Upcoming Events

If you’re planning an event even peripherally related to the underground press — a science fiction convention, a riot-grrrls — get-together, a symposium on self-publishing, — or anything where most of the people present — will know how to pronounce ‘zine’ — we want to know about it. Please drop us a line as soon as possible, so we can add your event to the big list! There is no charge for announcing your event in Zine World. Send information to

Zine World
PO Box 330156
Murfreesboro, TN 37133-0156

or email

wordofmouth@undergroundpress.org.

Important: It’s not at all uncommon for events to be canceled, relocated, rescheduled for a different weekend at the last minute, etc. Please consider all listings tentative, and always call or write to event organizers for the latest word before making plans to attend.

ONGOING EVENTS

The Independent Publishing Resource Center offers a variety of educational workshops on a variety of subjects related to publishing. The workshops are designed to give participants technical information and hands-on experience which they can apply to their individual projects. Topics include: bookbinding, design & publishing software, comic/zine/chapbook publishing, copyright law, letterpress printing, and printmaking basics. Want to learn more about the IPRC or become a member? Join us for an orientation, held at 7 p.m. on the second Thursday of each month. The IPRC is at 917 SW Oak St. #218 in Portland, Ore. For more information, or to see a list of scheduled workshops, visit www.iprc.org.

UPCOMING EVENTS: WINTER 2010

Celebrate the Festival of the Photocopier in Melbourne, Australia, this February. Sponsored by Sticky Institute, scheduled events include: Zines and the Punk Scene with DX, 6-7 p.m. February 3; Picaresque/YOU split launch, with zine readings and music, 6-7 p.m. February 4; Queer Zine Nite, 6-7 p.m. February 5; zine-making activity, noon-5 p.m. February 6; zine rock’n’roll show, 9:30 p.m. February 11; Undiscovered Press exhibition launch, 6-7 p.m. February 12; Susy Pow: How to Make Zines Your Entire Life, 7-8 p.m. February 12; Zine Fair, 3-8 p.m. February 13; Textazine 5: Perfical launch, 6-7 p.m. February 18; Macarons Are Not Macaroons launch, 6-7 p.m. February 23; and I Was a Zinester in the 90s with Ian McIntyre, 6-7 p.m. February 26. Events are all at Sticky Institute (located in the underground subway arcade, off Flinders St., in Melbourne), unless specified. More information, and other scheduled events, at www.stickyinstitute.com.

Register by Thursday, February 4 at 5pm at stickyshop@gmial.com to be part of the first awesome zine marathon for the decade. You basically succumb to peer pressure to create a zine within the space of exactly a week (Sat 6 Feb – Sat 13 Feb) so by the zine fair, you’ve got something to show off. Everyone who participates locally or remotely gets a copy of everyone elses’s zine. It’s very cool. For more info see Target 168 on our website stickyinstitute.com.

There will be a Cometbus art show on Feb. 5 from 7-10pm at 1-2-3-4 Go Records on 423 40th St. in Oakland, CA. The show will be a retrospective of his past work in Cometbus and beyond. Check out www.1234gorecords.com for more details.

Anno Domini is again hosting an Art of Zines exhibition. The exhibition opens on February 5, 6-7 p.m. The opening will feature zine tabling and live bands. Anno Domini is at 366 S. Front St. in San Jose. For more information, visit www.galleryAD.com or call 408-271-5155.

On Saturday, February 6 from 2-6pm, there will be a comic creators meet up at the Prince Alfred Hotel at 191 Grattan St Carlton in Melbourne, Australia. The first Saturday of each month those crazy comic kids meet up to talk comics, graphic novels and related work and show new work. For more info, visit www.stickyinstitute.com.

On February 8-26, the undiscovered press exhibition will be taking place in the Degraves Subway in Melbourne, Australia. 12 zinemakers from all around the country are unleashing their extreme and slightly undiscovered zine making practice on to the masses. Evolving into a pretty eclectic show of the art of zinesters, the participating zinesters are Androniki Douramakos, Arlene TextaQueen, Marc Martin, Brendan Halyday, Michelle Higgins, Mary-Helen Daly, Sarah Foster, On Wednesday, Diego Bonetto, Pat Grant, Michelle Vandermeer and Mel Stringer.

