Hello! This is the second issue of the Blue Heron Books & Zines Newsletter! Read on to hear what's new with Kingston's only anarchist bookstop & zine distro. On the week-end of May 25th & 26th, we tabled at the annual Montreal Anarchist Bookfair http://www.anarchistbookfair.ca/. It was a bustling week-end with anarchists and anarchism-interested folks from far & wide getting together for books, workshops, zines & fun. We sold some books, zines, patches and t-shirts. We also brought back some new Zines & books for our collection! Here's what we got: Zines: PANIC – A guide to recovering from panic attacks with resources for managing long-term anxiety (by Corina) Pathologize This! & Pathologize This! 2 – a mental health zine (compilations, several authors) Mapping Our Madness – a workbook for navigating crisis, extreme states, or just foul moods OCD Throws Bows (by Dirk A. Keaton and a team of readers/editors) MADNESS First Aid Kit Sex Testing and the Olympics – A history, revised edition Cultural Appreciation... or Cultural Appropriation? A zine on culture, respect allyship, and racism (NRN – Native Resistance Network) Gentrify This! A Student's Guide to Understanding and Resisting Gentrification (by fred burril, kerri flannigan, sunny doyle & noah eidelman, QPIRG Concordia) ...and here's an oldie-but-a-goodie! What are you talking about? Why should I cut my dreads? What's wrong with a Mohawk? Answers for white people on appropriation, hair and anti-racist struggle (by Colin Kennedy & Qwo-Li Driskill) We also got some really exciting new books: Decolonizing Anarchism by Maia Ramnat, and Don't Leave your Friends Behind: Concrete Ways to Support Families in Social Justice Movements and Communities, edited by Victoria Law & China Martens So much good reading! Next Saturday, June 22nd, we are looking forward to having a table at the Skeleton Park Music Festival (http://skeletonparkmusicfestival.ca/). We will be selling our own silk-screened clothing & patches and promoting the Blue Heron Book Club. Come by and say hello! ... so, what else? You want to support Blue Heron or be more involved? Here's how: - Spread the word! We are a pretty new little project at AKA and we are really looking to let people know we exist. Help us out by forwarding this newsletter to your friends and encouraging folks to stop by and check us out. - Volunteer! We are looking for volunteers to help us with staffing open hours, organizing the collection and promoting the space. Swing by during open hours to pick up an application of email us at blueheronbooks@riseup.net - Submit a review! If you've read a book or zine from the collection and have some thoughts, we would love to share them! We are really interested in promoting the exchange of ideas. If you would like to write-up or record a free-format review of anything we've got, we would happily share it. And, if you need a hand to make that happen, we would be happy to help! As always, you can contact us by email at blueheronbooks@riseup.net. Drop by in person during open hours to preview or buy a book, buy a t-shirt or hang-out and read or chat. Open hours are Mondays, 2pm-6pm at Blue Heron in the AKA Autonomous Social Centre, the black & red house on Queen St. at the corner of Wellington. See you soon! Madeleine for Blue Heron Books & Zines
