Zines: Zines - General Information

The following, found on the Queer Zine Library site, is a useful definition of zines.

‘Zines are diy publications made by individuals or groups of people rooted in a history of radical political self-publishing. Zines are often  motivated by passion and self-expression rather than profit, they are cheap to make and require no skills to create. Zines are a way to document histories and experiences outside of traditional or capitalist publishing.

If you want to find out more about zines, try these useful resources:

• Queer Zine Library - "a roaming diy queer library celebrating radical LGBTQIA+ self-publishing."
• @fanzines Twitter account - "Zines, zinesters, zine culture + zine fests!"
• Feral Vector: Zine Library Talk - Article about zine events and zine libraries
• Zine World Calendar - lists upcoming zine fairs, festivals and events
• Zine Libraries.info - site and blog "sharing zine library love and expertise"
• Sherwood Forest Virtual Zine Library - a "collection of hundreds of free downloadable pdfs and links to online readable zines!"
• Piepmeier, A., & Zeisler, A. (2009). Girl zines : Making media, doing feminism. New York: New York University Press.
• Licona, A.C. (2012) Zines in third space : radical cooperation and borderlands rhetoric. Albany, New York: State University of New York Press.
• Duncombe, S. (2008) Notes from underground : zines and the politics of alternative culture. 2nd ed.. Bloomington, Ind.: Microcosm.
• Klanten, R. et al. (2011) Behind the zines : self-publishing culture. Berlin: Gestalten.
• Zines in Goldsmiths Women's Art Library
• Zine Librarians Code of Ethics