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EZRA 🗝 ROSE @sheydgarden.bsky.social · 5h

if you're curious about WHY every other occult horror movie is chock full of Hebrew-lettered diagrams, & also why this actually sucks, you can read my (citation-heavy) zine on the subject here ezrarose.itch.io/fyma-a-lesse...

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mercia (but spooky🎃) @merciawintersage.bsky.social · 14h

hi #Canadians and bon matin

please take two minutes to fill out this survey.

i’m betting you probably don’t want AI-enabled authoritarianism, resource poisoning, and climate devastation like what has already taken shape in the U.S.

Nico Mara-McKay 🦇 (they/iel) @nicomaramckay.com · 2d

Canadians: The federal government is seeking public input on how AI should be developed and used in business, research, and the military.

If this scares the shit out of you, please let them know:

Help define the next chapter of Canada's AI leadership

Current status: Open from October 1 to October 31, 2025 Canada helped invent modern AI. To stay a leader—and protect our digital sovereignty—we're running a 30-day national sprint to shape a renewed...

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Skelly Booten @kwooten.bsky.social · 2d

One magical part of being in the same job for almost 20 years, is that I hear about new books based on dissertation research I helped support. And sometimes they're literally magical (about Radical Witchery in the Southeast)! "For a Spell" by Jason Ezell uncpress.org/978146969044...

For a Spell

In the Southeastern United States of the late 1970s, a regional network of radical communal gay households formed in the face of rising New Right terror. Con...

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sheer spite press @sheerspite.bsky.social · 3d

Extremely relatable 😔💜

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Quebec Writers' Federation @officialqwf.bsky.social · 3d

Calling all BIPOC writers and poets!

We're accepting applications from Quebec-based aspiring and emerging writers who are Black, Indigenous, or people of colour for the 2026 Mairuth Sarsfield Mentorship.

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Call for Applications: 2026 Mairuth Sarsfield Mentorship for Underrepresented Writers - Quebec Writers' Federation

The 2026 Mairuth Sarsfield Mentorship for Underrepresented Writers is accepting applications from emerging and aspiring writers and literary artists. This year’s mentorship will be in poetry with ment...

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sheer spite press @sheerspite.bsky.social · 3d

thanks friend! 💜

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sheer spite press @sheerspite.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks friend, sending you strength for your 3rd event in a month! 😱🫠💜💌

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Milo @miloblue.bsky.social · 3d

I don't know what to say about this, as I get ready to head to my 3rd zine tabling event in a month tomorrow, other than @sheerspite.bsky.social nails it.

As both an attendee and organizer of zine, zinelibrary and rad events, there is so much for us to do still to make the days-of awesome for all.

sheer spite press @sheerspite.bsky.social · 3d

Every zine fest is a miracle and a labour of love, but here are some things that I have experienced that make for a zine fair that is especially nice to table at:
sheerspite.ca/five-things-...

Five things zine fairs do that I love - sheer spite press

Hello! I’ve been thinking about zine fairs (and book fairs, small press fairs, and other places where people stand behind a table and sell you little booklets). I’ve tabled...

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sheer spite press @sheerspite.bsky.social · 3d

That makes total sense, not all zine makers and enjoyers are quiet and easily overstimulated, but definitely enough of us are that it makes sense to try and organize an event that is nice for people with those needs and preferences!

sheer spite press @sheerspite.bsky.social · 3d

thanks so much for the kind words! 💜 What have been some of your favourite events to table at (or favourite features of an event?)

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d h @deeholloway.bsky.social · 3d

this is a great write-up of actionable tips for organizing zinefests, and also captures some of what I've enjoyed about the zinefests I've been part of. zine-centric fairs have absolutely been my best experiences as an author & creator.

sheer spite press @sheerspite.bsky.social · 3d

Every zine fest is a miracle and a labour of love, but here are some things that I have experienced that make for a zine fair that is especially nice to table at:
sheerspite.ca/five-things-...

Five things zine fairs do that I love - sheer spite press

Hello! I’ve been thinking about zine fairs (and book fairs, small press fairs, and other places where people stand behind a table and sell you little booklets). I’ve tabled...

sheerspite.ca

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sheer spite press @sheerspite.bsky.social · 3d

Every zine fest is a miracle and a labour of love, but here are some things that I have experienced that make for a zine fair that is especially nice to table at:
sheerspite.ca/five-things-...

Five things zine fairs do that I love - sheer spite press

Hello! I’ve been thinking about zine fairs (and book fairs, small press fairs, and other places where people stand behind a table and sell you little booklets). I’ve tabled...

sheerspite.ca

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Éditions de la rue Dorion @ruedorion.ca · 5d

Nous y serons avec Archives Révolutionnaires, Éd. Raison en Révolte (PCR), M Éditeur, Fernwood Publ., Éditions Collectives, Natacha Novem, Alternative socialiste, Kersplebedeb, The Breach, Étoile du Nord.
Aujourd'hui 5 octobre. 12h - 18h.
Grand atelier du Bâtiment 7 (1900 rue le Ber, Montréal)

Sur fond rouge avec des lignes abstraites : la photographie d'une militante (non identifiée) du Black Panther Party qui vend de la littérature révolutionnaire au début des années 1970.
En surimposition : Foire du livre révolutionnaire. 5 octobre. 12h - 18h. Grand atelier du Bâtiment 7 (1900 rue le Ber, Montréal)

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joe dáire @saint-vagrant.bsky.social · 6d

art is a vehicle of fearlessness— your effort to make comics + actually making them would ideally make you closer, more familiar with the world. and because comics are labour, and labour is a uniting force, i don't see a meaningful categorical difference between myself and the artists i admire.

