ZINE LIBRARIES Octpod 3/231 King St Newcastle NSW 2300 (02) 4927 0470 http://www.octapod.org/ IRENE community arts warehouse 5 Pitt St Brunswick VIC 3056 (03) 9343 6695 spacekids@myspinach.org http://www.irene.org.au/ Monash University rare book collection Clayton campus Wellington Rd Clayton Victoria 3800 (03) 9905 4000 Richard.Overell@lib.monash.edu.au Library of Radical Thought 517 Brunswick St Fortitude Valley, Brisbane QLD 4006 Open Tuesdays 9am-5pm and Fridays 12-5pm geraldkeaney@hotmail.com / quiz@cat.org.au http://quiz.cat.org.au/ Murdock University science fiction zine collection South St Murdoch WA 6150 (08) 9360 2696 / 0412 170 665 G.Stone@murdoch.edu.au ORGANISTAIONS Express Media 42 Courtney St North Melbourne VIC 3051 (03) 9326 8367 http://www.expressmedia.org.au/ Express Media offers zine workshops, cheap photocoping ans is organiser of the Emerging Writers' Festival. Octapod 3/231 King St Newcastle NSW 2300 ph/fax: (02) 4927 0470 http://www.octapod.org/ Octapod offers zine launches, stalls, workshops, contains the largest zine library in Australia and is involved with the National Young Writers’ Festival. QUIZ.cat c/o Brisbane Indymedia Media Lab 517 Brunswick St Fortitude Valley, Brisbane QLD 4006 http://quiz.cat.org.au/ QUIZ.cat is primarily a website for ‘Queensland Underground and Independent Zines’, but has recently acquired exhibition space via Brisbane Indymedia. FESTIVALS/EVENTS Dates for festivals change from year to year. Emerging Writers' Festival 6 - 8 May 2005 Victoria Hotel, Melbourne VIC http://www.expressmedia.org.au/ Make It Up is no longer about but this event will help feel the void. 'Writers from 16 to 60 talk about their work. Panels, readings, workshops, forums and trade fairs covering everything from poetry to prose, screenplays to weblogs, and journalism to zines.' National Young Writers' Festival 30 September - 4 October 2004 Newcastle NSW http://www.youngwritersfestival.org/ http://www.thisisnotart.org/ This event attracts zinesters from across the nation and includes workshops, panels, and, the main attraction, the zine and comic trade fair. Zines are only a fragment of what goes on at the National Young Writers’ Festival, which is itself part of the larger This is Not Art festival. Straight out of Brisbane 2 - 12 December 2004 Fortitude Valley QLD http://www.straightoutofbrisbane.com/ ‘Straight Out of Brisbane (SOOB) is an annual festival of independent and emerging arts, culture, communities, media, thought, passion, politics, and trouble making.’ Panels, workshops and a zine/indie media trade fair. Word of Mouth writers festival and book fair <-- NEED NEW DETAILS Last held November 2002 Fremantle Arts Centre WA 08 9432 9559 slo@fremantle.wa.gov.au http://www.writerswritingwa.org/ A two-day book fair with guest speakers from across the country. Kasis of Puffy Eye Distro provides the only stall of zines and comics. Noise <-- DATE CHANGED Held throughout October http://www.noise.net.au/ The creative works of young Australians are published online as well as in print nation wide. Deadline for submissions around the end of May. Next Wave 2006, alongside the Melbourne Commonwealth Games http://www.nextwave.org.au/ Next Wave is a ‘multi arts youth festival’ and is held every even year. The 2006 Next Wave Festival theme is Empire Games. MISC. Aero Zed 6 3/231 King St Newcastle NSW 2300 (02) 4927 0470 http://www.octapod.org/ Octapod zine launches, including local as well as interstate zines. DIY arts show Thursdays 5-6pm 3CR Community Radio 855AM Melbourne c/o Lou Smith PO Box 1277 Collingwood VIC 3066 squidink@octapod.org 'Zinesters, graf artsits, writers, community artists. We'd love to hear about your projects on radio.' Cut Copy Paste Tuesday breakfast 2SER-FM Level 26, UTS Broadway, Sydney NSW 2000 tuesdaybreakfast@2ser.com Get you zine reviewed on the radio. Mad Cap Zine Exchange PO Box 152 Kelvin Grove QLD 4059 http://www.janita.com.au/mad/madcap.htm MadCap is a free service that collects zines, sorts them into catagories, then redistributes them. Just send in your old zines, along with a SSAE, and receive a new lot in return. Sticky Shop 10 Campbell Arcade Melbourne VIC 3000 (03) 9654 8559 sticky@platform.org.au Exchange your zine for four back issues of Voiceworks magazine. Write in Your Face - Australian Council of the Arts Operations Australia Council PO Box 788 Strawberry Hills NSW 2012 Contact Jill Jones on 02 9215 9052; toll-free 1800 226 912; or email j.jones@ozco.gov.au http://www.ozco.gov.au/literature 'Write in Your Face' is a grant offered by the Australian Council of the Arts Literature Board of up to $5000 for zine related projects by young people (16-30 yeas). The deadline for 2004 proposals is 8 December 2003. ONLINE Zeen Oz http://lists.octapod.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/zines http://groups.yahoo.com/groups/zines/ <-- ARCHIVE ONLY Zines and Fun http://groups.yahoo.com/groups/zinesandfun/ National Young Writers' Festival mailing list http://lists.octapod.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nywf Cut and Paste (out of date, last updated 1999) http://www.cutnpaste.va.com.au/ Breathe the New Pollution http://evolver.loud.org.au/nupoo/ Cornerfold http://www.cornerfold.com.au/ Vibewire.net http://www.vibewire.net/ The Program http://www.theprogram.net.au/ Zines: Meet Up http://zines.meetup.com/ Electrocution Zine Solutions electroidriva@hotmail.com GENERAL ZINE WEBSITES Action Girl http://www.houseoffun.com/action/zines/ The Reader's Guide to the Underground Press http://www.undergroundpress.org/ The Book of Zines http://www.zinebook.com/ Pander Zine Distro http://panderzinedistro.com/ Zinesters.net http://www.zinesters.net/ The History of Zines http://www.obscurestore.com/zinesajr.html http://www.essentialmedia.com/Shop/Seth.html http://www.zinebook.com/directory/zine-history.html