Who you callin' 'ephemera'?

Interesting item on the blog torontoist, about zine-making. These handmade magazines are classed as 'ephemera', meaning nobody expects them to last long. But some collectors have formed the Toronto Zine Library -- collected hundreds of zines, and organized them by subject and title -- you can browse the catalogue online.

• On Sunday, February 4 at 1:00 at the Tranzac Club in Toronto there's a free "Make A Zine" workshop. Members of the Library collective will talk about the history and future of zines, as well as offering a hands-on introduction to "varieties of approach, genre, construction and distribution."

• There's also a four-week zine making course at This Ain't the Rosedale Library starting February 6, from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. : $60 for students, the underemployed, and the 65+, and $80 for the rest of 'em. Call the bookstore at 416-929-9912 to register for the workshops in advance.