Fredericton zine library

The Fredericton Zine Library is located on the first floor of the Charlotte Street Arts Centre. This project was a collaboration between local zine maker Aaron Beaumont and the Charlotte Street Arts Centre.

This library has few rules. Please have a seat and spend some time with a zine. If you borrow anything, please make sure you return it so others can enjoy. Better yet, take a zine, leave a zine.

Contributions are always welcome. We can accept zine contributions at our main office or by mail at Zine Library c/o Charlotte Street Arts Centre, 732 Charlotte Street, Fredericton, NB, E3B 1M5

Curious to learn more about zines and zine culture? Check out these resources below:

Created by artist and zine enthusiast Greg Kletsel, this video talks about what a zine is, focusing on the artistic impact zines have, and encourages people and artists to make them.

This is another video that talks about what a zine is, but it dives deeper into the different categories of zines, what you could create your zine about, and the general history of zines. Since it’s from Skillshare, it has more of a straight to the point, professional and educational vibe, as opposed to the more personal vibe of “Let’s Talk about Zines and Why You Should Make One.”

This video is a super short tutorial on how to fold/form a mini zine booklet out of a single sheet of paper. It is beginner friendly and very simple, so it could be a good resource to include!

This is another great video that touches on a brief history of zines and then goes into a tutorial of how to make an 8-page zine out of a single sheet of paper (similar to “How to make a zine from a single sheet of paper,” but also giving you tips of what to think about when you’re making your zine). The video includes a group of children creating their own zines, the topics they chose, and how each zine is completely different and unique to them. This would be a great video for children and teens as an introduction to zines. It also touches on activism and marginalized groups and how zines have been and continue to be an important form of expression.

Another short and to the point video, this one is a tutorial for how to staple a larger zine made out of letter sized paper that is folded in half to create pages. This provides a tutorial for anyone looking to make a more full sized zine.

This is an alternative video to the above “How to staple a half-letter size zine.” It talks in depth about printing zines at home, stapling/binding them, and how to layout your zines in the correct order before binding it. It also provides a page template for the page order of a mini zine in the description.