Schedule
Paper Plains Zine Fest #3 is a two-day celebration, exploration, and exhibition of zines and zine culture across Lawrence, Kansas, over Labor Day weekend 2024.
Day 2
Sunday, 9/1
Join us for Day 2 of Paper Plains Zine Fest featuring our popular Vendor Fair and a showcase hosted by Hello America Stereo Cassette + Bread & Roses Press.
Vendor Fair
11:00 am – 5:00 pm
Van Go, 715 New Jersey St.
Our indoor/outdoor Vendor Fair showcases over 100 local and regional zinesters. Chat with artists and attendees! Buy and trade zines!
At our Vendor Fair participants exhibit, sell, and trade their independently-published zines, pamphlets, comix, books, and other radical readables.
While entrance to the Vendor Fair is free, we encourage attendees to bring spending cash to purchase zines from creators. Zines are typically priced in the range of $1 - $15. Many creators will also be prepared to accept payment by credit card and apps like Venmo.
In addition, food trucks hosted by JBs Tacos and Hazel’s Hawaiian Shave Ice will be on-site selling their specialties throughout the day.
Make Mini Zines!: A Workshop for Kids
11:30 am - 12:30 pm
Van Go, 715 New Jersey St.
Boardroom
Limit: 12 participants (First Come First Served)
In this workshop, Monty Protest will teach youth how to make a tiny 8-page mini zine using a single 8.5 x 11” piece of paper, a pair of scissors, and art supplies.
Monty Protest (he/him & she/her) is the KU Emily Taylor Center’s Zine Fellow and a co-organizer of Paper Plains Zine Fest. A member of Lawrence’s punk zine and music scene, Monty operates the zine distro “Full Monty Press.”
Zine Jam!
12:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Van Go, 715 New Jersey St.
Boardroom
We’ll have zine-making supplies, a long arm stapler, and a photocopier available throughout the afternoon.
Make and give out zines on the spot!
Share your finished zines by leaving copies on our Vendor Fair table labeled FREE ZINES!!!
Veggie Dinner
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
ECM, 1204 Oread Ave.
Join us after the Vendor Fair for a free vegan dinner and showcase featuring Hello America Stereo Cassette + Bread & Roses Press creators at the ECM.
Hello America Stereo Cassette + Bread & Roses Press Showcase
A Night of Poetry & Prose
8:00 pm
ECM, 1204 Oread Ave.
Adam Gnade
Andrew Hykel Mears
Joshua Jones
Bodye
Dmitry Samarov
Hello America Stereo Cassette is an audio book record label for writers established in 2021. Hello America releases cassettes of poetry, short fiction, and memoir. The releases are curated by Adam Gnade and the label is based out of the Ruby Teeth Homestead in rural Kansas.
Bread & Roses Press is publishing house and small press distro based in Lawrence, Kansas owned by Jessie Duke.
