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 City Library Street Press group is a free and weekly workshop held at Melbourne’s City Library for all of those interested in creating their own zines, blogs, comics, and all other aspects of Street Press. The first round of workshops hosted a plethora of interesting guests, judged a high schools’ zine competition and took control of the library’s zine collection, and now we’re recommencing indefinitely on Wednesdays, 6-7:45 p.m. through June 3 at City Library, 253 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, Australia.

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: SUMMER 2009

This July celebrate International Zine Month! Attend a zine event! Organize a zine event! Go to a zine reading! Take part in the 24 hour zine thing! Get involved in any way that fits for you.

The 6th annual Twin Cities Zinefest will again be held at the Stevens Square Center for the Arts, 1905 3rd Ave., Minneapolis on July 11-12. The Twin Cities Zinefest has welcomed 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. Last year’s show was a hit! It’s a small venue packed with DIY talent and treasures. Find out more at zinefest.org.

The First Annual Sacramento Zine Symposium will be held on Saturday, July 11, 2009 from 1:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. at the Brickhouse Gallery, 2837 36th St., Sacramento, CA. This event is free; food will be provided by Food Not Bombs Sacramento and DJs from KDVS (www.kdvs.org) will provide the entertainment. There will be workshops and opportunities to network. If you are interested in a vendor space email sactozines@gmail.com with your publication/distro name and contact info.

On July 11 at 2pm, Jessica Abel (Artbabe, La Perdida), Jason Little (Shutterbug Follies) and Matthew Thurber (1-800-Mice, Kramers Ergot) will talk about the nature of narrative and fiction in comics. We’ll consider forms of storytelling that comics can adapt, and others that comics can generate. The event will take place in the back room at Union Pool. Union Pool is located at 484 Union Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11211, one block from the Lorimer-Metropolitan G and L stop. For more info visit http://www.cbldf.org/pr/archives/000398.shtml.

Learn the practical aspects of self-publishing your zine — just in time for the Portland Zine Symposium. Skylaar Amann (Action Bookbinding) shows you tips and tricks for layout and design, paste-up and copying, and various simple binding techniques. Cut, Copy, Collate will be held at the North Portland Library on Tuesday, July 14, 5:30-7:30 p.m., and you can sign up in Event Finder starting June 23rd! Go to http://www.multcolib.org/books/zines/events.html for more information.

Think you can draw? Think you can write? Shuffleupagus doesn’t care if you’re an expert, an amateur or a hack! Join Jesse Reklaw (Bluefuzz the Hero) and Androo Robinson (Cryptozoa) and other creative types, and make some mini-comics together on Tuesday, July 21, 6-7:30 p.m. in the U.S. Bank Room at Central Library in Portland, Ore. Participants will contribute words and art toward the creation of several zines with a variety of themes. Finished zines will be debuted at the library’s table at the Portland Zine Symposium. Check out http://www.multcolib.org/books/zines/events.html for more information.

The 9th Annual Portland Zine Symposium will be held July 24-26 at Portland State University. The Symposium incorporates a conference and zine social to explore facets of underground publishing and DIY culture. Tables cost $5 donation for a half table per day or $10 donation for a full table per day. For more info, visit http://www.pdxzines.com/.

As part of International Zine Month, there will be a relaunch of the 56a Infoshop Zine Library on July 25, 2009. The event will be held at the 56a Infoshop on Crampton Street, London and will start at 1:00 p.m. There will be workshops, discussions, and bands. For more information check out the 56a Infoshop Web site at www.56a.org.uk.

On August 15 at 2pm, Austin English (Windy Corner, Christina and Charles), Lisa Hanawalt (Stay Away From Other People, I Want You), and Dash Shaw (Bottomless Belly Button, BodyWorld) will discuss the relationship between image-making and drawing for comics. How do pictures work differently in comics than they do on gallery walls? The event will take place at in the back room at Union Pool. Union Pool is located at 484 Union Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11211, one block from the Lorimer-Metropolitan G and L stop. For more info visit http://www.cbldf.org/pr/archives/000398.shtml.

The San Francisco Zine Fest will return for our 8th annual celebration of small press, zines, comics, and all things DIY on August 22-23. The Zine Fest will be held in the San Francisco County Fair Building in Golden Gate Park and will include more than 100 small press and DIY creators, special guests, hands-on workshops, informative panels, and much more. Visit www.sfzinefest.com for more information.

UPCOMING EVENTS: FALL 2009

Be Yr Own Hero Fest is an annual radical Do It Yourself (DIY) festival in Wilmington, NC. The 3rd Annual Be Yr Own Hero Festival will be taking place at the Soapbox on September 5-6, 2009. Submissions for workshops/info sessions, skill shares, zine/craft/DIY, art and music are currently being accepted until July 19th, 2009. Please see the form (http://beyrownhero.com/?p=73) to submit your workshop idea, skillshare, art or music. For more information on the Be Yr Own Hero Festival and Collective, visit www.beyrownhero.com or contact herofest@gmail.com.

Small Press Expo is North America’s premiere independent cartooning and comic arts festival. SPX will be held Sept. 26-27 at the Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center in Bethesda, MD. Visit www.spxpo.com for more info.

The Madison Zine Fest and the Milwaukee Zine Fest have merged to form the Wisconsin Zine Fest! The Wisconsin Zine Fest will be held Oct. 10-11 in Milwaukee, Wi., in conjunction with the Wisconsin Book Festival. More information at www.midwestzines.org.

The First Seattle Anarchist Book Fair is scheduled for October 17-18, 2009 at the Underground Events Center, which is located at 2407 1st Ave, between Battery St & Wall St, in Seattle, WA 98121. The organizers of the book fair are looking for people who can run workshops, panels, skill-shares, etc. For more information visit www.seattleanarchist.org or email seattleanarchistbookfair@riseup.net.

The London Anarchist Bookfair will be held Oct. 24 in London, UK. More info coming soon at www.anarchistbookfair.org.

The Richmond Zine Fest will take place on November 6, 2009 from 7 p.m. until 11 p.m. and November 7, 2009 from 11 a.m until 5 p.m. This year the fest will be located in Gallery 5 (http://gallery5arts.org/Home/Home.html) at 200 West Marshall Street in the Jackson Ward neighborhood of Richmond, VA. The evening of Friday, November 6th will showcase zines in an exhibit setting. On Saturday, November 7th will be the zine fest with tablers, networking, workshops, and fun. Please see the the Richmond Zine Fest Web site for more information (http://www.richmondzinefest.org/).

UPCOMING EVENTS: TBA

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