Making Zines with Annick and Alison

Zines are a form of low-cost publishing open to anyone with pen and paper and/or a photo-copier. They are little books that can be filled with any style of writing or art—poetry, lists, comics, interviews, how-tos, doodles, paintings, collage… the possibilities are endless!

In this workshop you will learn several techniques for folding paper into zines and zero in on poetry and collage as two ways of filling your pages.

We can’t wait to see what you create!

When: November 19th, 2-4:30
Where: The Union Square Hall (4505 Cornwall Rd. in Union Square)
Cost: $50 (talk to us about pay-what-you-can options)
Ages: 12+
What to bring: We will provide all materials but feel free to bring craft supplies such as favourite scissors or pens.
How to register: Email Alison at alison@aesmithwriter.com

Workshops Leader Bios:

Annick MacAskill’s most recent poetry collection is Shadow Blight (Gaspereau Press, 2022), which has been nominated for a 2022 Governor General’s Award in Literature. She is also the author of No Meeting Without Body (Gaspereau Press, 2018), which was a finalist for the J.M. Abraham Award and the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award, and Murmurations (Gaspereau Press, 2020). Her poems have appeared in journals across Canada and abroad, and in the Best Canadian Poetry anthology series. A settler of French and Scottish ancestry, she lives in K’jipuktuk (Halifax), on the traditional and unceded territory of the Mi’kmaq.

Alison Smith is the author of three books of poetry and one chapbook from Gaspereau Press. Her most recent collection, This Kind of Thinking Does No Good, was awarded the 2019 J.M. Abraham Award for Atlantic Poetry and was shortlisted for the 2020 Nova Scotia Masterworks Arts Award. She has written for radio, the stage, and has taught poetry workshops in prison, schools and other community settings.

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