Take a journey through the history of zines through materials in SFU Special Collections and Rare Books. From early scrapbooks, little magazines, poetry chapbooks, punk zines, and contemporary zines, discover how these small but mighty publications provided a space to share stories, build solidarity, and push against convention.
SAPP takes its name from the Sapperton District of New Westminster, BC. This poetry zine aims to showcase local and emerging poets, photographers and artists in a bi-annual e-zine with limited print runs. Check out their submission guidelines on their website, sappzine.ca.
Sliced Mango Collective is a Filipinx youth organization focused on exploring community and culture as part of the Canadian diaspora through arts and advocacy. Their inaugural zine is composed of poems, short essays and artworks from the Filipinx community in Metro Vancouver. This and other issues are also available to read online. For calls of submission and other events, check out their Instagram @slicedmangoco.