ESPA INFOSHOP & DISTRO
ESPA has been operating a local infoshop & distro for several years, and we've had every intention of developing an online infoshop to distribute some of the great zines, comix, buttons, t-shirts, CDs, DVDs, vegan treats and other cool stuff we sell as a year-round fundraising initiative... Alas, it appears monkeys will fly out of our butts before we manage to find the time to do it, so for now this project remains on hold. Crossed fingers for 2015 (only sort of kidding).
Our physical infoshop hours at the Stanley Milner Library remain inconsistent, sorry—best to call for an appointment —or to check out the most current infoshop stock, you can also visit us at our Production Space/Physical Plant in Bonnie Doon (call us for more info). You can also find us here:
2010 International Week NGO Fair!
Feb. 4 from 10am - 4pm
@ Students' Union Building, University of Alberta
This website is not updated frequently, so for info about other upcoming events, we encourage you to check ESPA's facebook group page instead.
SELECTED NEW ARRIVALS FOR FALL/WINTER HOLIDAY SEASON
2009/2010*
If you must buy holiday gifts, buy ethical!
• Slingshot Organizers (16th annual must-have daytimer for activists) have arrived!
• Union of Concerned Scientists' 2010 "Scientific Integrity" Calendars have arrived!
• The Yes Men's New York Times spoof-newspaper (a great collector's item)
• Fair Trade Certified & organic 'peace' and 'love' T-Shirts (sweatshop-free)
• Fair Trade Certified Basketballs, Volleyballs, Soccer & Footballs (no child labour)
• No Sweat Sneakers (Fair Trade Certified), limited colours & sizes
• Ethical Candy makes great holiday stuffers! Cocoa Camino fair-trade-certified chocolate bars, 'Mamba' Organic Vegan Fruit Chews (think 'Starburst', but vegan), Candy Tree organic lollipops & Glee Gum - if you're going to feed your kids crap it may as well be animal-friendly and pesticide & GMO-free crap! ;)
... and much much more!
(* Please, someone, if you're visiting this page next summer and we still haven't updated the above listing, let us know.)
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Looking to distribute your project?
If you produce a zine, independent comic, or have a CD or film you want
us to consider distributing for you, please send
us a hard copy with a note saying so. (Don't forget the note! We
get a lot of mail and without it we'll just assume it's a donation to the
library/archive, and even regular donors know we're slackers at responding
to snail-mail these days. We're also slackers when it comes to requests
to review zine websites [to considering ordering a zine] - sorry, but we
really need a hard copy if you want us to consider buying some - it just
falls through the cracks otherwise.)
We used to be mostly-consignment, but these days we prefer to buy projects
outright from artists, depending on cost and volume, so be sure to let us
know cost for bulk orders, shipping, etc.. Please include an e-dress in
your note if you want a timely response, and a PayPal address, if applicable
(we like PayPal. Too easy!). Last thing: Note it's pretty rare we buy zines
for more than a few dollars each, especially if coming from outside Canada
(after shipping & currency conversion the cost becomes too high and
they're impossible for us to sell), so you might not want to waste a hard
copy on us. That said, we do subscribe to several quality zines/imprints,
so sending us a hard-copy of your 'expensive' swanky zine might be worth
it after all.
With that, we leave you with some photos...
