Zine Collection
A massive collection of my zine back issues.
Print book is out of stock, but it’s still available as a pdf for £3 in the shop



Being Editors
2011/ re-issued 2017
A selection of essays about children’s author Diana Wynne Jones.
- How I started reading DWJ
- Complete bibliography
- Interview with Diana
- DWJ and the curse of the terrible cover art
- Things reading Diana’s books has taught me
- My favourite: Fire and Hemlock
- My favourite: the Ogre Downstairs
- My favourite: the Homeward Bounders
- My favourite: Howl’s Moving Castle
- My favourite: Witch Week
- Witch Week as the anti-Harry Potter
- Adult villains
- Review of Farah Mendlesohn’s book
- Polly’s complete reading list
- The ending of Fire and Hemlock explained
You can download it as a free pdf



Fanzine Ynfytyn 36
2020
Singapore and Australia
- Singapore- durians & monsoon
- Melbourne op shops and failing to see the penguins
- A trip to Sticky Institute
- A solo weekend in Tasmania
- MONA modern art museum
- Exploring the backstreets of Sydney with Vanessa Berry
- Take Care Distro zine dinner
- Disastrous whale-watching trip
- Katoomba & Blue Mountains
- The moon is upside down
- Tim Tams
Out of print, but available as a part of a £3 ebook compilation in the shop



Fanzine Ynfytyn 35
2020
Working in museums
- Punchups in the dinosaur queue
- Checking taxidermy for worms
- Unpleasant encounters with Simon Pegg
- Feeding rotten bananas to giant butterflies
Out of print, but available as a part of a £3 ebook compilation in the shop



Fanzine Ynfytyn 34
2019
About studying Classics and Ancient History
- The Cambridge Latin Course- death by volcano, poisoned holy water or crocodile?
- Why actually studying Classics is nothing like Donna Tartt’s novel
- Roman love poet rundown: Tibullus is a soft wet boy
- I am bad at Medieval Latin. Don’t worry, so were medieval monks on the whole.
- Site visits to Rome, Aquae Sulis, Pompeii, Catullus’ house, Fishbourne Palace and various Roman graveyards
Out of print, but available as a part of a £3 ebook compilation in the shop



Fanzine Ynfytyn 33.5
2019
You can’t draw that ma’am.
About that time Ernest Hemingway’s heirs sent me a cease and desist for drawing his face
Out of print, but available as a part of a £3 ebook compilation in the shop

Fanzine Ynfytyn 33
2018
About travelling around Germany for work. I made some of it just before moving house, and then lost the pages, so nobody has ever read it.
Parts of the text were later incorporated into Mitteleuropa.

Fanzine Ynfytyn 32.5
2018
One long essay about various things
- What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas
- Borges and Calvino
- Do actuaries secretly rule the world?
- Getting your revenge on society via accountancy
- Last Year at Marienbad
Out of print, but available as a part of a £3 ebook compilation in the shop



Fanzine Ynfytyn 32
2018
- Suspicious whispering
- The joys of Latin
- Cogidubnus
- Aquariums
- Oulipo word games
Out of print, but available as a part of a £3 ebook compilation in the shop



Keep It Clean
2017
24 page 1/4 sized zine on yellow paper about keeping your place nice with low effort.
People seemed to want does-what-it-says-on-the-tin instructional zines, so I made one.
- Bathrooms and kitchens
- Bedding and towels
- Mmm that smells good
Out of print, but available as a part of a £3 ebook compilation in the shop
Fanzine Ynfytyn 31
2017
36 page 1/4 sized perzine on green paper + mini colour zine
A split zine about a last-minute holiday to Croatia, and then a work trip to Slovenia two weeks later.
- The beautiful Dalmatian coast
- Game of Thrones location mania
- The joy of the humble burek
- Hostel life
- They really do love Iron Maiden in the former Yugoslavia
- Slovenia, the land of Žizek, potica cake (and sadly Melania Trump)
- Slovenia is very underrated
- Metelkova autonomous district in Ljubljana
- Ljubljana Biennial arts festival
- Lake Bled and Austria by train
Out of print, but available as a part of a £3 ebook compilation in the shop



