Zine in a Matchbox, Pascale Burton  

Up-cycling is a current shift in fashion and design that not only extends the life of waste but alters the function of an object. This is not a new concept. Images of Duchamp’s Fountain or Picasso’s Bull’s Head are evoked. This kind of upcycling drives us to see objects that our minds recognise as having one purpose, becoming something else. It makes the world somehow bigger. 

SPOONFUL ZINE - A Spoonful at a Time, Anthea Krook 

Spoonful is a short and inspiring little publication which, in light of our insanely busy lives and increasing ‘oh no, I must find time to read x’ can be finished by the end of a train ride. It’s quick to consume, beautifully soft, in full colour & after reading will genuinely make you smile. But let’s start at the beginning…

Smells Like Zines, Toowoomba, Elouise Quinlivan

Smells Like Zines is the only zine shop currently operating in Toowoomba, Queensland. Named after the smell of wet ink and glue drying on a newly finished publication, local writer and shop owner Elouise Quinlivan knows the feeling all too well, after releasing four separate publications in the last six months, being sold through her own distro known as Smells Like Zines…

Beef Knuckles, NSW 

Bryn Desmond-Jones, Hon Boey and Rob Moran (Beef Knuckles) met while working on two Australian media publications. Bryn and Rob met when they  lived in Japan where a favourite pasttime was lighting fireworks on the Yodogawa River and buying figurines of obscure Japanese comic characters. They figured the best way to change the world and get rich was to make and distribute zines!  And ANYONE who has had anything to do with Zines knows this is absolutely true! :-)  Read about how they got their name and much more in issue 4 of the Australian Book Arts Journal.  Go to the Subscriptions page...

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Introduction to Zines (Linda Douglas)

Paper Cuts Collective (QLD)  

Deborah Klein, VIC