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Statement from #ZLuC2025 Organizers: “We are sad to report that the Zine Librarians unConference was attended by a non-zine librarian in bad faith. She recorded the event without permission and posted her recordings. Please read the organizers’ statement about the violation.”
November 11, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Statement from #ZLuC2025 Organizers: “We are sad to report that the Zine Librarians unConference was attended by a non-zine librarian in bad faith. She recorded the event without permission and posted her recordings. Please read the organizers’ statement about the violation.”
Zine library goodness in Japan! Hopefully they don't have creepy stalkers like we do!
第14回目の移動するZINE LIBRARY！
いろんなジンに触れてもらうため、不定期・会場不定で、移動するジン・ライブラリー。
今回の選書（選ジン？）のテーマは「形式 / Format」です。
ジン・ライブラリーのジンは、無料で自由に閲覧できます。ゆっくりできるスペースもありますよ。
会場の「コモンスペース ハナヤ」では、無農薬や減農薬のおいしい野菜も販売しています。ぜひご利用ください。
＜詳細はこちら＞
会場: 大阪・中津商店街内 コモンスペース ハナヤ
〒531-0071 大阪府大阪市北区中津3-18-16
日時: 11月19日（水）11:00-15:00
いろんなジンに触れてもらうため、不定期・会場不定で、移動するジン・ライブラリー。
今回の選書（選ジン？）のテーマは「形式 / Format」です。
ジン・ライブラリーのジンは、無料で自由に閲覧できます。ゆっくりできるスペースもありますよ。
会場の「コモンスペース ハナヤ」では、無農薬や減農薬のおいしい野菜も販売しています。ぜひご利用ください。
＜詳細はこちら＞
会場: 大阪・中津商店街内 コモンスペース ハナヤ
〒531-0071 大阪府大阪市北区中津3-18-16
日時: 11月19日（水）11:00-15:00
November 12, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Zine library goodness in Japan! Hopefully they don't have creepy stalkers like we do!
"Write fiction not to escape reality, but to confront it, to rewrite the language of power itself. Because the child in Gaza and George Floyd, they are still speaking. And if we listen carefully, they might yet teach us how to breathe.”" - Ahmad M. Elkhuwaja via @coastallinespress.com 🇵🇸 #zines
Highlights from ZLUC 2025
Coastal Lines Press was a morning presenter on Day 2. The community of zine librarians was very welcoming and responsive. Thank you ZLUC organizers for providing this community-building opportunity.
www.coastallinespress.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:33 PM
"Write fiction not to escape reality, but to confront it, to rewrite the language of power itself. Because the child in Gaza and George Floyd, they are still speaking. And if we listen carefully, they might yet teach us how to breathe.”" - Ahmad M. Elkhuwaja via @coastallinespress.com 🇵🇸 #zines
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Meet Coastal Lines Press writer Samah Zaqout, author of “In the Depth of Gaza,” which recently won the ‘Best Political Zine’ category at Wellington Zinefest 2025, NZ.
www.coastallinespress.com/p/samah-zaqout
www.coastallinespress.com/p/samah-zaqout
November 9, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Meet Coastal Lines Press writer Samah Zaqout, author of “In the Depth of Gaza,” which recently won the ‘Best Political Zine’ category at Wellington Zinefest 2025, NZ.
www.coastallinespress.com/p/samah-zaqout
www.coastallinespress.com/p/samah-zaqout
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So apparently a conservative "journalist" attended the ZLuC over this past weekend, attended and live-streamed sessions without consent, and is trying to intimidate and dox attendees.
Here's the organizers' statement:
www.zinelibraries.info/wiki/zluc2025/
Here's the organizers' statement:
www.zinelibraries.info/wiki/zluc2025/
Zine Librarians unConference 2025 | zinelibraries.info
www.zinelibraries.info
November 11, 2025 at 8:07 PM
So apparently a conservative "journalist" attended the ZLuC over this past weekend, attended and live-streamed sessions without consent, and is trying to intimidate and dox attendees.
