WHY FISH PISS MATTERS: Andy Brown in conversation

Join Andy Brown in conversation with Laurie Brown to discuss Andy’s new book Why Fish Piss Matters: On the Last Authentic Bohemia as part of Halifax’s own Afterwords Literary Festival Sunday November 1, 3pm-4pm in Room 301 at the Halifax Central Library. 

With just 11 issues over its ten-year publishing history, Fish Piss, a bilingual mash-up of the Montreal anglophone spoken word scene and comics scene, has been called Canada’s most influential zine. Rooted in DIY punk ethos, Fish Piss drew together literary writing, comics, essays, interviews, politics, and music, and its editor Louis Rastelli published the likes of Heather O’Neill, Jonathan Goldstein, Kid Koala and more—and the zine was eventually published and distributed internationally by Tower Records. Andy Brown dives into the zine’s history, its influences, its legacy, and situates it among 200 years of bohemian communities. Laurie Brown conducts what’s sure to be a fascinating conversation with Andy Brown about Fish Piss, and why it still matters.