Bonsai magazine?

[JPG]

Are there any good bonsai magazines out there relevant to Australia? Christmas is coming up and I was thinking of asking Father Christmas for a magazine subscription. Can anyone recommend a good one?

[Ryceman3]

Love the question and wanna know too! I'm in the same boat and don't want to end up with more "soap on a rope" if I can help it!

[Pup]

Bonsai Focus, International Bonsai, both are good magazines, obviously not Australian that one was under subscribed and folded.

Cheers Pup

[Brian]

its irrelevant buying magazines these days when there is so much information freely available on the internet.

[JaseH]

its irrelevant buying magazines these days when there is so much information freely available on the internet.

Also so much mis-information!

I'm a magazine guy and like the old Bonsai Today and Bonsai Focus mags. Probably partly because I sit behind a computer 8 hrs a day for work and its nice to actually pic up a glossy mag on the couch and take rest from the computer screen! But also because the information is provided by respected bonsai artists and you can generally see the results - I don't need to wade through pages of conflicting info and egotistical arguments on the net and then have to verify if the guy posting the info has some credibility or is just some over enthusiastic kid who's been into bonsai for 5min and thinks he knows everything!

[JPG]

Thanks for the replies.

So are the magazines mentioned still being published?

[hard1all]

Bonsai Focus is
I'd also recommend the Bonsai-BCI Magazine
http://www.bonsai-bci.com/index.php?opt ... Itemid=123

[Pup]

Thanks for the replies.

So are the magazines mentioned still being published?

YES google is your friend so just try. I like them both and have been a fan for a long time.

Cheers Pup