As an aside - thank you to the Polish man who approached me about swapping zines with him. I find such off-chance things really interesting! I swapped a Brian Jonestown Massacre zine with his zine about the history of pirate radio. Ace! Also: How excited was I to find an early 2000s created indie zine with Justine Frischmann on the cover, and coverage of bands of yore, like Elastica, Sleater Kinney, Bis, Brassy - interviews with Kristin Hersh, and Angelica !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I never meet people who make indie music zines anymore, it was so exciting to get these zines (alas, the author wasn't around at that moment, it seemed).
I am sad to be coming to the end of reading all these wonderful creations. They are keeping me sane on long, stressy train journeys at awful hours of the morning, and enlightening me on new world perspectives. I will aim to post more in depth photos and write-ups on these zines, but I find it hard to keep up, so bear with me if I fail here!
Copies of Athemaura 'zine were received positively - in fact, I near-sold out of all copies, which is a first. But it's not so much about that - I met so many inspiring, positive, creative people at this event, and came across so much inspiration and food for though - so here's to many more DIY Cultures events. Zine fairs for ever!