Zine Libraries

Zine Libraries@zinelibraries.bsky.social

Registration Now Open! The Zine Librarians unConference will be held virtually via Zoom on Saturday November 7–Sunday November 8. The registration form for ZLuC 2026 can be found HERE & linked in our bio: pci.jotform.com/form/2516578...

Register now for the Zine Librarian unConference! Enjoy sessions like “Community” at 12:30 am PT on Nov. 8! More info, including registration, at the links in our bio.

Register now for the Zine Librarian unConference! Enjoy sessions like “Zine Tours” at 11 am PT on Nov. 8! More info, including registration, at the links in our bio.

Register now for the Zine Librarian unConference! Enjoy sessions like “Zines as Community Archives” at 10:15 am PT on Nov. 8! More info, including registration, at the links in our bio.

Register now for the Zine Librarian unConference! Enjoy sessions like “Social Justice” at 8:30 am PT on Nov. 8! More info, including registration, at the links in our bio.

Register now for the Zine Librarian unConference! Enjoy sessions like “Zine Reading and Open Mic” at 3:30 pm PT on Nov. 7! More info, including registration, at the links in our bio.

Register now for the Zine Librarian unConference! Enjoy sessions like “Identity” at 2 pm PT on Nov. 7! More info, including registration, at the links in our bio.

Register now for the Zine Librarian unConference! Enjoy sessions like “Cross Stitch as Queer Resistance: Craft-A-Long” at noon PT on Nov. 7! More info, including registration, at the links in our bio. www.zinelibraries.info/zluc2026/

Register now for the Zine Librarian unConference! Enjoy sessions like “Collections/Cataloging” at 11 a.m. PT on Nov. 7! More info, including registration, at the links in our bio.

Register now for the Zine Librarian unConference! Enjoy sessions like “Fanzines” at 10 a.m. PT on Nov. 7! More info, including registration, at the links in our bio.

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Register now for the 2026 Zine Librarian unConference! Enjoy sessions like “Teaching with Zines” at 8:30 a.m. PT on Nov. 7. More info, including registration, at the links in our bio.

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I'm speaking at the @zinelibraries.bsky.social unconference in early November, talking about @wildramppublishing.bsky.social 's past two years of doing zine microgrants! It's online so come check it out. www.zinelibraries.info

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Keep an eye on zinelibraries.info for future updates, including a session schedule! If you have any questions, comments, or considerations, please email the organizers at zineluc@gmail.com.

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If you would like to request an accommodation, you may do so through the registration form. Please fill out the registration form with your request by October 14. The final registration deadline is November 3.

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Marc Fischer

@marc-fischer.bsky.social

15 Sept

Librarians! Zine-Makers! This new Temporary Services zine (made with @doormouse12.bsky.social) is for you! We interviewed 4 public librarians that maintain zine collections and the result is a beautiful 44 page booklet. See and learn how they do it! $10.00 (or $3.00 PDF) from www.halfletterpress.com

8 Aug

Here is our ALA @ 150 Collaborative Zine by The #ZinePavilion at the @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social Annual Conference this year! #ALAAC26 The ALA @ 150 Collaborative Zine was made in recognition of ALA's 150th Anniversary in 2026.

8 Aug

The Zine Pavilion put out a call to hear the community's experiences and we are excited to share this collaborative zine about all things ALA! Download here: zinepavilion.itch.io/ala-150-coll...

4 Aug

In June 2026, the volunteer organizers of the Zine Pavilion donated $150 to the American Indian Center (https:// aicchicago.org/) in Chicago and $150 to the Gichigamiin Indigenous Nations Museum (gichigamiinmuseum. org/) in Evanston. Please join us in financially supporting these or other local,

zinepavilion.itch.ioIndigenous Tribes of Chicago by The Zine Pavilion at ALAZine version of American Library Association's "Indigenous Tribes of Chicago" webpage.

4 Aug

Indigenous-led organizations! Pictured here is our Indigenous Tribes of Chicago zine cover. You may download our zine for free at zinepavilion.itch.io/indigenous-t... The information from this zine is taken from "Indigenous Tribes of Chicago" by Tara Kenjockety. Originally published in 2020.

QZAP - The Queer Zine Archive Project

4 Aug

Accessed in June, 2026. The online version can be found at: www.ala.org/.../offices/... Content used by permission of the American Library Association, Office for Diversity, Literacy and Outreach Services.

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Violet Fox 🦊

@violetbfox.bsky.social

25 June

📢 New zine announcement: “Zines Are Back! : The Perennial Reemergence of the Zine Scene” is a collection of news headlines featuring all the cliché “zines aren’t dead” stories that you’ve grown accustomed to (or resentful of). violetbfox.info/zines-are-ba... #zines

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Violet Fox 🦊

@violetbfox.bsky.social

28 June

Together we've raised over $250 for the Prairieland defendants through the sale of "Zines Are Back! : The Perennial Reemergence of the Zine Scene." Wow!!! Thank you to all for your support!! If you're at #alaac2026 #alaac26, stop by the #ZinePavilion (booth 2448) to pick up a copy for $5.

