Zines in Cross Street
Yesterday was Cross Street Carnival! The street was closed off for the day, and there was music, aerial acrobatics, performance art, general carnival mayhem and a Craftwerk market happening in the middle of it all.
This was the first time Cherry Bomb Comics had set up shop since closing their physical space in New North Road. They had a little table crammed with their usual fine selection of comics and zines, and were next to another table advertising Ladyfest Auckland, which is happening next weekend. Check out the websites for more details, but especially check out the Zine Fair happening next Saturday! Cross Street Studios will be full of zine merchants, and there will be workshops and zine-related things happening. I will have a table of Moon Rocket leftovers, and will be taking a workshop on zine structures and binding in the middle of the day. Come along if you’re in the neighbourhood, it will be fun.
I picked up some local publications from the carnival yesterday:
- Are We There Yet?: An overland travel story is by Fran H, who travelled from the UK to New Zealand overland and wrote about it in this comic, which she published in time for last year’s Wellington Zinefest. Fran tells travel stories that think about the politics & environmental impact of travelling, and appreciate the details of new places.
- Your Weight in Gold by Annabel Henderson Morrell is a little zine/chapbook of sexy, smart poems about relationships & the death of a friend.
- It’s A Zine Life is a little story told in photos of a plastic bogan doll and his adventures in Mount Maunganui
The first two I bought from Cherry Bomb (check with them if you want copies). The third was a free zine I picked up from a table selling crafts - I don’t have contact details ubt they might be at the next Auckland Craftwerk.
2 Comments
- tessa replied:
hi moira! a friend gave me a link to this site - i didn’t know small print was still up and running!
just wanted to let you know ‘it’s a zine life’ is made by a girl called olivia (who is in some way affiliated with lily rosemary and the jack of hearts - they have a myspace, if that helps); and was made for the same class at AUT that kim’s (that you picked up at ladyfest) was made for!
May 27th, 2008 at 11:24 pm. Permalink.
- moirabot replied:
hi! small print is a bit low key at the moment, but i’m writing this blog, and thinking about organising another event before too long.
thanks for the info about ‘it’s a zine life’!
May 28th, 2008 at 9:18 am. Permalink.