Broken Pencil

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Broken Pencil
Former editorsZack Kotzer
Jonathan Valelly
Categories Art, Culture
FrequencyQuarterly
Publisher Hal Niedzviecki
Tara Gordon Flint
FounderHal Niedzviecki
Founded1995
Final issue
Number		Summer 2024
103
Country Canada
Based in Toronto, Ontario
LanguageEnglish
Website brokenpencil.com
ISSN 1201-8996
OCLC 427378454

Broken Pencil was a quarterly Canadian magazine based in Toronto, Canada that profiled zine culture and independent arts and music. It was founded in 1995, and it closed in 2024.

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History

Broken Pencil was founded in 1995 [1] by Hal Niedzviecki. [2]

In 2009, Broken Pencil published a collection of short stories entitled Can'tLit: Fearless Fiction from Broken Pencil Magazine, featuring Canadian independent writers, with ECW Press. [3] In 2015, The Toronto Star published an article about the first 20 years of Broken Pencil and its role in zine publishing in Canada. [2]

Niedzviecki, who remained the magazine's publisher, shut down Broken Pencil in late 2024, citing criticism of his views on the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. Niedzviecki had received backlash after he made multiple pro-Israel posts on Twitter, culminating in "a petition signed by nearly 200 people, including former editors and contributors, asking him to resign as publisher" of Broken Pencil. [4]

Canzine

Broken Pencil organized Canzine, a Toronto-based festival centred around zines and small press publications, from 1995 until 2024. [5] [6] The planned 2024 Canzine festivals in Toronto and Ottawa were cancelled, potentially due to a boycott by zine makers in protest of Niedzviecki's pro-Israel stance. [4]

References

  1. ↑ Benson, Eugene; Conolly, L.W. (November 30, 2004). Encyclopedia of Post-Colonial Literatures in English. Routledge. p. 897. ISBN   978-1-134-46848-5 . Retrieved October 31, 2015.
  2. 1 2 Carvile, Olivia (July 29, 2015). "How zines survive in the Internet age". Toronto Star . Archived from the original on February 10, 2024. Retrieved August 15, 2022.
  3. ↑ Good, Alex (October 2009). "Book Review: Can'tLit: Fearless Fiction from Broken Pencil Magazine". Quill & Quire . Archived from the original on March 23, 2012. Retrieved June 23, 2011.
  4. 1 2 O'Kane, Josh (December 3, 2024). "Broken Pencil magazine to shut down as founder cites pressure over pro-Israel views". The Globe and Mail . Archived from the original on December 5, 2024. Retrieved March 15, 2025.
  5. ↑ "CANZINE OTTAWA | Ottawa Art Gallery". oaggao.ca. October 28, 2022. Retrieved May 11, 2023.
  6. ↑ LaPierre, Megan (August 23, 2022). "Canzine Festival Returns to Toronto and Ottawa for 2022". Exclaim! . Archived from the original on November 30, 2024. Retrieved November 30, 2024.
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