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ZineWiki is an open-source encyclopedia devoted to zines and independent media. It covers the history, production, distribution and culture of the small press.

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This Month's Featured Article! Vanessa Berry reading her zine I am a Camera. Photograph by Joanne Saad Vanessa Berry is a prolific Sydney, NSW, Australia based artist and zinester, who has published notable one-off and seminal ongoing Australian zines, including Psychobabble (1996-1998), Laughter and the Sound of Teacups (1997-2002) and I am a Camera (1999-). In 2007 a book of Vanessa's autobiographical stories was published by Local Consumption Publications. Named Strawberry Hills Forever as a tribute to her post office box, the book includes stories taken in part from her zines I am a Camera and Laughter and the Sound of Teacups... Read More...

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