The Tundish Review Issue 4, Brisbane

The Tundish Review

The Tundish Review Issue 4 was launched on Wednesday night at Betty's Espresso & Bar in Brisbane. The zine includes poetry by Jarad Bruinstroop, Juanita Simmonds, Ankita Bellary, Sean West, Sam Bolte, Shastra Deo and two pieces from me. I was also interviewed for this edition, I don’t usually talk or write much about my process but I really enjoyed the questions from the editors, as well as some of the discussion we had about why they wanted to interview me. The launch was packed with people and was such a fun night of poetry and drinks.

The artwork by Link Raptor is really interesting and fits well with this edition of the zine, the piece he drew for my poem, Axolotl Limbo, gave me a new perspective on the work. One of the ideas I like in the zine is the use of a fictional editor, this creates space for experiments, as well as character for the publication. The two real life editors, Katelyn Goyen and Nick van Buuren, have put a lot of love into this zine, they’ve promised that there will be a call out for issues 5 & 6 shortly, so make sure you have the latest copy, submit your work, and like the zine on Facebook. 

You can probably grab a copy by contacting them through their website or facebook, and you can definitely get editions at Junky Comics.

Here are some photographs of the launch (taken by Anton van Buuren), you can find more here.

The Tundish Review Issue 4 Launch

I am part of the 22 November launch of Brisbane zine, The Tundish Review. The editors were not only kind enough to accept two of my poems, but they also interviewed me for the edition.

Putting together any publication takes commitment and effort, and putting one together full of other writers, artists and performers deserves support. So get to Betty’s Espresso & Bar at 7:30pm on Wednesday 22 November to hear poetry from Ankita Bellary, Sean West, Shastra Deo, Jarad Bruinstroop, Juanita Simmonds, Sam Bolte and me. Then grab a copy of the zine. Thanks to the editors Katelyn & Nick.

Today, the voice you speak with may not be your own

I have a piece in the Pocket Issue of Pasalle Burton’s zine, Today, the voice you speak with may not be your own. This is issue Seven.

You can find out more about the issue at her website, and purchase a copy from the Lavender Room Etsy store (I think it may have already sold out).

The theme of the issue is Space

I have a new poem in the sixth issue of the zine Today, the voice you speak with may not be your own, the theme of the issue is Space.

Today, the voice you speak with may not be your own

The piece was developed from the astrophysics report Planet Hunters X. KIC 8462852 - Where's the Flux? and uses an online tool to apply a modified version of the S+7 Oulipo procedure invented by Jean Lescure.

The work has been published alongside pieces from Ian Gibbins, Elena Kotasvili, Nathan Shepherdson, Renee Vaughan Sutherland and Annie Te Whiu.

This is what the zine series creator Pascalle Burton has to say about the series, ‘The zine consists of the words, images and concepts of others. Expect found and visual poetry and collage, plus contributions from other artists and poets. Even the title of the zine series must be attributed to DJ Spooky that Subliminal Kid.’

Letters to a Suburb from You Are Here

One of the projects I managed as a You Are Here co-producer this year was Letters to a Suburb.

Image credit: Pascalle Burton and Sarah Kaur

The project involved commissioning writers and artists with a connection to Canberra to write to a suburb within the Australian Capital Territory. I generally kept the terms of reference as vague as that for each of the people I asked to be involved, though sometimes I called specifically for a poem, or wanted a writer and artist to work together. 

The project got a great response at the independent publishing fair on Sunday 23 March. We set up a letterbox from which people could collect a letter and 90 copies were taken by visitors to the fair.

A small portion of the
independent publishing fair.
Image credit: Adam Thomas and You Are Here

The festival also posted one-hundred copies to random addresses within the suburbs to which the letters were addressed. I hope the recipients enjoyed the work they received.

Letters to a Suburb

You can check out all the work online on the You Are Here website by following the link above.

The letters commissioned come from David “Ghostboy” Stavanger, Pascalle Burton, Adam Hadley, Good Ghost Bill with Paul Summerfield, Duncan Felton, Matt Hetherington, Tessa Rose, Fiona McLeod with Aaron Kirby, and Zoe Anderson with Raphael Kabo.

