Tuesday, July 27, 2010

24hr zine challenge kick off -- WED JULY 28!



Happy International Zine Month!



To celebrate, the Toronto Zine Library is participating in the 24 hour zine challenge and we would love for you to join us! We are hosting a kick off event this Wednesday, July 28th starting at 6pm and going strong until the Tranzac Club closes.


What is the 24 hour zine challenge, you ask?

A yearly event where one attempts to make a 24 page zine from start to finish in 24 hours. From initial idea right through to photocopying/collating/stapling your zine. More information, list of this year's participants and sign up can be found here: http://24hourzines.com/

(Please note that you dont *have* to register and/or send your zine in when its finished. We encourage you participate to whatever degree you are most comfortable with. Or, you are welcome to just come and hang out at the TZL and cheer participants on!)


Bring your ideas and if youre able a snack to share while we hang out, listen to music, and get a start on our 24 hour zines! Some supplies will be available (paper, glue, scissors, magazine clippings, a couple of typewriters, a long arm stapler) but please do bring your favourite or necessary zine making supplies. Conveniently, there is a 24 hour Kinkos a half-block away!

Also, similar to the event folks at the Independent Pubishing Resource Center (http://www.iprc.org/) in Portland Oregon held a few days ago, we will be streaming our 24 hour zine challenge event live! If you're unable to join us, bookmark http://www.ustream.tv/channel/toronto-zine-library-24hr-zine-challenege and tune in on Wednesday starting at 5pm EST and participate alongside us from wherever you may be.

Ok, to recap:

WHEN: wednesday july 28th, 6pm until close
WHERE: the toronto zine library -- 2nd floor of the tranzac club -- 292 brunswick st. just south of bloor. close to spadina subway station
COST: free!
WHAT: 24 hour zine challenge kick off
BRING: yourself, your friends, snacks, creativity, zine making supplies, ideas

Facebook event: http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=138008569562984&index=1

Holler at us if you have any additional questions or concerns. We regret that the TZL is not a wheelchair accessible space.




The Toronto Zine Library
292 Brunswick Ave, 2nd floor
torontozinelibrary@gmail.com
http://torontozinelibrary.blogspot.com

Sunday, July 18, 2010

New additions for July 18, 2010

Butcher Block Baby / half-size / litzine / Jonathan Culp
DIY: an a-z guide to doing-it-yourself / half-legal / special interest / Jen and John, eds.
Explosive Bolts #1 / half-size / perzine / James Taylor
Free / odd-size / comics / Celso and Sinoun
Holiday in the Sun #1 / odd-size / culture / Jim Munroe
Holiday in the Sun #2 / half-size / culture / Jim Munroe
Hyperbeat: journal of extreme culture #1 / half-size / fanzine / various
Hyperbeat: journal of extreme culture #2 / half-size / fanzine / various
Infiltration #14 / half-size / special interest / Ninjalicious
Infiltration #16 / half-size / special interest / Ninjalicious
Infiltration #6 / half-size / special interest / Ninjalicious
Infiltration #7 / half-size / special interest / Ninjalicious
International Straight Edge Bulletin #22 / half-size / fanzine / Yann Boisleve, ed.
Jim Munroe / quarter-size / art / Jim
Katalogue #4 / half-legal / art / various
Let's go on a trip! / quarter-size / art / anonymous
Machine Power #2 / half-size / fanzine / Heiki Sillaste and David Faris, ed.
Mallife #20/21 / odd-size / fanzine / Mike Miskiwski, ed.
No Quarter: an anarchist zine about pirates, brigands, and millenarian revolt #2 / half-legal / politics / David
No Quarter: an anarchist zine about pirates / half-size / politics / David
QRD #12 / half-size / fanzine / Brian John Mitchell
Red Alert #3 / half-legal / gender/queer / various
Spooky Winnipeg / half-size / perzine / Clytemnestra Romanov, ed.
Steve's Cartoon Diary / quarter-size / comics / Steve
Stupid Journey #5 / half-size / culture / Jonathan Culp
The bees knees / quarter-size / litzine / Willy
The Wigs / quarter-size / art / various
True Confessions of a Big Geek #2 / half-size / perzine / Sarah
(untitled) / odd-size / comics / anonymous
(untitled) / odd-size / comics / anonymous
(untitled) / odd-size / comics / anonymous
(untitled) / odd-size / comics / anonymous
(untitled) / quarter-size / perzine / H
Urgl-Orp / full-size / vintage politics / Nicole, ed.
You Drive Me Ape #1 / half-legal / culture / Buddy Lee Roth and Steve Fentone

