Join us for a conversation with Isabel 玥 Li about the behind-the-scenes of zine-making and art community organising at NowPlace, a bilingual indie bookstore and community art space in San Francisco! We’ll also discuss the importance of zine culture and cultural empathy within today’s political landscape. What can zines offer diaspora communities? How can they create space for language, identity, connection, and shared experiences?

After the conversation, browse a selection of zines exploring different subjects — from bilingualism and East/West cultural experiences to queerness and gender — across languages, formats, binding styles, and printing techniques. Feel free to bring your own zines to share!

▍About Isabel 玥 Li

Isabel 玥 Li is a non-binary Chinese-Kiwi illustrator and zine maker currently based in San Francisco. Their work explores queerness, language, and memory. In the age of the internet, they are currently curious about returning to analogue and the joyful brightness of risograph printing!

Event language：English + Mandarin

紐西蘭飛地很開心邀請到居住在美國舊金山的華裔紐西蘭插畫家/zinemaker Isabel 玥 Li，來分享ta在舊金山獨立藝術書店NowPlace駐村/活動籌劃幕後的故事！Isabel將會分享ta籌辦各類活動、小誌製作和出版的經驗，以及在當今政治環境下，小誌文化的重要性。小誌能為離散社群做什麼？它們如何能為語言、身分認同、連結，以及共同經驗創造空間？

活動也將邀請大家瀏覽一系列主題多元的小誌——從雙語、東西方文化經驗，到酷兒與性別等議題，涵蓋不同語言、形式、裝訂方式和印刷技術。也歡迎你帶上你製作/收藏的小誌與大家分享！

▍關於 Isabel 玥 Li

Isabel 玥 Li是一位非二元華裔紐西蘭插畫家與小誌創作者，目前居住於舊金山。ta的創作探索酷兒性、語言與記憶。在網路時代裡，ta目前正重新探索回到類比媒介的可能，也著迷於risograph孔版印刷所帶來的愉悅與活力！

活動語言：英語 + 國語/普通話

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