Northlight

Northlight was a fanzine published by Alan Burns from Newcastle, UK between 1959 and 1963. Commenting on its genesis in its 13th issue, Burns said:

Northlight, you may remember, started originally as a magazine for a branch of the International Friendship League with which I was concerned, it turned fannish and has stayed that way.

A separate title, Keeping Posted, appeared in late 1960 and included some letters on issue 11.

Ron Bennett reviewed its seventh issue in Skyrack 10 (December 1, 1959):

A very individual fanzine, Northlight has never been in the top line of British publications, but has continued to improve steadily. Terry Jeeves defends the BSFA against accusations made in the last issue. Alan reports on his Jugoslav holiday. Sandy Sandfield has a nine page column, part of which concerns itself with London O affairs. There is a letter column, some verse, and illustrations by McIntyre.

In Skyrack 24 (October 4, 1960) he looked at issue eleven:

Much of this issue is given over to well received informal editorial ramblings on a diary basis. It might be surprising to find such a critic of the former Inchmery fandom adopting the diary format, but Northlight is no Ape. The issue also contains many interesting letter snippets on a variety of subjects, an article by Dick Schultz full of facts about the Detroit gang, a short piece on Gerfandom and a wonderfully analytical piece on Swedish fandom.

Finally, Bennett reviewed an unnumbered (but from context likely 16th) final issue dated July 1964 in Skyrack 69 (August 12, 1964):

A short article on home movie making and an editorial farewell to the zinescene, for this is Northlight's last issue. Northlight, which has appeared irregularly but frequently for the past six or seven years, has never attained the heights reached by the greats but will be sorely missed for its editor’s literate commentaries and particularly some very revealing travelogues.

Issue	Date	Pages	Notes
1	1958	12
2	April 1958	14
3	1958	18
4	1958	16
5	March 1959	32
6	1959	34
7	November 1959	24
8	January 1960	36
9	April 1960
10	1960	28
11	September 1960	34
12	June 1961	16
13	October 1961	18
14	September 1962	16
15	August 1963	12
16?	July 1964	?

• Northlight online at fanac.org

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Publication

1958—1964

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