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Hello and welcome!

This is the new online home of wares infoshop library. If it's your first time landing here, the about page gives a quick overview of the project, while individual pages, linked below with recent blog posts, will delve into specifics of its different aspects.

After restarting activities for a brief period in February 2022, we were forced to close and search for a new space as our lease wasn't renewed. With four months of intense work, we are finally gearing up to welcome visitors to our new space in September. We thank you for your patience, and sincerely apologise for any distress our hiatus has caused, especially with regards to failures at keeping up with the mutual aid initiative. This is something we're still working on, if slowly due to burnout and the isolating, fatiguing conditions of the ongoing pandemic – without forgetting that capitalism is the crisis.

In the meantime, we continue to work on adding more to pages here, refining what we write, and realigning our online presence away from social media platforms. Possibility arises from encounter, and there is much to build. In regaining momentum, we look forward to sharing space with friends, comrades, and fellow travellers again, and hope to meet you soon!

September 2022

A photograph of the wares infoshop library room. It is framed at a slight angle, facing a wall with windows. The room is lit in warm yellow lighting. Wooden shelves with multiple tiers of books occupy the left half of the image, with boxes of zines visible as well, alongside other zines on display. At the top of a shelf in the middle of the frame is a black and white antifascist flag hanging from the top, with a classical guitar resting flat above it. On the right half of the image, flanking the windows are more shelves and potted plants, including a large leafy bird's nest fern and monstera. There is a fridge and and sofa as well. In the foreground, a floral patterned fabric banner pinned on a display shelf reads "wares".
Our new space in October 2022

Pages

About

Library

Gathering

Mutual Aid

Blog

Links

Recent Posts

How to visit?

Learn more about the infoshop library through the links above, including our community principles, and visit us by making an appointment. Every fortnight, we publish options for visiting based on volunteer availability. Pick a date and time from them and send in a form with your contact info. If you're looking to have an intentional gathering or need more space, booking ahead of time also helps us better plan our schedule.
All are welcome!

  • a long pause
    We’re back! That was a long pause. Well, those of you on Discord know it hasn’t been total stoppage — the space still opened from week to week, albeit on a more informal tempo, though as our availability was reeled in, months have inadvertently passed… Read more: a long pause

  • Options for you to visit during the weeks of 14 & 21 April 2025

    17 Thursday
    4–9pm

    18 Friday
    12–9pm, commun~ after 6

    19 Saturday
    4–10pm

    21 Monday
    12–8pm

    24 Thursday
    12–8pm

    26 Saturday
    3–9pm, commun~ after 6

    27 Sunday
    4–8pm

    Dates and times may change the further we get from the post date.

    We still strongly encourage visitors to wear a mask – we honour requests for all to mask up, which applies for the full day – and suggest doing so during enclosed commutes and in crowded spaces. Disposable masks are available but bring your own for the best fit and quality that you’re already comfortable with.