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This site is home to news and information related to the Brooklyn College Library Zine Collection. Our collection began in 2011 and consists of print zines. Our primary focus is upon zines created within or about the borough of Brooklyn, although we also collect other work.
For more information, see About the Collection.
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Literary Artifacts
Check it out: Kristopher Jansma just published this piece about the Brooklyn College Library Zine Collection over at The Outlet, titled Literary Artifacts: Say You Want a Revolution? Zines at the Brooklyn College Library.
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SAVE THE DATE: JULY 31 BROOKLYN COLLEGE LIBRARY ZINE OPENING CELEBRATION
Mark your calendars: on Tuesday, July 31, 2012, the Brooklyn College Library will celebrate the opening of our zine collection from 7-9pm. We will debut the new browsing collection in the library and applaud Brooklyn zines. This celebration will be … Continue reading
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See you at the Brooklyn Zine Fest!
We’re excited to be tabling at the Brooklyn Zine Fest tomorrow–we’ll debut a new BCL zine, and hope to do some trades for the collection! p.s. We really love the Meet Your Zinemaker series that the BZF … Continue reading
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Essential Hues Looking for Zines
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Full Circle: UpSet Press and Alumni Zinesters!
Poking about on the internet, I ran across this article from the Brooklyn Rail and knew that I had to get in touch with Zohra Saed and Robert Booras, or UpSet Press. Two parts of the article really caught my … Continue reading
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Collection Spotlight #2: Brooklyn!
This week, it is my pleasure to present one of the first zine donations we received here at the Brooklyn College Library: Brooklyn! by Fred Argoff. We have received more than 20 issues from this prolific zinester. Fred is also the brains … Continue reading
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Zine Fest in Brooklyn Sept 24-25!
Fall Into Zines at Pete’s Candy Store! The 3rd installation of the Pete’s Mini Zine Fest series. September 24, zine reading – hear from the zines in the festival. 6:30-7:30pm. free. September 25, zine fest – peruse zines and comics … Continue reading
Collection Spotlight #1: Womanimalistic #1
We recently received Womanimalistic #1, sent by zinester Caroline Paquita (carolinepaquita.com). Womanimalistic is printed on a risograph duplicator, and the resulting blue hand-written content is homey and refreshing. The richly patterned, adorably illustrated contents are full of animal-lady characters. The … Continue reading
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