There’s a new way to waste time in Wellington.
I dropped into Wellington Public Library the other day to see the zines. You know zines? Self-published micro-run magazines, usually at least partially handmade. The WPL has invested in a collection of ’em, over 500 according to the website. Many of them are available for reading up on the first floor, but there’s also a reference/archive collection of local zines held in the rare books area. Some are even available for issue.
It boggles my mind that you can go to the library and borrow a zine. Plus it makes for the happy.
The reading collection is fantastic, with lots of local stuff but heaps from overseas too, including copies of uber-zine Found Magazine. Local stuff includes plenty of issues of Bryce Galloway’s iconic Incredibly Hot Sex With Hideous People, the Muse feminist zine, White Fungus, and all sorts of other oddities. (Although as yet no sign of Seven Copies Of The Scream.) Highly, highly recommend that locals drop in.
Out-of-towners – do your libraries have zine collections? Go tell ’em to start one!
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On a related note, something for Wgtners to do tomorrow: go along to the Wellington Zinefest, celebrating self-publishing in NZ. 10am to 4pm in Wesley Church Hall, 75 Taranaki St. Free entry! I should be kicking around there for chunks of the day.
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cheers for ace comments, I have been helping with the zine collection so it’s so fuckin cool that people actually look at them! and read them! Feel free to make suggestions!