Zinefest 2012

Wel­ling­ton Zine­fest annu­al zine mar­ket and fest­iv­al returns to Mighty Mighty this Sat­urday, Novem­ber 17th. Now in its 6th year, Wel­ling­ton Zine­fest is New Zeal­and’s longest run­ning fest­iv­al of zines. ‘Zines’ or ‘fan­zines’ are self-pub­­l­ished magazines cre­ated to high­light music scenes, fan­doms, act­iv­ism, craft, cre­at­ive writ­ing or simply the zinemaker’s own oddball obses­sions. Zine­fest brings […]

It’s a festival! Of zines!

Did you know that Wel­ling­ton City Lib­rar­ies has a col­lec­tion of over 500 zines (and grow­ing!) with spe­cial emphas­is on loc­ally pro­duced Wel­ling­ton zines?

You did? You’re very clev­er, you know.

So what are you doing on Sat­urday the 8th? You’re head­ing down to the Wes­ley Church Hall on Tarana­ki St between 10am-4pm to check out Zine­fest? Damn straight you are! You know how much you sup­port self-pub­lish­ing, music, art, craft and food!

And you’re going to intro­duce your­self to Joanna and buy her BOYS BOYS BOYS BOYS BOYS hand­writ­ten zine, 101 Stor­ies that I want to tell you purge and her cookbook/entertaining guide You’re SO enter­tain­ing as well as her sug­ar scrub that all the Wel­ling­tonista rave about? You are, right? That’s awe­some! Well done you!