Zine Library

The Details!

Welcome to The WasteShed’s Little Free Zine Library, a new program that brings self-published creativity into the hands of local readers.

This program is now open at both our Humboldt Park and Evanston creative reuse centers, offering a free and accessible space for sharing and discovering zines, chapbooks, pamphlets, and other DIV publications. Our zine libraries are small shelves that live near the register at each location, ready for anyone to peruse and take home.

We invite you- yes YOU- to bring us your Zines! Whether they’re personal projects, collaborative efforts, or publications you love- help us build a little free zine collection for The WasteShed community! 

How it Works

  • 1. Submit your Zines

    Bring a stack of your zines, chapbook, or other DIY publication to either The WasteShed Chicago (Humboldt Park) or The WasteShed Evanston.

  • 2. Curation Process

    We review all submissions and reserve the right to decline any materials that contain harmful or hateful content.

  • 3. Library Rotation

    New zines are added as they come in, and each one will remain at least for one month once they’re up on the shelf!

  • 4. Totally Free

    The zine library is not for sale- this is a free resource for the community to browse, borrow, take home, or return at their leisure.

FAQs

  • We accept zines, chapbooks, pamphlets, and any other self-published or DIV print materials. The content can be artistic, informative, poetic, political, humorous-anything that feels important and worth making stuff about. Bonus points for creative reuse content, of course :-p

  • Nope! The Little Free Zine Library is completely free-no fees, no purchases. It's a communal resource for sharing and discovery.

  • Yes! The zines are available for anyone to take, read, and enjoy. While you're welcome to return zines after reading so others can experience them, it's an open and evolving collection.

  • You can bring your zines in person to either The WasteShed Humboldt Park or The WasteShed Evanston during store hours.

  • Stop by either location or reach out to us for more info. We’re excited to read you zines!

Help us stock the shelves of our library! Whether you're a creator looking to share your work or a reader eager to explore new perspectives, The WasteShed's Little Free Zine Library is here for you.

Zines by The WasteShed

Zines we made, ready to print and distribute!