Learn how to make a zine that connects to your personal history and folklore! Zines are small-circulation, self-published works of original or rewritten/contextualized texts and images. During this free hour-long workshop, workshop leader Emilee Wirshing will guide us through the process of creating and folding a zine from scratch, showing examples and demonstrating different techniques. This workshop is inspired by Nevada Reads 2023 selection Thistlefoot by author GennaRose Nethercott. No prior experience or knowledge of zine-making is required.

Please note that this is a live webinar on Zoom that will be simultaneously streamed on our Twitch channel, with the saved recording to be added to YouTube after the event concludes. Registration is required to join the Zoom event; Twitch attendance is also encouraged as an alternative meeting option.

Materials needed
Paper
Scissors
Writing utensils (pen, pencil, markers, etc)
Anything else you might like to incorporate into your zine

Zines with Lavender Typewriter

Emilee Wirshing is a librarian and lifelong Nevadan. She advocates for local poets and creativity by hosting various Poetry Open Mic Nights and writing workshops in the community. Her work appears in anthologies Clark, Legs of Tumbleweed, Wings of Lace, and Sandstone & Silver, along with various local and national literary magazines. Her chapbook, american dream houses was published in March 2020 by Tolsun Books. Emilee’s typewriter poetry can be found on Instagram, @lavendertypewriter.