New In: Fanzine Ynfytyn (x loads)

Emma Falconer makes Fanzine Ynfytyn and we've been given loads of them, which we're really chuffed about. It's a perzine and over the years covers topics from Jeff Mangum, North Korea and competitions to Mr Frosty, vegetarian recipes and childhood ambitions. And loads more too.

New In: Elderflower #1

A super good perzine by a super good person!

"This is my perzine Elderflower. I formally wrote Elderflower Tea but I was unhappy with it's direction. Elderflower is an honest look into my life. No more hiding behind rose tinted glasses.

In this issue I talk about my hopes for 2014, depression and adjusting to life as a spoonie, self care, and my heart break which occurred as I was finishing the issue.

Written on my corona typewriter, adorned with stickers, printed on black & white & just 16 pages."

Keep checking https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Elderflowershop/ to see when copies become available. Or just pop into the library and have a look here!

New In: Feeling Alone #1: A zine about being an inpatient with BPD

"This is a black and white zine I wrote and drew all about my experiences as an inpatient on a psychiatric ward. I suffer from Borderline Personality Disorder which can lead to severe depressive lows. In the zine I describe what the hospital was like, how it was meeting other inpatients, what the nurses were like, how I felt, and what it was like coming home. I decorated the zine and added my own little drawings on most pages :) I used anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress questionnaires as my background paper.

A5 sized zine with 16 pages in total including a paper cover, all held together with a staple."

https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/humanbeanzines

New In: Feeling Alone #2: One Year On

"This is a black and white zine I wrote and drew about the year following my inpatient experience (which I wrote about in Feeling Alone #1). I wanted to talk about what I've been doing to try to recover from BPD and this includes therapy but it also includes things like roller derby and learning to drive. I decorated the zine and added my own little drawings.

A5 sized zine with 16 pages in total including a paper cover, all held together with a staple."

https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/humanbeanzines

New In: We Are Adventurers #1: Amsterdam

"This is a black and white zine I made all about my adventures. I made it in 24 hours, as part of the 24 Hour Zine Thing project. Contents include:

• All about a recent trip to Amsterdam
• Seeing Kate Nash
• Learning to be an Aunty
• Starting the recovery process after being in a psychiatric hospital
• Books I have read recently
• I decorated the zine with my own drawings as well as pictures from Amsterdam, stickers, stamps and other bits and bobs :)

A5 sized zine with 28 pages including a peach coloured paper cover, all held together with two staples."

https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/humanbeanzines

New in: Diary of a Teenage Girl Crush

Diary of a Teenage Girl Crush by Seleena Laverne Daye

A zine all about having crushes on celebrities in the 90s!

http://www.seleenalavernedaye.co.uk

New in: A Terror Beyond Falling

A Terror Beyond Falling is an account of "(just about) living with depression, anxiety, Avoidant Personality Disorder (AvPD), self-harming tendencies, suicidal ideation and a history of alcohol dependence. This includes everything that goes along with this, from day to day living to the various forms of treatment, medication (who needs to be happy when you can be numb) and spells of hospitalisation".

http://aterrorbeyondfalling.com/

New in: Mythologising Me: Seven is for Kitty Heaven

The seventh issue of Mythologising Me is a really great perzine that talks about things like "going back to study again, a trip to Norway and family deaths as well as mid-twenties angst". Come and have a look! You'll be able to find it in the mini zine section at the back of the library.

Etsy