Long time no blog posts

Hello!
It has been exactly a year and one day since we last wrote a blog post on here, oops! While we haven't been great at keeping this up to date, we have been super busy doing loads of other things. Here is a quick update of what we have been up to:

- Moved house
- Co-organised the first Northwest Zinefest
- Got HLF funding for Salford Zine Library
- Been on a dream holiday to Florida
- Been on holiday to Copenhagen
- and most recently we have launched a completely new spooky collection!

Hopefully we will get a chance to do some recap posts about a few of these things that we didn't get around to writing about at the time.

L x

Hot Property

Young Explorer have been all over the place recently. You probably haven't been able to go a single day without someone saying 'Have you heard about Young Explorer?!'. In case you have been living in a cave for the last three months and haven't caught 'Young Explorer Fever', here's a little summary of some things that we've been in.

Firstly, we did some talking for a bit about Victoria Baths Zine Fair in which I used a 'mild curse word'. Then we did some talking (And posed for some photos) for the Fred Aldous blog. Here's some of the ace photos that Elle took on the day:

And finally, our friend Stef Bradley (Who we must have mentioned about a hundred times on this blog now) included a little interview with us for a zine she was making for a zine workshop. As well as making the excellent Today Zine, Stef has recently started her own zine distro called 'Best Pressed', selling zines by other people she likes at gigs and other events. We're going to put a few of the 'How to make a zine' zines on the shelves at Salford Zine Library, so pop over and have a look if you get the chance. They're really good and have loads of really good tips on how to make your own zines. And some bonus exclusive Stef Bradley comic material too! Here's a glimpse of our interview that has been described as 'inspiring' and 'really great' by no-one.

If your famous blog/magazine/newspaper/television series wants to talk to us, get in touch! You can email us at youngexplorerzine at gmail dot com or tweet us @_YoungExplorer.

Bye!

S

Salford Zine Library

Hey! Guess what! We are now officially in charge of running Salford Zine Library, which is based at Nexus Art Cafe on Dale Street, Manchester. Salford Zine Library exists as a repository for self-published publications about anything, by anyone, from anywhere. There's so much good stuff to read on the shelves (Including Young Explorer!) and we're really excited about being able to help make the library even more inspiring and ace than it is now.

We've got loads of plans spinning around our heads, but we want YOU to get involved too! If you make zines, or are thinking about making a zine, please submit a copy. We can't give you any money for it but we can give you a mention on the blog and on our Twitter account. And you can feel pleased that your zine is sitting amongst another 1400 or so amazing zines from around the world. How cool is that?

See the Salford Zine Library blog for more information about submitting your zine, follow us on Twitter and spread the word! The more zines we have the better.

S