The Alternative Press Fair will be held on Saturday, February 13th at the St. Aloysius Social Club in London. There will be an all inclusive Small Press Fair featuring comics, zines, poetry, book arts, and print making throughout the day. There will be music and spoken word as well as an open mic in the evening. It’s free! For more information, please visit www.alternativepress.org.uk or email jimi@alternativepress.org.uk or peterlally@gmail.com.

On Saturday, February 13 in Melbourne, Australia, the mother of all zine fairs will take place from 3-8pm at City Square. Zines break out of the subway as part of the Festival of the Photocopier. This is the signature event if you will. It’ll be like American Werewolf in Paris. Tables are booked out but if you’re especially nice we might still be able to make a space for you. More info at www.stickyinstitute.com.

The Brighton Zine Fest will be taking place on February 18-21. There will be zine and craft trading, music, workshops, talks, and a vegan dinner held at various locations in Brighton. See www.brightonzinefest.co.uk for more details.

Format is a two week festival theme around DIY, artist run initiatives, and participatory culture in Adelaide, Australia. It will take place from Saturday Feb. 27-March 14th. For more details, see www.format.net.au.

On February 27th from 1:30-6pm, the Women in Horror convention will be taking place in San Francisco. The event will celebrate horror filmmakers, writers, and artists. For more information, check out http://www.thehorrorzine.com/news.html.

Staple!, an independent media expo, will be held in Austin, Texas on March 6th 2010. It is an event to promote independent creative media such as comics, art, animation, and self-published literature. Doors open at 11am, and it is $5. For more information, check out http://www.staple-austin.org.

The 22nd small press and indie book fair is happening March 6th and 7th in Midtown Manhattan from 10-5 both days. It will be held at The General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen Library at 20 West 44th Street, between 5th and 6th Avenues. The Fair will feature innovative presses including Anvil Press, Black Lawrence, Seven Stories Press, Greenpoint Press, and the St. Petersburg Review, and will be a great place to purchase some one-of-a-kind books! Email contact@nycip.org , or call 212-764-7021 for more details.

The Broken Arts Fair will be held 3-9 p.m. March 10 at the McLaughlin branch of the Oshawa Public Libraries, 65 Bagot St., in Oshawa, Ontario. Applications open to table for zines, crafts, comics, fashion, art, baked goods, or other self-made items. The event will also feature poetry readings, zine readings, a zine-making workshop, and a drawing tutorial. More info at: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=337707395074.

The Chicago Zine Fest is an independent event creating an outlet for small press and independent publishers to showcase their work. On March 12, join us for an open mic zine reading at Quimby’s Bookstore (1854 W. North Ave.) at 7 p.m. and a zine-related art opening at Johalla Gallery, 7-10:30 p.m. March 13 will feature a day of zine exhibiting at the Conaway Center at Columbia College (1104 S. Wabash Ave.), 10 a.m.-5 p.m. For more information, visit chicagozinefest.org.

The 15th annual Bay Area Anarchist Book Fair will take place on March 13-14 in Golden Gate Park. Confirmed speakers include John Curl, Andrej Grubacic, Lierre Keith, Gabriel Kuhn, Victoria Law, Penelope Rosemont, and John Zerzan. For more details, see http://sfbookfair.wordpress.com.

On Saturday, March 20, from 10:30am-4:30pm, 40 writers will be celebrating Independent Press Day at the Clephan Building, at De Montfort University on Oxford Road in Leicester, UK. There will be dozens of stalls of independent publishers, workshops, readings, and book launches. It’s open to everyone, and it’s free! Check out www.statesofindependence.co.uk or email info@fiveleaves.co.uk for more information.

