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No Foreign Lands is a collaborative photography zine by friends Hannah Platt and Natasha Whalley. It features photos taken in Belgium, Germany, Ireland, Czech Republic, USA and Uganda.
Wednesday, 5 March 2014
New In: Brindis and Talking Heads by Adrián Martínez
"BRINDIS is a self-published project of the artist Adrián Martínez (Ibiza). The project was born in the summer of 2013. It is a collection of black ink drawings which all of them create stranger situations. The first issue focuses in a mysterious or wild way to draw for creating a story. Each separate drawing constructs a narrative. The second issue Talking Heads is a set of drawings and conversations between two characters. The irony and absurdity are part of BRINDIS."
https://www.facebook.com/librodibujobrindis
http://adrianmartinez.es
Tuesday, 18 February 2014
New In: Disguised #1
It's a political fashion Zine and meant to be an alternative to common fashion magazines.
In this first issue I wanted to show what the thoughts behind our daily outfits are and in how far people demonstrate their political thoughts and action within their clothing."
New in: Pop
A zine with pieces about Beyoncé, Nicki Minaj, Grimes, Rihanna and more by the creator of Disguised Zine. Mostly German text but definitely worth a look! If you don't speak German, bring a dictionary with you.
New in: Hullu
Jessica Gwyneth recently self published her first zine 'Hullu', documenting young creatives through photography in their creative spaces and own artistic environments - some photos of which were recently featured online as part of Ballad Of Magazines' "Brand New Art We Heart".
You can buy copies of the zine by emailing jessica_gwyneth@yahoo.co.uk
New In: The Shrieking Violet issue 22
The 22nd issue of The Shrieking Violet by Natalie Bradbury has just landed and this one's a good 'un. Includes loads of really great stuff, like Tom Whyman discussing the legacy of Alan Shearer, David Wilkinson discussing "The Fall, The Blue Orchids and the working class autodidact" and plenty more where that came from. You can read all about it and even read a free online version of the zine at The Shrieking Violet blog.
A quick word with... #1: Joseph Kendrick
In the first of a new series of interviews with zine makers that we're calling 'A quick word with...' (If you have a better title, let us know!), we've asked Joseph, who writes the zine 'Read This Outside', to answer a couple of questions for us. We received a copy of the first Read This Outside yesterday and you can find it at the zine library (Along with loads of other excellent stuff) now! If you want to talk to us about your zine, send us an email to salfordzinelibrary@gmail.com.
What was your motivation for making 'Read This Outside’?
Over the last year, I had been gathering an internet following based around my positive posts and comments. I wanted to create something physical which people you could hold and share. As my first ever publication, I’ve kind of done it backwards as it’s almost an autobiography. I wanted to capture my thoughts and ideas as well as give a shout out to those who influence me.
When are you moving in at Boost House? Can you tell us a little bit about that project?
I am heading off to Boost House for 3 months at the end of February. The concept for the house is the creation of prolific 'internet poet’ Steve Roggenbuck. He is starting up an intentional community of like-minded, 'posi' people to produce uplifting media on a huge range of platforms. Be it physical books, image macros on Tumblr, statuses on Facebook or video on YouTube - it’ll be positive and fun. The house will be all vegan, feminist and LGBTAT* allying as he wants everything to be underpinned with anti-oppression ideals.
More on Boost House at http://boosthouse.tumblr.com/about
Do you have any favourite zines?
Max Mitchell, from Sheffield, has put out some awesome stuff. ‘Beyond the Limit’ and ‘Back on the Bins’ are two that stand out for me. He speaks a lot on pushing yourself physically, hardcore music and just living life to the fullest. It’s the sort of stuff I love to read to get me pumped up for getting out there. It’s also great to hear ideas and viewpoints from people as there are always some nuances of life I have never thought about before.
Will there be a 'Read This Outside 2’?
Most definitely. The response to this one has been awesome. I have sold over 200 in 11 days. I really couldn’t ask for more! I feel like there would definitely be demand for a follow up edition. However, some people told me I created too much content and that I won’t have enough to fill the next one but I beg to differ. I am thinking about having some sort of diary or travel journal on my three months in America interlaced with positive nuggets.
http://josephxkendrick.tumblr.com/
http://readthisoutside.bandcamp.com/merch
What was your motivation for making 'Read This Outside’?
Over the last year, I had been gathering an internet following based around my positive posts and comments. I wanted to create something physical which people you could hold and share. As my first ever publication, I’ve kind of done it backwards as it’s almost an autobiography. I wanted to capture my thoughts and ideas as well as give a shout out to those who influence me.
When are you moving in at Boost House? Can you tell us a little bit about that project?