Here's the organizers' statement:
www.zinelibraries.info/wiki/zluc2025/
Here's the organizers' statement:
www.zinelibraries.info/wiki/zluc2025/
The zine libraries unconference wiki has been updated with a statement from the organizers about someone who attended the event in order to spy on and record it without permission. www.zinelibraries.info/wiki/zluc2025/ This infiltrator is driving an effort to get a zine librarian fired. 📚
Zine Librarians unConference 2025 | zinelibraries.info
www.zinelibraries.info
November 11, 2025 at 7:32 PM
The zine libraries unconference wiki has been updated with a statement from the organizers about someone who attended the event in order to spy on and record it without permission. www.zinelibraries.info/wiki/zluc2025/ This infiltrator is driving an effort to get a zine librarian fired. 📚
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So @librariesftp.bsky.social is now on Bluesky. Yay!
Also our next Library board cohort is slated to begin in February of 2026. This is a FREE 12-week course. Meetings will be held virtually on Mondays 12 – 1:30 EST / 9 – 10:30 PST.
Apply by 12/18 - docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Also our next Library board cohort is slated to begin in February of 2026. This is a FREE 12-week course. Meetings will be held virtually on Mondays 12 – 1:30 EST / 9 – 10:30 PST.
Apply by 12/18 - docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
FTP Library Elections & Appointments Training Cohort
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November 10, 2025 at 6:25 PM
So @librariesftp.bsky.social is now on Bluesky. Yay!
Also our next Library board cohort is slated to begin in February of 2026. This is a FREE 12-week course. Meetings will be held virtually on Mondays 12 – 1:30 EST / 9 – 10:30 PST.
Apply by 12/18 - docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Also our next Library board cohort is slated to begin in February of 2026. This is a FREE 12-week course. Meetings will be held virtually on Mondays 12 – 1:30 EST / 9 – 10:30 PST.
Apply by 12/18 - docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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@kirstengillibrand.bsky.social DO NOT CAVE. If Tuesday has taught you anything, it should be that we want you to FIGHT BACK. Hold the line. DO NOT CAVE.
November 10, 2025 at 12:38 AM
@kirstengillibrand.bsky.social DO NOT CAVE. If Tuesday has taught you anything, it should be that we want you to FIGHT BACK. Hold the line. DO NOT CAVE.
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@schumer.senate.gov DO NOT CAVE. If Tuesday has taught you anything, it should be that we want you to FIGHT BACK. Hold the line. DO NOT CAVE.
November 10, 2025 at 12:33 AM
@schumer.senate.gov DO NOT CAVE. If Tuesday has taught you anything, it should be that we want you to FIGHT BACK. Hold the line. DO NOT CAVE.
www.coastallinespress.com/p/get-your-c... Buy zines from Gaza to get the creators' work out there and to support them financially. Please add Coastal Lines zines to your library collections! 🇵🇸 📚
Get Your Copy
Zines are available by donation, with all profits going directly to the authors.
www.coastallinespress.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:07 PM
www.coastallinespress.com/p/get-your-c... Buy zines from Gaza to get the creators' work out there and to support them financially. Please add Coastal Lines zines to your library collections! 🇵🇸 📚
Zines. Gaza. Follow & support.
November 9, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Zines. Gaza. Follow & support.
Hello Zine Librarians unConference day 2! www.zinelibraries.info/wiki/zluc2025/ We're starting with Community Organizing with presenters Kelly Lindberg, Momo Mullings, Ana Rico, Al Cassada, and Leila Boukarim with live Spanish translation
Zine Librarians unConference 2025 | zinelibraries.info
www.zinelibraries.info
November 9, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Hello Zine Librarians unConference day 2! www.zinelibraries.info/wiki/zluc2025/ We're starting with Community Organizing with presenters Kelly Lindberg, Momo Mullings, Ana Rico, Al Cassada, and Leila Boukarim with live Spanish translation
Good morning! It's Zine Librarians unConference day (one)! www.zinelibraries.info/wiki/zluc2025/
November 8, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Good morning! It's Zine Librarians unConference day (one)! www.zinelibraries.info/wiki/zluc2025/
I'm cataloging a zine composed of letters between two friends in Gaza maamoulpress.com/The-Final-Sc.... On Oct 7 2023 one wonders,
"My friend, tell me: what do you expect our deaths will look like?"
You can buy a copy of the zine to help support them and see that their stories are told/read. 📚🎓🍉
"My friend, tell me: what do you expect our deaths will look like?"
