zine101
Class Three
WRITING
Carolyn DeCarlo and Jackson Nieuwland of Food Court University Press share their insight on creating and distributing zines.
This tutorial is loaded with practical ideas for publishing, tips for getting things to print, local providers and how to distribute your work.
Check out Food Court online, follow them on Facebook and on Instagram.
ASSIGNMENT
Make a writing zine of your own!
Create an A5 writing zine, following Carolyn and Jackson's steps as closely as you'd like. This could include either your own writing, writing from your friends, or writing from others that you've repurposed (with permission, of course!)
Perhaps try out some of the printing and binding techniques demonstrated in the video. If you'd like to, you can also include a bit of text describing how you experimented with the publishing methods your tutors described.
EXTRA CREDIT
Online
This page on the National Library website has all the need-to-know info on setting up your ISBN or ISSN number.
Watch
WHAT IS GSM?
This short video explains what paper GSM (Grams per Square Meter) is and why it matters for printing and publishing.
Read
I AM A HUMAN BEING
Jackson's acclaimed debut collection of poems is available now from Compound Press.
Watch
WHAT IS A RISOGRAPH?
This short video shows off what a Risograph printer is, and how it works.
Online
PANTOGRAPH PUNCH
Carolyn and Jackson have both written for arts and cultural commentary site The Pantograph Punch.
Read
MIMICRY JOURNAL
A journal of comedy, poetry, fiction, nonfiction, music, art and design by young NZ creatives. Currently on hiatus.
Online
STICKY INSTITUTE
Sticky Institute in Melbourne is a shop and resource devoted entirely to zines. They sell zines on behalf of zinemakers, and since opening in 2001 have stocked over 12,000 zine titles.
Read
SWEET MAMMALIAN
A New Zealand literary journal of new writing. This publication comes out of a wish to see more good, new writing out in the world.
Visit
BOOK HOUND
A new(ish) second-hand bookshop in Newtown with a focus on contemporary fiction, poetry, and quality non-fiction. Poetry readings every month.
Visit
THE LIBRARY
Both Arapaki and Newtown (and surely others, too) have fantastic zine collections that are absolutely worth exploring.
The Library blog also has great coverage of zine projects in Wellington.
Online
SALTY
A poetry and art zine series by emerging Wellington poets and artists focusing on the introspective process of healing and self-reflection. Published each season.
Launched in 1999, AUP New Poets first introduced readers to Anna Jackson, Sonja Yelich, Janis Freegard, Chris Tse and many more significant New Zealand voices. New Poets 5 features contributions from Carolyn De Carlo.
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STITCHING TUTORIAL
Watch this video to learn how to bind your zines by hand using a saddle-stitch bookbinding technique.
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SEWING MACHINE BINDING
In this tutorial video, you'll learn how to bind notebooks and zines using a sewing machine.