Franked excogitate

Paul Summerfield and I have been working for months and months on our new joint zine.

The extended period of production has been the result of a combination of him becoming a father and running his own business, and my day-job plus other writing and performing projects, including BAD!SLAM!NO!BISCUIT!, YouAreHere, and The Tragic Troubadours.

This is the cover of the zine. All art is by Paul Summerfield, all words are by me.

Cover art for Franked excogitate

We are taking it to the Canberra Zine Emporium on Saturday 23 March in Rabaul Lane, Canberra.

Our last zine was called Franked; we will have copies of that too.

The Canberra Zine Emporium

My Writer in Residence with YouAreHere 2013 is under way. Follow this link to the YouAreHere website where you will find some words courtesy of speaking with Chiara Grassia and Nat Clark of the Canberra Zine Emporium. They are currently seeking zine-makers for their fair on 23 March, the deadline for booking a table is 8 Feb, email them: 

canberrazineemporium@gmail.com. 

I'll be there with Paul Summerfield.

Showcase of Canberra people who like to SHOUT poems into microphones

Louise

BAD!SLAM!NO!BISCUIT! and Cannibal Kittens presents at the Phoenix, on 27 November 2011, featured: Sparkles, Skip, Raphael Tiberius Kabo, Julian Fleetwood, and Josh Inmania.

The Flying V.

And had special guest appearances by: Aaron K., Louise, Bela Farkas, and Varisht aka The Flying V.


A recording will be out in the New Year.

Aaron K.

The recording will be attached to a zine.

(All photos by Adam Thomas)

Zine-in-a-Matchbox

Check out the Lavender Room Zine-in-a-Matchbox Issue 8

Zine-in-a-Matchbox Issue 8

The zine includes all these people:

Natasha L Adams / Alana Brekelmans / Sally Browne / Amanda Coghlan / Jason Darling / Connor Dee / Bruce Dorlova / Emma Farry / Andrew Galan / Joy Green / Hadley / Matt Hetherington / Sasha Jessop / Carmen Keates / Mai Lin Li / Chris Lynch / Corrie Macdonald / Vern Mitchell / Graham Nunn / mr oCean / Andrew Phillips / Jacob Polley / Doug Poole / David Prater / Tessa Rose / Nathan Shepherdson / Dawn Joy Silversides / David Stavanger / Michael D Tees / Bianca Walsh / emily xyz

I am in that list.

Buy the zine here and check out the Lavender Room on facebook here.

This is the Whale Galaxy, also known as Caldwell 32 or NGC 4631.

NGC 4631 courtesy of the Hubble Telescope

Two new zines from Zine Empire - A One Act Play: The Chicken Man Stand By Witch Ghost, and The Chicken Poem

Zine Empire published two new zines for the ACT Writers Centre and Canberra Contemporary Art Space zine fair on 9 April

The Cover to A One Act Play: The Chicken Man Stand
by Witch Ghost

The cover to The Chicken Poem,
including art by Anne Lander
and Paul Summerfield, words by Andrew Galan

If you want your work published by Zine Empire then email

zineempireATgmaildotcomdotau

These zines plus other randomly selected Zine Empire publications have also been sent to randomly selected Zine Distributors that do not make you go through a selective submission process

SXN zine one

Situation X Normal Zine one

Featuring Jacinta, also known as Hadley

And Tim McCann

Thanks to Hal Judge too.

The sXn zine one

Put together by Anthony Hayes. You could follow this link and read his blog:

antyphayes

Franked reviewed

Franked gets a quick review at The Screaming Wall alongside zines Beefknuckles, We Are Not Obscene, 
Heart Question Mark and Mugeenation.

One-hundred word reviews - the Canberra Zine Fair, Saturday 3 July 2010

Swapping zines was the first most fun part of the Canberra zine fair. The second was exploring all the constructions people brought together on 3 July. Warmth, enclosed space, mince-meat in fried potato, and caped people meant the hours flew as a community circled the zinester filled art-space. Forays across stalls returned plastic knives, paper-boats and white stockings with sensible shoes. Sitting behind the stall meant discovering that you live beside active volcanos while Viking trolls are on the hunt for new lamp shades. And you had the opportunity to pass on messages of your own, rather than mixed tapes.