Brown Recluse Zine Distro

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Brown Recluse Zine Distro

A DIY zine distro for Black, indigenous, and people of color. no DMs please :) BRZD has operated out of Coast Salish and Ohlone Lands.

EST. 2013
Brown Recluse Zine Distro was created to support + center zines written by queer and trans people of color; BRZD was born was born in the spirit of visibility + in the spirit of celebrating our cultures. Brown Recluse exists to strengthen our ties + highlight our intersectional, relatable experiences. Collective members + volunteers read submissions, print zines, run social media, send

out orders, write descriptions, update our online catalog / shop, table events around the country, answer emails, hustle money, redistributes $$$ directly to QTBIPOC in need, and deal with all the day to day operations.

01/25/2026

🪵 BEAUTIFUL 10 FT WOOD-TOP TABLE !!! bought from the artist who made it for $500, make an offer!!!!

Dimensions: 10ft x 3.4 t x 29.5in

Some minor wear - light scratches.

😷 masked Pick Up in Oakland
DMs open, need gone by end of month !!

[ID: multi angles of large medium-dark table, with rounded edges, on metal legs. One photo is a flash-photo of wood scratches]

01/09/2026

Thanks you so much to everyone who has donated, shared, helped out, and offered resources. It means a lot to us. This project is very solitary and we aren’t in regular communication with people (brown RECLUSE haha) so to see the support and outpouring has meant a lot!!!

Unfortunately we were not able to secure enough funding in time to keep our Free Printing for Black Zinemakers program funded. The grant we had before, albeit being extremely restrictive, provided us with enough funds to rent out a space and equipment to fund a printing press exclusively for Black folks who didn’t have resources to print their zines. We had to shut this space down and really are grateful we were able to spend the last five years supporting Black zinemakers with this offering. It was a hard decision to make, but hopefully it can come back in the future when we have more volunteers and resources. Thank you to everyone who submitted their zine such an honor to print such amazing works!

We got a new smaller space to house our project which is significantly less expensive, we don’t have the equipment to print for our program anymore, (we are down to one 22 year old risograph that can only handle very small runs) BUT we are able to still offer 100% of the cover price for Black zinemakers and will never take a cut from their sales in our distro.

We lowered the goal to reflect our 2026 operation cost for this project and also to pay for expenses incurred by Free Printing for Black Zinemakers that were not covered by our grant last year.

If you can keep sharing and fundraising it would be helpful!, we are happy to announce that we are going to make it! The mailorder website and zine fest tabling will still exist! We just need a little help, and here’s to 12 more years

12/13/2025

Hi we are here at EBABZ! takes place at the We will be here from 12pm-5pm. We are upstairs in the Tamalpais Room.

The David Brower Center (2150 Allston Way, Berkeley) is located about 0.1 miles (1 block) away from Downtown Berkeley BART, and is also accessible via the 6, 7, 18, 51B, F, 851, 79, 800 and R-Line buses. The 12, 88 also stop nearby a few more blocks away.

This fest is mask required! There are masks available at the door if you forgot yours. There’s an elevator to get to the second floor. Restrooms are multi stalled gender neutral and ADA accessible.

Hope to see you here!

12/12/2025

❄️⛄️❄️⛄️❄️⛄️❄️⛄️❄️FT. some Brown Recluse’s catalog for gift giving ideas for this solstice season - stickers, pins, gift cards, zines, prints.... Hope everyone is keeping warm & staying safe!
📚
hope to see some of you Bay Area folks at the East Bay Alternative Book & Zine Fest this Saturday, December 13, 2025 ! Masks Required 📚

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11/27/2025

Thank you for your continued support of the project for the last 12 years ! For more info, please visit:
www.gofundme.com/f/secure-brown-recluses-future/

Brown Recluse Zine Distro is a volunteer-run, not-for-profit zine distro of self-published independent print media, including zines and prints, for and by Q***r and Trans Black Indigenous and People of Color.

Your contributions are tax-deductible thru PayP@l & G0 Fuņd M e !

11/06/2025

Catch Brown Recluse Saturday November 8th at the 25th annual Portland Zine Symposium

It will take place at
Portland State University
Smith Ballroom 3rd floor of Student Union

11 AM - 5PM

The venue wheelchair accessible and there is an elevator to get up to the space. Masks are required. There will be a quiet zone this year for folks to take a break and decompress away from the zine fest

10/24/2025

🕸🕸FREE ZINES🎃🕷This Saturday the founder of Brown Recluse Zine Distro will be tabling in New Orleans with table of ‼️FREE ZINES‼️ !!! We are soooo excited!!!
🌈Thanks for visiting our Free Table with .co.op at ! & For all the support at 🔥🔥
💚 We love tabling free zines to show examples of what we include in every sliding-scale order from BROWNRECLUSEZINEDISTRO.COM

💕💕💕🏴Thank you for 12! years of Support!!!💕💕💕

10/01/2025

BRZD table at ! 🌈💕it was sweet to see friends new & old, we love bay area q***r zine fest!!!!!
🎃 our next tabling event will be in Sacramento 10/11 .. see you there ?!

📸 Film photo taken by for

07/26/2025

Come check our table out at 2289 International Blvd in Oakland!

We are here from 11am - 4pm

We have a few zines that we are selling to send direct aid to families in Gaza also we have a ton of free zines COVID tests and local resources

This event is wheelchair accessible and mask required. There is a gender neutral bathroom in the space.

07/25/2025

Hello we will be tabling this event tomorrow come check out our table!

BAY AREA: Join us this Saturday for the Community Archiving Day and Print Sale at EastSide Arts Alliance.

📆 Saturday, July 26 | 11 AM – 4 PM�📍 2285 International Blvd, Oakland, CA

(RSVP) Bring posters, photographs, flyers, and ephemera from marches, rallies, and organizing efforts for Palestinian liberation. These materials will be digitized and added to EastSide’s Community Archival Resource Project (CARP), preserving our collective history for future generations.

You’re also invited to contribute posters to the free poster library, where they will be distributed throughout the community as tools for education, solidarity, and movement-building.

Be part of this collective effort to preserve the histories of Palestinian liberation movements rooted in the Bay Area and beyond. Come share your stories and memories with the community and explore a remarkable lineup of local vendors showcasing art, books, and posters. Together, we honor our past and preserve its memory for the future!

🔗 RSVP: bit.ly/archvday

Face masks are required indoors.

07/21/2025

Magtampo Ta! (Let’s Do Our Part in Bisaya) is .norcal ’s art and letter-writing series to provide a space for participants to learn about the situation of human rights in the Philippines, process grief and outrage at exploitation and oppression suffered throughout the world, and create as a reminder of our values and commitments as we build solidarity from the Bay to the Philippines.

🖊️Come make zines with and write letters to be sent in solidarity to political prisoners and targeted human rights defenders in Mindanao, Philippines.

🖤Join us, July, 21 from 6-9pm at 300 Jefferson Street, Oakland, CA.

🍏Suggested donation $10-20, NOTALOF (funds support political prisoners and targeted activists in Mindanao)

🌿Accessibility Information
The space is up 6 steps, there are 2 single room restrooms in the space. The main space is not scent-free, but our personal space is. Our personal space is not ventilated to the outside but we do filter the air with a Blast MK II. There are small dogs in the building and occasionally in the space.

💚DM or email [email protected] with accessibility needs and further questions

🧪Masks Required & Provided as Needed

There’s limited space so please RSVP: tinyurl.com/DTDLetters721

🔗Link in bio to signup: .norcal

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http://brownreclusezinedistro.com/

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