UPCOMING EVENTS: SPRING 2010

The 4th annual NYC Anarchist Bookfair will take place on April 17 from 11am-7pm at the Judson Memorial Church, which is located at 55 Washington Square South, Manhattan. It is a one-day exposition of books, zines, pamphlets, art, film/video, and other cultural and political productions of the anarchist scene. For more information, please visit http://anarchistbookfair.net.

Fluke 2010 will take place on Saturday, April 17th at Cine Barcafecinema at 234 West Hancock Avenue, Athens GA 30601. See http://flukeisawesome.blogspot.com for more details.

Two zinesters, Rio Safari and James Williams, will be talking about dinosaur mini-comics at the Multnomah County Central Library in Portland, OR on April 20 from 6:30-7:45pm in the U.S. Bank Room. Please visit www.multcolib.org/books/zines/events.html for more details.

The 11th annual Small Press and Alternative Comics Expo held in Columbus, OH will be held on April 24-25 at the Ramanda Plaza Hotel and Conference Center at 4900 Sinclair Road. The show will be open from 10am-6pm on Saturday and 11am-5pm on Sunday. A one-day pass is $5 and a weekend pass is $8. For more information, check out www.backporchcomics.com/space.htm.

The 7th annual Stumptown Comics Fest will be held on April 24-25 in Portland, Oregon. The fest will be open from 10am-6pm each day, and the cost is $6 per day to attend. It will be held at the Lloyd Center Doubetree Hotel. Visit www.stumptowncomics.com for more details.

The London Zine Symposium will be held on Sunday, May 2. The event brings together zine, small press, comic, and radical writers to celebrate DIY and zine culture. For more information, visit www.londonzinesymposium.org.uk.

UPCOMING EVENTS: SUMMER 2010

The 12th annual Allied Media Conference will be taking place on June 18-20, 2010 in Detroit. The Allied Media Conference is the central project of the Allied Media Projects (AMP) network, which emerges out of ten years of organic relationship-building. Since the first conference (then the Midwest Zine Conference) in 1999, people have been compelled by the concept of do-it-yourself media. Later, as the Underground Publishing Conference, the emphasis was on building a movement of alternative media makers. With the shift towards Allied Media, the AMC has attracted more and more people who are interested in using participatory media as a strategy for social justice organizing. For more information, please go to http://alliedmediaconference.org.

The Twin Cities Zinefest will be held on July 10, 2010 from 11am-5pm in Minneapolis. This event welcomes creatives, rebels, musicians, and frustrated intellectuals to connect, create, and share ideas. As the area’s premiere DIY craft, culture, and self-publishing event, Zinefest often features an art show, live music, craft demonstrations, guest speakers, and panel discussions. For more information, please visit http://zinefest.org.

The 10th annual Portland Zine Symposium will be held on August 28-29, 2010, at the PSU Peter W. Stott Main Gym in Portland, OR. The event will be open to the public for free, and there will be tabling and workshops. For more information, please visit www.pdxzines.com.

The Small Press Expo will take place in Bethesda, MD on Sep. 11-12 at the Bethesda North Marriott Hotel and Conference Center. Admission is $10 for one day and $15 for a weekend pass. SPX brings together over 400 artists and publishers to meet their readers, booksellers, distributors, and each other. For more information, visit www.spxpo.com.

UPCOMING EVENTS: FALL 2010

The Alternative Press Expo will be held on Oct. 16-17, 2010 at the Concourse Exhibition Center in San Francisco. This is an indie comics event featuring over 325 exhibitors with alternative comics, art, zines, and DIY stuff. See www.comic-con.org/ape for more details.

The London Anarchist Bookfair will take place at Queen Mary’s, University of London on Mile End Road on Saturday, Oct. 23 from 10am-7pm. Along with the bookfair, there will be meetings and discussions of anarchist activity open to everyone. There will also be an anarchist cabaret. Please visit www.anarchistbookfair.org for more details.

UPCOMING EVENTS: TBA

Other zine events which may be happening this year; dates & locations to be announced: