alexwrekk: Get Ready! July is International Zine Month! As with every year I’ve made a poster
alexwrekk: Get Ready! July is International Zine Month! As with every year I’ve made a poster of activities for you to celebrate! You can download a printable version here. Feel free to download, print, share, or translate it into any language you would like. Share the zine love! Here’s a text list of the activities: July 1 – CanaZine Day! Buy, read, or share zines from Canada for Canada Day! 1 – CanaZine Day! Buy, read, or share zines from Canada for Canada Day! 2 – Zine Rewind! Re-read your favorite zines and remind yourself why you love them. 3 – Teach a friend,family member, or stranger about zines! 4 – AmeriZine Day! Explore marginalized voices in America. Buy, share, and read zines about racial justice and zines written by American people of color. 5 – Review a zine: post online or print in your zine July 6 – Zine Pride Day! Explore LGBTQIA zines! Buy, share, and read zines by people of marginalized sexual orientations and gender identities. Check out the Queer Zine Archive Project! qzap.org July 7 – Zine Distro Appreciation Day! Order from a distro, get yourself some reading material for IZM2019 July 8 – Cook with a recipe you found in a zine! July 9 – Write a letter to a zine penpal July 10 – Write a letter to a zine maker July 11- International Zine Day! Buy, share, or read zines from a country different than your own July 12 – ZineWiki Day! Add to or update zinewiki.com July 13 – Make up a zine superstition and share it (skip the 13th issue? Spin 3 times to prevent copier jams or avoid paper cuts? Let your best friend read your zine before anyone else?) July 14 – ValenZines Day! Give yourself some zine love in whatever way it means to you! read zines in a bubble bath? Buy some new scissors? Let your zine friends know you care about them. July – 15 Free Zine Day! Give zines away or leave zines in public places for strangers to find July 16 – Make a list of reasons you love zines and share it with others July 17 – make a flyer for your zine to trade with others or to send out with zine orders and trades July 18 – Zine trade Day! Ask someone to trade zines July – 19 Send your zine to a distro for consideration July 20 – Zine Shop Appreciation Day! Visit your local zine shop! EVENT: June 20- July 21 Portland, Oregon, USA Portland Zine Symposium July 21 – Zine Library Day! Visit your local zine library. Don’t have one in your area? Why not start one? July 22 – Send or drop off your zine to a zine library to be included in their collection July 23 – Order zines from a different zine distro July 24 -Teach yourself a new zine skill like a new binding technique or how to make a 1 page zine July 25 – Send your zine out for review to a website or magazine that does reviews July 26 – Organize your zine collection July 27 – Host or attend a zine event! July 28 – Post online about your favorite zines! July 29 – Take a photo of you with your zine or zine collection and post it online July 30 -Write a letter or post about your IZM2019 31 HallowZine! Remember zines and zinesters that are no longer with us. -- source link