New Zine Library Editions

Search Party
Nancy Zhang

Toronto

This compact little zine is done in modest black and white photocopy, held together with a band that sports Nancy's website on it. When taken off, 3 sheets of paper neatly accordion folded reveal their own landscape per sheet, with a legend of things for the reader to find in the illustration. This zine is cutely interactive with neat design and illustration that is both well balanced and nicely complex for the task at hand. Well done!

It Could Be

Sarah Ayton

Montreal

This 2 staple mini zine deals with the everyday anxieties that flash across the layperson's mind for a few seconds when something unexpected happens. The naïve way of drawing is charming and yet personable, with characterization that most can relate to in some sort of way. The narrative is the same; humanly vulnerable and diaristic, but not so self absorbed that one cannot connect. A nice little zine to read on a rainier day.

(How) I Stopped Washing My Hair

Alison Roth Cooley

Toronto

This zine is about alternative hair-care for those who are tired of the dangers of chemical washes via shampoos and other hair-care products. It goes on to chronicle Alison's journey to an alternative-shampoo lifestyle, and details the substances used and the effects they had.The little blip in this zine is the fact that chemical-hair-dye was used as a last resort to a natural look for the zinesters' "au natural" endeavours. While the zine does not talk about the dangers of such things or other hair products, for alternative shampoo-how-tos, this is a good start.

Fatty Fatty Boombalatty

Clara Bee Lavery

Toronto

This zine hones a wealth of topics on body, weight, gender, and generally emotionally sensitive issues of the writer and their partner Oz. Fat acceptance and body acceptance in general is something not widely talked about in this age where the body is seen as a platform for commentary. The zine is written in an honest and approachable way, gratifying the issues that many people  not limited to those categorized as 'fat', experience. The zine is also charasmatic enough to keep one reading through its many wall-text pages that are complimented with illustrations, motifs and cutouts. The end also has a little tip section for dealing with ones own issues, and they are good ones. A good read!

OZL NEEDS YOU *points finger*

Are you a Zinester?

Do you want to share your work with other Zine lovers?

The OCADU Zine Library can help.

We are always looking for more work to add to the library to support the growth of the OCAD community. For more information on the library or where to find us,  check out the link below...     http://www.ocadu.ca/library/learning_zone/zine_library.htm

To Donate your work or inquire about how you could get involved email this address.
Thank you and your support would be greatly appreciated,

OZL

Free Tables NOV 24th - XPACE -

With Canzine behind us there's still lots of Zine fun to look forward too!

Tables are free at the 3rd annual XPACE ZINE FAIR so sign up quick to trade and sell your stuff

OR come check out these festivities on the third saturday of November from 12pm to 6pm
Nov 24 at 58 Ossington










For Details.....
XPACE Cultural Centre: FINAL NOTICE ZINE FAIR: Call For Vendors: Upcoming at XPACE (and our last event at 58 Ossington- we're moving!) is our third annual Zine Fair. We are currently accepting submissi...

Canzine

The Zine fair is over but don't fret, come check out our loot at the OCAD ZINE LIBRARY.

We have new editions to our growing collection of zines and they need your beautiful eyes to love them :)



















Poster by Sab Meynert

CALL FOR VENDORS AT ZINE ZONE!

This friendly message is brought to you by XPACE Cultural Centre:

XPACE is hosting Zine Zone, our second annual holiday zine fair. We are looking for vendors who want to sell their zines, comics, crafts, music, baked goods and any other hand made multiples. This is a great way to sell your stuff, find some inspiring gifts, and meet other artists. Best part of it all is tables are free!

Zine Zone will take place on Saturday December the 17th from 12pm-6pm.

If you'd like to participate, registration is free. It's first come first serve and there is limited space, so reserve your space now!
Email alicia@xpace.info to sign up for a table.

XPACE Cultural Centre
58 Ossington Ave
xpace.info
(416) 849-2864

Hey everyone! It's that time of the year again... Canzine! This year's event is taking place 918 Bathurst Center (near Bloor and Bathurst Station) and as usual it starts at 1p.m and finishes at 7p.m. This year's Canzine might just be the biggest and most exciting yet featuring hundreds of vendors, The Great Hollywood Rip-Off Piracy Zine Challenge and tasty food from The Toronto Underground Market!

The OCAD Zine library will be there too, and we're going to be asking for zine donations for our humble little library. Keep your eyes peeled for a bright coral box going around!

Truth

Check out this sweet article from the latest issue of Broken Pencil:

"Despite What You've Heard, Zines Aren't Dead" by Liz Worth

If you're reading this blog, you probably know pretty well that zines ain't dead. You should read this article anyway for its discussion of zines vs internet and its brief history of zines in Canada from the 80s to today. Zines forever!!