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joe dáire @saint-vagrant.bsky.social · 6d

comics is labour so subject to issues of labour, taking yourself seriously is underrated, any story can be good, things seem to work out best when genre is less a setting/collection of memetic tropes but instead the poetry by which emotional, otherwise unexpressable experiences are represented

Liam McGuire @liammcguire.bsky.social · 8d

Anyone have a particularly hot comic take?

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sheer spite press @sheerspite.bsky.social · 6d

Aw thanks, so glad it's useful! 💌

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Dr. Amanda Wyatt Visconti @literaturegeek.bsky.social · 6d

Added a lot of neat zines to my to-read list thanks to @sheerspite.bsky.social's great page of free zines & resources for making+printing zines: sheerspite.ca/home/about/z...

zine resources + free zines - sheer spite press

An extremely non-comprehensive list of zine stuff I think is interesting/credible/helpful! You can let me know about any dead links or stuff to consider adding at [email protected]. zine resources...

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sheer spite press @sheerspite.bsky.social · 7d

new in disto! "If You Don't Like The Game, Change The Rules: Alternative Modes of Videogame Production", by Marie Leblanc Flanagan, explores video game labour practices through the story of three friends who decide to start a worker co-op together.
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The cover of the zine "If You Don't Like The Game, Change The Rules: Alternative Modes of Videogame Production", by Marie Leblanc Flanagan. Behind the zine are a bunch of little creatures with speech bubbles saying things like "union?", "co-op", "so tired" and "four-day work week", from the back cover of the zine, along with a speech bubble that says "we're world designers, why can't we design a world we'd want to live in?"

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Melinda Magpie 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸 Free Link, free Palestine @melindamagpie.bsky.social · 10d

Miss Major, one of the mothers of the trans liberation movement, has been in the hospital for 10 days with sepsis and a blood clot. She has looked out for us for generations, now it’s time to look out for her. Donate if you can: fundly.com/missmajor

An older Black femme, laying in a hospital bed. She's smiling and holding a pink, lavender and yellow dragon stuffie.

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Sean T. Collins @seantcollins.com · 13d

If there's someone doing work out there on the fringes that matters to you, please let them know, because this world is going to tell them the opposite every day.

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sheer spite press @sheerspite.bsky.social · 13d

recently paused submissions for the press and distro because i am pretty maxed out and also? i already stock 87 print zines and 37 digital zines and i feel like that's plenty. you may buy some if you like

sheerspite.ca/shop/

a vast, colourful array of zines, screenshotted from sheerspite.ca

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Caroline Casey @cacasey.bsky.social · 14d

love love to see friend / client @invisibooks.bsky.social here making the case for the role small presses play in making writing careers (if not piles of money)

Tajja Isen @tajjaisen.bsky.social · 14d

I spent the summer reporting this essay on why it seems harder than ever to sell a book right now—especially if it isn't a debut and comes with the dreaded "sales track." I'm grateful to the writers, agents, editors, publishers & experts who spoke to me for this piece: thewalrus.ca/the-publishi...

The Publishing Industry Has a Gambling Problem | The Walrus

Companies keep betting on the next bestseller. Literature is poorer for it

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sheer spite press @sheerspite.bsky.social · 15d

Learn more about Scissors PHL here:
linktr.ee/scissorsphl

@scissorsphl | Linktree

A newspaper zine made by and for Queer, Trans, Black, Indigenous & POC Dykes

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sheer spite press @sheerspite.bsky.social · 15d

✂ The Homoerotic Best Friend That Every Lesbian Has But Ends Up Changing the Trajectory of Your Life
✂ Celebrating Four Years of Coronavirus, Genocide, and Cognitive Dissonance
✂ Knitting Generations Together: Fiber Arts and Continuing Culture
✂ Living Dyke Archives
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Scissors: By And For QTBIPOC Dykes (digital) - sheer spite press

Scissors is an independent newspaper zine based in Lenapehoking (Philadelphia). It is made by and for Queer, Trans, Black, Indigenous, & POC (QTBIPOC) Dykes. Four issues of Scissors are...

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sheer spite press @sheerspite.bsky.social · 15d

thrilled to be distributing Scissors PHL, a thoughtful, political, gorgeously made zine by and for QTBIPOC dykes!

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the cover images of four issues of Scissors zine are shown against a blue-green gradient background, with a border of scissor illustrations. the covers vary aesthetically from victorian valentine to windows 95 glitch.

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