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OLDER ZINES, LOCALLY MADE AND FRIENDS OF ANCHOR ARCHIVE:
BECAUSE WE NEED… FOOD NOT BOMBS. Dave, Hfx. $3
A zine outlining the ten-year history of Food not Bombs in Halifax, commenting on organizing tactics and events, with lots of old photos and posters out of the archive. Nostalgic for old FNB-ers, interesting commentary on consensus organizing that could apply to lots of activist and FNB groups. Screenprinted cover too.
STORAGE SOLUTIONS FOR DUMMIES or BUILDING PORTABLE MODULAR STORAGE UNITS WITH FOUND MATERIALS. Geoff, Hfx. $2
This is how our zine library shelves were built – you can make some too. Geoff is a carpenter genius and has shared all the building plans and tips to find what you need and organize your life.
QUEER3. Jill R, Hfx. $4
Made for a class she was taking but amazing to have and share, this zine compiles writing about being queer and third wave feminism from local Halifax folks. There are articles about zines and feminism, queer screenprinted patches, working in a sex toy shop,, and experience working with women in prison, along with some amazing artwork and layout.
VERMICOMPOSTING. Rebecca, Hfx. $2
Worms eat cooking scraps and make rich castings, hints on starting a bin and keeping them happy.
MANIFIESTA. Simone, Hfx. $2
A collection of short, saucy and smart manifestoes. This is an oldie but one of my favorites.
SALT & SLUSH. Sarah & Sonia, Hfx. $3
Winter recipes so we can keep up local eating when nothing is growing. An eclectic collection culled from our friend’s recipe books.
STAB #6+ ROOT#4. Sonia & Sarah, Hfx. $3
This zine is made up of a tape recorded conversation and some comic drawing sessions, awesome back and forth ideas and impressions about our house, neighbourhood and city. Bylaw harassment, scavenging, anti-tourism, zine library, travel, all the things on our collective mind lately.
MIDSUMMER NORTH END WILD PLANTS.
Sarah & Sonia, Hfx. $3
Short essays about relationships with wild plants, through time spend gardening and studying botany, followed by photocopies of specimens of many common weeds gathered in empty lots, named with folklore, facts and uses listed for each.
ROOT#1. Sarah, Hfx. $3
Story and photos all about a summer spent on an organic farm. Food politics with a personal twist.
ROOT#2. Sarah, Hfx. $2
Short and sweet, about finishing school and science and zine love.
ROOT#3. Sarah, Hfx. $3
Vacation snapshots from a long roadtrip around America. Ideas about home when you don’t have one.
FACTS ABOUT MENSTRUATION… Sarah, Hfx. $3
A story tracing from when I started bleeding, to finding out why the way we are taught to deal with it is shit. Simple and concise presentation of environmental and social issues surrounding periods. Includes a pattern for cloth pads.
CANADIAN PATAPHYSICS. Sonia, $2
A reprinted essay about “Geognostic Interrogations of a Distant Somewhere.” Mapping meets semiotics and this was reprinted to share it with more folks.
THE COMMONS. Sonia, Hfx. $3
It’s a “psychogeographilosopy” of the Halifax Commons, combined with ideas of land ownership and public space, temporary autonomous zones and the Diggers.
KNIT IN PEACE. Susanna, Hfx. $2
Susanna ties together her love of knitting and passionate activism and produces a zine filled with information, stories of others knitting for social change, and tons of links and book recommendations.
KNITIVISM. Susanna, Hfx. 50cents
Small zine of suggested ideas and projects all over the world, linking knitting and craft projects to activist projects.
SECRET SPOTS HALIFAX. Anti-tourism Tour, Hfx. $1
A small bilingual (English & French) guide to 17 favorite and little-known Halifax attractions. Includes a map and directions to each.
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These zines are all available for sale, either by mailorder or at the zine library. Some we sell in multiple copies to distros or stores (please ask before ordering bulk copies).
