Enjoy!

Cath

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1. Zine Releases

2. Upcoming Events

3. Submission Calls

4. Distro news

4. AOB

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1. Zine Releases

- ‘Buy Her Candy’ #5, a queer feminist perzine, was released this weekend!  Contact Bettie for a copy. Details here.

- ‘Pandora Press #6: The Media Issue’, is out now.  Details on how to buy a copy can be found at the Swansea Feminist Network blog.

- ‘Paper and Ink: A Literary Zine’ was released this week.  More info at http://www.inpursuitofexpression.com/p/zine.html  

- Issue 6 of ‘The Strange New Times Zine’ is out now! More info about the zine can be found at http://thesnt.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/issue06-sneak-peak-pics.html  

2. Upcoming Events

 - DIY Cultures 2013: Sunday 7 April, 12 til 7pm.  A festival of zines, comics, artist-run spaces, talks, films, art and workshops.  http://www.facebook.com/events/590291354321604/?ref=2  

 - Any upcoming UK zine events?  Let us know – spillthezinesukATgmail.com!

3. Submission Calls

 - ‘Narwool’ is a new zine by and for crafty people, featuring tutorials, how-to’s, artwork, and more.  To submit, contact the editor Kim at narwoolzineAThotmail.co.uk.

- Twigs and Apples, a zine collective based in Preston, are looking for submissions for their latest comp zine.  Welcome topics include “art, illustration, photography, writing, reviews, music, film, veganism, recipes, anarchism, environmentalism, sports, gardening, bike-riding, philosophy, travel, DIY & craft”.  More info at http://twigsandapples.tumblr.com  

 - Kat W is looking for reviews, essays, quotes and artwork for her Stephen King fanzine, titled ‘Death Is When The Monsters Get You’.  For more info, email kjwilliams1986ATgmail.com.

- Annabell is creating a zine called ‘fōbēə’, focusing on strange and obscure phobias. Illustration, articles, and stories all welcome, and even if you don't fancy submitting but have an obscure phobia you’d like to share, that would be helpful too. More info, email annabell.daltonATgmail.com

4. Distro News

- There’s a new distro in town! Girls Get Busy zine distro stocks feminist/female-authored zines.  Take a look at their developing catalogue and buy some cool zines at http://girlsgetbusyzine.bigcartel.com/category/distro

5. AOB

- Check out this cool short film about Sheffield Zine Fest! http://youtu.be/uA2Z3NrXZ8k

Zine News Round-Up: 24.02.13

image by Angry Violist - thanks!

1. Zine Releases

2. Upcoming Events

3. Submission Calls

4. AOB

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1. Zine Releases
 - Poor Lass #1, “a collection of stories of what it's really like to be working class”, is out now!  Buy a copy for £2 at http://sugarpaper.bigcartel.com/product/poor-lass-1

 - Becoming: A Feminist Coming of Age, a zine created by Project:BABE, is out now!  Contact the editors for a copy at projectbabecollectiveATgmail.com.

2. Upcoming Events
 - Workshop on Zines and Feminism: Thursday 8^th March, 10.30am at Swansea University.  Part of the Swansea Feminist Network’s workshop day for International Women’s Day.  More info at http://swanseafeministnetwork.wordpress.com.
 - Sheffield Zine Fest: Saturday 16 March, 12 til 5pm.  The organisers are looking for people to table and hold workshops – more info and contact details can be found at http://sheffieldzinefest.wordpress.com/ .
 - REVOLT #2: Saturday 16 March, Taylor John’s House, Coventry.  A riot grrrl night with zine stalls and feminist music.  http://www.facebook.com/events/532368940127398/?ref=2
 - DIY Cultures 2013: Sunday 7 April, 12 til 7pm.  A festival of zines, comics, artist-run spaces, talks, films, art and workshops.  http://www.facebook.com/events/590291354321604/?ref=2
 - Any upcoming UK zine events?  Let us know – spillthezinesukATgmail.com!