You can buy a copy of the zine to help support them and see that their stories are told/read. 📚🎓🍉
The Final Scene by Jehad Abu Dayya & Esraa El-Banna — $15 — Maamoul Press
︎ Books THE FINAL SCENEBy Jehad Abu Dayya & Esraa El-Banna Illustrated by Esraa El-Banna $15 printed zine $15 DIGITAL PDF $25 PRINT + PDF Jehad Abu...
maamoulpress.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I'm cataloging a zine composed of letters between two friends in Gaza maamoulpress.com/The-Final-Sc.... On Oct 7 2023 one wonders,
"My friend, tell me: what do you expect our deaths will look like?"
You can buy a copy of the zine to help support them and see that their stories are told/read. 📚🎓🍉
"My friend, tell me: what do you expect our deaths will look like?"
You can buy a copy of the zine to help support them and see that their stories are told/read. 📚🎓🍉
I'm cataloging a zine made for a seminar on borders and migration. The author brings up Japanese internment, which was a staggering injustice that was inadequately addressed & recompensed, and I think about everything that's coming, and I want to fight back, but I also kind of want to self harm
November 7, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I'm cataloging a zine made for a seminar on borders and migration. The author brings up Japanese internment, which was a staggering injustice that was inadequately addressed & recompensed, and I think about everything that's coming, and I want to fight back, but I also kind of want to self harm
I don't want to denigrate Stephen's work in any way, but I think it was more first than most influential. I wouldn't say that *any* piece of scholarship on zines is the most important. Most important isn't how zines work. Publications since then have better centered non-white male zinesters.
Originally published in 1997 by @versobooks.bsky.social and subsequently re-pressed by @microcosm.bsky.social in 2008, 2017, and 2025, it is by far the most important piece of scholarship on zines, accumulating over 1,500 citations.
November 7, 2025 at 7:08 PM
I don't want to denigrate Stephen's work in any way, but I think it was more first than most influential. I wouldn't say that *any* piece of scholarship on zines is the most important. Most important isn't how zines work. Publications since then have better centered non-white male zinesters.
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November 7, 2025 at 3:48 PM
My vendor spam is becoming increasingly desperate. I'm starting to feel bad for all the library service providers question mark 📚
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Rutherford County Library System in Tennessee is shutting down two of its branches so that they can ban books without any oversight.
Why? The Tennessee Secretary of State gave them the permission slip to do it.
bookriot.com/rutherford-c...
Why? The Tennessee Secretary of State gave them the permission slip to do it.
bookriot.com/rutherford-c...
Rutherford County Library System (TN) Temporarily Shuts Down to Ban Books
Rutherford County Library System announced on social media a surprise shutdown of two libraries. Why? "Reviewing inventory."
bookriot.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Rutherford County Library System in Tennessee is shutting down two of its branches so that they can ban books without any oversight.
Why? The Tennessee Secretary of State gave them the permission slip to do it.
bookriot.com/rutherford-c...
Why? The Tennessee Secretary of State gave them the permission slip to do it.
bookriot.com/rutherford-c...
Here's a collection of region-specific zines in English and Spanish on how to report ICE. drive.google.com/drive/folder... via @husseinrashid.com
SALUTE zines **BE SURE TO PRINT AT 100%!** - Google Drive
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November 5, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Here's a collection of region-specific zines in English and Spanish on how to report ICE. drive.google.com/drive/folder... via @husseinrashid.com
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If I can be serious here for a moment, the fact that so many establishment Dems backed him in the first place is really damning. They have to do better.
November 5, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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Reviewer 2 has endorsed Andrew Cuomo
November 4, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Reviewer 2 has endorsed Andrew Cuomo
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November 4, 2025 at 6:56 PM
I'm a NYC voter and can't wait to see how the ballot proposals turn out. Literally* no one I know is voting the same way. THAT'S the story. Mamdani is going to kick Cuomo's ass again.
*Literally, as in LITERALLY. Not even my spouse and I agree on all of them.
*Literally, as in LITERALLY. Not even my spouse and I agree on all of them.
November 4, 2025 at 6:37 PM
I'm a NYC voter and can't wait to see how the ballot proposals turn out. Literally* no one I know is voting the same way. THAT'S the story. Mamdani is going to kick Cuomo's ass again.
*Literally, as in LITERALLY. Not even my spouse and I agree on all of them.
*Literally, as in LITERALLY. Not even my spouse and I agree on all of them.
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November 3, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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