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Marc Fischer @marc-fischer.bsky.social · 5h

Zine makers and self-publishers: If you still haven't seen it I made this spreadsheet everyone can use to share their results and experiences at fairs and zine fests so other publishers can manage expectations and learn from you. Add your stats and reflections! www.tinyurl.com/artbookfairsales

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Art Book Fair / Zine Fest Public Sales Transparency

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beef buddy @666ofswords.bsky.social · 1h

hey so i have a ton of art and poems from queer and trans people in prisons that i would really like to get to an organization that will use them and archive them. the org i was working with is not one i would like to give them to. any recs? is it you?

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 2h

"The show documents an incredibly important but little-known avenue through which people who are incarcerated make themselves known: prison newspapers, produced by and in solidarity with communities inside of prisons." chicagoreader.com/visual-arts/...

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Explore the rich culture of ‘Prison Papers’ - Chicago Reader

“Prison Papers: Organizing Inside/Outside Solidarity” documents an important avenue through which the incarcerated make themselves known.

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Diskette Press @ A2CAF @diskettepress.com · 28/09/2026

Hey Diskette Fans! This is your first notice that we're putting together a fundraiser anthology for a new Riso. Sign up here for launch info. More details to come in the coming weeks, this is gonna be a good one. diskettepress.com/pages/belove...

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Beloved! A Riso Fundraiser Anthology

Help Diskette Press get a new Risograph by picking up a new anthology featuring work by artists you know and love.

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Hilary 💀 BisenEEKs @hbbisenieks.bsky.social · 19h

my favorite thing i've made this year that's available anywhere is this zine i wrote to get more queers interested in archery! in fact i just published it today after spending a month and some working on it hbbisenieks.itch.io/a-tgirls-gui...

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a tgirl's guide to archery by Hilary B. Bisenieks

a (queer) introduction to archery

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Tara-Michelle Ziniuk @tmziniuk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Hello, it is Monday now so perhaps people are thinking about work. Please consider sharing this job posting with smart Canadians who know about queer and trans issues and culture. Social video experience a must; journalism experience a huge asset. www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/44...

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Xtra Magazine hiring Social Video Producer in Canada | LinkedIn

Posted 11:32:14 PM. Do you want to help make the world better for queer and trans folks through social media?Xtra…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.

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Sage Pantony @sage-pantony.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

It's a zine reading in bed morning. 😌

A hand holding up a zine in a bedroom, entitled, "on being the same kind of girl: a trans dyke love story in words and pictures."

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sheer spite press @sheerspite.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

if you would like a take on why our relationships are suffering and we struggle with loneliness when we could be reaching for solidarity and interdependence, that is not written by a vile TERF i have one of those lol bookshop.org/p/books/the-politics-of-lonely-why-is-friendship-so-hard-lee-arden/

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The Politics of Lonely: Why Is Friendship So Hard?

Why is it hard to make and keep friends as an adult? Even if you finally find time to see each other, can you connect more deeply than just catching up over coffee? How many do you count as ride-or-di...

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sheer spite press @sheerspite.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

how i answer that question in the book is that a lot of forces (austerity, white supremacy, the housing crisis, etc) are making our lives a struggle materially, while ALSO giving us "you don't owe anyone anything" brainworms right while we need each other most.

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The Politics of Lonely: Why Is Friendship So Hard?

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Xtra @xtramagazine.com · 24/09/2026

If everyone’s looking for connection, why is it still so hard to make and keep friends as an adult? xtramagazine.com/culture/book...

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How do we sustain friendships in a world on fire? | Xtra Magazine

Lee Arden’s book “The Politics of Lonely” delves into the structural causes of our loneliness

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Em, midly @lefttheprairie.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Oh passion projects are money pits but being alive is also a money pit so fuck it we ball

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reed eliot 🤌 🤌 @reedeliot.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Genuinely no joke one of the most important lessons you can ever internalize is that for all the systemic oppression in the world, the number one obstacle between you and making *something* is inertia I won't pretend it will always make you money or fix your life but all of us will be better for it

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sheer spite press @sheerspite.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

would you like to read my book The Politics of Lonely for $0? consider requesting it at your library! to sweeten the deal, if you comment below & let me know you've requested it at your library i will enter you to win a copy of the book for keeps, plus each of my four (four???) zines on friendship.

