To get you excited for the fifth annual Zinesters Talking series of events in October and November 2009, Christopher Cuttone, library assistant at North Portland Library and member of the Zine Library Group, reads zine reviews and teasers.

• Phase 7
• Argyle
• The Way Things Used to Be
• The Fart Party
• Hey, Tim: Five Letters
• Somnambulist
• Crudbucket #6, the Hodgepodge Issue
• The Constant Rider
• The Superman Stories 2, the Second Coming
• Weird Sea Creatures of the Sea: Focus on Narwhal
• Homobody
• Steampunk Magazine: Lifestyle, Mad Science, Theory & Fiction
• Mary Van Note's Experiences (of the Sexual Variety), vol. 1
• Mishap #21
• Standard Deviation, Issue #1, Summer 2007
• Glossolalia No. 9, Long Distance
• Messenjerk: Lords of the Extreme
• Go Fuck Yourself
• Applicant
• The Secret Files of Captain Sissy, No. 5

Groan! Fall's here and it's back to school. But in your spare time, check out these books about book crafts: things involved with writing, making and publishing your own books. Books reviewed include:

Indie Publishing; How to Design and Produce your Own Book ed. by Ellen Lupton

In Print! 40 Cool Publishing Projects for Kids by Joe Rhatigan

Cool Calligraphy by Anders Hanson

Making Books that Fly, Fold, Wrap, Hide, Pop Up, Twist and Turn by Gwen Diehn