ezines

ezines section editor:
Liz Worth

Liz Worth is a freelance writer and editor, as well as zinester and creator of word collages. She writes about things that make her want to ask questions and seeks out things that give her answers.

current short list:
www.markamerika.com
www.machinebook.org
www.altx.com
http://punkturns30.blogspot.com/

Femme Invasion in Toronto! This Thursday, May 8
Three of Canada's fiercest writers will be reading at the Toronto Women's Bookstore this Thursday at 7pm. Winnipeg author Chandra Mayor (author of Cherry and August Witch) is launching her new collection of short stories, All the Pretty Girls. Mayor will be joined with readings from Debra Anderson (author of Code White) and Zoe Whittall (author of Bottle Rocket Hearts). Check out these authors here and then come out and show them some love. www.debraanderson.ca www.chandramayor.com www.zoewhittall.blogspot.com
may 5, 2008 Read more.

CALL FOR PERFORMANCE ARTISTS AND POETS (Toronto)
Calling all performance artists and spoken word poets in Toronto: There's a new spoken word night starting up and they're looking for performers. The mission is to push boundaries by keeping a focus on alternative/experimental works. That extends into generally weird stuff, alcohol-infused (or inspired?) freak outs, and contemporary writing with rock n' roll energy. With the spirit of Bukowski, Patti Smith, Antonin Artaud, and Lydia Lunch in mind, this night is looking to establish a voice for those who consider themselves on the fringe of Toronto's lit scene, and is especially for those who don't want to have a thing to do with what's out there right now at all. Anyone interested in participating should get in touch by sending an email to fascinationstreetwords@yahoo.ca explaining who you are and what you do. If you have an alter ego you prefer to speak through that's even better. The rest of the important details are as follows: Happening at: Augusta House...
april 9, 2008 Read more.

Audio Blood In Print
As more and more publications abandon their glossy pages and colour spreads to go digital, Toronto's Audio Blood Zine decided to do just the opposite. After having a successful run as an online publication, its site ceased operation last summer and went on to become a printed entity. I sent some questions over to Audio Blood creator Sari Delmar to talk about how this move has been going and what the rationale was behind it. Liz: What was your original vision for Audio Blood? Sari: Audio Blood was started on a bit of a whim. Me and a photographer friend were fed up with the current publications we were working for and their guidelines, be it writing guidelines or limitations on who to cover, etcetera. So with barely any experience and just a lot of unfocused passion we decided we'd start a website. The initial vision is much the same as it is now, although AB has changed shape. We wanted to have a place for everyone to share their music, art, wr...
march 3,2008 Read more.

Jarvis Cocker On Zines
Pulp's Jarvis Cocker was recently on BBC radio chatting up fanzines, DIY culture, and UK zinesters. How cool is that??!
january 24, 2008 Read more.

What's on your To Do List today?
Todolists.ca is still in its construction stages, but I'm too excited about this project to hold off on writing about it. This is the online component of a great project that's underway to collect people's to-do lists. The eventual goal is to compile a whole year's worth of lists for an art book. Project mastermind Marisa Iacobucci is getting ready to populate this site with news on how the book is coming together, the hunt for a publisher, and of course the rationale behind her fascination with to-do lists. It's also a great way to get in touch with Marisa about the project. Or, you can drop her a line right here at info@todolists.ca
december 22, 2007 Read more.

Book Launch for IN AND DOWN (Toronto)
Toronto writer and editor Brett Alexander Savory is celebrating the launch of his book IN AND DOWN tonight (Friday, September 21) at the Victory Cafe. Brett is the Editor in Chief of Chizine.com, a killer literary ezine that received a solid review from BP not so long ago. The details for the book launch are as follows: Friday, September 21, 2007 at 7:00pm End Time: Saturday, September 22, 2007 at 2:00am Location: The Victory Café Street: 581 Markham Street City/Town: Toronto, ON
september 21, 2007 Read more.

Ladyscientist
In keeping with the theme of the Style issue, and in keeping with the unofficial knitting sub-theme I seem to have created, here’s a Q&A with Susan Bustos. She’s the mastermind behind Ladyscientist.com, which first began as a way to document discussions relating to women in science. Bustos is a lady scientist whose talks on the similarities between knitting and building proteins had some knitters getting pretty excited. Even though Ladyscientist.com hasn’t been updated in a while, Bustos says she does intend to get it going again sooner than later. In the meantime, she’s more than happy to talk about her discoveries in stitches and science. LW: When you made the connection between knitting and proteins, did this change how you look at knitting? SB: It did a little bit. I mean, I’d only ever worked from patterns before. That’s the way I saw it was you start with a pattern and you finish with your product, and that’s the same way with protein synthesis because they kind of fed off...
friday, september 21, 2007 Read more.

New Math
Do needles and yarn equate to two plus two? At first it might not seem like an obvious fit, but math and knitting aren’t as unrelated as they might seem. While some savvy crafters might be more focused on how their new leg warmers are going to look rather than on the devices behind every stitch, mathematics has long been a principal tool in knitting and crocheting whether crafters are aware of them or not. But mathematical knitting has gradually been moving out of the shadows as more knitting, and math, enthusiasts make the connection. Mathematics professor and knitter sarah-marie belcastro maintains The Home of Mathematical Knitting at http://www.toroidalsnark.net/mathknit.html, and is currently editing a book “intended for both crafters and mathematicians.” belcastro took the time to do a quick Q&A on what mathematical knitting is all about. Did you ever expect that you would be editing a book about mathematical needlework? Are you ever surprised by th...
september 1, 2007 Read more.

My Little Corner of the World: An Intro to the Ezines Blog
Having been a long time reader of Broken Pencil before I became a contributor and editor to the magazine, I've long held on to memories about how certain articles, whole issues, and covers have made me think and feel in new ways. One that struck me in particular was the spring 2000 issue of Broken Pencil in which the cover that dared to ask, "Are zines dead?" Obviously, and gratefully, seven years later, the answer is a firm no. But as the internet has taken a steady hold in our society over the last seven years, our relationship with print media has certainly changed. To be honest, if the person I was seven years ago were to meet the person I am today, she'd be surprised to find herself working as BP's ezines editor. For so long I swore to remain true to the printed format, believing it almost to be an act of betrayal if I were to ever publish my old zine, Riot!, online, or even entertain the thought of bringing the zine medium to the online world. But as I gradua...
july 18 2007 Read more.