Sunday, July 4, 2010

New additions for July 4, 2010

allisplural / odd-size / litzine / various
Amazing! True! Honeymoon Stories of Sara & Tony / odd-size / comics / Jess
Bitch / full-size / gender/queer / Sarah Stewart
Bullet Bites Back #10 / odd-size / litzine / Dr. Bobby
Cinemasewer #2 / half-size / fanzine / various
Coca-Cola Bottling Plant / half-size / politics / anonymous
Dog Dayz / half-size / comics / Fly
Domestic Animals / half-legal / fanzine (vintage) / anonymous
Ecomedia Bulletin #40 / half-legal / politics / anonymous
Enthusiastic Amateurs / half-size / art / Prashant Gopal
friend / quarter-size / art / Ned Schwartz
gang Lion exhibit / odd-size / comics / Patrick Burgomeister and Alison Lang
Gross Food! / odd-size / special interest / anonymous
Hissy Fit / odd-size / perzine / Pam
I Hate Literature #6 / half-size / culture / Tony Hightower
Locals Only / quarter-size / art / Prashant Gopal
m@b: everbody's up my goat / quarter-size / comics / Matthew Blackett
On Not Being Queer / odd-size / gender/queer / Kaley
Porcupine Rage (two step) / half-legal / litzine / Charles L. Johnson
Problem / odd-size / perzine / Stefanie
Punk Points / quarter-size / art / Jim Munroe and Scott Waters
QRD #10 / half-size / fanzine / various
Riot Grrrl Slam Book #1 / half-size / gender/queer / various
Spontaneous Combustion #1 / half-size / fanzine / Matt Fong
Tattletale Magazine, Spring 1997 / half-legal / litzine / Karen Azoulay (ed.)
The Furies / half-legal / gender/queer / Glendon Women's Centre
The Original Single Celled Circus / odd-size / art / Terry Piercy
The Wigs #2 / quarter-size / art / various
Thirdspace / half-legal / gender/queer / various
tickle my ears and I'll give you my heart / odd-size / comics / Rhena Makeiff and Peter Thompson
(untitled) #2 / odd-size / litzine / Emily Pohl-Weary and Paolo Poletto (eds.)
(untitled) #3 / odd-size / litzine / Emily Pohl-Weary and Paolo Poletto (eds.)
Why No Holy Vegetable? / odd-size / comics / JDF
Zombie Generation: a narcissistic reflection on the time / quarter-size / perzine / Hilary and Claro

Saturday, July 3, 2010

The Rainbow Connection: Richard Hunt, Gay Muppeteer


This event is on Monday, July 5, from 7-9pm. Please come!

"The Rainbow Connection: Richard Hunt, Gay Muppeteer" chronicles the life and work of Richard Hunt, a central puppeteer on the international blockbusters Sesame Street and The Muppet Show. Hunt performed characters such as Scooter, Statler (in the balcony), Janice, Beaker and even Miss Piggy in her early drag queen days. He was also an out gay man, dying of AIDS-related causes in 1992 at the tragically young age of 40.

A multimedia event presented by Jessica Max Stein, the author of the zine (and soon-to-be full-length biography) The Rainbow Connection: Richard Hunt, Gay Muppeteer.

As with all TZL events, it is free and all-ages, but space is limited!