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  • An Anti-Capitalist Fun Time: Intro to Zines

    An Anti-Capitalist Fun Time: Intro to Zines
    Jul 2 2026
    New month, new us! This July we’ll be drawing, writing, cutting, pasting, photocopying, folding and talking all things zines and zine-making. To kick off the month, we dove into Justina’s personal zine collection to find the answers to all our burning zine questions. What is a zine? Where do you find them and how do you make them? How do you archive something so varied and ephemeral? And, most importantly, is it pronounced ‘zeen’ or ‘zyne’? MENTIONS 🫵 Our BOTM is ZINES by YOU! We'll all be making our own zines this month – join us and craft along at home! ✂️ ZINES: How to Make a Zine by Bec Sheedy (becsheedydraws); Fortune Favours the Frog by Gemma Neall (gememberthat); ‘the idea of a rectangle’ by Damien Warman (dmnwrmn); Round Zodiac by Adil Soh Lim (infinitesimal_speck); Frogery House by Gemma Neall; A Selection of Some of Our Favourite Guys from Star Wars by Lizzi Morris and Hope Lumsden-Barry (Picolitre Press); This Was Grandpa’s Paper by Declan Brown (tid.bit); I have too many dice by Theo (exitpursuedbytheo); Renaicore: 16th Century inspired outfits for a modern age by Jez Gleeson (jezmezzewz); Speakeasy zines by the Flinders Speakeasy Team; Freshly Baked Cats by Justina Ashman (javerstina); Bird Watch by Unknown; How to Sound Like a Birdwatcher by Kelly (pidgy_art); The 4 stages of vet visits by Katie Gray (katiegrayart); ‘Nosferatu’: Shadow Puppet Zine by Bria McCarthy (bomburia); Charming Medieval English Names for Girls by Kelly; Instead of Preparing for the Zine Fair I Played 30 Hours of Baldur’s Gate 3 by Justina Ashman; Instead of Preparing for the Zine Fair I Had a Dental Emergency by Justina Ashman; Magic and Mishaps by Jake Holmes (jaketoothandnail); Escape from Incel Island by Margaret Killjoy; Gay Plants – Issue One: Monsters; Queer Workerism Against Work: Strategising Transgender Labourers, Social Reproduction & Class Freedom by Kate Doyle Griffiths; The Fast and the Furious and the Gender Abridged by Justina Ashman; 🎮 VIDEO GAMES: Baldur’s Gate 3 (2023); Mario Kart (1996); Baldur’s Gate (1998) 🎬 FILMS: Nosferatu (1922) 🎭 THEATRE: The Importance of Being Earnest (National Theatre, 2024) 🦦 OTHER: Amon Carter Museum of American Art; The Sticky Institute; Festival of the Photocopier; Zina Warrior Print Fest; National Young Writers Festival; Hallozeen; Greenlight Comics LINKS: Watch the full episode on YouTube: @AmyAndBookclubFollow the Amy & Podcast on IG: @amyandbookclub Follow the Amy & Podcast on TikTok: @amyandbookclubJoin the Amy & Bookclub: Amy & Bookclub Follow Amy Matthews on IG: @amymatthewsauthor Follow Amy Barry on IG: @amybarryauthorOur theme music is by Mass Wisteria. Stream their single "Same Old" here.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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    45 mins
  • But it is that serious: From Zines to Metamorphoses

