Join the Reed Zine Fest in kicking off things off with a keynote by long time zinester, zine fest organizer and writer, Alex Wrekk. Alex will be sharing stories and memorabilia from the last 30 years of publishing zines in Portland, OR.

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About Alex Wrekk

Alex Wrekk moved from Salt Lake City, Utah to Portland, Oregon in 1999 and has been creating the zine Brainscan since 1997. Alex is also the author of the seminal book about zines, Stolen Sharpie Revolution: a DIY Resource for Zines and Zine Culture which was first printed in 2002 and is now in it’s 6th edition.

Alex has been making custom pinback buttons since 2000 under various business names. In 2012 Alex opened Portland Button Works and zine distro, an online and brick and mortar shop in Portland, Oregon selling zines and books.

When Alex isn’t doing zine things she is doing other zine things like formerly organizing the Portland Zine Symposium, establishing July as International Zine Month, hosting the podcast Nobody Cares About Your Stupid Zine Podcast, fidgeting with her Risograph printer, reading from her zines out loud on zine tours or singing in a zine themed pop-punk band called The Copy Scams. 

About Event

• Please wear a KN-95 or equivalent mask to the event. If you need a mask, we will be handing out masks at the Zine Library.
• There will be an indoor food and drink reception from 6pm-6:30pm with air purifers running. 
• The art talk will start at 6:30pm, and we encourage those who need masking to come at this time. Please note that only the zine event around the Zine Library will be asking people to mask. 
• We will be recording this event.