If you attended the Brooklyn Zine Fest 2012, we want to know what you liked, what you didn't, what you found, and what surprised you. We've created a (somewhat) fun survey to get your feedback, so that we can improve the BZF for not only next year, but generations to come.
This anonymous Google Forms survey can be found here: http://goo.gl/Yz7Ta We really appreciate your answers and your help!
Esteemed journals of letters keep on singing the Brooklyn Zine Fest's praises! See blurbs from all our coverage on the Press page. And stop by Public Assembly tomorrow to see what the buzz is all about. (70 North 6th St. b/t Wythe & Kent, Sunday April 15th from 11am to 6pm.)
Huffington Post: "Explore the niche-centric world of independent publishing."
New York Magazine: "Critics' Pick"
Gothamist Daily: "There's something refreshingly analog about the world of zines, those wonderfully atavistic souvenirs from the fading era of print publishing."
Time Out New York: "Whether you’re a sci-fi fanatic or a pizza connoisseur, this haven for print fans has a publication for you."
Only four days left until the Brooklyn Zine Fest (Sunday, April 15th at Public Assembly in Williamsburg)! If you just can't wait until then, join us tonight for a special Zine Reading at Brooklyn Fire Proof East in Bushwick. The evening starts at 7pm, and readings will begin sometime after that.
Hear a bunch of talented writers and artists read from their self-published works, grab a few drinks (the event is all ages, though you must be 21+ to drink), and pick up some Raffle tickets at a low pre-Fest price.
All info and directions at the Facebook event page, and this reading is #1 on Bushwick Daily's "Top 5 Events for a Bushwick Brainiac!"
Matt and Kseniya, two out of three BZF 2012 organizers, recently sat down with Eleanor Kagan of radio show The Hoot! and NPR to talk about all things zines: what they are, who makes and reads them, and what the Brooklyn Zine Fest means for creators and readers citywide.
Listen to the 11 min. segment to hear about some of the exhibitors you'll find at the Brooklyn Zine Fest on Sunday April 15th at Public Assembly in Williamsburg. We also talk about how we discovered zines, what a "zine" actually is, and how zine makers might seem weird at first (and probably are), but they're often knowledgeable and friendly when you start asking them about their projects and interests.
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Play this while you fold and staple, or just listen to it as you drift to sleep and dream of fluffy white pages leaping into your hands at the zine fest.
Join us as we kick off the Brooklyn Zine Fest-ivities a little early on Wednesday, April 11th with a special evening featuring some of Brooklyn's finest writers and zinesters. For more information, check out the Facebook page for the zine reading.
WHEN:
Wednesday, April 11th
Starts at 7pm (readings will begin around 8pm)
at Brooklyn Fire Proof (BFP East)
WHERE:
Brooklyn Fire Proof (BFP East) - MAP
119 Ingraham Street (enter via the gate near Porter Ave.) in Bushwick, Brooklyn
L to Morgan Ave.
FEATURING:
Birdsong (Tommy Pico)
The Lindo (Sara Lindo)
ILOANBOOKS (Gus Iversen)
Meet the Lady (Tom Blunt)
Homos in Herstory (Elvis Bakaitis)
I Love Bad Movies (Kseniya Yarosh)
1441 Writers Collective (Michael Lala, Matthew Zingg and Allyson Paty)
The Carbon Based Mistake (Marc Calvary)
This event is FREE and all ages (though you must be 21 to grab a drink at Brooklyn Fire Proof's bar).
Come on out and hear some great zinemakers read from their own works. If you're looking for a primer on zines or a preview of the Brooklyn Zine Fest (Sunday April 15th at Public Assembly in Williamsburg), this is it!
People of New York City: The Brooklyn Zine Fest is coming up in less than a month! While our 60+ exhibitors calmly prepare and/or frantically scramble to get ready for the big day, feel free to look around the site for a ton of information about the event. There's the full list of Exhibitors with links to "Meet Your Zine Maker" Q&A segments, the $1,500 in Raffle prizes from Brooklyn-based businesses, Posters and other images for you to re-blog, and more.
You can also Like us on Facebook or re-tweet us if you like, or better yet, come say hi at the Brooklyn Zine Fest on Sunday, April 15th from 11am to 6pm at Public Assembly in Williamsburg. We'll see you there!
The awesome donations keep rolling in from local Brooklyn businesses and BZF exhibitors. In the last week, we've added to the roster:
Three T-shirts featuring Chris Piascik's hand-drawn text // Five-day pass for Co-Working space at the Brooklyn Lyceum // Signed DVDs and merch from Augenblick Studios (Ugly Americans) // Essential Listening Pack of records from Vinyl Vagabonds // Gift certificate toward rental of camping/adventure equipment at Gear to Go Outfitters // One-year Basic membership to 3rd Ward // And more!
Details and links for all prizes and donors can be found on our RAFFLE page. Check back for updates!
At the Brooklyn Zine Fest, not only will you be able to pick up amazing zines from their creators, you'll also have the chance to win some truly awesome prizes in the BZF Raffle! We've already got an extensive list of prizes, and it's getting more impressive every day.
Things like: two complete pairs of glasses from a local maker. Signed books from comedian Kristen Schaal, BZF tabler Ayun Halliday, and the writers of The Daily Show. Art prints, totes, and shirts. Coffee. Movie tickets. Organic, small-batch skin care. Subscriptions to comedy and film magazines. And of course, tons of zines from Brooklyn and beyond.
Raffle ticket prices will be posted once finalized. You can see the most up-to-date list of items up for grabs here or via the RAFFLE PRIZES tab at the top of the Brooklyn Zine Fest site. And check back often -- more prizes are being added all the time!
Here it is: the official unveiling of the poster for the Brooklyn Zine Fest 2012! Illustrated and watercolored by Kseniya Yarosh. You can expect to see variations on this design on the BZF website, Facebook page, real-world posters & postcards, and in other blogs & publications. If you'd like to re-post the poster, you can find it (and all other designs/forms) in the Media tab at the top of this site. Please ask permission if you'd like to alter it in any way; otherwise, you're free to use these images to promote the Brooklyn Zine Fest to your heart's content!
Registration for the Brooklyn Zine Fest 2012 has been completed! We've got a full roster of more than 60 independent artists, writers, distributors, and publishers from Brooklyn and beyond -- check out the full list here.
Now that all our tablers are confirmed, we're moving on to the next phase: spreading the word about the Brooklyn Zine Fest. Tell your friends. Tell your neighbors. Tell your neighbors' friends. Tell your cat's parents. Later in the week we'll be unveiling the official BZF 2012 poster and postcard designs, and creating a Media page so you can easily find and re-post those images at will.
We're very glad to have such a strong bunch of creators coming together for this fest. In our case, "no vacancy" means Public Assembly's three rooms will be filled with paper-based entertainment, knowledge, and inspiration, plus the brilliant people behind each page. But we'll just let Merle Travis tell you all about it:
