traverzbooks: environmentally aware publishing

Traverzine began in 2019 as an experimental literary form to consider issues related to travel. Environmental concerns combined with questions regarding divergent perceptions of travel for work, leisure and migration inform the zine’s underlying concept. Each edition presents its reader with an opportunity to take time out from the everyday and travel with a well-considered thought.

A few readers’ comments:

“it gave me 5 mins of calm amongst all the chaos”

“so much to think about … so many emotional shifts”

“beautiful, as physical object, environmentally and content, such a great way to get work out”

Issues explored to date include: solidarity at distance (Voicing concerns, Anna Maria Civico), the forest as a place of contemplative transition (Evolving awareness, Bob Farrer) and navigating loss (Loving, Gianfilippo Pedote).

Since Traverzine’s launch, the pandemic has led to unprecedented travel restrictions. Now, more than ever, we need ways of reframing travel given all the time spent in lockdown and to make use of this chance to reassess expectations for the future.

issue three

issue three, voicing concern—written by Anna Maria Civico—cover image Tomb of the Dancing Women, Naples National Archaeological Museum

contribute

Traverzine is easy to assemble as a pocket-sized booklet from a single, printed A4 sheet. Both the pdf for print and a screen version arrive automatically in subscribers’ inboxes.

Contributions are encouraged from all those who are engaged in considered travel-related enquiry. Different combinations of short-form writing, photography and illustrations are welcome. Accessible and engaging pieces of writing submitted for publication should be no more than 7,000 characters with spaces. Images should be anything from 10.5 x 7.5 cm to 29.7 x 21 cm at 300 pixels per inch. All contributors are profiled on the traverzbooks website and receive a number of professionally printed copies to journey within their network.

Please send all submissions to: info@traverzbooks.net

issue two

issue two, reflecting summer—written by Sarah Waring—cover image ‘Diktatur des Likens / Ibiza, Anna Meyer, 2017’, postcard on fridge, 2019; insert Selfie, Agostino Ferrente, 2019

issue one

issue one, travelling light—written by Sarah Waring—cover image Three weeks in London expressed, D. Fleming, 2019; inserts FFF Udine, 24th May 2019; XR London, 21st April 2019

email: info@traverzbooks.net