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Live in/near Portland? Do us a favor and go to the Multnomah County Library 4th Annual Zinesters Talking series! Each Tuesday in September will feature local zinesters reading from their work at one of the MCL branches. Featured readers incldue: Kate Lopresti (Constant Rider), Katin Imes and Diane Gilleland (Citizeen), and Kelly Froh (titles). Zines by the presenters will be available for purchase. Find out more at the MCL website. (Sorry for the late announcement of this event; things have been hectic at ZW HQ.) Find pictures of MCL zine events at the mclzines flckr page.

Fais-Le Toi-Meme (translation: Do It Yourself) Symposium will be held Sept. 27-28 at L’Hybride, 18 rue Gosselet, in Lille, France (between Paris and Brussels). The event will include zine and small press publishers, distros, silkscreen artists, crafts, t-shirts, toys, self-produced CDs, concerts, movies, and more. Admission is free. Find out more at www.fais-le-toi-meme.com/ or www.myspace.com/salonfaisletoimeme.

Fred Wright (zine publisher and, dare I say, zine scholar) has a new novel: Blog Love Omega Glee, now being serialized on wredfright.blogspot.com. He tells us: “It’s set in 2012, and about two bloggers who fall in love while the world falls apart.  One blogs on professional wrestling and the other on conspiracy theories and politics, but the plot’s mainly the skeleton to hang the silliness upon.  Originally the characters were going to be zine publishers, so I think zinesters will relate to a number of things as the novel still documents the pitfalls and pleasures of self-publishing.”

Received this announcement from France: “DIYzines is a community website about drawing zines (graphzines, artbooks, self produced edition, underground press…) and limited edition (1 to 500 copies). DIYzines is a way to share information and to follow the current events of european graphziners. For us, zine editors, distribution is the main problem ; it is difficult to make ourselves known. Together, we are stronger. Yo! More than a online bookstore, DIYzines is a free community website. Each artist or publisher is the author of  his or her article: new books, exhibitions, call for submission, link to his or her website… You are in control of the information and you can update your own page at any time. You can also sell your books by paypal or otherwise. DIYzines is a totally free website and no commission is taken on your sales, it’s your business! www.DIYzines.com


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  1. Wred Fright on September 14, 2008 10:32 am

    Thanks for helping me spread the word about the new novel, Zine Worlders!