Reading Frenzy ~ An Independent Press Emporium

The Canyons

By Trinie Dalton

28 pps., 8.5x5.5", saddle stitched

The Canyons is a small collection of writer Trinie Dalton's early poetry. Inspired by Dalton's wanderings through the Southwest and New England, The Canyons feels dark and mysterious. Cut and paste verses on the energies of life and nature laid out against photocopied images of flowering plants gives this booklet a very intimate handmade feel. A short but powerful zine from one of our favorite writers!

$7.00

D.I.Y. Magic

By Anthony Alvorado

176 pps., 5″ x 8″, 40 b&w illustrations, letterpress silver foil cover

There is real magic in the world. It lays in ephemeral boundary between waking and sleeping, the synaptic sparks caused by too much caffeine, the altered vantage point of a familiar walk taken in the earliest hours of the morning. D.I.Y. Magic is part spell book, part practical manual for experiencing altered consciousness  and making you the magician of your mind. From lucid dreaming and psychotropic combinations to urban exploration and surfing synchronicity, Anthony Alvarado guides the curious and intrepid through a world of possibilities using only the materials at hand: an open mind, a pen, a strong cup of tea, the ephemera of creativity. Full of (mostly) free and quick ways to change your mind and open your eyes. D.I.Y Magic recaptures the poetry of life, it's end goal to incite beauty, vividness, and imagination into the world and in ourselves.

$13.95

How and Why: A Do It Yourself Guide

By Matt Resist

176 pp. 8.5x5.5 perfect bound

FROM THE PUBLISHER:

"I dream of a better world," writes zinester and How and Why author Matte Resist in the intro to his new book. He continues, "To me DIY culture is about grabbing a little piece of that dream." What follows over the course of the next 176 pages is Matte doing what all dreamers must do-waking up from his dream, opening his eyes, and confronting what roadblocks and hurdles lie between him and his goal. Matte does this by laying down chapter upon chapter of blueprints for a better world. A sequel to our do-it-yourself handbook Making Stuff and Doing Things, How and Why gives us detailed, engaging, easy-to-use info on bicycles, home and garage, gardening, educating children, musical instruments, and the all-inclusive "everything else" section. If you dream of taking back your life and building a better world, How and Why might be your new best friend

$14.00

How To Draw Your Family

By Gabriel Liston

58 pp., 8.5x7, saddle stapled

Artist and friend of Reading Frenzy Gabriel Liston takes a Zen approach to drawing. Or maybe it's just the hands-up-in-the-air-whatever-works attitude of parenthood. Sage advice, such as "Accept suffering. Your children will be unimpressed with your drawings of them" accompany Liston's gorgeous sketches of his family and pets, inspiring your own artistic ambitions.

$7.00

How to Make Soap

By Raleigh Briggs

10 pps., 8.5"x5.5", saddle stitched

Looking for an awesome, personalized and easy gift to make? Tired of smelling like PineSol or baby powder? Itching to find your inner Tyler Durden, or just plain itchy? Well then learn how to make your own soap! This short but complete guide teaches the basics of safe soap making, customized recipes, and tricks of the trade.

$3.00

The Mental Health Cookbook

By H.Finn Cunningham

48 pps., 8.5"x5.5", saddle stitch

Taking a holistic approach to mental health care, The Mental Health Cookbook lovingly illustrates the connection between food, environment, and psychological stress and depression. More of a guide to healing your mental and emotional imbalances through nutrients and natural medicines than a traditional cookbook, this zine features sections on fermenting your own food, creating tinctures and teas, and lots of advice on how to connect with the world around us through foods and herbs. Full of wisdom and information, The Mental Health Cookbook calms the brain and soothes the soul like a warm cup of chamomile tea.

$7.00

Print Workshop

By Christine Schmidt

pp. 175, 9"x7.5", perfect bound, color

Christine Schmidt of Yellow Owl Workshop present a complete how-to manual on printing just about anything you want on anything you can think of! From relief and stencil to sun prints and transfers, each hand printing technique is low key, low cost, and highly impressive. Full of projects and fully illustrated instructions, templates, and hints. Silkscreen you own band merch using simple stencils, create a birch tree mural, make your own stationary, iron-ons, and more!

$19.99

Rebel Bookseller: How To Improvise Your Own Indie Store and Beat Back the Chains

320 pgs, 5"x8", perfect bound

Renowned bookseller Andrew Laties offers a radical and creative new paradigm for independent booksellers on all sides of the cash register, written to inspire a revival of community bookselling. In his 20 years of revolutionary retail, Latie's ideas were adapted by Barnes & Noble, Zany Brainy and scores of independents. Rebel Bookseller challenges today's bookstore workers to improvise the wildly imaginative indie bookstores of tomorrow, and includes a behind-the-scenes history of the book industry, humorous anecdotes and bittersweet lessons, ten interlacing Rants, and three Rough Rules of Rebel Bookselling Blending adventurous memoir, satire and sharp-tongued jibe, the author dares the chains to sell this revolutionary book.

$14.95

Recipes for Disaster -- An Anarchist Cookbook

624 pgs, 5.5" x 8.5" perfect bound, offset print

Not to be confused with the deadly and slightly passe Anarchist Cookbook, Crimethinc's Recipes for Disaster contains a volatile mix of community building ideas, radical (and fun!) protest and parade instructions, and guidance for creating your own adventures. This is an irreverent, empowering, and informative tome suitable for most ages and levels of radical experience, with projects ranging from self healthcare to sabotage to reclaiming the streets!

$13.00

Stolen Sharpie Revolution 2: A DIY Resource for Zines and Zine Culture

By Alex Wrekk

pp. 144, 5.5"x4", perfect bound

This book has everything you need to get started creating your own zine or to figure out what to do with the zine you already made. Stolen Sharpie Revolution 2 can serve both as an introduction into the wide world of zine culture, and the next step to being a part of it. A complete guide for the self publisher! Whether you're a seasoned zinester looking for some new ideas, trying to start a zine library, or curious about expressing your love of math, public transit, brownies, etc. into a handy quarter size pamphlet, Stolen Sharpie Revolution is your go-to guide for all things D.I.Y. Going beyond a strict "how to" manual, SSR contains resource listings for stores, distros, zine events and libraries, as well as sections on zines in education, a guide o the US postal system, what to do at a zine fest, internet resources and more!

$6.00