Thursday, October 25, 2007
Canzine 2007: Things are about to get Scary!
:: Posted by max @ 10/25/2007 09:51:00 PM  Almost Missed this one...But I'll be there, not square!
Toronto
Hotel Canzine
Sunday, October 28, 2007
The Gladstone Hotel
1214 Queen St. West
(Queen just East of Dufferin)
1pm - 7pm
$5 at the door gets you the new Horror Issue of Broken Pencil Magazine and access to hundreds of zines, all-day horror screenings, DIY Gore workshops, readings, and all sorts of other madness.
Canzine is an annual event organized by Broken Pencil, the Magazine of Zine Culture and the Independent Arts.
Contact Broken Pencil, PO Box 203, Station P, Toronto, ON, M5S 2S7, email: editor@brokenpencil.com, phone 416-204-1700
Hotel Canzine
Giant Zine Fair!
Over 150 zines from across Canada on display and for sale! The heart of the event, indie publishers both in print and online come from across the country and the continent to show their wares! Be amazed at the creativity, ingenuity, and sheer weirdness! (Those interested in booking tables can register online at www.brokenpencil.com.)
Launch of the New Issue of Broken Pencil "Indie Horror"
Featuring Ghost Stories at the Canzine Camp Fire, all day Indie Horror Videos, and our Cheap Thrills Special Effects exhibit In celebration of the brand new Horror Issue that will launch at Canzine, we feature six great indie writers telling ghost stories in front of the Canzine Campfire. The fake log will be glowing weakly, the marshmallows will be room temperature straight from the bag, but that shiver up your spine will be real! Also: Canzine Gorefest! Take the Canzine workshop on do-it-yourself gore, then ham up your fake black eye, bloody lip and severed hand at our "Cheap Thrills Special Effects Exhibit". Plus: All day indie horror movies in the Canzine screening room.
The Canzine Whodunit
Help! Someone's killing local zinesters, picking them off one by one like ripe grapes plucked from the vine! Can you solve the crime and stop the serial destruction of our indie culture? This year, for the first time ever, Canzine will present an all day murder mystery game going on all over the Gladstone! Join the game and solve the crime or just watch the antics.
Hotel Room Installations
Canada's brightest and weirdest will be creating one day unique environments to explore. Including: Tara Bursey's Haunted Room of worry bead diet pills and baby rat bedsheets. Friendly Rich and the Lollipop People's room of scary music and tortured puppets. Shannon Gerard's room of crocheted cancer prevention. The Special's room of mystery featuring the amazing Mysterion.
Campfire Ghost Story Readings
Sit around the Canzine campfire and enjoy 10 minute ghost stories throughout the day by great indie writers like Tony Burgess, Kate Story (an up-and-comer featured in our new horror issue), Maggie MacDonald and more! Free marshmallows!
All Day Underground Video Screening
Open Screening and Curated program by James King. Special horror program. All are welcome to bring videos (VHS or DVD only, 10 minutes and under) to show to the world. Register in advance by emailing canzinevideo@brokenpencil.com. Or just show up with your video.
Workshops
Do It Yourself GoreFest:
Special Effects on the Cheap
Indie Artist, Promote Yourself:
A How-to Guide to DIY Promotion lead by indie promoter extraordinaire Trevor Coleman.
Hotel Canzine is made possible by grants from the Toronto Arts Council and the Ontario Arts Council. Hotel Canzine also is supported by the following most excellent sponsors: Magazines Canada, The Toronto Reference Library, Open Book, Eye Weekly, CIUT 89.5, Torontoist.com, BookShorts, Mint Records, and The Gladstone Hotel.Labels: book launches, can-con, Canzine, conventions, events, new books, news, small press, Toronto, undergrounds, zine fair, zines
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