S’all happenin’ in Adelaide!

Something that became very apparent when Amanda and I visited earlier this year for the Format Festival is that Adelaide is a pretty happening place. If you were at the MCA zine fair it’s very possible that some of your zines were collected by Sam for the Adelaide zine shop. The Adelaide D.I.Y scene is nothing short of epic, a powerhouse of motivated people pooling their strengths together to create a really amazing and strong community of creative people. Not only that, it’s a really welcoming community, yet another wonderful thing we noticed when we visited. So if you get the chance you should definitely visit.

So, below is a whole bunch of stuff that is happening in Adelaide that you should check out.
Format Collective
Format website has info about Big!, calendar dates and a blog with all the stuff that is happening. Add that to your RSS feed STAT!

Format Zine Shop Facebook Group
Join the Format Zine Shop FB group, find out what’s happening and of course send your zines there to be stocked.
Make: Do
Check out these excellent videos on the ever growing D.I.Y community in Adelaide.

VITALSTATISTIX THEATRE CO. PRESENTS – The Vitals Book, Zine & Crafty Affair

Crafty zine fair that is happening on Sunday the 19th of July. Book a stall or visit! (Click the link for more info)

That’s it for now!
-fetus

Zine Trade: Tears in my Schooner

Ok, if you’re a zinemaker and/or zine enthusiast perhaps you’re familiar with the feeling that comes when, upon discovering zines for the first time, you are compelled to convince every person you have ever known to also make a zine. My favourite zines are personal zines and, like the writers I avidly follow because their personality comes through so strongly in their writing, there are similar ladies and gentlemen of my acquaintance for whom I feel the zine medium is particularly suited.

Tears in my Schooner: a guide on depressive aural indulgence by this years boy is the first zine by one such gentleman. At its simplest it is a compilation of the sixteen saddest songs in his life right now and why; a “manifesto for taking the time to fully indulge our emotions, both as a way through them and as a way of fully appreciating them.” And it is so beautifully laid out and the writing is so emotive and personal that I could rave about it all day. Suffice it to say that I’ve re-read it almost every day since I received it and probably will many many more times.

Hopefully there will be copies at Sticky [with mix cd attached] otherwise email thisyearsboy.zine [at] gmail [dot] com.

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New zines from us

We know we’ve been a tad quiet over the past couple of months blog wise but that doesn’t mean the zine making has stopped. Check out our new zines below. Available online at our etsy and madeit stores soon or trade (of course!)

Things I never said (1) by Amanda

A6 16 page B/W zine.

Kind of exactly what it sounds like i.e. thirteen things that I have at one point or another had the chance to say but didn’t.

Things I never said (2) by Amanda

A6 16 page B/W zine.

More things I wish I had said, as well as some interesting facts about sea life taken from the Girls’ Crystal Annual 1959.

Good Grief by fetus

New A6 p-p-p-perzine 20 page B/W. Not about the comic Peanuts, but if it was that would be dope.

For trades send your zines to us at:
TINY PAPER HEARTS
P.O. BOX 392
NEWTOWN, 2042, NSW
AUSTRALIA

- fetus & panda

Feed the birds!

As we mentioned in the previous post Susy Pow of Bird in the hand zine Distro has just opened up a lovely zine shop in Newcastle. She is still running her online shop but now you can also go and browse in the flesh, what a delight! Also in store is a photocopier where you can run wild on 3c per side photocopies of your own zines. She is also looking for more zines to stock on consignment so get in touch with her asap via zineshop [at] gmail [dot] com.

I’ve made up a little flyer for Susy below, so feel free to repost this wherever you can to gather support for our bird loving friend.

- fetus

More excellent stuff you should know about

What, another post already you say? Why yes, yes it is! I’m going to try and fit everything that’s happening into one post so fasten your seat belts kids, it’s going to be a bumpy night…

Firstly, my esteemed partner in crime, The Fetus, has been up to all kinds of shenanigans both within and across state lines! Check out her interview with the lovely Kelly from Catacomb Creative and while you’re there take a look at all the amazing design/craft/zine events going on in Melbourne-town.

Secondly, she is also responsible for the fantastic mural on the wall of Bird in the Hand’s new zine shop as part of the Renew Newcastle project. To see it in person you can visit the shop from Thursdays to Sundays, 11am to 4pm at 100a King Street Newcastle. Susy also needs more zines to stock in the shop so if you’re a zinemaker contact her at quiet.chirps[at]gmail.com.

Thirdly, July is International Zine Month! And as part of this excellent month the 24 Hour Zine Thing is running again [thanks zine-aus google groups]! So it goes like this – sign up to the website with your zine name and zine goal and from then you have 24 hours to make a zine of any size. Once it’s done send your zine to Avocade Tree Distro in Virgina, USA [who run the project] and they’ll send you back another 24 hour zine and a badge as well as scanning your zine cover for the website.The Fetus and I have decided we’re going to participate since there’s nothing like winter to make you feel like staying inside cutting and pasting, it’d be awesome if more Australian zinemakers [new and seasoned] got involved.

