I put this zine out in December of 2012, a few months before I moved to London. It’s a collection of some of the stories about Australian pubs I wrote between 2010 and 2012. The initial run of 200 copies sold out. I did a second run of 100, of which I still have a few left.
I thought I’d share it here over a few posts because: a) though some of it’s dated and embarrassing, I’m still quite proud of it* and b) me posting a weekly newsletter of decent quality every week will inevitably rely on some old material here and there.
All the illustrations and layouts were done by my friend Tessa.
Here’s an audio recording of Coolum Beach Hotel - my favourite of these stories. (As you will hear, I struggled with ‘exudes handsomeness.’)
*Okay, reading this back the “intro” bit is bonkers - I’m not quite sure what I was thinking.