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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?

All are welcome! Learn more about the infoshop library through the links above, including our community principles, and visit us by making an appointment. Pick from these weekly options 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.

  • Options for the weeks of 13 & 20 May 2024

    Thursday 16th:
    3–9pm

    Friday 17th:
    3–10pm

    Saturday 18th:
    12–6pm

    Sunday 19th:
    1–9pm, commun~ after 5

    Wednesday 22nd Vesak Day:
    1–9pm

    Friday 24th:
    2–10pm, commun~ after 7

    Saturday 25th:
    12–6pm

    Sunday 26th:
    1–9pm

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

    Thank you all for being patient and sticking around, we had to take a short break last fortnight but are back and excited to host friends at the space. Come use it; hang out, commiserate, reflect, dream, build. If you're looking beyond just reading, working, or resting at the infoshop, check out our weekly commun~ open hangs alternating between Sundays and Fridays, which have seen quite some interest in the last few months. Things are brewing, bringing together really varied and often unexpected experiences, conversations, and possibilities. Keep in mind that for safety, there are activities which will only be run among those who have visited or shared time and space in one way or another. We’d love for you to join in and find each other!

    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.