AND THAT’S IT!

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Feels Like Friday but really it’s a Thursday

We’ve blogged many a time about Ivana Stab and her excellent zines. To mark her zine making greatness Sticky are hosting the event Feels Like Friday but really it’s a Thursday
where you can meet and chat to Ivana herself. Details are below:

Feels like Friday but really it’s a Thursday
THURS 16 JULY 6pm –7pm
Sticky – Shop 10, Degraves Subway, under Flinders St
Melbourne, Vic.

Zine Age Riot zine fair and exhibition

Ok, I’ll admit it. I had a giggle at the name of this zine fair. Now that confession is out of the way, I’ll let you know that this zine fair is being presented by Sea Cell and Teeluxe as part of a larger exhibition in Byron Bay that includes both Australian and international artists . Tables are free and it looks pretty awesome so check out the contact details below if you can make it.  And if you’re a Sydney zine maker like us, perhaps a road trip is in order?

Details!

Place: 4/1 Acacia Street, Byron Bay Arts & Industry Estate

Date: Saturday, 8 August 2009

Time: 11am – 4pm

Contact: craig[at]teeluxe[dot]com[dot]au

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Zine trade: Nerf Jihad!

Dear readers,

This awesome package of zines from Nerf Jihad zines actually arrived on our figurative doorstep a while ago and have been sitting in our ‘To Blog’ pile for far too long. Matt has been writing Nerf Jihad since 2004 and is pretty well known round these parts. Each issue includes a mix of punk music/show reviews, some personal stories and, of course, his often suprisingly successful letter writing campaign to various celebrities, companies and government bodies. My personal favourite is the reply from Catriona Rowntree.

He’s up to issue 8 and can be found here. And can I just say extra kudos must be given for the Ghostbusters picture he included with the trades, absolutely made my afternoon.

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New zines!

Greeting and salutations!

More zine trade updates to come, but first a quick post about some new zines that we’ll have available at the MCA this Thursday as past of Creative Sydney’s LO-FI AND LOVING IT: NEW DOGS, OLD TRICKS night. Bird in the Hand zine distro will be representing with a bunch of Sydney zines including Panacea for Loneliness #2 and Newdel and Rose [which were both available at the MCA zine fair last month] as well as Ampersand after Ampersand #2, which is hot off the press this weekend.

All three were also hand delivered to Sticky on Saturday [if you're not in the Sydney area], where I took the opportunity of testing the C3100 photocopier and let me say, AMAZING.

A little something about the new zines…

Newdel and Rose

A6, 38 pages

Our little caped adventurer Newdel is back again! This time Newdel sets out making his own special friend to spend his days with dancing, pretending and star gazing. Let’s hope the friendship never ends.
DISCLAIMER: Keep your tissue box close.

Panacea for Loneliness #2

A6, 16 pages

This little followup to the original Panacea for Loneliness is more of my musings on scenes in films that I like.  This cinematic mixtape includes contemplating the similarities between Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Monte Carlo biscuits, the behind the scenes shenanigans on What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, how Blue Velvet has inspired all my dance moves and things I learned from Don’t Look Now and Bad Education.

Ampersand after Ampersand #2

A5, 24 pages

This is another personal zine inspired by my decision to quit the call centre that I’ve previously referenced in the Epitaph for my Heart series. Includes events that propelled this life-changing [for the better] decision, my take on the etiquette of resigning from crappy jobs, the aftermath of quitting and the politics of office ‘theft’.

Plus we’ll also have a new mini zine called Four Eyes For Life available for free!

So here are the details:

Where? Museum of Contemporary Art, Circular Quay

When? Thursday 11th June from 5:30pm

We’d love to see you there, it should be an excellent night!

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Digging It

So it’s been raining, and we’ve been reading, and we’re finally ready to make a little post about some of the wonderful zines we traded at the MCA.

But first things first.

One of our favourite zinemakers, Emma D. from Flying Machine, is launching an exhibition and a new zine at the Little Fish Gallery in Newtown on the 24th June.  This is the lovely lady behind Fairytales in the Supermarket, Horace Andy and the Spanish Owls [co-written with Anwyn] and Raining in my Room so we are very excited to see her new work! She mentions the possibility of sangria as well, which is just the sprinkles on the cupcake.

Location: Little Fish Gallery, 22 Enmore Rd Newtown [catch a train/bus to Newtown station, take a left and walk down Enmore Rd, it'll be just past The Smith Family shop on your left.]

Time: From 7:30pm onwards!

By the Time You’re Twenty-Five

We were also lucky enough to get a reprint of this zine from Emma at the MCA zine fair and read it that very night over aniseed tea.  And I love it, it is beautiful and poignant and lovely and a million other things [including an excellent basil and polenta recipe]. And the self-portrait at desk just kills me.

Ok, more zines to come.

Signing off,

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