Denver Zine Library Links
Local Colorado Links
General Zine Links
Local Zine Publishers

UCD Advocate, "Spotcheck: Denver 'zine library fights boredom" by Steve Polk.  February 22, 2006
http://www.ucdadvocate.com/home/index.cfm?event=displayArticle&ustory_id=a3d8857e-8408-420f-af57-f6a51e850f64

National Public Radio's Weekend Edition: Summer Reading Series, "The Zines of Summer". July 25, 2004
http://www.npr.org/display_pages/features/feature_3613842.html
Listen to the Interview! (with Jamez and Kelly, DZL co-founders)

Westword, "Book 'Em" by Jason Heller. May 20, 2004.  ( focusing on the DZL breaking zoning laws) http://www.westword.com/issues/2004-05-20/news2.html
This article has also been quoted and reposted on the Asheville Global Report, and Infoshop News websites.

Westword, "Book Keepers: The Denver Zine Library opens a new chapter in Colorado letters." by Jason Heller.  March 18th, 2004
http://www.westword.com/issues/2004-03-18/news.html

Virus Zine, "Denver Zine Library" by Maytina. February, 2004
http://www.viruszine.com/chicken/2004/february/denver_zine_library.php

Denver Zine Library yahoogroup
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/denverzinelibrary

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The Other Side Arts
Home to the Denver Zine Library, The Other Side Arts is an arts center filled with educational spaces, two galleries, more than 15 artist studios, a community center, a metal shop, a darkroom, and screen printing studio. Located at 1644 Platte Street.

Iron Feather Book & Zine Shop
Awesome store that sells books and zines, with fantastic owners who are big supporters of the local zine community! Located at 4931 West 38th Ave, Denver CO 80212.  Open Tues-Sat 3-6pm.

Fancy Tiger
New boutique that sells crafty supplies, clothes and other fun things such as cassette tape belt buckles.  Fancy Tiger hosts zine-making classes taught by the Denver Zine Library.
1 South Broadway, Denver CO 80209, info@fancytiger.com, 303-733-3855

Growler Distro
A local distro focusing on zines written by women, transgendered people, queers, people with disabilities and people of color. Contact Molly at growlerdistro@riseup.net, PO Box 9056, Denver CO 80209 or stop by and see her at the Denver Zine Library on Saturdays from 2-5.  If you send $3, you'll get a catalog, a mixtape and a little something special.

Colorado College Zine Collection
Colorado College will purchase zines published in Colorado, Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, and Wyoming. When possible, we will purchase two copies of each zine, one for preservation in Special Collections, one for a browsing collection. When we are only able to get one copy, it will go into Special Collections.

Colorado Poets Association
The mission of the Colorado Poets Association is to create a state-wide community of poets and poetry readers; to nurture and promote poetry as a literary art in general and as an essential and vital part of the artistic and cultural life of Colorado at both the local and state levels; to support, promote, and raise the profile of Colorado poets both within and without the state of Colorado; and to advocate for poetry as a gateway to a love of reading and writing, which is the foundation for the love of all learning.

The Derailer Bicycle Collective
Bring your bike and any questions (or come and a get a bike if you don't have one), and volunteers will be there to help you out.  Located at 411 Lipan Street.
Open Shop: Thursdays and Fridays from 3-7pm. 
S.P.I.N.: Tuesdays 4-7pm. (This night is the same as Open Shop except the space is only open to wimmin, those who are gender queer, trans, gender variant, and/or anyone else who is excluded by the patriarchy of bike culture and bike shops because of their gender identity.)
Read this article about Derailer that was in the Westword on July 20, 2006
For more information, derailerbicyclecollective@yahoo.com or leave a voicemail at 303.223.7174.

denverevolution
This site lists independent arts and community events happening in the Denver area.

Food Not Bombs
The Denver FNB cooks and serves every Wednesday and Saturday. Cooking for both days takes place at the Villa Ville Kulla house (1065 Lipan Street) from 11am-3:30pm and is served at 4pm. Call 303-573-3896 for more info.  On Wednesday, food is served at Civic Center Park.  On Saturday, food is served at Sunken Gardens Park at 8th & Speer.

Breakdown Book Collective and Community Space (not currently open)
http://www.breakdowncollective.org/
Breakdown was an awesome community space that housed a lending library, sold cool stuff and hosted super-fun events.

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ZineWiki: the history and culture of zines, independent media and the small press.
ZineWiki is an open-source encyclopedia devoted to zines and independent media. It covers the history, production, distribution and culture of the small press.  Anyone can edit and post content.

Zinestreet
An amazing list of resources from distros to stores that sell zines to other zine libraries!

Lists of other zine libraries (these sites may or may not be up to date)
The Book of Zines: http://www.zinebook.com/resource/libes.html
Zine World: A Reader's Guide to the Underground Press: http://www.undergroundpress.org/infoshops-us.html 
Grrrl Zine Network: http://grrrlzines.net/resources/distroslibraries.htm

Barnard College
Some of the information on this page is New York and Barnard specific, but there are also links to zine-related articles, and how to find zines in academic, public and volunteer libraries.
http://www.barnard.edu/library/zines/links.htm

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