Girl Power", which readers were encouraged to photocopy and distribute. Ablaze! operated an international fanzine distribution service, 'Worldwide Contagion', and in its pages featured coverage of the UK fanzine scene, as well as coverage of fanzines and other alternative publications in Europe and North America. Contributors Ablaze! was edited, and principally written, designed, and edited by Karren Ablaze!. Other contributors included writers Lucy Nation (Chris Trout), Gavin B., Justine Wolfenden (Hemiola Records), Steve Albini, Andrew Truth, Mark Williams, Ian Michael Hodgson, Bela Emerson, John Robb, Terry Bloomfield, Richard Rouska, Simon Morris of the Ceramic Hobs, graphic designer William Potter, and photographers Ian T Tilton, Greg Neate, and Tony Woolgar. Legacy Karren Ablaze! went on to front the Riot Grrl groups Coping Saw and Wack Cat. There has been growing interest in the pre-Internet era of fanzines. Music critic Simon Reynolds wrote about the continuing legacy and appeal of the fanzine movement for The Guardian in 2009, and in the same year Karren Ablaze! was invited by The Cribs to write about fanzines in general, and Ablaze! in particular during their guest editorship of The Guardian music section. Ablaze! is featured in Teal Triggs book Fanzines (Thames and Hudson, 2010). Ablaze! has been cited in discussions about women in rock music, including the books Sexing the Groove: Popular Music and Gender (Routledge, 1997), and Riot Grrrl. Revolution Girl Style Now! (Black Dog, 2009). Books The City is Ablaze!: The Story of a Post-Punk Popzine, 1984-1994. Self-published / Mittens On, 2012. . References External links Transcript of Ablaze! interview with Nirvana in Bradford 1992 By Tony Woolgar, Live Nirvana website. Interview with Lush in Ablaze! issue 9. Light from a dead star website. The City is Ablaze! review Karren Ablaze interview, 2015 Fanzines Magazines established in 1987 Magazines disestablished in 1993 Magazines established in 2015 Magazines published in Manchester Mass media in Leeds Music magazines published in the United Kingdom Underground punk scene in the United Kingdom