Ch'town Zine Fest

hello from zine fest HQ (various apartments and public places) we are getting organized and excited for the 2024 ZINE SEASON and we are hoping to connect with people who would like to lend a hand!

if YOU are one so disposed to lending hand we have made a sign up form that may appeal to you! volunteer support will make a big difference and be a good time🩷🔨👞📚🎪

https://forms.gle/undjL4Sp4mo521TT7

IT’S TIME TO SIGN UP FOR ZINE FEST 🍽️📚🚨

You may think you’re living it up in the height of summer…but November is only 3 short months away!!! Fill out the registeration form linked in our bio to table at the CH’TOWN ZINE FEST on Nov. 9th at the library 💜

We're looking for submissions for a community anthology! Send all submissions to [email protected]. 📨📨

Here's the full photo album from CZF 2023! (as well as CZF 2022 and workshops from the past two years)

CZF 2023 Explore this photo album by Chtown Zine Fest on Flickr!

were you at zine fest last weekend? we have a visitor survey linked in our bio! if you fill it out you’ll be entered to win a new n exciting publication we have planned for the new year……📚💭🌠

DM me if I missed tagging you in any of the photos from the tabling fair! Shot by photographer of our hearts 📸🫀

More photos of last weekend’s tabling fair! 💗📚💭 We’ll be sharing a survey later today to gather feedback and ideas for next year’s edition. Keep your eyes peeled n let us know your thoughts 👀🔥🧠

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Dropping in this morning to share just a few of the wonderful photos took over the weekend 📸💋2️⃣3️⃣

CZF 2023 was a blast! Thank you to everyone who came through the door. Thank you to all of the tablers, the library staff, the kind people who lended tables, our funders the and the .council, and all the folks who helped make it happen. We can’t wait for round three in 2024!

More pics coming soon ☄️

Zine Fest participant and cher ami Brad Deighan did a radio interview en français with Le réveil about the CH'TOWN ZINE FEST 2023

Merci Brad! Check it out below :-)

Rattrapage du jeudi 2 novembre 2023 Première | Le réveil / Île-du-Prince-Édouard | Accédez au rattrapage et découvrez les musiques diffusées ainsi que les références de l'émission

hey guess what! instead of accepting donations this year we’ll be selling 8x10” risograph prints of this year’s poster art by

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they’ll be for sale at zine fest for $5-$10 sliding scale. in the future your grandchildren will see this print on your wall and you’ll say, that’s right kids, once a year in autumn i used to visit a large room in the library to buy sell and trade all sorts of underground handmade magazines…those were the days!

Hello & happy Wednesday! Here is accessibility info about the 2023 CZF tabling fair, coming up on Nov. 4 🗓️🔥

Thank you to Alexis Bulman for doing an audit of the venue and preparing this accessibility statement!

DM or email us at [email protected] if you have any questions about the event 📚💘📚

Our beautiful Ch’town Zine Fest 2023 poster by !!

We’re pleased as punch by this and even more so that Cole will be joining us at the tabling fair on November 4th!

A couple tables are still available and it’s not too late to sign up (link in bio) 🏠🏘️🌸🌸📚📚

Sarah taught cyanotype printing to us yesterday to round off the workshop weekend 🌀🪣🪺

Many beautiful print experiments were created! Thanks to everyone who joined in 🦋🔹🔵

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Here are a few pics from our workshops yesterday 🌀🧵📘🩵

We did a Zines 101 in the morning and then indie comix pro walked us through narrative drawing exercises in the afternoon. It was a great day and we’re so grateful for the community of creative people here!

📸: (thank you Andrew you are the best)

So very exciting to announce the projects that will be created this year with the CZF publication grants. Read all about them below!

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This zine — by — will use linocut prints as a medium to explore trans joy and my experiences as a non-binary person. It will be a love letter to the trans community, in addition to a beacon of light to those of us feeling burdened by the increasing transphobia in our communities.

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Chasqui by .art is a short comic of a young Incan messenger following in his father's footsteps. When he's sent on a mission he stumbles upon the arrival of Spanish colonizers, putting his journey and heritage to the test.

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An illustrated fantasy zine by set in a mystical forest, where a curious Wolf's pursuit of a distant sound leads him to a wounded and mysterious Fox, but their fateful meeting is interrupted by a volley of arrows, changing their destinies.

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PORTALS is a collection of written works by Charlie Smith with accompanying photography & design by Hannah Bridger. This artist's book documents the (trans) body in flux, walking the line between voyeurism and vulnerability.

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Kirstie McCallum's artist’s booklet evolves out of their August 2023 “The Art of Water Security” workshop. It translates mapmaking data about the Winter River watershed into a memorable visual document that celebrates how the watercourse changes and interacts with the landscape over time.

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After putting out a call for publication grant submissions and receiving dozens of excellent proposals, five projects were selected by random draw. These creators will use the publication grants to make their zines, comics and artist's books between now and March 2024. Thank you to the Canada Council for the Arts and the City of Charlottetown for funding these projects!