Fanzine Ynfytyn 30.5
2017
Made for the 24 hour zine project in October 2017- all pages written and laid out in one day. About moving house, and dreaming of Siberia.
- Oh I Do Like To Be Beside the Seaside
- Oh God Where Do I Put This Box
- To Get a Letter, Send a Letter
- Yakutia
- Small pleasures 20/01/2017
- Dream Club
- But Is It Art?
- Words we got from Farsi
- Vegan tteokbokki recipe
Out of print, but available as a part of a £3 ebook compilation in the shop



Fanzine Ynfytyn 30
2018
About failing to study at Oxbridge, and then the miserable experience of working there.
- Baffling interviews
- Rigid hierarchies
- Strange social structures
- Terrible posh people
- Racism and classism a-plenty
- “Oxford is the city of closed doors”
- My friend H’s depressing years at Cambridge
Out of print, but available as a part of a £3 ebook compilation in the shop



Fanzine Ynfytyn 29
2017
Northern Italy
- Italy in the 90s
- Getting sent to the wrong side of Italy by my job
- Legnago, the most boring place in Italy
- The joys of Italian electrics
- Lake Garda then and now
- The Name of the Rose
- Catullus and an impromptu Latin lesson
- Shadows of Fascism on Lake Garda
- Invisible Cities
Out of print, but available as a part of a £3 ebook compilation in the shop



Free Lunch 1
2017
A mini freebie zine for promo and to throw in with orders
- Why I like Andrei Tarkovsky
- Small Pleasures Spring 2017
- Zine recommendations
- Current zine catalogue
Out of print, but available as a part of a £3 ebook compilation in the shop

Film Photography 101
2017
24 page 1/4 sized zine on green paper teaching you all the basics of film photography in a friendly jargon-free way.
- Vintage camera types
- How to fix common issues with second-hand cameras
- How to clean vintage cameras
- Lenses explained
- Film types and sizes
- Cross-processing
- Uses of filters
- Aperture explained
- Shutter speed explained
- The Sunny 16 rule
- Exposure and EV rating
- Tips for portraits
- Tips for landscapes
- The Rule of Thirds
Out of print, but available as a part of a £3 ebook compilation in the shop


Fanzine Ynfytyn 28
2017
My trip to Japan
- Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto,
- Nara, Hiroshima, and Naoshima
- Ghibli museum, Shinto Shrines and Buddhist
- Temples
- Meat-free Japan on an extremely low budget
- Rabbits, Deer, Cats and Herons
Out of print, but available as a part of a £3 ebook compilation in the shop



Fanzine Ynfytyn 27
2016/19
When I was house-sitting in Bognor Regis
- An unfortunate series of events leads to me being stranded in Bognor
- Old people, lots of old people
- Never-ending train strikes
- Some thoughts about solitude and being observed
- Excellent charity shops
- Robert Smith’s house
- I try to volunteer with the local Labour Party, but everyone seems to think I’m a teenager on work experience despite being 30.
Out of print, but available as a part of a £3 ebook compilation in the shop



Fanzine Ynfytyn 26
2016
French campsites
- The ocean-going glamour of cross-channel ferries
- Family arguments about putting tents up
- The wonders of the French hypermarché
- Wholesome Dutch people
- Rubbish circuses where the attractions are one dog and one llama
Out of print, but available as a part of a £3 ebook compilation in the shop



Fanzine Ynfytyn 25
2016
- Exploring the World of the Ceiling
- Small pleasures
- Crispy Teriyaki Tofu recipe
Out of print, but available as a part of a £3 ebook compilation in the shop



Fanzine Ynfytyn 24
2016
About getting an IUD
Out of print



Fanzine Ynfytyn 23.5
2016
Mini zine made for the 2016 24 Hour Zine Challenge
Out of print



Fanzine Ynfytyn 23
2015
About unhealthy modern wellness and body culture
Out of print


Fanzine Ynfytyn 22
2015
- Being in charge of a maze at Hampton Court
- Foxes
Out of print, but available as a part of a £3 ebook compilation in the shop



Fanzine Ynfytyn 21
2015
- Free Eurostar tickets
- Walking miles and miles
- French music magazines
- €30 a night central Paris hotels, whose colour scheme can only be described as “depressed Willy Wonka”
- Père Lachaise, Montmartre,
- Canal St Martin, St-Germain,
- Quartier Latin, and others
- Accidentally getting caught in a march of 1 million people
- Zazie dans le Métro and other French film recommendations
Out of print, but available as a part of a £3 ebook compilation in the shop



