Cover by Jay Eales

Ten days ago Jay and I were feeling powerless and angry about the current state of the UK, especially the reported rise in hate crime. So we decided to do something we know how to do – make a zine.

Do Something – a charity zine to raise money for ‘Hope not hate‘ was born.

Many thanks to all our contributors for such a quick and supportive response. Many thanks also to Jay, as he enables me when I have mad ideas and then does all the production work!!

Do Something

Contributions from:

• Cover by Jay Eales
• Introduction by Jay Eales & Selina Lock
• Illustration by Dave Windett
• The Cleansing by Mike Carey (short story)
• #DrawTogether #Pinclusive illustration by Emma Reynolds
• Pin Money by Penny Jones (short story)
• Spread Jam illustration by Patrick Scattergood
• Beyond Each Blue Horizon by Andrew Hook (short story)
• The Man Who ran Through the Tunnel by Ambrose Musiyiwa (poem)
• But One Country by Rod Duncan (poem)
• Song of Defiance (for William Blake) by K. A. Laity (poem)
• Cartoons & Comic Strips by P. B. Rainey
• Five Years (Lyrics by Alan Bennett) by Paul Magrs (song lyrics/poem)
• I Saw Life Jackets on the Beach by Emma Lee (poem)
• Smiling in the Slaughterhouse by Cynthia Rodriguez (poem)
• Walls (after Bobba Bennett) by Cynthia Rodriguez (poem)
• Anti-homophobia quote from Nottingham LGBT Switchboard (non-fiction)
• Extracts & Photos from the Leicester Hate Crime Project – compiled by Selina Lock (non-fiction)
• Illustration & Comic Strips by Vicky Stonebridge
• Rose-Tinted Spectacles by Jay Eales & Peet Clack (comic strip)
• Hope Remains by Mike Jennings (non-fiction)
• Migrant/Bird Illustration by BlueLou
• Lurid Sky by Jen Walklate (short story)
• Weyland Street by Will Ellwood (short story)
• Internationalist Manifesto by Simon Bennett (non-fiction)
• Project Indigo – Daughters of War by Alasdair Stuart
• The Gospel on How Not to Build a Tolerant Society compiled by Ambrose Musiyiwa (poem)
• To Leicester Where We Belong by Farhana Shaikh (poem)
• What’s In a Name? by Penny Jones (poem)

We will have 25 photocopied versions of the zine for sale at Small Press Day at Forbidden Planet Leicester, 2-5.30pm, Saturday 9th July.

Over the next few weeks we will also look at making the printed version and a PDF version more widely available for sale. Watch this blog for updates…