Breakdown Press Information

Breakdown Press is a small independent publisher based in Melbourne, Australia, co-founded by poet, researcher and community organiser Lou Smith and printmaker, muralist and graphic designer Tom Sevil (aka Civil). Tom and Lou both have a longstanding involvement within the zine, DIY, street art, and alternative media communities in Australia. Breakdown Press has been producing books, posters, zines and anthologies since 2004. Publications include: Scrapbook to Somewhere, The Stolenwealth Posters, The Breakdown Posters, The Nuclear Posters, YOU: some letters from the first five years, Market Crossings: Plotting a Course through the Preston Market and How To Make Trouble and Influence People: Pranks, Protests, Graffiti and Political Mischief-Making from across Australia. We believe in producing ethically printed and affordable publications, bringing together artists, thinkers, and writers to build friendships and solidarity with different communities, and to tell stories that often remain untold.