CAROUSEL 43 Virtual Reading (Sep 22, 7-9pm)

CAROUSEL 43 Virtual Reading (Sep 22, 7-9pm)

Please join us to celebrate the release of CAROUSEL 43 … get your FREE ticket for the reading through Eventbrite now (your ticket will have all of the information you need to access the event on Zoom) … https://www.eventbrite.com/e/carousel-43-virtual-launch-tickets-119460392249 FEATURED READERS for the evening include: Gary Barwin | David James Brock | Leesa Dean | Jonathan Duckworth | Karl E. Jirgens | Carol Krause | miriam putters | Lauren Turner … and Rocco De Giacomo

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CAROUSEL 36 Toronto Launch

CAROUSEL 36 Toronto Launch

CAROUSEL 36 Toronto launch — a free event took place on Wed May 25, 2016 at the Belljar Cafe … doors at 7pm, readings beginning at 7:30pm Featured Readers for the evening were: Chad Campbell, Paul Dutton, Laura C. Furster, Steve Meagher, Conor Mc Donnell, Antranik Tchalekian ————————–——— Facebook event @  https://www.facebook.com/events/455790244631554/

2015 Toronto Comic Arts Festival

2015 Toronto Comic Arts Festival

The 2015 Toronto Comic Arts Festival at the Toronto Reference Library (789 Yonge St) Saturday May 9th 2015, 9am-5pm Sunday May 10th 2015, 11am-5pm FREE ADMISSION A week long celebration of comics and graphic novels and their creators, which culminates in a two-day exhibition and vendor fair featuring hundreds of comics creators from around the world. Other Festival events include readings, interviews, panels, workshops, gallery shows, art installations, and much more. Highly recommended! >>> More

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2015 KAZOO Print Expo (Guelph, ON)

2015 KAZOO Print Expo (Guelph, ON)

CAROUSEL will be at the KAZOO Print Expo in Guelph this Saturday! We’ll be debuting a series of amazing $20 curated gift packs (each contains 4 issues, a great deal), and we’ll have some copies of a rare Michael DeForge silkscreen we did waaaaay back, get it for only $25. See you there. https://www.facebook.com/events/1593732504193776/

CAROUSEL 34 Toronto Launch

CAROUSEL 34 Toronto Launch

Please join us at MKG127 as we launch our latest issue SPECIAL EVENT OFFER — support our fine journal at our launch by picking up the latest issue: for only $11, take #34 home and we’ll also mail you #35 when it comes out in May … or go bigger and subscribe to the next 4 issues for only $20    

Fall 2014 Meet the Presses Indie Literary Market

Fall 2014 Meet the Presses Indie Literary Market

On Saturday November 22, CAROUSEL will join approximately thirty of Canada’s best independent publishers and magazines for Meet the Presses Indie Literary Market in Toronto. This annual event introduces the public to independent literary publishers and authors of books, chapbooks, magazines, broadsheets, and recordings that are largely not available in bookstores. The event will also host the announcement of the winner of the bpNichol Chapbook Award, whose purse this year doubled to $4,000. Facebook event:

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CAROUSEL at Canzine 2014 this Saturday

CAROUSEL at Canzine 2014 this Saturday

On Sat Nov 01 CAROUSEL will be participating in Canzine Toronto, Canada’s largest festival of zine culture and independent arts, hosted by Broken Pencil Magazine. Canzine is a prime opportunity to mingle with talented writers, artists, publishers and performers from across North America and search out new local (and non-local) gems; it features hundreds of zines, small presses, comics and more. 918 Bathurst Arts/Culture Centre, 918 Bathurst St. 1-7pm $5 entry includes the fall issue

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2014 WORD ON THE STREET Toronto

2014 WORD ON THE STREET Toronto

CAROUSEL magazine will be present at The Word on the Street Toronto Festival (Queen’s Park) this Sunday September 21 from 11am-6pm — we’d love it if you stopped by. We’ll be located at booth MM14 (in the Magazine Mews section, east side of the park) What will be offering? – select back issues (for the amazing price of $5 each) will allow you to delve into the past! EXTRA SPECIAL OFFER: bring $20, walk away

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2014 Toronto Comic Arts Festival

2014 Toronto Comic Arts Festival

Featuring more than 250 authors, artists and cartoonists from around the world The 2014 Toronto Comic Arts Festival at the Toronto Reference Library (789 Yonge St) Saturday May 10th 20124, 9am-5pm Sunday May 11th 2014, 11am-5pm FREE ADMISSION A week long celebration of comics and graphic novels and their creators, which culminates in a two-day exhibition and vendor fair featuring hundreds of comics creators from around the world. Other Festival events include readings, interviews, panels,

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2014 KAZOO Print Expo (Guelph, ON)

2014 KAZOO Print Expo (Guelph, ON)

The 7th annual Kazoo! Festival –  happening in Guelph, ON — includes the KAZOO! PRINT EXPO this Sat Apr 12 from 11am-3pm … come join us @ 99 Woolwich St, Mitchell Hall, (Beside St. George’s Church) in sunny downtown Guelph! The event is also an advance public launch of CAROUSEL 33, our brand new issue (it’ll be out in stores and sent to subscribers in mid-May). The Kazoo Print Expo is a celebration of Print Media,

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CAROUSEL 33 Release Party Apr 03!

