be seen this weekend at the zine swap meet

It has been forever since I created what passed for a zine (my friend Alison Piepmeier's book Girl Zines: Making Media, Doing Feminism helped reawaken my nostalgia for those days), but several Pittsburgh writers and artists have been working hard to keep this literary form alive.

You can take part in their efforts and celebrate the kick off to the Pittsburgh Zine Fair 2013 when The Zine Exchange hosts a Zine Swap Meet this Saturday, August 24 from 6-9 p.m.  It all happens at Future Tenant, located at 819 Penn Avenue in Pittsburgh.

Throughout the evening, zine writers and collectors can participate in the swap meet. At 7 PM, join readers Jude Vachon, Erin Oh, Lucy Goubert, Artnoose, and Sarah LaPonte for intimate zine readings followed by a Q&A session.

A little bit about the readers:

Dedicated zinesters Jude Vachon and Erin Oh can be found working at the Carnegie Library Oakland Branch and the Pittsburgh Office of the Mayor, respectively.

Formerly of Roup House, Lucy Goubert is active in Pittsburgh’s poetry scene.

Sarah LaPonte often pairs photography with her literary work.

Artnoose has been making the letterpress zine Ker-bloom! every other month for the past 17 years and continues to do so in the spare moments between single parenting a toddler and renovating a 19th Century house.

Combined, their work with the local zine network—via The Mr. Roboto Project and the Pittsburgh Zine Fair—encourages civic engagement and community interaction while promoting Pittsburgh’s arts and culture movement.  To learn more about The Mr. Roboto Project, please visit their website at therobotoproject.org. For more information about this event and other Future Tenant programming, please visit www.futuretenant.org.

Can’t make it on Saturday? You'll have another chance on Sunday, August 25, when select archival pieces will be on display from 1-6 p.m.

source: The Zine Exchange's Facebook Page.