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TODAY at 12 noon EST: “How to Be Young, Hardcore & Black in Suburban New Jersey,” a Black Zine Fair 2026 virtual event. withfriends.events/event/JWfARg... #zines #BlackZineFair #BZF2026

Woahahahahh, I just got accepted into Black Zine Fair in BROOKLYN in May!!! uh, I truly wasn't expecting that. I did not rhink about how I am I gonna pay for all these plane tickets. 😂 I gotta get sponsors or sumthin'. I GUESS I'LL SEE YOU IN NY. ✈️ 🍎 ✨ #blackzinefair

From Black Zine Fair and Sojourners 4 Justice on Instagram: post featuring old-school computer graphics of books on a bookcase. Text says: “Black Zine Fair. Save the date: May 9, 2026. Open call for exhibitors, workshops, and volunteers until February 9, 2026.”

Black Zine Fair 2026: Open call for exhibitors, workshops, and volunteers until FEB 9. “If you have never made a zine, only made a few zines, or made several zines and never tabled a zine/art book fair before, we really want you to apply!” docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #BlackZineFair #BZF2026 #NYC

Orion Fern S. Donated on Jan 02, 2026 We love the Black Zine Fair! Sending tons of zine-making love from Denton, TX and Ovaettr Art & Zine Distro. Thank you to Mariame Kaba for all her amazing work being a guiding light.

If you can match my contribution and donate $20 that would be SOOOOOO cool! Let's do it!!!

#SupportBlackArtists #Zines #BlackZineFair #Fundraisers

Black Zine Fair Returns in 2026 — Help Us Bring It to Life The Black Zine Fair was founded by Mariame Kaba and Neta Bomani in 2023 to address a clear gap: Black publishers and artists have long shaped independent publishing, yet we were still underrepresented...

I'd love to see this zine fest happen in 2026! Support Black artists in indie publishing! #BlackZineFair
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Screenshot from @blackzinefair on IG of a print image, against a black background, of two children sitting on an Afroed woman’s lap and a third child sitting nearby on the floor; an old-school TV on a TV cart is in the background. Above the image are the words: Black Reading Room.

Through July 14, 2025: “Black Reading Room: Radical Black Publishing Past, Present & Future,” presented by #BlackZineFair at Secret Riso Club, 122 Central Ave in Bushwick, #Brooklyn. FREE and open to the public. Secret Riso Club on Instagram: www.instagram.com/secret_riso_... #zines #DIY #NYC

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Took some time to hit the #blackzinefair w/ the homie. She brought me my super belated bday gift, MUSIC!!! A few images of the day.
#brooklyn #blacksky #blksky #musicsky #vinyl #zines

the #blackzinefair got me back home feeling hyped and hopeful and shit again

#BZF2025 haul, pt 1 (clockwise from top left): Black Zine Fair 2025 program (last year, programs ran out before I could get one); Black Anarchists zine, by AJ’s Print & Photo Studio; free COVID at-home test kit; An (Abridged) History of Resisting Police Violence in Harlem zine, by Mariame Kaba; Read Black Zines button; and We’d feel safer without Police sticker. May 3, 2025.

#BZF2025 haul, pt 1: Black Zine Fair 2025 program; Black Anarchists zine, by AJ’s Print & Photo Studio; free COVID test; An (Abridged) History of Resisting Police Violence in Harlem zine, by Mariame Kaba; Read Black Zines button; We’d feel safer without Police sticker. #BlackZineFair #Brooklyn #NYC

Printed on blue paper and taped to a concrete wall is the Community Agreement for the 2025 Black Zine Fair. The statement includes: “Wear a mask. Community health matters.” “Center Black people with intersecting oppressed identities.” “Non-Black people be mindful of your presence. Step back and make space for Black people to participate.”

