FANZINES! is a festival dedicated to fanzines and self-published books inOctober 2011, at the Marguerite Duras Public Library in Paris.

For this festival they are preparing an exhibition of Fanzines from around the world. The idea is that you sent one or more zines from your production, which will be exhibited in Paris from the 1st to the 22nd of October 2011. The Expo will be seen by a large audience – people coming to the Festival, as well as the regular users of the Public Library.

After the Expo is over, the Fanzine will be integrated into the special Fanzine Collection of the Public Library, so that interested readers may check it out anytime in the future!

Please send your Fanzine(s) to the following address until 1 September 2011 at the latest:

Papier Gaché
51 rue Pixérécourt
75020 Paris
FRANCE

Please do not forget to add your name and the name of your publication, as well as your email address!

If you have any questions please contact them at: papiergache@gmail.com

FANZINES!
1 October – 22 October 2011
Festival for Fanzines and Self-published Books, organized by the Association PAPIER GACHE at the Marguerite Duras Public Library in Paris

http://fanzines.papiergache.net

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