I bought a few zines at the Yorkshire Zine Weekend: Isn't it a many-splendid sight? Glowing in the sun too: Some bought from individuals' tables or when they approached me, some bought from distro tables, some were swaps, a few were free. Plus loads of flyers, the odd CD, and badges. Always badges:
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Athemaura zine is coming to the Yorkshire Zine Weekend in Sheffield and Leeds this weekend.
The final glue has been placed in the newest issue of Athemaura zine, and the final photocopying is about to begin, courtesy of excellent public libraries. Looking forward to discovering new zines galore, hanging out with zine friends, and meeting new zine creators too. I hear that you can swap a copy of your zine for a free ride on the circular slide they have in Sheffield! There are also zine readings, workshops, post-zine fest party, and I think I heard there is even a specially crafted zinester beer?! (Issues 11 and 12 of Athemaura)
Issue 12 of Athemaura is newly ready to go. Above are the master pages. Themes covered include: feminist heroines in film (including Wadjda and Frances Ha), my history with making zines going back to the days of electronic typewriters!, reflections on perfect pubs and arguing against gentrification of pubs, an article about temporary workers' rights and how tough it can be as an agency worker/how you can get treated, thoughts on library work, bird sightings, and other assorted things. Issue 12 of Athemaura comes in time for the Yorkshire Zine Weekend, where the zine will be on sale all weekend. I did that usual thing where a dozen ideas come to mind that had to be made into zines right there and then and in time for a zine fest. But I honed in on making this one new issue for now. It does come pretty hot on the heels of January's issue 11, though, I must admit. Issue 11 is s round up of highlights and memories of 2013, including the ludicrous number of zine events and things I was involved in last year, also travel, gigs, and learning to take better care especially when involved in many creative pursuits as well as working in (then) really tough job circumstances. The zine goes into 2014, looking ahead to a calmer year in mind, as well as some of the year's highlights so far. Etsy has now been updated with the new zine if you would like to buy it. There was a brilliant selection of stalls at DIY Cultures fair. I bought a really wide range of stuff, taking chances on stuff that was totally new to me, as well as incorporating old favourites, and taking on chances to swap random 'zines with people who approached me, covering everything from: Bruce Springsteen fandom (from the point of view of a northern, working class, queer), to feminist politics, to foraging for flowers, to life working as a paramedic, to collecting postcards, to horror film festivals, to touring with a hardcore punk band in the US, to the politics of work, to the history of pirate radio, to Percy Bysshe Shelly, to lost indie music zines from the early 2000s, to superheroes from Croydon, to a kitten tote bag that I simply couldn't resist !
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! |
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