I am heading off to Boost House for 3 months at the end of February. The concept for the house is the creation of prolific 'internet poet’ Steve Roggenbuck. He is starting up an intentional community of like-minded, 'posi' people to produce uplifting media on a huge range of platforms. Be it physical books, image macros on Tumblr, statuses on Facebook or video on YouTube - it’ll be positive and fun. The house will be all vegan, feminist and LGBTAT* allying as he wants everything to be underpinned with anti-oppression ideals.
More on Boost House at http://boosthouse.tumblr.com/about
Do you have any favourite zines?
Max Mitchell, from Sheffield, has put out some awesome stuff. ‘Beyond the Limit’ and ‘Back on the Bins’ are two that stand out for me. He speaks a lot on pushing yourself physically, hardcore music and just living life to the fullest. It’s the sort of stuff I love to read to get me pumped up for getting out there. It’s also great to hear ideas and viewpoints from people as there are always some nuances of life I have never thought about before.
Will there be a 'Read This Outside 2’?
Most definitely. The response to this one has been awesome. I have sold over 200 in 11 days. I really couldn’t ask for more! I feel like there would definitely be demand for a follow up edition. However, some people told me I created too much content and that I won’t have enough to fill the next one but I beg to differ. I am thinking about having some sort of diary or travel journal on my three months in America interlaced with positive nuggets.
http://josephxkendrick.tumblr.com/
http://readthisoutside.bandcamp.com/merch
Wednesday, 5 February 2014
New in: Diary of a Teenage Girl Crush
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A zine all about having crushes on celebrities in the 90s!
New In: The Aphrodite of Milos
A photo diary by Hristina Papadopulos
"This booklet consists of collages containing analog photographs that I took during my visit to the beautiful Greek island, Milos. The booklet also contains several pages of old Greek books that I have collected.
Aphrodite of Milos, better known as the Venus de Milo, was discovered on 8 April 1820 on the island of Milos. Created sometime between 130 and 100 BC, it is believed to depict Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love and beauty."
Outside the Box Play Guide
"A 'play guide' to accompany 9 illustrated cubes (not included). The book details ways that the cube can inspire children's games and imagination. The cubes can be downloaded for free here: http://bookleteer.com/collection.html?id=23.They should be printed, cut out then folded. This is a great game for children that's interactive and can be reused"
Tuesday, 4 February 2014
Zines of Wonder
Hello! This Friday marks the beginning of the Zines of Wonder exhibition at Salford Zine Library. Students from Stockport College's BA (Hons) Graphic Arts & Design course have made a whole bunch of nice zines and have worked together to curate an exhibition. You'll be able to see the fruits of their labour throughout February.
Come along to the launch event on Friday tea time, between 5pm and 7pm, and you can chat to the students about their work and you'll even be able to talk to me and Liz if you like. A big draw. All the details can be found over on the Facebook event for the exhibition which you can access by clicking here.
Hope to see you there! If you do pop in, tell us what you think by using the #zinesofwonder hashtag on Twitter. Or just drop us an email or something.
Monday, 3 February 2014
Tuesday, 21 January 2014
Classification Party
On Saturday we had our classification party, an attempt to sort the collection into a handful of very broad categories. We're re-shelving everything this afternoon so, from tomorrow, it should be ever so slightly easier to find the kind of zines you're interested in. The categories are (Currently - we're open to changing the system!):
- Perzines (Autobiographical zines)
- Arts and crafts, which includes illustration, comics, photography, film, graphic design, fine art - all visual arts, basically
- Activism, which includes LGBT, gender, politics, that kind of thing
- Food and the environment, which includes cooking, veganism, vegetarianism, gardening, eco stuff, fair trade, animals and travel as well
- Creative writing, which includes poetry and short stories
- Sports - all the football and rugby league zines we have
- Music
- Other - as you would expect, most of the zines in the collection don't fit into these categories so the 'other' section is understandably large
These categories aren't perfect or very precise, but we think they'll be a useful guide when browsing the shelves. Obviously we'd encourage you to look at absolutely everything, but we understand if you don't have a spare few days to read every zine in the collection!
Thanks to all the people who came to help us sort the zines into categories. Thanks to Stef Bradley for making the posters and to Cherry Styles for taking some lovely photos of everyone hard at work. Enjoy!
Sunday, 19 January 2014
New in: For the Sake of Magic and Wisdom #1, #2 and #3
For the Sake of Magic and Wisdom is a "collaborative three part zine" with illustrations by Thomas Hedger and writing by Faye Brooks.
New in: Candy Twist #5
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".
New in: Another big donation!
Thanks again for the donations! Are you clearing out your zine collection? We'd love to take them off your hands. Send us an email and we can discuss.