Fanzine Ynfytyn 20
2013
- Jeff Mangum
- North Korea (I haven’t been)
- Competitions I have won
Out of print, but available as a part of a £3 ebook compilation in the shop



Fanzine Ynfytyn 19
2013
- Small Pleasures June 2012
- Bulgaria
- Polenta cake recipe
Out of print, but available as a part of a £3 ebook compilation in the shop



Fanzine Ynfytyn 18
2012
- Late 80s/early 90s video rentals
- Things that are disgusting when tinned
Out of print, but available as a part of a £3 ebook compilation in the shop



Fanzine Ynfytyn 17
2011
- Mr Frosty sets are disappointing as an adult
- Top five famous cockroaches
- Small pleasures June 2011
Out of print, but available as a part of a £3 ebook compilation in the shop



Fanzine Ynfytyn 16.5
2011
Mini zine made for the 2011 24 Hour Zine Challenge
Out of print



Fanzine Ynfytyn 16
2011
- My grandparents are like something from Roald Dahl
- Small pleasures
Out of print, but available as a part of a £3 ebook compilation in the shop



Fanzine Ynfytyn 15
2011
- Pointless board games
- Obstacle courses for
- hamsters
- Bad french jokes
- Marie Antoinette style macaron recipe
Out of print, but available as a part of a £3 ebook compilation in the shop



Fanzine Ynfytyn 14
2011
€2 black and white photo booths and free tourist maps abound in Vienna, so that’s what I used to make the zine.
- Vienna
- Burgenland
- Austrian schools
- Klimt and Schiele
- Modern art
- Hundertwasser
- Sachertorte recipe
Out of print, but available as a part of a £3 ebook compilation in the shop



Fanzine Ynfytyn 13
2011
- The pains of learning ballet
Out of print, but available as a part of a £3 ebook compilation in the shop.



Fanzine Ynfytyn 12
2010
- Nuclear sales
- Small pleasures
Out of print, but available as a part of a £3 ebook compilation in the shop



Fanzine Ynfytyn 11
2010
Full colour photo issue
Out of print



Fanzine Ynfytyn 10
2009
A trip to Ireland
Out of print



Fanzine Ynfytyn 9
2009
- What do amoebas have to worry about?
- Things I would like complete sets of
- Things I’m looking for in charity shops
- Childhood ambitions, reviewed
Out of print, but available as a part of a £3 ebook compilation in the shop



Fanzine Ynfytyn 8.5
2009
Mini zine made for the 2009 24 Hour Zine Challenge
Out of print



Fanzine Ynfytyn 8
2009
Playlist issue
Out of print



Fanzine Ynfytyn 7
2008
- Exquisite corpse
- Oulipo book game
- Mr C my very strange former English teacher
Out of print, but available as a part of a £3 ebook compilation in the shop



Fanzine Ynfytyn 6
2008
Mostly a combination of hand-drawn ink outlines and digital colour.
- Mostly a combination of hand-drawn ink outlines and digital colour.
Out of print



Egészségedre
2008
Egészségedre means to your health in Hungarian. If you say it slightly wrong, it sounds like “to your whole arse”. Hungarians love to teach drunk foreigners how to say cheers.
- Adventures in Hungary
- Unpredicatable landlords
- Parquet floors
- Difficult Finno-Ugric languages
- Soup inside loaves of bread
Out of print, but available as a part of a £3 ebook compilation in the shop



Fanzine Ynfytyn 5
2007
- Junior school music lessons
- Parmigiana di melanzane recipe
- Books about buses
Out of print, but available as a part of a £3 ebook compilation in the shop



Fanzine Ynfytyn 4
2006
- The man and the song come to blows
- A cake is baked
- Reasons not to visit Iceland in January
Out of print, but available as a part of a £3 ebook compilation in the shop



Pobble Eh Come?
2002-2006
These were some of the first zines I made, silly collages to swap with penfriends in other regions of the UK and New Zealand.
The pages were made from outdated home medical guides, falling apart Enid Blyton books, photocopied bits from Norwegian textbooks, and the colour supplements from various newspapers.
The title is the Welsh-language soap opera Pobl y Cwm deliberately spelt completely wrong.
- Peter feels hot all over
- Widely read in New Zealand
- That awful Suzie
- What makes your tummy rumble?
- Ihr Persönliches Exemplar
- So very heart-rending
- Danser du?
Out of print, but available as a part of a £3 ebook compilation in the shop






