{"product_id":"9781911052111-we-peaked-at-paper","title":"We Peaked at Paper","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn Oral History of British Zines\u003cbr\u003eAn oral history of British zines, consisting of 20 interviews with current and former editors of zines. After achieving a cult following on its hardback publication in 2022, it is now available in paperback for the first time. In the words of Peter Doherty: ‘A great read – it had mereaching for my Stanley knife and glue!’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIncreasingly, as we come to terms with what a cesspit theinternet really is, there has been a revival of interest in various artefactsonce thought obsolete: vinyl records, analogue photography … and zines. Withsome zines from the punk era now selling for hundreds of pounds on eBay, andthe study of zines a burgeoning field of academic interest, We Peaked at Paperappears at a propitious time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book consists of twenty interviews with current andformer editors of zines. Authors Hogg and Ironside travelled across Britain tocarry out the interviews face to face over a period of five years. They soughtto examine the widest possible range of publications, from the science fictionzines of the 1930s to a zine begun by a ten-year-old editor during the Covidpandemic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a volume that celebrates amateurism, and will becherished by those who favour the local over the global, the home-made over themass-produced, and Melody Dog over Taylor Swift. After achieving a cult following on its hardback publication in 2022, it is now available in paperback for the first time. In the words of Peter Doherty: ‘A great read – it had mereaching for my Stanley knife and glue!’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53600998261110,"sku":"9781911052111","price":14.77,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_31362130.jpg?v=1732106000","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781911052111-we-peaked-at-paper","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}