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Laura @tutusntinyhats.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I have been thinking a lot about this balance between friction and convenience/relaxation, especially since @sheerspite.bsky.social talks about how the positive aspects of friction in their new book, The Politics of Lonely.

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Great Worm Express Distro - Zines and books @greatworm.ca · 24/09/2026

“I’d been informally helping people make and sell their zines for a long time, but I realized if I called that ‘running a small press,’ I could launder legitimacy for them and their work and help them access those types of opportunities. ... The first author I published got ... a $25,000 grant”

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october "pre-order The Struggle Is Always Worth It now!" krausch @octoberk.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Anyone have suggestions for someplace that might help a poet published a handwritten chapbook? the poet is a trans woman in prison, so her access to typing and printing (and keeping her submission copies!) is limited.

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sheer spite press @sheerspite.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

really enjoyed talking to @sesmith.lol at @theflytrapmedia.com for this piece on dismantling self-publishing stigma! although i am both a [very small] publisher and a traditionally published author, self-publishing is my first and main love and i will defend it to the death ⚔

Building Solidarity and Finding Family

That sense of creating opportunity was important for Lee Arden, who runs Sheer Spite Press, a Canadian small press that prints “useful, generous, personal, political, heart-filled” books and zines. “I started Sheer Spite Press in 2023 because I was looking at arts grants applications, and realized that self-published work does not count toward a lot of opportunities like grants and artist residencies,” they told The Flytrap. “I’d been informally helping people make and sell their zines for a long time, but I realized if I called that ‘running a small press,’ I could launder legitimacy for them and their work and help them access those types of opportunities. It worked almost immediately: The first author I published got a $25,000 grant to write her next book.”

“Other small publishers have been incredibly kind with advice, resources, mentorship, and pep talks,” Arden continued, which is a very different vibe from the world of traditional publishing. And Arden takes joy doing and experimenting, rather than thinking about bottom lines. “I am surrounded by people who make things for the joy of it, and to share with friends and use as a vehicle to meet new people,” they said. Arden’s strategy to help other writers reflects a larger rich culture in self-publishing, with indie authors building community on websites, Discords, group chats, and anywhere they can carve out space. Writing for and with each other, these spaces are not competitive and participants don’t see writing and success as zero-sum games.

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sheer spite press @sheerspite.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

OTTAWA: i'll be doing two launch events for The Politics of Lonely, both on Saturday, October 24: ✨ signing at @octopusbooks.ca ✨ launch/reading/convo with @alexisshotwell.bsky.social and Adrienne Row-Smith at The Grove (location changed for capacity reasons!) sheerspite.ca/blog/2026/08...

saturday October 24 11 am - 1 pm - Ottawa Book Signing
I'll be sitting out front of Octopus Books (116 Third Avenue at Bank St.) to sign books and chat. Come say hi! Rain date Sunday October 25, 11-1.

saturday October 24, 5 -7 pm
Ottawa Book Launch & Friendship Forum with Alexis Shotwell & Adrienne Row-Smith
NEW LOCATION: The Grove, 18 Louisa Street Unit 280
fundraiser for the Ottawa Trans Library
registration not required to order the book or anything else for pickup, use code OTTAWALAUNCH at sheerspite.ca :)

Alexis Shotwell is a queer SF nerd, functional potter, teacher, and writer, currently living on unceded Algonquin land. Author of Against Purity: Living Ethically in Compromised Times (about why purity won’t save us) and the forthcoming Liberation is Other People (about getting together to solve big problems in which we are complicit), she is also finishing a book about Ursula K. Le Guin’s anarchism and why it’s so great.

Adrienne Row-Smith (she/her) is a Queer Black visual specialist based in so-called Ottawa, working across photo and video to create bold, impactful imagery. Rooted in a deep commitment to authenticity and accessibility in media, she co-founded The Grove, which is an interdisciplinary art and community space offering affordable rentals and sliding-scale events. Through both her creative practice and community work, Adrienne aims to build a space and working body that reflects the elements of care, resistance, and belonging, where disenfranchised voices are not only heard but celebrated.

