Southend On Zine

A project in Southend-on-Sea, UK by Graham Burnett
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Fifty Years of voices and stories from Southend’s alternative press and fanzine underground
Backers: 131
Average Pledge Per Backer: £34

Funded: £4,422 of £3,500
Dates: Mar 28th -> Apr 27th (30 days)
Project By: Graham Burnett
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Latest News

(Just under) 24 hours to go!

April 26th - via: kickstarter.com
Once again, thanks to everybody who has so generously backed and supported this project! I can't believe there are under 24 hours left!  Behind the scenes I've been working on New Crimes 8, the special Backers Reward-only supplement zine which will... (Read More)

Stretch Goal - 38 Years late, its New Crimes Eight! (special Kickstarter backer's edition)

April 19th - via: kickstarter.com
Once again, thanks to all of our supporters who helped us to reach our funding target with 8 days to spare - to be honest it took me by surprise a bit. Even though I was pretty confident  we'd get there I didn't expect it to be so soon, so I was... (Read More)

We've Done It!

April 18th - via: kickstarter.com
Wow, thanks to all of your generosity and support we've just hit our target! This is just a quick message to thank everybody as I've just got the notification message on my phone, and I'll post up a proper update later, including an announcement... (Read More)

Graham and Lu Williams of Grrrl Zine Library speak to Aaron Shrimpton

April 17th - via: kickstarter.com
Good morning everyone. Once again, thanks for all your wonderful support, I'm excited to say that with 10 days of the campaign remaining we've now reached 90% of our funding target! But there's still a little way to go to get this project over the... (Read More)

Happy Easter - Here's some Sweet Soil Music from The Folk Pistols...

April 15th - via: kickstarter.com
Happy Easter to all of our supporters! Today's mini-extract extract from the Southend on Zine book is part of an interview with Keith Baxter. Many Southend folk will be familiar with them, but for those who don't know, The Famous Potatoes and their... (Read More)

Punk in Southend: "It was like a massive extended family"

April 14th - via: kickstarter.com
As of this morning we're slightly under three quarters of the way to our target, so keep sharing and spreading the word as there is still a way to go, but with all your help and support I'm confident we can get this over the line! In today's extract... (Read More)

Two weeks to go and a chat with Syd Moore about Essex Girls and the Witches of Essex...

April 13th - via: kickstarter.com
Thanks once again to everybody who has supported us so far! We have two weeks left to fulfil our funding goals, and even though we are 66 per cent of the way there, there is still a long way to go so please continue to share and spread the word as we... (Read More)

Filming with Aaron and Lu...

April 12th - via: kickstarter.com
Yesterday I spent  the afternoon at The Old Waterworks working with the most excellent film maker Aaron Shrimpton creating a micro-documentary about the Southend on Zine book project (we hope to get that uploaded in a couple of days once it's been... (Read More)

Thanks everybody for all the amazing support so far!

April 8th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi everybody, apologies that it's taken so long to post an update, it's all been a bit of a whirlwind keeping up with developments over the last 10 days or since this Kickstarter launched. There has been so much support that its all been a bit... (Read More)

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