Prices are in either US or Canadian dollars. Please send hidden cash or cheques (made out to Anchor Archive), and yes US 'checks' or cash are okay. Postage is included in the prices of the zines - maybe makes them seem a little steep, but man, postage is expensive. If you stop by, we have these (and more) for sale a bit cheaper. If you're interested in us carrying your zine, get in touch!
We like trades too! and all orders come with an Anchor Archive newsletter and some screenprinted patches.
And - please be patient. We're busy around here and will send out your order soon, email us if you haven't heard after a month or so.
The address is:
Anchor Archive Zine Distro
5684 Roberts Street
Halifax NS B3K 1J6 Canada
NEWER ZINES
WORDS WITHOUT WALLS: WRITING AND ART BY WOMEN IN PRISON IN NOVA SCOTIA. Books Beyond Bars, Hfx. $12
This book takes contributions from zine copies of WWW, plus many more poems and drawings, and it's all in a lovely little perfectbound book! The poems are amazing and heartbreaking, and there's also an essay about NS women's prisons.
GENTRIFICATION IN HALIFAX'S NORTH END. Capp, Hfx. $3
This zine compiles two essays Capp wrote in the last few years, one about the g-word, and the other about rent control. This is an awesome explanation of the often misunderstood phenonmenon that's ramaging through so many neighbourhoods.
BRAINSICK [a novelette]. Elisha Rubacha, Lanark ON. $12
The first summer the zine library was open, Elisha was one of our most enthusiastic patron, returning stacks of zines every week and taking out more. A few years later, here is her first book.
HOW I GOT OVER MY FEAR OF SPIDERS. Amanda, Hfx. $2
This short illustrated story is a sweet reminder that nothing's as scary as it seems. It was made during the 24 hour zine marathon.
COMING TO VOICE - ZINES - A CUT N' PASTE PEDAGOGICAL TOOL. Julia, DC. $3
Julia worked with an ESL class, and this zine is split between an essay about her experiences (with lots of bell hooks quotes to back her up) and the actual zine made by the kids. After teaching so many zine workshops over they years I'm always intersted in other people's experiences taking zines outside punk and DIY subculture and Julia says it all.
LOG CABIN QUILTING FOR YOU AND ME! Elif, Mtl. $2
This lovely how to zine is a quilt all unto itself, handwritten text and diagrams backed on charming fabric patterns. Elif completed this zine during her residency here at the Anchor Archive, and I was totally hooked after she did a workshop on log cabin quilting. It’s easy, but not that easy, and super fun.
MAKIN’ YO-YOS! Elif, Mtl. $2
Yo yos are strange little gathered pieces of fabric that you can sew together, sew to anything, give to friends, and obsessively make with instructions in this little zine.
SALT & SLUSH 2. Sarah, Hfx. $4
Six years after the first one, S&S is a collection of winter themed recipes, instructions and inspiration. Lots of soups, salads, and main dishes, plus how to brew beer, knit a tea cozy, and can vegetables and fruit. Recipes ranging from vegan and veggie to a couple involving meat. It's a pretty little package, thick full of ideas with a screenprinted cover and bound with yarn.
HOW TO MAKE A SUPER 8 FILM. Hfx, $3
A collaboration between the Anchor Archive and the Atlantic Filmmakers Co-op, this zine was made as a handout for super 8 workshops in schools around the province. It’s helpful for all ages, a great way to get into making small movies, with a history lesson about film and Super 8. This zine is thorough, and covers every step: where to order and process film (in Canada), hints for movie ideas, techniques and tricks when filming, editing, distribution and screening.
MY STORY OF MITCH’S ACCIDENT. Jenn Robertson, London ON, $5.
A heartbreaking story of a good friend being hit by a drunk driver while riding his bike, through the accident and slow recovery. Jennifer writes with passion and insight about something that must be difficult to communicate.
ZINE MAKING – second edition. Sarah, Hfx. $1
New updated simple guide to layout, copying and assemble your own zine with resources too, Halifax-focussed but helpful to all ages of aspiring zine makers.
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