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 Leigh Edmonds
8 John Bangsund
9-15 1970-1971 Gary Mason
16 Peter Darling
17-22 Dennis Stocks
23-29 Leigh Edmonds
30-37 David Grigg
38-43 John Foyster
44-45 Derrick Ashby
46 Don Ashby
47-51 Carey Handfield
52 Leigh Edmonds
53-55 1977 Carey Handfield
56-61 December 1977-April 1978 John Bangsund
62-63 1978-1980 Gary Mason
74-79 June 1980- John Foyster
80-85 Derrick Ashby, Christine Ashby
86-91 Marc Ortlieb
92-95 1983 Gary Mason
96-99 Jean Weber
100 Leigh Edmonds
101-109 Jean Weber
110-115 Marc Ortlieb
116-127 Gerald Smith
128-145 -February 1992 LynC, Clive Newall
145-169 April 1992- Alan Stewart
170-194 Marc Ortlieb
195 Sue Grigg, David Grigg
196-206 Sue Grigg
207-219 David Grigg
220-316 October 2004-December 2019 Bruce Gillespie
317-today December 2020-February 2024 David Grigg

(Note that mailing numbers and dates refer to known issues only.)

See also The Best of ANZAPA.


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