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Booklyn supports artists and organizations committed to environmental and social justice. We work towards this by documenting, exhibiting, promoting, and distributing their work within educational institutions worldwide. We envision a world in which art and bookmaking are tools for education, personal agency, community engagement, and political activism.
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Hello, zinesters and zine-loving librarians! The American Library Association annual conference is returning as an in-person event this year. As in previous years, a team of librarians has been given the opportunity to showcase zines on the convention floor (aka, “Library Marketplace”). This year’s conference is June 24-27 in Washington, D.C. We are seeking applications from vaccinated zinesters who want to showcase or sell their wares.
Tables will be stationed around a “Zine Pavilion,” which will have zines available for reading during the conference. At the end of the conference, display zines will be raffled off to one lucky library. Tables are FREE (we request at least one zine per table for the raffle), and tablers receive a pass to the conference. You can table for any amount of time that works with your schedule, but a minimum of 4 hours would be ideal. You will be able to talk to and sell your work to librarians from all over the U.S. and beyond.
The purpose is to spread the love of zines and zine collections in libraries to the greater library community. To get a sense of how we run the pavilion and for more information, visit our Tumblr: http://zinepavilion.tumblr.com
The zine pavilion will be open at the “Library Marketplace” during these hours:
Friday night, June 24- 5:30-7 pm
Saturday, June 25 & Sunday, June 26- 9 am-5 pm
Monday, June 27- 9 am-2 pm
If you’re interested in applying for a free table spot at the Zine Pavilion, please fill out this form before May 7. https://forms.gle/FYtWwf2cxk4Lq7d39
We will be prioritizing zinesters of color and zinesters local to the DC area, and we’ll let people know if they have been accepted to table by May 15. Please let me know if you have questions and I will do my best to answer them!
Thanks,
Kelsey Smith
Zine Pavilion Wrangler
Calling all Zinesters and interested parties!
We need you to volunteer for the Zine Pavilion @ ALA Annual 2020. Anytime you have is welcome! Let us know here: http://bit.ly/ZinePavilion2020
Zines are a unique opportunity for instruction,engagement with communities of support, and creativity. Come volunteer and learn more!
Questions? contact [email protected]
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Chi-town stand up! We want your zines for #ALAAC20! All zines are welcome and will be seen by 1000s of zinebrarians (and others!).
Send to: University of Chicago Library attn Sarah G. Wenzel, 1100 E. 57th St, Chicago IL 60637
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Here’s the list of zinesters, organizations, and distros who are scheduled to appear at the 2019 Zine Pavilion in Washington DC! You can see bios for them here.
- Kate S.
- Dre Grigoropol
- johnnie b. baker
- julia eff
- Sarah Maloney
- DC Zinefest
- Three Fifty
- Corey Bechelli
- Sam Respass
- Girls, on Film
- Erin Moran
- Cory Kram
- Late Comeback Press
- #ZebraRadarZine
- Brian Baynes
- Celina Williams
- Autumn Haynes
- Elliott Junkyard
- Horchata Zine
- Billy McCall
- Homie House Press
- A.J. Michel
- Broken Pencil
- Jenna Freedman
- Bella Koschalk
- Ryan French
- Something Something Press
- Red Sweater Zine Collective
- Tortilla Gurl
- Hannah Huddle / Space Lesbians Studio
(In anticipation of the Zine Pavilion at the ALA conference in Washington, DC happening June 21st-24th we’ll be posting bios of all of the zinesters who’ll be tabling with us!)
Hannah is a multimedia artist based in Virginia, who loves to draw, sew, and make zines. She is currently in library school and works at a library and goes to libraries for fun sometimes. Her art is influenced by wanting to make things that are fun after the stress of formal art education and adulthood. She is not a space lesbian but really enjoys media of queer ladies in space.
Website: hannahhuddle.com
Twitter: @hannahhuddleart
Instagram: hannahhuddleart
(In anticipation of the Zine Pavilion at the ALA conference in Washington, DC happening June 21st-24th we’ll be posting bios of all of the zinesters who’ll be tabling with us!)
A Baltimore based media platform run by a black art collective. We cover local artists of all mediums through video + photography; publishing visual artists in our annual zine.
Website: tortillagurl.com
Instagram: tort.gurl
(In anticipation of the Zine Pavilion at the ALA conference in Washington, DC happening June 21st-24th we’ll be posting bios of all of the zinesters who’ll be tabling with us!)
We promote, distribute and gush about rad zines from artists and writers across the country. We try to spotlight zinesters who can’t get to zine fests due to cost, logistics, or other factors. We also love to spotlight creators who are new to zines and zines that celebrate or include intergenerational dialogue, children, and seniors.
Website: facebook.com/redsweaterzinecollective
Instagram: redsweaterzinecollective
(In anticipation of the Zine Pavilion at the ALA conference in Washington, DC happening June 21st-24th we’ll be posting bios of all of the zinesters who’ll be tabling with us!)
Something Something Press is a Richmond, VA-based distro and publishing press. It was formed in 2011 by M. Osborn and Gary Llama to distribute zines, books, and other items on radical mental health, collective well-being, and direct action.
(In anticipation of the Zine Pavilion at the ALA conference in Washington, DC happening June 21st-24th we’ll be posting bios of all of the zinesters who’ll be tabling with us!)
Bella and Ryan are Creative Writers at Idyllwild Arts Academy in Southern California. Ryan is from Boulder, CO. And Bella is from Baltimore, MD. They are both passionate about zine making, and came together over the 2018-19 school year to make and distribute zines around their school community.