Two more excellent workshops during the Ch'town Zine Fest workshop weekend 📣📣📣

Saturday, October 14th: Explore the narrative potential of drawing with cartoonist Tyler Landry
Register: https://forms.gle/uNeEeEuDrCKJ5huU9

💥🗯️➡️Comics and visual narratives have been a constant presence in the zine and DIY publishing landscape, and remain the easiest access, lowest cost way for us to record and share stories. Learn to draw a story with internationally published cartoonist Tyler Landry. Participate in drawing exercises with a focus on clarity and meaning, and learn the basic building blocks of composing a narrative in pictures. Teens and adults of all skill levels are welcome.

Sunday, October 15th: Learn one of the oldest forms of photography in this hands-on introduction to cyanotype printing
Register: https://forms.gle/zMDLQwpkvZ6eeQvk6

🔵🌸➡️This workshop will cover how to mix cyanotype chemistry, techniques for coating materials, guidance on selecting what to print and exposure times, and developing and toning your prints. Attendees will leave with a new skill under their belt, along with cyanotype artworks from Sarah. Flowers, feathers, fabric, acetates and more will be provided for the use of printing the monograms, but feel free to bring along your own materials if you feel inclined. Open to all ages and artistic backgrounds.

Free admission 🆓 Materials provided 🧱 Link in bio for registration forms + more info!

Thank you to the Charlottetown Library Learning Centre, City of Charlottetown and Canada Council for the Arts!

We’re putting together a weekend of art and zine workshops next month on October 14 and 15! Full schedule coming soon, but for now, can we interest you in ⚡️ＺＩＮＥＳ１０１⚡️ led by Evan and Jordan of the Ch’town Zine Fest?

Join us in the Charlottetown Library’s Rotary Auditorium for a free zine-making workshop in preparation for CZF. Learn about the history of zines, different approaches to making them, and walk away with your own to keep, sell or trade with friends!

Register here: https://forms.gle/3dVqAhT485pJMXMFA!

The workshop will be from 10am-12pm on October 14th at the library. All materials provided. 🪽

Shout out to the and Canada Council for the Arts for funding our programming this year!

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Announcement!

This year the Ch’town Zine Fest is excited to offer five PUBLICATION GRANTS to Epekwitk based zine makers! These grants will provide a $1,000 creation budget to go towards a new zine or artistic publishing project 📚💸❤️

These grants are best suited for folks who have a bit of zine making experience and are interested in taking on a more ambitious project with the budget provided. We will also be able to offer some technical support and guidance throughout the process!

Interested? Send us an email at [email protected] and we will get in touch with more info 📊

Thank you to the .council for their support of this project!

It’s that time of year again! 🥳
Table registration is now open for the Ch’town Zine Fest 2023 (LINK IN BIO) 📚🗞️💘

Tablers are registered on a first come/first served basis so be sure to sign up this week if you’re keen! We can’t wait to see the incredible things you’ve made over the past year and we hope to see some new faces as well :-)

Ch’town Zine Fest is supported by the City of Charlottetown and takes place in the Rotary Auditorium at the Charlottetown Library Learning Centre

Well well well, the Ch’town Zine Library has gone form 🐛 to 🦋! No longer a shoebox in a closet, it is now available to the public from the basement level gallery of the .

The library was created from materials purchased during the first edition of the Ch’town Zine Fest tabling fair in 2022. It showcases a wide variety of content and zine-making techniques, by creators ranging from primary school students to professional artists. Stop by sometime and enjoy the wonders of self-publishing!

The Ch’town Zine Library will be at the Confed Centre until September 2023. After that…who know. Anyone know a nice wall? 🧐😉

Stay tuned for more updates about CZF 2023 (table registration coming soon…👀)!

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We want to thank everyone who came out for the first zine fest!! We are so appreciative to everyone involved for making this such a fun and special day! We will be publishing more photos soon of both the event and new additions to the zine library 🧐📖📚

An extra special thanks to:

Every vendor for their amazing zines books and other creations. It would be nothing without you!

for funding this festival

for the amazing venue and all their help preparing

for providing snack and coffee for our participants

for assisting with the workshop in the lead up

We can't wait to see you again next year ❤️

Pics from our zine workshop with at the Charlottetown Library last weekend. Thanks to everyone who participated 💐💚

We hope to do more workshops / creative sessions in the future 💭

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Echoing dear to say that there’s still a few spaces available for the free zine making workshop on Saturday, October 22 ✨🖇📌📒✂️✏️🖍❤️

Learn about the history of zines, different approaches to making them, and walk away with your own to keep, sell, or trade with friends.

10am to 1pm in the Charlottetown Library Makerspace on the 22nd. Email [email protected] or DM to sign up!

A few tables still available for the fair on November 5 too! 🎣📚