Broken Pencil Explained
| Broken Pencil |
| Editor: | Zack Kotzer |
| Editor Title2: | Fiction Editor |
| Editor2: | Maria Cichosz |
| Editor Title: | Editor-in-Chief |
| Previous Editor: | Jonathan Valelly |
| Publisher: | Hal Niedzviecki
Tara Gordon Flint |
| Founder: | Hal Niedzviecki |
| Founded: | 1995 |
| Country: | Canada |
| Based: | Toronto, Ontario |
| Issn: | 1201-8996 |
Broken Pencil was a Canadian magazine based in Toronto, Canada that profiles zine culture and independent arts and music. It was founded in 1995 and published four times annually.[1]
History
The magazine was founded in 1995[2] by Hal Niedzviecki.[3] Its current editor-in-chief, Zack Kotzer, took over editing duties in 2022.[4]
In 2009, Broken Pencil published a collection of short stories entitled Can'tLit: Fearless Fiction from Broken Pencil Magazine, featuring Canadian independent writers, with ECW Press.[5] In 2015, The Toronto Star published an article about the first 20 years of Broken Pencil and its role in zine publishing in Canada.[6]
Broken Pencil has been organizing Canzine, a Toronto-based festival centred around zines and small press publications, since 1995.[7] [8]
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Nov 7, 2013 . A Writer’s Guide to Canadian Literary Magazines & Journals . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200922200620/https://magazine-awards.com/en/2013/11/07/a-writers-guide-to-canadian-literary-magazines-journals/ . Sep 22, 2020 . Nov 30, 2024 . Magazine Awards.
- Book: Benson . Encyclopedia of Post-Colonial Literatures in English . Conolly . L.W. . November 30, 2004 . . 2004 . 978-1-134-46848-5 . 897 . October 31, 2015.
- Web site: Niedzviecki . Hal . Hal Niedzviecki . May 29, 2011 . Three of Canada's Best Cultural Magazines Celebrate Milestone Moments . June 23, 2011 . Huffpost Canada.
- Web site: About Broken Pencil . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240101131927/https://brokenpencil.com/about/ . January 1, 2024 . February 10, 2024 . Broken Pencil .
- News: Good . Alex . October 2009 . Book Review: Can'tLit: Fearless Fiction from Broken Pencil Magazine . deviated . https://web.archive.org/web/20120323150716/http://www.quillandquire.com/reviews/review.cfm?review_id=6658 . Mar 23, 2012 . June 23, 2011 . Quill & Quire.
- News: Carvile . Olivia . July 29, 2015 . How zines survive in the Internet age . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240210224814/https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/how-zines-survive-in-the-internet-age/article_ff54a116-64bb-51dd-902f-868c37dbd3cd.html . Feb 10, 2024 . August 15, 2022 . Toronto Star.
- Web site: 2022-10-28 . CANZINE OTTAWA Ottawa Art Gallery . 2023-05-11 . oaggao.ca . en-US.
- News: LaPierre . Megan . Aug 23, 2022 . Canzine Festival Returns to Toronto and Ottawa for 2022 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20241130133907/https://exclaim.ca/music/article/canzine_festival_returns_to_toronto_and_ottawa_for_2022 . Nov 30, 2024 . Nov 30, 2024 . Exclaim!.