Tuesday, 14 January 2014
New in: Kids With Puns #2
The second issue of Kids With Puns is here. Features more illustrated puns by Alex Screen, Sean Murphy, Katie Miller, Trevor Thompson, Peter Judson, Martin Grainger, Jaco Haasbroek, Haydn Symons and George McCallum.
New in: Shape & Situate #5
The zine aims to activate feminist cultural memory, inspire, and to visually bring women’s social and political history to life and into view.
This issue features 23 black and white posters of women who have acted as organisers, activists, agitators, pioneers, educators, or role models, from a wide range of disciplines including: art, space, music, emergency services, education, literature, ecology and environmental issues, astronomy, radio, NGOs, and beyond."
Monday, 30 December 2013
Classification Party
It has been scientifically proven that adding the word 'party' to anything automatically makes it sound more fun. So here we are attempting to make sorting things into a vaguely logical order sound exciting. On January 18th we have hired the little room at Nexus Art Cafe and we'd like people to come and help us organise the collection into a handful of very broad categories. We think this will help people to browse the shelves a little bit easier.
All the information is available on the Facebook event page. Please feel free to share the event with your pals! You don't have to commit or anything, you can just pop in for a few minutes if you happen to be in the area. There's sure to be some nice people to talk to about zines and whatever else you like talking about. And you can have a cup of tea and a slice of cake while you're at it. Check out the super cool poster below, as designed by the extremely talented Stef Bradley of Today Zine fame.
Whether you can come or not, we'd like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for their support since we took over the library in the summer. Hopefully 2014 will bring lots of exciting new developments for the library! Happy New Year!
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All the information is available on the Facebook event page. Please feel free to share the event with your pals! You don't have to commit or anything, you can just pop in for a few minutes if you happen to be in the area. There's sure to be some nice people to talk to about zines and whatever else you like talking about. And you can have a cup of tea and a slice of cake while you're at it. Check out the super cool poster below, as designed by the extremely talented Stef Bradley of Today Zine fame.
Whether you can come or not, we'd like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for their support since we took over the library in the summer. Hopefully 2014 will bring lots of exciting new developments for the library! Happy New Year!
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Sunday, 1 December 2013
New in: Big Donation #1
Look at all these! The lovely Ben Catt has kindly donated a fair chunk of his zine collection to the library. All of these are now in the library for you to read. Includes stuff like Be Honourable by Josie Long, Twigs and Apples and Your Pretty Face is Going Straight to Hell. Plus loads of other neat stuff. Thanks Ben!
New in: 13 issue one
Azra Page says that her zine, '13' "is focused on art based around the fantasy world in my head. This world is made up of thirteen universes. I draw abstract pictures in sharpie, make collages and paint these universes".
New in: Lost Possessions
New in: Projects Not Programs
New in: The New Wizard of the West
The New Wizard of the West, published by The Periodical, is "An interview with Tesla, the Modern Miracle-Worker, who is Harnessing the Rays of the Sun; has Discovered Ways of Transmitting Power without Wires and of Seeing by Telephone; has Invented a Means of Employing Electricity as a Fertiliser; and, Finally, is Able to Manufacture Artificial Daylight" originally printed in Pearson's Magazine in May 1899.
New in: Today IV by Stef Bradley
The latest issue of Stef Bradley's very funny mini comic 'Today' features drawings of embarrassing childhood events, revenge, terrifying insects and loads more. Find it in the mini zines section at the back of the library.
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.
New in: Found by Jamie Martin
New in: Up North 1
New in: The Chapess issue one
Re-issue of the first issue of the Chapess (2011) - a collective zine edited by Zara Gardner
Text and illustrations by
Ruby Ratafia
Misty Pane
Anna Anon
Betsy Hatter
Beth Morrison
Lucy Abel
Hels Belles
Cherry Styles
A. Stone
Deb O'Nair
Loretta De La Coeur
Zara Gardner
New in: Indie Kids
Indie Kids is a comic that "follows the annoying day to day lives of the 3 friends through love, heartbreak and rare out of print 7 inch records", made by Mat Adams. These have come all the way from Australia!
New in: Sloucher
We were given a copy of Sloucher, a zine about music and short stories, to add to the collection at the mini zine fair we exhibited at in Sheffield the other week.
Saturday, 30 November 2013
Tuesday, 26 November 2013
New in: The Nature of Change
19 x 19 cm
b/w drawings risoprinted / fullcolour digitalprinted
50 copies
http://timromanowsky.com/index.php?/illustration/the-nature-of-change/
New in: Spongebob Mini Zine
a zyklop publication
3 € + shipping
contact me: post@timromanowsky.com
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