Instagram: corcles
Instagram: bellakoschalk
(In anticipation of the Zine Pavilion at the ALA conference in Washington, DC happening June 21st-24th we’ll be posting bios of all of the zinesters who’ll be tabling with us!)
Jenna is a librarian, zine maker, and zine librarian who reads a lot of books and ogles a lot of cats on the internet when not ogling cats in her house.
Website: http://lowereastsidelibrarian.info/
Twitter: @zinelib
Instagram: b4iforget
(In anticipation of the Zine Pavilion at the ALA conference in Washington, DC happening June 21st-24th we’ll be posting bios of all of the zinesters who’ll be tabling with us!)
Broken Pencil is the long running magazine devoted to zines, comics, small press books and other incarnations of the underground printed arts. We review and excerpt from the best zines and comics as well as run columns and features on the doings of the indie print culture scene. We also run the BP Zine Awards (awarding the best English language zines annually) and more!
Website: brokenpencil.com
Twitter: @brokenpencilmag
Instagram: brokenpencilmag
(In anticipation of the Zine Pavilion at the ALA conference in Washington, DC happening June 21st-24th we’ll be posting bios of all of the zinesters who’ll be tabling with us!)
A.J. Michel has been reading zines since 1986, and publishing them since 1998. She published LOW HUG (1998-2004) and currently publishes SYNDICATE PRODUCT (2005-present). She’s also done many one-shots about topics such as laundry, grocery shopping, and cooking, and usually publishes an annual reading log. Most of the zines she’s produced are compilations that include many different authors.
Website: syndprod.etsy.com
Twitter: @syndprod
Instagram: syndprod
(In anticipation of the Zine Pavilion at the ALA conference in Washington, DC happening June 21st-24th we’ll be posting bios of all of the zinesters who’ll be tabling with us!)
Homie House Press is a skeleton bones crew of femmes creating + publishing in the foto book medium. We are photographers + book makers + educators holding space for and with QTPOC artists + other underrepresented communities. We are a playground where fotos become books, a safe space for secret stories and an open house for honest content. Find us migrating through the in between, the world wide web, and al otro lado del charco.
Website: http://www.adrianastories.com/homiehousepress
Twitter: @homiehousepress
Instagram: homiehousepress
(In anticipation of the Zine Pavilion at the ALA conference in Washington, DC happening June 21st-24th we’ll be posting bios of all of the zinesters who’ll be tabling with us!)
Billy is a 38-year old vegan dude who plays lots of pinball and writes lots of zines. His zines are mostly personal stories told in an easy and approachable manner. He also writes a monthly newsletter which is mailed out to friends and family.
Website: iknowbilly.etsy.com
(In anticipation of the Zine Pavilion at the ALA conference in Washington, DC happening June 21st-24th we’ll be posting bios of all of the zinesters who’ll be tabling with us!)
La Horchata Zine is a seasonal arts publication featuring creatives from the Central American diaspora. It was founded by Veronica Melendez and Kimberly Benavides in 2018 in Washington D.C.
Website: https://lahorchatazine.bigcartel.com/
Twitter: @Lahorchatazine
Instagram: Lahorchatazine
(In anticipation of the Zine Pavilion at the ALA conference in Washington, DC happening June 21st-24th we’ll be posting bios of all of the zinesters who’ll be tabling with us!)
Elliott Junkyard is a graduate of the School of The Art Institute of Chicago. He will mention this in every bio until he dies because it was so expensive. In addition to zines, he writes queer romance and queer scifi/fantasy. He is also a fiber artist with way too much yarn and not enough time to make things. He can usually be found crying over gay podcasts or doing something witchy.
Twitter: @elliottjunkyard
Instagram: elliottjunkyard
(In anticipation of the Zine Pavilion at the ALA conference in Washington, DC happening June 21st-24th we’ll be posting bios of all of the zinesters who’ll be tabling with us!)
Autumn Haynes is a VCU graduate creating auto-bio comics and zines focusing on nature and fantastic creatures.
Website: www.autumnhaynes.com
Twitter: @nouveaukid
Instagram: ionlydogpaddle
(In anticipation of the Zine Pavilion at the ALA conference in Washington, DC happening June 21st-24th we’ll be posting bios of all of the zinesters who’ll be tabling with us!)
We will be bringing personal zines and non-fiction zines. My zines are called Bubbles and Cool Hiss. Celina’s include Mean Girl and Instaku
Instagram: bubbles_zine
(In anticipation of the Zine Pavilion at the ALA conference in Washington, DC happening June 21st-24th we’ll be posting bios of all of the zinesters who’ll be tabling with us!)
Late Comeback Press was created by Rachna Soun and Caroline Kim, while daydreaming in our windowless Accounting office, to experiment with print media and design zines without the restrictions of mainstream publishing houses. As two English majors nearing the end of our twenties, we decided that we had made enough excuses for not developing the type of art we had always daydreamed about. As we say, better late than dead!
Website: latecomebackpress.com
Instagram: latecomebackpress
(In anticipation of the Zine Pavilion at the ALA conference in Washington, DC happening June 21st-24th we’ll be posting bios of all of the zinesters who’ll be tabling with us!)
Cory Kram is a multi-disciplinary artist living and working in Philadelphia who specializes in video art, performance, painting, and book-making. She works at the Free Library of Philadelphia in the Children’s Literature Research Collection. She has self-published over 10 zines that feature vivid collages and drawings.
Website: corykram.com
Instagram: cdkramz