Lee Arden is the author of The Politics of Lonely: Why Is Friendship So Hard?, a book that takes friendship out of an individualistic context and argues that we’re struggling with our friendships because we live in the decaying ruins of colonial capitalism. Lee also runs the small press and zine distro Sheer Spite Press and has written lots of zines, including PALS: The Radical Possibilities of Friendship, which formed the basis for this new book.

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sheer spite press @sheerspite.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

i will never shut up about the "loneliness crisis" being a consequence of neoliberal capitalism, and a collective problem that demands collective solutions!

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Robin Johnson @robinjohnson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

It's really good and you should read it!

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sheer spite press @sheerspite.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

i will never shut up about the "loneliness crisis" being a consequence of neoliberal capitalism, and a collective problem that demands collective solutions!

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Rural Indexing Project @ruralindexing.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Water tower Friend, NE

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Kawai Shen @kawaishen.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I'm way too late for Quebec Book Day (Aug 12) but am still posting this reel bc I love to see my debut book presented with the new book from @sheerspite.bsky.social - zine people united!! ✂️ www.instagram.com/reel/Db8os3H...

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sheer spite press @sheerspite.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

always telling ppl that the best thing about coming up in punk-adjacent milieux is having less of a concept of celebrity, & the people who make the work you love being relatively accessible as pals & collaborators but not gonna lie, when someone whose work i admire a LOT likes something i made...!

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Mattilda B Sycamore @mbsycamore.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Yes, honey, THE POLITICS OF LONELY made me feel less lonely, congratulations, @sheerspite.bsky.social 💞

The Politics of Lonely by Lee Arden, leaning on a grey armadillo stuffed animal, sitting on a teal sofa, book cover is in pastels, yellow, pink, blue, paint brushes and a French press, tea cups, maybe at a kitchen table

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Lady Froldmagen (she/her) @zinelib.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

www.calonews.com/arizona/tucs... "Tucson Zine Fest co-founders Elisa Mask and Zac Finger hosted a workshop on Daniel "Des" Estrada, a zine maker sentenced to 30 years for moving a box of political pamphlets."

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Tucson Zine Fest founders warn of free speech crackdown

Tucson Zine Fest co-founders Elisa Mask and Zac Finger hosted a workshop on Daniel "Des" Estrada, a zine maker sentenced to 30 years for moving a box of political pamphlets.

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wilt 🦂 @wiltking.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

if TRANSMASC HORROR EROTICA interests you, please consider reading my book! inside you will find a fairy discarded into an insect-infested pit, a hysterectomy turned forced pregnancy, a cannibalistic masked horseboy, T4T infectious bottom growth, and more, and gore galore. wiltking.itch.io/mtmtm 🩸

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Quinn Daedal @quinnanya.me · 18/09/2026

I just started reading this after preordering months ago (I am a huge fan of Lee's zines at @sheerspite.bsky.social), and even before finishing it, I'm ordering copies for friends. Not the easiest to find non-Amazon online options in the US, but you can get it here: cup.columbia.edu/book/the-pol....

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Metonymy Press @metonymypress.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

can't wait to read your work! Deadline is Oct 1. The editorial committee who will be perusing your submissions now includes Francesca Ekwuyasi, Cason Sharpe, H Felix Chau Bradley, and co-publishers Eli Tareq El Bechelany-Lyncn and Oliver Fugler.

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Maëlys @mlys.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I highly recommend this book; I'm reading it right now and every page feels so validating.

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SN Désirée Cha @sndesireecha.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

“What does it do to your friendships and your community if it’s not possible to stay somewhere and maintain relationships over time? We’re just constantly getting tossed around to wherever we can possibly, maybe, kind of live. That’s just something that we can’t solve on an individual level.“

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sheer spite press @sheerspite.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

so grateful to @cohaug.bsky.social at @xtramagazine.com for a lovely conversation about my book! (also sorry if this is how you are finding out that i am soooo tiny like the size of a teacup but i do think that makes the book extra inspirational) xtramagazine.com/culture/book...