CAROUSEL 33 Release Party Apr 03!

In association with National Poetry Month and in collaboration with the Livewords reading series, please join us for the Toronto advance launch of CAROUSEL 33 —a free event taking place on Thu Apr 03, 2014 beginning at 7:30pm at Black Swan Tavern (154 Danforth Ave, 2nd floor) Featured Readers: Mark Connery, W.A. Davison, Yi-Sung Oliver Ho, Darren Bradley Jones, Katie Jordon, Jason Paradiso and Claire Scherzinger SPECIAL EVENT OFFER — support our fine journal by

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CAROUSEL at The Artist Project (Feb 21-23 / Toronto)

CAROUSEL will be at The Artist Project Contemporary Art Fair, from Feb 21-23, 2014 — come check out the amazing art, and be sure to stop by The Magazine Lounge to say hello; we’ll be showcased in the lounge along with these other fine Art & Culture publications: Aesthetica Magazine, C Magazine, Canadian Art, Carbon Paper, Designlines, Toronto Life and The Walrus. The Magazine Lounge Coffee Bar features modern Italian furniture designed by Konstantin Grcic

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Santa’s Choice Zine Fair – Sat Dec 21!

Santa’s Choice Zine Fair – Sat Dec 21!

Come one, come all to Santa’s Choice Zine Fair! This is the 4th annual zine fair taking place at Xpace Cultural Centre (2 – 303 Lansdowne Ave, Toronto) from 10-6pm on Sat Dec 21, 2013. There will be zines, comics, small press, prints, t-shirts and tote bags, jewellery, crafts, and other handmade multiples by local artists and designers. Admission is free. Come pick up a copy of CAROUSEL 32 (our new issue) just before xmas

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Scenes from 2013 EXPOZINE

Scenes from 2013 EXPOZINE

Each year, Montreal EXPOZINE offers up an ocean-sized spread of interesting publications, posters, hand-made items — these are a few of our favourite things from the 2013 fair!

CAROUSEL at 2013 EXPOZINE, Montreal on Sat Nov 16

Sat Nov 16 is a big day: while we’re vending at ‘Meet the Presses’ in Toronto, CAROUSEL will simultaneously be participating in Expozine 2013, Montreal’s annual small press, comic and zine fair! Expozine 2013 Sat Nov 16, 12-6pm 5035 Saint-Dominique, Montréal Free Admission! The massive Expozine small press fair is a unique showcase of the best publications today’s small presses and self-publishers have to offer! Literally thousands of different publications can be found at Expozine, with

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CAROUSEL at 2013 Indie Literary Market in Toronto on Sat Nov 16!

CAROUSEL at 2013 Indie Literary Market in Toronto on Sat Nov 16!

Sat Nov 16 is a big day: while we’re vending at ‘Expozine’ in Montreal, CAROUSEL will simultaneously be appearing at the 2013 Indie Literary Market in Toronto presented by the Meet the Presses collective. 2013 Indie Literary Market Sat Nov 16, 12-4:30pm @ The Tranzac (292 Brunswick St, Toronto) Free Admission! Featured Presses: Apt 9 Press / Baseline Press / BookThug / CAROUSEL / Coach House Books / Exile Editions / Ferno House / Gesture Press

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See you at CANZINE 2013!

On Sun Oct 20 CAROUSEL will be participating in Canzine Toronto, Canada’s largest festival of zine culture and independent arts, hosted by Broken Pencil Magazine. Canzine is a prime opportunity to mingle with talented writers, artists, publishers and performers from across North America and search out new local (and non-local) gems; it features hundreds of zines, small presses, comics and more. 918 Bathurst Arts/Culture Centre, 918 Bathurst St. 1-7pm $5 entry includes the fall issue

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2013 The Word On The Street Toronto Festival!

CAROUSEL magazine will be present at The Word on the Street Toronto Festival (Queen’s Park) this Sunday September 22 from 11am-6pm — we’d love it if you stopped by! We’ll be located at booth MM1 (in the Magazine Mews section, east side of the park) What will be offering? – select back issues (for the amazing price of $5 each) will allow you to delve into the past! – extremely discounted subscription packages will point you

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ZINE DREAM 6 (Aug 02-04, 2013 / Toronto)

The 6th Annual Zine Dream Small Press Fair: a weekend long celebration of self-publishing in Toronto! Fri Aug 02, 7pm: Nieves Zine Library (founded by Benjamin Sommerhalder in 2001 in Zurich) and Innen (an independent publisher founded by Hungarian graphic designer Aaron Fabian in 2006)  at Art Metropole (1490 Dundas St W): a full retrospective of the Nieves Zine Library alongside a specially designed display of Innen Shop including an on-glass-installation in the window at

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