I apologize in advance for the Portland-centric post, but I wanted to share with you a couple of exciting things going on here for Portland zinesters. The first is a new program put on by the Multnomah County library called the Zine Exchange. Now, in addition to checking out zines from the library, you can also leave your zines at the zine exchange for other people to pick up, and take zines from the zine exchange that you’d like to read without having to whip out your library card. It’s like zine trading, through the library.

Second thing is the Portland Zine Symposium is July 24-26. Have you made your plans yet? If you’re looking for a place to share or interested in participating in a rideshare, check out the forums section of the zine symposium Web site.

And as always, there are tons of zine events going on throughout the summer all over the world, and new events are being added all the time to our events page. Check it out to see which zine events are happening in your town!