Since Aussie Arts was recieving alot of search hits for zines, I thought I’d celebrate the MCA Zine Fair with an entry about the Zine Scene in Australia. If you are unaware of what exactly a zine entails, I suggest you get the full lowdown at Book of Zines.
The Australian zine scene (sorry, I can’t stop saying it) is a funny thing. It’s like Sydney weather – dry one day, flooding rain the next. The entire structure of the scene is run on people’s spare time and money, meaning that previous information about zine stockists, distros and groups quickly becomes outdated. I’m hoping to maintain this entry as a current and relevant list of zine contacts, which I’ll update as information comes to hand. If you are aware of anything that’s incorrect or missing, please send it through to karen.at.karenisafox.com and I’ll make the necessary changes.
GROUPS
Recently Miss Helen (I think) set up a new google email group, Australian Zines and Small Press. It is great, join now.
DISTROS
Beating Hearts Press
PO Box 37
Rochedale South QLD 4123
Flying Machine
Emma
PO Box 4, Enmore NSW 2042
(She is slowly getting back into distro, currently working on only distributing her new zines)
Gato Loco
P.O. Box 190
Seddon West VIC 3011
Spiral Objective
PO Box 126, Oaklands Park SA 5046
Zine Classifieds
(it’s online! it’s awesome!)
ZINE STORES
Arc Art Store @ COFA
COFA Campus (OXford St Corner), Paddington NSW
Paint it Black Records
86 Enmore Road, Newtown NSW 2042
Polyester Books
330 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy, Victoria, AUSTRALIA 3065
PO Box 73, Fitzroy, Victoria, AUSTRALIA 3065
RubanRat
King St, Newtown NSW 2042
SquareOne
525 Harris St, Ultimo NSW
Sticky
Shop 10 Campbell Arcade
(underneath Flinders St Station via Degraves St underpass)
Melbourne VIC 3000
POSSIBLE STOCKISTS
This is a listing of stockists that once used to stock zines, but now I’m not sure. If you’re looking to stock at these stores, please note that alot of these stores only accept topical zines, eg: music, anarchist, comics etc.
NSW
Gallery Serpentine
Shop 2/116 Enmore Rd, Newtown NSW 2042
MacLean’s Booksellers
69 Beaumont St, Hamilton NSW 2303
PO Box 130, Hamilton NSW 2303
Red Eye
66 King St, Sydney NSW 2000
QLD
Ace Comics
Level 2, 121 Queen St, Brisbane QLD 4000
Comic Warriors
Shop 18, Annerley Arcade, 478 Ipswich Rd, Annerley QLD
Rocking Horse Records
245 Albert St, Brisbane QLD 4000
Trash Video
1/73 Vulture St, West End QLD 4101
TAS
Play by Wire
Shop 23, Yorktown Square, Launceston TAS
VIC
Barricade Books
1st floor of Irene Community Arts Warehouse, 5 Pitt Street, Brunswick VIC 3056
Collectors’ Corner
240 Swanston St, Melbourne VIC 3000
Eltham Bookshop
970 Main Road, Eltham VIC 3095
Friends of the Earth
312 Smith St , Collingwood VIC 3066
Greville Records
152 Greville St, Prahran VIC 3181
Greville St Bookstore
145 Greville St , Prahran VIC 3181
Missing Link Records
Basement 405 Bourke St, Melbourne VIC 3000
Paperback Books
60 Bourke St, Melbourne VIC 3000
Peril Underground
Basement 17-19 Elizabeth St, Melbourne VIC 3000
Synaesthesia
Level 1, 28 Block Place, Melbourne VIC 3000
GPO Box 1117, Melbourne 3001
WA
78 Records
914 Hay St, Perth WA 6000
Dada Records
36 Pier St, Perth WA 6000
Quality Comics
872 Hay St, Perth, WA 6000
PO Box 7742 Cloisters Square WA 6850
LIBRARIES
Zine Libraries are places you go to read and photocopy archived zines.
Copy and Destroy Zine Library
Visible Ink, Fortitude Valley QLD
Murdoch University science fiction zine collection
South St, Murdoch WA 6150
National Library of Australia
Canberra ACT 2600
Octapod
3/231 King St, Newcastle NSW 2300
State Library of Victoria
328 Swanston St, Melbourne VIC 3000
FESTIVALS & MARKETS
Festivals can be a one off thing, or an annual thing. Markets on the other hand are pretty regular, and are good if you’re stocking other crap.
ACT
Canberra Writers Festival Zine Fair
Run by the ACT Writers’ Centre, the Zine Fair will be held on Saturday 21 June, in the foyer of Gorman House.
NSW
Consolador de dos Caras DIY Markets
Every Wednesday, 8pm
la Campana, 53-55 liverpool St, Sydney NSW 2000
Kino Zine Fair
A new initiative of Kinokuniya, the giant bookstore in Galleries Victoria. It’s held this year on 28 June 2008 in store.
Level 2, TGV, 500 George St, Sydney NSW 2000
Newcastle Zine and Independent Press Fair
The National Young Writers’ Festival is held as part of the This Is Not Art (TINA) Festival, during the September/October long weekend of every year. A key highlight of the Festival(s) is the Zine fair, which attracts zinesters from all over the country. This year the fair will be on Sunday, 5th October 2008.
Penrith Regional Gallery Inaugural Spring Zine Fair
Last year this was held on the 1st September, as part of a Zine Factory program the gallery was running.
smARTarts Art & Cultural Festival
The smARTarts Festival is a National Youth Week initiative run in and by Pine St Creative Arts Centre. One of the features of the festival is a zine fair. This year the festival was held on 12 April.
Pine St Creative Arts Centre, 62 Pine St, Chippendale NSW 2008
Verge Arts Festival Zine Fair
Verge Arts Festival is run annually by Sydney Uni, and the Zine Fair is booked to run on the 11th September, 2008.
Sydney University, Camperdown NSW
Wollongong City Gallery Zine Fair
First was during National Youth Week earlier this year (13 April, 2008).
SA
Pt Augusta Zine Fair
Every year Pt Augusta has a writer’s festival, and in July ‘08 they had a Zine Fair.
The Barracks, Beachamps Lane, Pt Augusta SA
VIC
Independent Press and Zine Fair
The flagship for the Emerging Writers Festival in Melbourne, this year the Zine Fair was held on the 11 May at the Atrium in Federation Square.
Melbourne, VIC 3000
Mercado Art Market
Bi-monthly art market selling all bits of DIY, run by the good people at Forepaw.
275 High St, Northcote VIC
Sticky’s Festival of the Photocopier
This annual festival run by Australia’s best zine shop was held earlier this year on February 6th, in the Degraves Subway under Flinders St station.
Yeah Write! Zine Fair
Held by the City of Boroondara, Yeah Write! Zine Fair occurred last year on the 24 November at the Hawthorn Town Hall.
358 Burwood Road, Hawthorn VIC
Big ups to the Australian Zines and Small Press group and Keg De Souza’s MCA Zine Fair program for the wealth of info, some which has featured here.
