Get regular zine deliveries.

Right now, you can get a Booklyn Zine Club annual membership for 10% off, and get a bonus zine!

Booklyn Zine Club is a quarterly zine subscription. We pick zines we love and share them with you. Plus, fun extras!

Different subscription levels are offered, so there’s something for you no matter how zine-obsessed you are.

We’re holding a membership drive through April 23rd, so before to sign up before it ends to enjoy the discount.

Free Community Workshops in Brooklyn

Did you know that Booklyn offers free bookmaking workshops at a community center in Sunset Park?

On the first Wednesday of each month from 3-5pm, María Verónica San Martín of Booklyn, Inc. teaches book forms that support language learning for the Mexican and Latin American immigrant community in Brooklyn.

Are you part of this community? Join us for this fun, crafty, and educational activity! Participants will learn to make several handmade book forms focusing on vocabulary development and basic grammar. No experience is necessary. All materials will be provided.

No registration necessary. Email [email protected] with any questions.

Location:
MIXTECA
245 23rd Street
2nd Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11215

This program is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the NY City Council.

Encuadernación para aprender Idiomas

María Verónica San Martín de Booklyn, Inc. ofrecerá talleres divertidos y educativos sobre creación de libros para apoyar el aprendizaje del inglés. Aprenderá a hacer varios libros centrados en el desarrollo del vocabulario y la gramática básica. No se requiere experiencia previa y se proporcionarán todos los materials. Los talleres se realizarán los primeros miércoles de cada mes, de 15 a 17 horas.

Envíe un correo electrónico a [email protected] con cualquier pregunta.

🌷Spring Break Zine Camp is coming..

Join us for an exciting week of activities rooted in DIY bookmaking, storytelling, and artmaking. Here are some of the things we’ll explore:

  • cyanotype printing
  • paper-making
  • non-linear storytelling
  • pop-up books
  • and more!

Spring Break Zine Camp
April 14 – 18, 2025
9am-3pm, aftercare until 5pm
$575 – full week
$135 – drop in day

Students will have the opportunity to create collaborative and individual works in a joyful and supportive space.

Email us with any questions at [email protected].

Gender-Expansive Families Propaganda Party!

Come create together! Join us for a collaborative day of making posters, buttons, t-shirts, zines, and other materials for Trans Day of Visibility events.


Sunday, March 23, 12-5pm
Interference Archive
314 7th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215


More information here.

This is a wonderful opportunity to connect with others, learn about important work happening in our community, and gather materials to show support and solidarity.

The event is free and open to everyone! All materials created will be available at no cost. While not required, donations are warmly welcomed here, which supports materials expenses.

Bring your own canvas! We’ll have some t-shirts available, but we encourage you to bring your own t-shirts and tote bags to print on.

Can’t make it? Or you’re not in the NYC area? You can get a fundraiser t-shirt with one of the graphics created during our workshop, Posters 101!

Who is invited? Everyone! Come with friends or on your own to meet new people. Representatives from organizations are welcome to bring flyers or postcards to share your work and help others connect with your cause.

Our Organizers: The Gender-expansive Families Propaganda Party is organized by Parents of Gender Expansive Kids (POGEK) @ps39pogek at PS39 together with @interferencearchive and additional support from @ps39pa@booklynart@textileartscenter and @trans.formative.schools 💕

What is a propaganda party? It’s a gathering where organizations, activists, artists, and community members come together to create and share t-shirts, posters, buttons and other materials while connecting with one another in a supportive environment.

Why “propaganda”? “Propaganda,” shares roots with “propagate,” and refers to information, ideas, or images shared in support of a cause. While this word has taken on negative connotations in modern times, we’re reclaiming it! Our daily lives are saturated with supposedly “neutral” materials that implicitly support existing power structures. We use the word “propaganda” because this work is not neutral—we’re proudly supporting our gender-expansive community.

Upcoming Workshops

This winter we are excited to offer THREE foundation workshops: Zines 101, Binding 101, and Posters 101.