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How do we sustain friendships in a world on fire? | Xtra Magazine

Lee Arden’s book “The Politics of Lonely” delves into the structural causes of our loneliness

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Angel "Anal Elf" Perez @angelperez.eurosky.social · 17/09/2026

Its crazy that diskette gets snubbed so often right now. I bet you if Dylan posted sales numbers they'd be flying past most other small press and zinesters. Consistent zine reprinting from @diskettepress.com is a constant

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sheer spite press @sheerspite.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

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How do we sustain friendships in a world on fire? | Xtra Magazine

Lee Arden’s book “The Politics of Lonely” delves into the structural causes of our loneliness

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sheer spite press @sheerspite.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

my book, The Politics of Lonely: Why Is Friendship So Hard, in memes & posts - a thread ⬇

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sheer spite press @sheerspite.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

so glad you are enjoying it! sorry about feelings!!!

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Strangers in a Tangled Wilderness @tangledwilderness.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

We were tabling recently and noticed this zine was going like hotcakes. Just want to invite everyone to read it, print it, distribute it, and remember to de-escalate all conflict that isn't with the enemy. www.tangledwilderness.org/zines/confli...

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Skills Series—Conflict Mediation — Strangers in a Tangled Wilderness

Live Like the World is Dying Skill Series #5 This zine is part of the Live Like the World is Dying skills series, an ever-growing collection of zines about basic community preparedness topics. Each ...

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Marc Fischer @marc-fischer.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Librarians! Zine-Makers! This new Temporary Services zine (made with @doormouse12.bsky.social) is for you! We interviewed 4 public librarians that maintain zine collections and the result is a beautiful 44 page booklet. See and learn how they do it! $10.00 (or $3.00 PDF) from www.halfletterpress.com

From the front and back cover of the booklet:

Public Librarians Discuss Zine Collections

We asked librarians at four public libraries to talk about their library’s zine collection. What advice can they share with zine makers that want to get their work into a public library, or librarians that want to start a collection at their library? Was it hard to convince others that zines are a resource that the library should collect? What collecting models did they follow? How did they build the collection?

Interviewees:

Tim Devin / Somerville Public Library
(Somerville, MA)
Angi Brzycki & Ziba Pérez /
Los Angeles Public Library
(Los Angeles, CA)
Alicia Tate / Multnomah County Library
(Portland, OR)
Alina Josan / The Free Library of Philadelphia (Philadelphia, PA)

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sheer spite press @sheerspite.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

So excited to talk friendship with my friend Jeff, who is both an excellent friend and someone who writes exquisitely about friendship in both his fiction and nonfiction work! venusenvy.ca/collections/workshops/products/the-politics-of-lonely-a-book-launch-and-friendship-forum

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sheer spite press @sheerspite.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

my friend cassey thinks, and more importantly, DOES, so much amazing community-building work, and i was so honoured they took the time to write about my book and EVEN MAKE A FRIENDSHIP PLAYLIST in its honour! 💜

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Laura @tutusntinyhats.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Exciting day: I picked up two books from @portersqbooks.bsky.social ! Never Again, For Anyone by Stacy Friedman, illustrated by Elly Stern, and The Politics of Lonely: Why Is Friendship So Hard? by @sheerspite.bsky.social

My hand holds up the book Never Again, For Anyone in front of shelves of picture books. The cover has an illustration of four people holding up a sign with the book's title written on it: a mom and her son who both have curly brown hair, and a mom wearing a light green hijab and a keffiyeh with her daughter who has long black hair

My hand holds up The Politics of Lonely in front of shelves of books and tchotchkes. The cover has an illustration (risograph?) of a table with mugs, a coffee press, and a jar of paintbrushes, in a palette of yellow, light blue, green, hot pink, and red

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Alexis Shotwell @alexisshotwell.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Happy launch day to this great book! I was happy to blurb it and I’m really looking forward to the Ottawa launch party/panel next month

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m. riot @m-riot.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

ordered! i am so excited to read this, and it feels particularly relevant right now. leaving instagram/meta products for the FINAL time, feels great, but yeah, it's lonely. ::insert ramble about friendships being transactional and based on meme heavy short burst convos lacking authenticity::

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jenny (phire) @phirephoenix.com · 10/09/2026

This week's Show Up Toronto @showuptoronto.ca newsletter is in your inbox!! 55 organizing, mutual aid, and community building events for the next week alone, plus 67 more for the following fortnight. Get offline and get involved: buttondown.com/showup/archi... #toronto

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Show Up Toronto - Sept 10, 2026

Hi friends and neighbours, School is back and the city seems to be kicking back into high gear. This week we’ve got 55 events for you in the next 7 days...

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