Just Make Your Magazine

Indie magazine making has never been more popular so I thought I’d make an easy to read guide on how to do one yourself. The joke on the cover inspired by Paul Ardern.

After 20 years making and editing magazines, books and zines for titles like Huck, MARVIN, Pavement Licker, Kanpai!, Special Request, Ralph, Nike 1948, ‘SUP and for brands like The North Face, Saatchi Gallery, Red Bull, Interscope, Pikes Hotel and Ibiza Rocks, I figured I'd put what I've learnt onto the pages of a pocket rocket of a book.

Designed by James-Lee Duffy (Ralph/Pavement Licker) and modelled on 1990s self-help books, it also includes advice from some of the top indie mag makers around, including Thomas Roueche (Editor, TANK), Hanna Hanra (Founder/Editor, BEAT), Tertia Nash (Art Director, Huck/Sandwich), Anja Charbonneau (Publisher, Broccoli/Catnip/Mushroom People), Richard Turley (Art Director, Interview/NUTTS/Offal), Ione Gamble (Founding Editor-in-Chief, Polyester Zine), Jeremy Leslie )Founder, magCulture), Joseph ‘JP’ Patterson ((Founding Editor-in-Chief, TRENCH) and super writer for hire Emma Garland.

It’s A5 and 124 pages.