Hosted once again by our friends at Interference Archive, these workshops are designed to get our creative community juices flowing during a cold winter months. Class sizes are limited so sign up today to ensure your spot!


Zines 101: Personal Narrativces
Feb. 4, 6-8pm
Instructor: Francisco Donoso

Learn the basics of zine-making, including several paper folding and binding styles. Leave with your very own zine and lots of handouts and resources to help you on your zine-making journey.



Binding 101: Stab & Pamphlet
Feb. 18, 6-8:30pm
Instructor: Jan Descartes

Learn two handy and simplistically beautiful binding techniques: the Pamphlet Stitch & Japanese Stab-binding. Leave with two bound blank books, and handouts for your future bookbinding.



Posters 101: Resistance is a Language
March 11, 6-8:30pm
Instructor: Josh MacPhee

Learn more about “resistance as a language” and use it to create political posters.

We’re gonna be at Tropic Bound!

Miami’s first international, biennial Artists’ Book Fair returns to the Miami Design District February 6-9, 2025! Book artists, publishers, curators, librarians, book lovers and the aesthetically curious will come together for an international event highlighting the art of books, and books that are art, with an educational symposium, breakaway sessions, and a bustling fair filled with exhibitors from around the globe.

We’ll be there and we’re bringing a great collection with us. Come see new work from Booklyn artists, like Halah Khan‘s The Book of Five Cursed Moons, Nicolas Lampert‘s Co2 Flags, and Mike Taylor‘s From the River to DC.

Zine Maker Space at Zora Neale Hurston Summit!

Exciting news! Booklyn is operating a Zine Maker Space at the first-ever Zora Neale Hurston Summit at Barnard College on January 31 – February 1, 2025.

Special thanks goes to Booklyn Artist, Sauda Mitchell, for inviting us into the ZNHS community. She will be showcasing a new artists’ book at the summit! And thanks to Rae Chesny, Director of Programs for the Zora Neale Hurston Trust, Booklyn, Inc. is an official Community Sponsor of the event. Thank you, also, to Jenna Friedman, Director of the Barnard Zine Library, who is hosting our Zine Maker Space

Zine Maker Space by Booklyn, Inc.
Friday, January 31, 12-4pm
Saturday, February 1, 12-4pm

Location:
Barnard Zine Libary
The Milstein Center 2nd Floor
3009 Broadway, New York, NY 10027


The Zora Neale Hurston Summit is free and open to the public. See registration info to attend.

Introducing The Ziney Beanie

When you purchase a Ziney Beanie you help us make bookmaking a community resource. Proceeds support our Education Program, which brings free and accessible bookmaking, zine-making, and self-publishing workshops to public libraries, parks, and community centers in New York City.

Makes a great gift.

Support a great program.

Books Build Community

Bookmaking is a vital community resource – one that we need more than ever. Help us make sure we never lose access to this important tool. Donate what you can so that Booklyn can provide the tools, guidance, and inspiration to create the books – and the communities – we all need

For the past 25 years, Booklyn has helped communities grow by bringing the knowledge of book arts to public spaces. Our workshops take place in libraries and the parks, and in community spaces like Mixteca (a space dedicated to the Mexican & Latin American immigrant community) and the Brooklyn Community Pride Center.

Can you donate today so that more people can access our free, on-site workshops?

At a time when we need connection and community more than ever, your gift will help us to create a future that includes bookmaking, zine-making, and thriving communities.  

Free Zine Workshop at BPL,Saratoga branch

Come make zines at the library! Teen participants can learn to create zines in two formats: an 8-page zine using just one sheet of paper, and a pocket-sized, staple-bound zine. We’ll use fun collage imagery, stickers, stamps, and our own imaginations! No experience necessary. All materials will be provided.

Thursday, November 21, 2024, 5:00-7:00 pm
Teen Workshop, ages 13-18.

BKLYN Incubator is supported by generous funding provided by the Charles H. Revson Foundation