The Community Agreement for #BlackZineFair was taped at the entrances to the tabling space on the 3rd Fl at Powerhouse Arts. Like last year, Black folks were the great majority at the zine fair. Unlike last year, I didn’t have to wait in line to get in. Inside, I ran into people I knew. #zines #NYC

#BlackZineFair was back for a 2nd year at Powerhouse Arts, 322 3rd Ave, Brooklyn. Like its 1st year in 2024, #BZF had a great turnout, good vibes and lots of zines. Also like last year, masks were required—a simple act that puts community care into practice and makes for a more inclusive event. #NYC

A series of zines laid out on a wooden table. A postcard reads “Losers attack our libraries. Fight for Librarians!” Zine titles from top left to right: “Move Slow & Break things” , “This Sh*it is outta my hands: a crip zinemaker’s journey”, “Solidarity is our history. Solidarity is our duty. Solidarity is our survival”, “Category is Black women serving communism”, “Black Joy Archive 2025”, “Louise Thompson Patterson and the first march on Washington”, “Ebony: More than a magazine”, Arrested at the library: policing the stacks”

Just part of what I picked up at the #BlackZineFair Can’t wait to go again next year.

Second year for the #BlackZineFair and it was great! 🤩 Thank you to @prisonculture.bsky.social and all the many other organizers, volunteers and exhibitors who made this event possible. Thank you for creating a safe and inclusive space for joy, inspiration and connection! ❤️

So many thanks to @prisonculture.bsky.social and @netabomani.com

Best. Just the best.

#BlackZineFair #Brooklyn #NYC

View of exhibition space with a grey, polished concrete floor, a dark red steel deck ceiling and exposed brick walls painted with art.

Another view of exhibition space with a grey, polished concrete floor, a dark red steel deck ceiling and exposed brick walls painted with art. Tables are set up in long lines.

Been volunteering at the #BlackZineFair today! It is fantastic! Here's a photo of the main exhibit hall earlier today while exhibitors were still setting up

Screenshot of a presentation slide titled "About the Fair," with the following text: "The Black Zine Fair is a celebration of all things Black and publishing in New York City! We invite Black exhibitors and educators to gather, trade or sell zines, and exchange knowledge surrounding zine-making, publishing, and do-it-yourself culture. The event is free and open to the public!"

Also: #BlackZineFair 2025 is ONE WEEK FROM TODAY! Have you registered?

"Black Zine Fair is a celebration of all things Black and publishing in #NYC! The event is free and open to the public!"

Though free, donations are suggested upon registration.

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#zines #BZF2025

Great #BlackZineFair 2025 keynote, featuring Jehoiada Calvin presenting on the Johnson Publishing Company Archive. (In person on May 3 at #BZF2025, Calvin and Tulani Pryor will talk more about the archive.) Forty people attended the keynote, which was recorded. Appreciated BZF's Community Agreement.

Happening 1 hour from now 👀 #zines #BlackZineFair #BZF2025

Totally forgot that I RSVP’d for this online event earlier this week (and hadn’t put it on my calendar). Would’ve been so upset if I missed it 😭 #zines #BlackZineFair #BZF2025

It's fully funded, but, I made an additional tiny donation and you can, too, to help them get a headstart on the next one!

#BlackZineFair #NYC

Happy black history month. Maybe we can celebrate the first day by getting these folks to their goal!! #blackhistorymonth #blackzinefair

Presented by Sojourners for Justice Press, tomorrow's mini Black #Zine Fair is in the outdoor "Marketplace, on 135th St between Malcolm X Blvd and Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd." FREE and open to the public. @prisonculture.bsky.social www.eventbrite.com/e/schomburg-... #zines #BlackZineFair #NYC

Black #Zine Fair is back with a mini version tomorrow at MPOW, 11am-6pm, as part of the annual Schomburg Center Literary Festival. Big version last month in Brooklyn was indoors, masks required (😷❤️). Tomorrow's mini #BlackZineFair is outside. www.schomburgcenterlitfest.org/2024schedule #zines #NYC