Can you set up zinemaking toolkits for future drop-in use or ease of access… not all young people will feel comfortable engaging with the activity straight away, so providing soft access and further opportunities could be a valuable addition to any library setup.

This could be little Zine Toolboxes with everything you need to make a tiny zine in them, or space on a shelf OR to quote one anonymous librarian – “my zine making stuff is just in a chaos cupboard and present to be dragged out when asked for”.

Whatever you have is PERFECT!

You never know – you might get an impromptu Zine Club started, or that one kid might decide that tiny zines are how they do ALL their revision from now on

A snapshot of a day/week in student’s reading

First chapter of a shakespeare

5 Quotes from a Famous Figure

Build up a series of zines ie a zine per chapter, or character, or concept

Creating templates that the whole class would work on and fill in.

Double page spreads – same phrase, two different languages

Write a zine from the POV of a character

Five facts about this subject/book/chapter

Accessible note taking

Transition Buddies – P7 into S1, younger student fills one side and buddy does the other

Getting To Know You exercise, each page new information OR top 5 facts about yourself

Quick CLPL session with teachers – how to fold a zine and ideas for use