    But it is that serious: From Zines to Metamorphoses
    Jul 8 2026
    Welcome to week two of Zine Month! Today Amy, Justina, and Payton are joined by friends of the pod Gemma Neall and Shona Edwards. These wonderful guests are zine experts AND classicists — just about the coolest cross-section of interests a person could possibly have. So in this episode we make a journey from ancient poetry to Shakespeare and then all the way to Ronald Reagan, Spockanalia, and Riot Grrrls. But mainly we will find out how zine-making can cut through imposter syndrome, strengthen communities, and challenge the calcified practices of academia. Just don’t forget rule #1: Always make the zine. This month, in lieu of setting a ‘book club pick’ we’ll be making zines, and we want you to create along with us! We hope these episodes inspire you to get crafty — please do send us your zines over on Instagram (@amyandbookclub) and follow along to see whatever unhinged ones we come up with (we’ll be sharing ours in our ‘book club’ episode on July 23). MENTIONS Poetry/booksAeneid by VirgilHeroides by OvidIliad by Homer, translated by Emily WilsonMetamorphoses by Ovid, translated by Stephanie McCarterNox by Anne CarsonOdyssey by Homer, translated by Emily WilsonPygmalion by George Bernard Shaw (play)Pygmalion by OvidSong of Achilles by Madeleine Miller FilmMy Fair LadyPretty Woman Authors/poetsGallusHoraceNatalie HarkinOvidPropertius Sources:Barthes, Roland. ‘The Death of the Author.’ In: Newton, K.M. (eds) Twentieth-Century Literary Theory. Palgrave, London. 1997. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-25934-2_25Halberstam, Jack. The Queer Art of Failure. Duke University Press, Durham and London. 2011. https://doi.org/10.1215/9780822394358Haraway, Donna. ‘Situated Knowledges: The Science Question in Feminism and the Privilege of Partial Perspective.’ Feminist Studies, vol. 14, no. 3, 1988, pp. 575-99. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/3178066Harkin, Natalie. Archival-Poetics. (Archival-Poetics; No. 1 Colonial archive), (Archival-Poetics; No. 2 Haunting), (Archival-Poetics; No. 3 Blood memory). Sydney, Vagabond Press. 2019.Harkin, Natalie. ‘Weaving Blankets of Story and Hearts of Gold: An Archival-poetics Praxis.’ Cordite Poetry Review. 2021. https://cordite.org.au/essays/weaving-blankets-hearts-of-gold/2/ Zine resources:Mental health: madzines.orgRiot Grrrls: riotgrrrlarchive.commons.gc.cuny.edu/zines/Spockanalia: archive.org/details/SpockanaliaV1404 Media Zine about ICE Surveillance: www.404media.co/icezine/International Ronald Reagan Fan Club: https://yaf.org/news/reagan-ranch-center-unveils-new-exhibits-featuring-reagan-letters-photographs-and-memorabilia/https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/from-ronnie-to-a-fan-more-than-100-reagan-letters-for-sale/https://www.paulfrasercollectibles.com/blogs/memorabilia/ronald-reagan-document-archive-to-sell-at-profiles-in-history?srsltid=AfmBOorlAUDuM-y6ioA1GeIhFvWNc_ADvhjys-nA25KiMF-E3tAt0aew LINKS 📓 Where to find our guests: Gemma NeallShona EdwardsFor information on how to join the Australasian Ovidian Society, follow this link 🎵 Our theme music is by Mass Wisteria. Stream their single SAME OLD here: https://linktr.ee/masswisteria#465207993 🌸 Our Socials: IG: https://www.instagram.com/amyandbookclubTT: https://www.tiktok.com/@amyandbookclubYT: https://www.youtube.com/@AmyandBookClub 💛 Where to find Amy: Amy Matthews on IG: https://www.instagram.com/amymatthewsauthor/Amy Barry on IG: https://www.instagram.com/amybarryauthor/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrAmyTMatthewsauthorWebsite: https://amymatthewsauthor.com/ Thank you so much for listening!💞 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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    1 hr and 13 mins
  • Episode 65 Laila’s Story told by refugee activist author and poet Mij Tanith

    Episode 65 Laila’s Story told by refugee activist author and poet Mij Tanith
    Jul 10 2026

    In 2023 Afghan single mother Laila was desperate to get herself and her five daughters out of Iran. The chances were slim, but she was willing to try anything. When she called an Afghan contact in Adelaide, Mij Tanith was in the room and decided to try and help. What ensued was a growing long distance friendship that overcame the barriers of language and culture, fought through the bureaucratic hurdles and has led to Laila and her daughters being safely settled in Australia. Using poetry and prose, writer and refugee activist Mij Tanith has now told Laila’s story

    Guest:

    Mij Tanith, author and poet


    INSTAGRAM

    @mijtanith

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    24 mins
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