black zine fair

The Black Zine Fair is a celebration of all things Black and independent publishing in New York City that will take place in PHA’s Grand Hall (free and open to the public) on Saturday, May 11. The fair invites Zine makers, educators, collectors, and the zine-curious are invited to gather, trade or sell zines, and exchange knowledge surrounding zine-making, publishing, and do-it-yourself culture.  

Featuring 30-50 exhibitors, the Black Zine Fair is a hybrid fair. Virtual programs are scheduled for the weekends leading up until the in-person event on May 11, and include a zine reading curated by Zines4Queers, two artist talks by Kandis Williams and Nic Caldwell, and a writing workshop by Darriea Clark of Unblushing Media. In-person programs include an all-day zine trading station in addition to three workshops featuring zine making, screen printing, and generative writing with Jessica Angima, Jen White-Johnson, and Leslie Diuguid of Du-Good Press. Notable exhibitors and people include: Anteism Books, Bre’s Tiny Printshop, CASSANDRA PRESS, Du-Good Press, hook press, Irrelevant Press, JAHJAH press, Jen White-Johnson, Joanna Booth, Kameelah Janan Rasheed (Orange Tangent Study), KGP Monolith, KyKy Archives, LAAB Magazine, Olivia Fields, Queer.Archive.Work / Binch Press, and Zoe Pulley.

The fair is organized by Sojourners for Justice Press (SJP), a micro press that opens its platform to people working experimentally with print based media, publishing short form and ephemeral zines, pamphlets, and booklets that engage do-it-yourself, black feminist, and abolitionist philosophies or visions. SJP was founded by Mariame Kaba and is co-directed by Neta Bomani. Co-sponsors include the Barnard Zine Library, The Free Black Women’s Library, Logic(s) Magazine, Orange Tangent Study, and Powerhouse Arts.