Story To… on hold

Dear Story To… Friends and Contributors,

We know we haven’t been in contact for quite some time and we do apologise but unfortunately it has been necessary for us to put Story To… on hold.

Beth and Chris have been tied up working on another project, Drone Magazine. Kate has been busy moving countries over the last few months and now resides in Taipei, Taiwan.

We are all currently in discussion about the fate of Story To… and will get back to you as soon as we can with further information. Thank you for your patience. We’ll be in touch again very soon.

The Story To… Team x

A little bird told us…

A Bird in the Hand, a great new zine distro based in Sydney, has given Pod People a wonderful review. It helps to confirm what a great job everyone has done in putting this issue together – our designer Chris and our writers, illustrators and photographers. Thanks guys!

You can read the review here.

Zine Review: emma stronach’s ‘book art’

We’ve asked 3000 BOOKS blogger and Story To… contributor Estelle Tang to join the team as our new zine reviewer. Here’s what she thought about Book Art:

There’s something about the unsullied propriety of a book that makes me feel both at ease and on edge. Clearly, effort and care go into the creation of a book in truckloads. But the more difficult or deified the contents, the more I wonder what it would be like to tear it up and shake it around. Emma Stronach’s Book Art zine is a gorgeous reminder of this feeling. Emma has taken the pages of her old music textbook and ripped them up, creating sixteen pages of collage and catastrophe that are sometimes delicate and sometimes irreverent. In this way, a book that used to convey information in one way has been transformed with browns, blues, greens, shellac, pen and glue into something totally different and delightful. Book Art comes in two sizes – A6 ($5) and A5 ($10). I have the little version, but the larger version is printed on cardstock and can be taken apart as individual artworks. Book Art is available here.

Pod People has arrived: stories to travel with

Jordi Kerr

Media release dated: Monday 17 November 2008

The second installment of popular commuter zine Story To… has arrived and is centered on the theme Pod People. This issue has more pages, allowing a more ambitious grouping of literary and design talent.

Designed by Christopher Gray, Pod People has a selection of words and images by young creators from all over Australia including: Crystal Andrews, James C Spinks, Simon Smithson, Estelle Tang, Kathryn Ledson, Angela Meyer, Sean Greenhill, Sudeep Lingamneni, Jordi Kerr, Kellyanne Gentle and Richard Ibrahim.

“The theme, Pod People, was a reaction to the fact that so many people who travel on public transport bury themselves in their music. We wanted to show them the train station life they are oblivious to,” says Kate Nicholson, co-creator and editor.

“We are happy we chose an open call for submissions for this issue and lucky that we got such a large number of quality artwork emailed in to us. This has made for a very interesting collection of short fiction, creative non-fiction, poetry, illustration and photography,” says Beth Keating, co-creator and editor.

Story To… was founded in July this year and is now onto its second issue. It aims to give Melbourne’s public transport travellers an intelligent and free literary alternative whilst providing publishing opportunities to emerging artists.

Story To… Issue Two: Pod People is available free from selected zine distros or as a free download from this blog.

Story To… is celebrating

The Story To… team are having a few drinks to celebrate the release of Pod People and we’d love for you to join us.

When: Wednesday 19 November, 6.30 pm onwards
Where: Prudence, 368 Victoria Street, North Melbourne

 

Pod People is officially released on Monday 17 November and will be available free as a downloadable PDF from this site on that day. For everyone who has been promised a printed copy, keep an eye on your mailbox over the next few weeks.

You can help spread the word about Story To… We’ve created some flyers which you can download here, then print off and hand them out to everyone you know, or leave them on the train, or at your local drinking hole…

UK catches on to our awesome-ness

Just a quick one to say that an article on Pod People has been published in UK online journal, Fallyrag. Thanks guys! Check it out here. And make sure you have a look at the other articles too.

It’s nearly here!

Story To… Issue Two: Pod People is due out on Monday 17 November and will be available as a free downloadable PDF from this site. Very limited print copies will be available for free at the following shops and distros:

Australia

Sticky Institute (Melbourne)
Hand Held Gallery (Melbourne)
A Bird in the Hand (Sydney)

Overseas

Cherry Bomb Comics (New Zealand)

We are hoping to get copies into many more cities around the world. Issue Three and above will be global!

We have some flyers available for distribution which point readers to our website. If you’d love to help us get the word out about Story To… then email us with your postal address and we’ll send you a bunch to hand out.

Submissions for Issue Three will open shortly. We’re looking for writing (short fiction, creative non-fiction, poetry, comics, scripts, song lyrics) and images (photography, illustration, collage) related to transport and movement. The theme will be announced when we open for submissions in December.

Brand spanking ultra-flash new emails

Just a quick post to let you know that the Story To… team have fancy new email addresses.
 

General enquiries to: storyto@storytomagazine.com
 

Editorial or administration enquiries to: kate@storytomagazine.com or beth@storytomagazine.com
 

Design enquiries (including questions about image dimensions, etc.) to: chris@storytomagazine.com
 

All messages to the old email are being forwarded so if you accidently send something there we will still get it.

Networking for zinesters

We’ve started a group called Zines for Commuters on new networking site We Make Zines. If you’re not a member of both already then sign up!

The Opinion Society looks worth checking out too. It’s held at the end of every month at Sticky in Melbourne.

The people behind ‘Pod People’

While our ridiculously talented designer, Chris, is working hard on the layout for ‘Pod People’, Issue Two of Story To…, we thought it about time we got on to announcing those whose words and art work will be gracing the pages. So, in no particular order…

Words
Crystal Andrews
James C Spinks
Simon Smithson
Estelle Tang
Kathryn Ledson
Angela Meyer
Sean Greenhill

Images
Sudeep Lingamneni
Jordi Kerr
Kellyanne Gentle
Richard Ibrahim

Check back here soon to download your very own copy of ‘Pod People’ – free!