Friday, October 21, 2011

Celebration of life of editor and teacher Charles Oberdorf to be held October 25

[Note: correction of day error.]Many of his friends and colleagues will want to attend the celebration of the life of Charles Oberdorf, who died last month. The event will be held WednesdayTuesday, October 25 at Glebe Road United Church, 20 Glebe Road East in Toronto at 3 p.m., followed by a reception at Grano restaurant

Thursday, October 20, 2011

OOPs...The Economist (finally) realizes it was giving free digital subscriptions

The Economist magazine has been serving some people a digital subscription to its magazine for free, sometimes for as long as five years. According to a story in paidContent, the magazine will revoke those premium digital subs next week and insist that people pay for them. “There was an error in our database which resulted in a number of people being assigned full subscription rights by mistake,”

Breakfast.

Da Plane Da Plane.

Canzine 2011 features record number of zinesters and, maybe, 100 monkeys

Canzine, the annual fair for homemade near-mags organized by Broken Pencil magazine, is on Sunday at the 918 Bathurst Centre in Toronto (a new location) from 1 - 7 p.m. Entry is $5, which includes a copy of the magazine.According to a story in Torontoist, the fair has an all-time high of 193 vendors displaying and selling everything from comics and chapbooks to craft items. Not only does it