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Rachel Jones

@rvljonesing.bsky.social

27 June

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Zine Libraries@zinelibraries.bsky.social

We are fully loaded with zines! See you at booth 2448 at 5:30 p.m. in the exhibit hall! #ALAAC26 📸: @arthurkolat

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@qzap.bsky.social

26 June

we're super stoked to note that #alaac26 coincides with Pride this year, and we really hope that folks heading to @zinelibraries.bsky.social Zine Pavilion also take the opportunity to go to the Chicago Dyke March! We're at both (in spirit 👻)

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Cynthia Heider

@cynthiaheider.com

26 June

👀 I can't be at #ALAAC26 but my "Ethically Making and Sharing Data" zine made it and I can see it in these photos! Congrats to those who win the raffle. You can still get a copy even if you didn't win at repository.upenn.edu/handle/20.50...

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Zine Libraries@zinelibraries.bsky.social

We are fully loaded with zines! See you at booth 2448 at 5:30 p.m. in the exhibit hall! #ALAAC26 📸: @arthurkolat

26 June

We are fully loaded with zines! See you at booth 2448 at 5:30 p.m. in the exhibit hall! #ALAAC26 📸: @arthurkolat

Zine Libraries@zinelibraries.bsky.social

Find Hot Girls’ Guide Zine at this year's Zine Pavilion, Booth 2448 on the exhibit floor! #ALAAC26 EXHIBIT HOURS: Friday, June 26: 5:30pm – 7:00pm Saturday, June 27: 9:00am – 5:00pm Sunday, June 28: 9:00am – 5:00pm Monday, June 29: 9:00am – 12:30pm

Find @mossyvida.bsky.social at this year's Zine Pavilion, Booth 2448 on the exhibit floor! #ALAAC26 EXHIBIT HOURS: Friday, June 26: 5:30pm – 7:00pm Saturday, June 27: 9:00am – 5:00pm Sunday, June 28: 9:00am – 5:00pm Monday, June 29: 9:00am – 12:30pm

@zibazlibrarian.bsky.social

Mossyvida (he/him/star) is a multi media artist based in northwest Indiana. Some of his mini zines go over themes of magic, self love, and self expression, while others are filled with doodles of his dogs and beloved interests!

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Please join me THIS Sunday in Chicago at #ZinePavilion Booth 2448 on the exhibit floor of the @americanlibraryassociation annual conference for my presentation on: How to start a zine collection in your library Date: Sunday, 2pm

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Adeeba Arastu is a preservationist, architect, and writer-researcher based in Chicago. Adeeba’s work is interested in environmental justice, material culture, and imagining a world beyond capitalism.

Their work is interested in the relationships that clothes foster; with others, with our communities, our cultures, and the planet. Dress Rehearsals: testfits.substack.com

Find Liz Mason at this year's Zine Pavilion, Booth 2448 on the exhibit floor! #ALAAC26 EXHIBIT HOURS: Friday, June 26: 5:30pm – 7:00pm Saturday, June 27: 9:00am – 5:00pm Sunday, June 28: 9:00am – 5:00pm Monday, June 29: 9:00am – 12:30pm

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lizmasonisawesome.comLiz Mason

Third Coast Review and more. She managed Quimby’s Bookstore, home of wild and weird reading material in Chicago, for two and a half decades. She is currently pursuing a Masters degree at Chicago State University in Library & Information Science with

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a specialization in Archives and Records Management. Catch her on 107.1 FM CHIRP Radio in Chicago, Wednesday mornings 6-9AM CT or co-hosting the podcast Rough Draft with Keidra and Liz. More info at LizMasonIsAwesome.com.

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Liz Mason (she/her) has been self-publishing zines since the 1990s. Recent works include Caboose #15 I Was There, Awesome Things #4, Cul-de-sac #9 and The Most Unwanted Zine. Her work has also been published in such publications as The Chicago Tribune, Broken Pencil, Punk Planet, The Zine Yearbook,

Find Millstone, Christie Valentin-Bati & Noah Zanella at this year's Zine Pavilion, Booth 2448 on the exhibit floor! #ALAAC26 EXHIBIT HOURS: Friday, June 26: 5:30pm – 7:00pm Saturday, June 27: 9:00am – 5:00pm Sunday, June 28: 9:00am – 5:00pm Monday, June 29: 9:00am – 12:30pm

Millstone (@millstone.mag) is a micropress and art collective cofounded by Christie Valentin-Bati and Noah Zanella. Millstone seeks to provide a platform for work engaged in genuine speech,

as a means to facilitate community outside the alienating spectacle of corporate-controlled digital media. Every third Thursday of the month, Millstone curates and hosts The Mill, a variety show and open mic that raises money for local charities.

Find Full Bleed at this year's Zine Pavilion, Booth 2448 on the exhibit floor! #ALAAC26 EXHIBIT HOURS: Friday, June 26: 5:30pm – 7:00pm Saturday, June 27: 9:00am – 5:00pm Sunday, June 28: 9:00am – 5:00pm Monday, June 29: 9:00am – 12:30pm