Canzine Vancouver
November 17, 2012
W2, 111 West Hastings Street, Vancouver
1PM-7PM
$5 Admission (includes the fall issue of Broken Pencil Magazine)
Schedule
1-7pm: Zine Fair
Over 50 of Vancouver and BC’s best zines and underground publications!
1-7pm: Get in Where You Fit In
A Participatory Drawing Show with curators Alex Stursberg and Brennan Kelly. There will be a series of original drawings and large-format prints that people can colour in. Keep your eyes peeled for this.
2pm: 1-2 Punch Book Pitch
Live on our main stage in front of a crowing crowd, you get two minutes to pitch your book to our panel of judges. They get one minute each to tell you why you’ll never get published in a million, billion years, or why they want to see your manuscript in their inbox ASAP.
4:30 Dissent Chill: The Chill Against Political Dissent in Art
As the conservative government threatens art grants and rejects funding for artistic projects and centres that support projects it sees as anti-government or “glorify[ing] terrorism,” are artists and art centres afraid to create controversial works for fear of losing funding? Our panelists will discuss the perceptions and realities surrounding this topic.
6 pm: W2 Real Vancouver Writers Series at Canzine
Featuring Hal Niedzviecki, founder of Broken Pencil Magazine reading from the collection of short stories Look Down, This is Where it Must Have Happened (City Lights, April 2011). AG Pasquella reading from his latest novel NewTown (AGP Books, 2012). Teresa McWhirter reading from her new novel Five Little Bitches (Anvil, 2012). Jean Smith, novelist and singer in the underground rock duo Mecca Normal. Sarah Leavitt reading from her graphic novel about her mother dying of Alzheimer’s, Tangles.
9:30: Official Afterparty & Sad Mag #11 Launch
Also happening at W2, the Canzine West afterparty features a DJ set by Top Less Gay Love Tekno Party, drag Performances by Tranapus Rex and Beaux Vine, and music by traditional Turkish folk band Something about Reptiles! Admission is $10 and includes a one-year subscription to Sad Mag. Details on Facebook!