3. Submission Calls
 - Pandora Press, a feminist compzine published by the Swansea Feminist Network, is looking for contributors for its 5^th issue (theme: media).  Extended deadline: 28 February.  More info at http://swanseafeministnetwork.wordpress.com

 - Kat W is looking for reviews, essays, quotes and artwork for her Stephen King fanzine, titled ‘Death Is When The Monsters Get You’.  For more info, email kjwilliams1986ATgmail.com.
 - ‘Narwool’ is a new zine by and for crafty people, featuring tutorials, how-to’s, artwork, and more.  To submit, contact the editor Kim at narwoolzineAThotmail.co.uk.

 - There’s a Doctor Who fanzine in the works!  Lots of detailed information can be found at http://type-40-zine.tumblr.com/Submission-Guidelines

 - Twigs and Apples, a zine collective based in Preston, are looking for submissions for their latest comp zine.  Welcome topics include “art, illustration, photography, writing, reviews, music, film, veganism, recipes, anarchism, environmentalism, sports, gardening, bike-riding, philosophy, travel, DIY & craft”.  More info at http://twigsandapples.tumblr.com.

4. AOB
- Kirsty, of Make It Work/Hard Femme zines, is currently doing an oral history project on zinesters as part of an MA in Archives and Records Management, and is looking for people to get involved. She can travel to you (or vice versa) and you'll have a 1-2 hour chat about zines, how you started making them, your involvement in the community and so on, anything you want to talk about! Fancy being involved? Or know someone who does/want to recommend someone? Email Kirsty at kirsty.fifeATgmail.com.

Zine News Round-Up: 10.02.13

photo by Tukru

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1. Zine Releases

2. Upcoming Events

3. Submission Calls

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1. Zine Releases
- Lisa, author of perzine ‘Sometimes I’m Dreaming’, has released a travel zine about her recent visit to Japan, titled ‘Japanese Whispers’.  Buy your copy at her etsy store.

 - Emma Falconer’s new full-colour zine ‘Little Whisper Smoke Signs That You’ll Never Get’ #2 is available to buy from her website.
 - ‘Opinionated Nobody’ #4, a feminist perzine, is out now!  To buy/trade a copy, get in touch with the author Rebs @ http://sullen-hearts.blogspot.co.uk/
 - Emma, author of ‘Angry Violist’ has released the third issue of her perzine ‘Hedgehog in the Fog’ this week.  To buy or trade a copy, get in touch with her at angry.violistATgmail.com.

2. Upcoming Events
 - Sheffield Zine Fest: Saturday 16 March, 12 til 5pm.  The organisers are looking for people to table and hold workshops – more info and contact details can be found at http://sheffieldzinefest.wordpress.com/ .
 - REVOLT #2: Saturday 16 March, Taylor John’s House, Coventry.  A riot grrrl night with zine stalls and feminist music.  http://www.facebook.com/events/532368940127398/?ref=2
 - DIY Cultures 2013: Sunday 7 April, 12 til 7pm.  A festival of zines, comics, artist-run spaces, talks, films, art and workshops.  http://www.facebook.com/events/590291354321604/?ref=2
 - Any upcoming UK zine events?  Let us know – spillthezinesukATgmail.com!

3. Submission Calls
 - Pandora Press, a feminist compzine published by the Swansea Feminist Network, is looking for contributors for its 5^th issue (theme: media).  Extended deadline: 28 February.  More info at http://swanseafeministnetwork.wordpress.com

 - Kat W is looking for reviews, essays, quotes and artwork for her Stephen King fanzine, titled ‘Death Is When The Monsters Get You’.  For more info, email kjwilliams1986ATgmail.com.
 - ‘Narwool’ is a new zine by and for crafty people, featuring tutorials, how-to’s, artwork, and more.  To submit, contact the editor Kim at narwoolzineAThotmail.co.uk.

 - There’s a Doctor Who fanzine in the works!  Lots of detailed information can be found at http://type-40-zine.tumblr.com/Submission-Guidelines