November 2009
9 posts
Letter Writing Club →
Bird in the Hand will be hosting its first Letter Writing Club on Friday, December 4 and we’d love it if you came.
To give you a quick rundown on what will occur:
We welcome you in…
Renew Newcastle Kudos! →
Tonight I joined Marcus & Marni of Renew Newcastle at the City of Newcastle community awards ‘ceremony’. Renew have been recognised for their Community Service in setting up a dynamic urban…
What Bird in the Hand looks like.. →
If you’re from out of town and wondering what our zine shop looks like, I’ve made a little (very lofi!) video spanning most of the shop. You might catch a glimpse of your zine or someone you…
Zine Swap! →
I’m supposed to be writing away at my business plan and some specific arts funding applications tonight but hells bells./ I’m Greading and listening to My Morning Jacket instead. I came across…
Holy Smokes! There’s a new zine distro about town →
Sometimes you wish for something so hard that it comes true. Emma D of Flying Machine (brilliant) distro fame & her friend Tim are setting up a new distro in Sydney-town called Take Care. Pop…
Harmony No Harmony →
In a wonderfully horrid twist of fate, Bird in the Hand’s computing facilities have been thieved. Yes, you heard it right. Over the weekend we were robbed (during the day!) of our Macbook, iPod,…
Z is for →
I’ve been having pangs of guilt recently. I haven’t been reading enough. There’s a little worm inside my head coaxing me back to words on screens and words in books and words in zines. The…
Canberran Times →
There’s a pretty excellent article about Renew Newcastle going about. It’s written by a Canberran blogger, Useless Lines.
More and more frequently these days, it feels as though Canberra is…
Call-out: Themes for Zines →
I’ve been hearing a lot lately from people seeking out particularly niche zine subjects and so I thought I’d put them up and see if we can get people who’ve made zines on these themes to send…
October 2009
3 posts
Zine Reading & Description Writing PARTTYYY!!1!!! →
Please come to Bird in the Hand this SATURDAY and help me write descriptions for every new zine in the shop. During TINA we picked up a thousand new zines to stock and they all need to go up onto…
Zine Workshop in Wollongong →
The wonderful Natalie von Catalie of Totoro’s Teahouse fame is hosting some zine workshop love in Wollongong as part of Viva La Gong community and arts festival. The zine workshop is on…
Where Does the Time Go? →
Hello all!
What a crazy month it has been already. All of those things I said I’d do have now been done. This is Not Art and the National Young Writers’ Festival are now O-V-E-R. The zine…
September 2009
9 posts
ABC Radio Interview →
It’s wonderful when you hear yourself on a recording and don’t run for the hills yelping at your own horrible voice. I got that feeling today when I listened to the feature interview Grant…
Totoro’s Teahouse! →
Totoro’s Teahouse officially opens its doors during TiNA this year. It’s all very exciting.
Totoro’s Teahouse is located at 1/111 Hunter Street Mall, Spewcastle.
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Blimey! →
Blimey! You might have heard about Sydney’s epic dust storm yesterday… Well, I woke up in Newcastle wondering if aliens had invaded, a bushfire was raging or if I was simply still dreaming. The…
National Young Writers’ Festival →
You might have heard me waffling on recently about the National Young Writers’ Festival. Well, it begins on the 1st October and that’s mere days away now. I’ve been thinking lots about my…
New In Store… →
There’s hordes of new zines in the shop. Come visit! 100a King Street, Newcastle.
Now, I’ve updated a few things on the online store and there’ll be more to come real soon. For now:
Got Some Furniture? →
TiNA are setting up their Festival Club right next door to Bird in the Hand. We’re super happy about our new neighbours and will dropping in every few hours to get our ginger beer fix. Ginger…
Sticky, TINA, Zinemakin’ →
Bird in the Hand has a love/hate relationship with Sticky, the Melbournian zine shop. We love ‘em cos they’re underground, full of beautiful people and cultivate a love of zines in all who pass…
How We Are Hungry →
Things are about to get hellishly busy in Newcastle. I’m taking refuge in the zine shop this beautiful, very hot (for September) Sunday afternoon. The shop is about 5-7 degrees cooler than…
Are You Busy? No. You’re Not Busy. →
Format Zine Shop in Adelaide are hosting an exhibition entitled “Lustre” at the moment until September 15. That’s two days away so hop to it. Details are (here)
Mad Hatter’s Zine Fair in…
August 2009
9 posts
Keeping Busy on the Homefront! →
Bird in the Hand’s retail space (100a King Street, Newcastle) will be closed until Thursday 10 September when it will re-open at 11am.
Before my overseas jaunt I’ve been busily filling the…
Elodi Magazine Issue 2: Open For Submissions →
I just got word from my pals at Elodi that they’re psyching up for Issue 2. Elodi is an aesthetic delight, showcasing, with sophistication and quirk, illustration, fashion and romance. They’re…
Nowra Zine Fair →
Just got word of an upcoming zine fair in Nowra. I went to the last one and it was a great time hanging out with good friends.. The Nowra Tea Club is a delightful location too. To book a table,…
Stockist Enquiries →
If you’ve been wondering how to get your zines stocked at Bird in the Hand Zine Shop, you’ve come to the right place. Simply fill in this here form and post your zines to us! We’ll have them up…
Penis Tower Anti-Slam →
Source: http://penistowerantislam.wordpress.com/
Okay friends, I’m here to pass on some information about an event coming up in Newcastle.
Bring along your free verse, rap,…
Hi →
Just a quick post to tell you about what’s been happening..
We’ve been open for about 10 weeks now and things are going smoothly – patronage growing, zines disappearing off the shelves…all those…
Blogger “Kollektor” writes about Newc’s fabulous... →
Newcastle is home to two amazing resources for zine makers and readers. A zine is — well, I’ll let this typewriter explain.
read more…
Kollektor is a blog about art, design,…
You’re Invited – Launch →
Two days of events to launch more new Renew Newcastle projects
Bird in the Hand zine shop is among plenty of other Renew Newcastle projects launching this weekend. We’ve been in our shop for 8…
Instore Event →
Bird in the Hand zine shop is playing host to the launch of an important newspaper on Friday 14 August.
‘World Without Sexual Assault’ is a Melbourne based collective that are involved in…
July 2009
50 posts
Caravan →
Caravan is a house swap and short term sublet listing for commercial creatives and those working in the advertising/media/fashion/art and design industries. If you’re a photographer, illustrator, art director, film director, practicing artist, stylist, designer, make up artist, DOP, producer (shall I go on?) this listing is for you. If you travel internationally for work, marketing,...
Nick Hornby » Blog Archive » This afternoon…
“This afternoon, during a shoot with a photographer from the Times, I met four English fans of a Japanese rock band called D’Espairspray. (I may have positioned the apostrophe wrongly.) They were on the pavement outside the Garage, a club on Highbury Corner, waiting for the band to play a gig. But here’s the thing: they had something...
“Nothing classes up a living room like one of those samurai sword sets on a...”
– Putting On Airs: Land of the Rising Sun
Auckland, NZ – Zine Fest →
With a kicking rad flyer, this zine fair/fest is sure to be rad. Anyway, my neighbours in New Zealand are hosting this zine fest in August. Be sure to visit if you’re nearby or can…
