ANZAPA

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The Australian and New Zealand Amateur Publishing Association (or Australian and New Zealand Amateur Press Association) is a bi-monthly APA for, but not limited to, Australian and New Zealand fans. Minac is 6 self-written A4 pages every six months. The membership cap is (and always has been) thirty members. Mailings tend to be about 500 (!) pages.

It was started by Leigh Edmonds. It began in October 1968 as APA-A, but was renamed ANZAPA in February 1969 for its third mailing. Its early history is recounted in John Bangsund's Anzapa Book. It was still active in 2021, but went electronic at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic due to the extreme slowness of mail, both within Australia and internationally.

The current official bloody editor, or OBE, of ANZAPA is David Grigg.

Apazines that have appeared in ANZAPA mailings include:


Mailings Dates Official Bloody Editors
1-7 October 1968-October 1969 Leigh Edmonds Mailings approximately bi-monthly
8 December 1969 John Bangsund
9-15 February 1970-February 1971 Gary Mason
16 April 1971 Peter Darling
17-22 June 1971-April 1972 Dennis Stocks
23-29 June 1972-May 1973 Leigh Edmonds
30-37 June 1973-April 1974 David Grigg Short-lived experiment with monthly mailings
38-43 June 1974-April 1975 John Foyster
44-45 June 1975-August 1975 Derrick Ashby
46 October 1975 Don Ashby
47-51 December 1975-August 1976 Carey Handfield
52 October 1976 Leigh Edmonds
53-55 December 1976-April 1977 Carey Handfield
56-61 June 1977-April 1978 John Bangsund
62-63 June 1978-August 1980 Gary Mason
64 October 1978 Leigh Edmonds
65-73 December 1978-April 1980 Gary Mason
74-79 June 1980-April 1981 John Foyster
80-85 June 1981-April 1982 Derrick Ashby, Christine Ashby
86-91 June 1982-April 1983 Marc Ortlieb
92-95 June 1983-December 1983 Gary Mason
96-99 February 1984-August 1984 Jean Weber
100 October 1984 Leigh Edmonds Founding OBE returns for mailing #100
101-109 December 1984-April 1986 Jean Weber
110-115 June 1986-April 1987 Marc Ortlieb
116-127 June 1987-April 1989 Gerald Smith
128-145 June 1989-April 1992 LynC, Clive Newall
146-169 June 1992-April 1996 Alan Stewart
170-194 June 1996-April 2000 Marc Ortlieb
195 June 2000 Sue Grigg, David Grigg
196-206 August 2000-April 2002 Sue Grigg
207-219 June 2002-June 2004 David Grigg
220-316 August 2004-October 2020 Bruce Gillespie
317-today December 2020- David Grigg

See also The Best of ANZAPA.


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