Since 2012, we have been producing and distributing zines and pamphlets produced as part of Brisbane Free University discussions, reading groups and events. We also welcome submissions from other zine-makers who are interested in sharing their work through the Brisbane Free University press.
If you’d like to buy a copy of any of these zines, please contact brisbanefreeuniversity@gmail.com and we can organise to send you a copy. If you’re a writer, illustrator, or photographer and you’re interested in contributing to future zines or pitching zines to Brisbane Free University Press, please get in touch with brisbanefreeuniversity@gmail.com
No Matter What Tools You Use, Stolen Land Can Never Be Secured (2024)
Dr. Anna Carlson
36 pages, black and white
A mid-length zine featuring a visual essay and an excerpt from a PhD thesis titled “Nothing’s Changed, Everything’s Different”: Colonial Surveillance & Liberal Reform in Queensland. The zine offers an introduction to the idea of colonial surveillance and its relationship to racial capitalism, European imperialism, heteropatriarchy and ableism. It introduces key concepts from surveillance studies to understand the specific formation of surveillance as a tool of colonisation.
Experiments in Liberation: Movement illustrations from the past decade (2024)
Dr. Anna Carlson
16 pages, full colour
A short visual zine featuring a collection of illustrations, posters, prints, and artworks produced for movement events, fundraisers, auctions, and comrades. The zine offers a throughline between works, drawing out some small lessons from the struggle so far.
Coming soon:
Colonial Possession Through Environmental Design (2024) – Dr. Anna Carlson & Dr. Natalie Osborne
Challenging Colonial Copaganda Series (2024/2025) (3 zine collection) – edited by Dr. Anna Carlson featuring contributions from Dr. Amy McQuire, Professor Chelsea Watego, A/Prof Amanda Porter, Professor Thalia Anthony, Jarod Woods, Marissa Dooris, Nik Summers, and others.
Reading Together, Learning Together, Struggling Together: Reflections from the BFU Radical Reading Group (2025)
Colonial Logics of Disappearance (2025) – Dr. Jamal Nabulsi, Dr. Rajni Gamage, Dr. Shreya Singh, Dr. Nat Osborne & Dr. Anna Carlson
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