A protest zine championing Birmingham's community libraries. Part of the Birmingham Loves Libraries campaign. Tweets by @MissLizBerry & @CatherineQanik
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22 Oct 2024
We’ve gone electric! ⚡️ You can now read Brum Library Zine online too. Spread the word and the library love… 💖
heyzine.com/flip-book/83a3fc…
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4 Nov 2025
The voice of @MissLizBerry - a sonic as well as an intellectual treat!!!
4 Nov 2025
"It didn't matter where you came from or how much money you had, everyone had the right to the knowledge & pleasure of books, to the light the library offered..." @MissLizBerry on public libraries & why they're worth fighting for. Please listen & share❤️🔥
bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002lck…
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4 Nov 2025
"It didn't matter where you came from or how much money you had, everyone had the right to the knowledge & pleasure of books, to the light the library offered..." @MissLizBerry on public libraries & why they're worth fighting for. Please listen & share❤️🔥
bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002lck…
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20 Jul 2025
Recently a group of local creatives got together to compose a homage in the form of a zine to their local Birmingham libraries - Brum Library Zine. Ref - LP 53.31 @MissLizBerry @CatherineQanik @LibraryofBham @BrumLibraryZine
ALT A book on a table with the front cover facing on to the camera. Title of the book at the top of the page is Brum Library Zine. Cover has a logo for reading a book on it. Behind the book is a large bookcase and a table on the left with boxes on it.
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25 Jun 2025
Sign the Petition, Share the Petition. Save Our Saturdays
change.org/Save-Our-Saturday…
@baber007 @Cllr_suleman @martinibrooks @BirminghamPeopA @publiclibnews @brumlibdems @BCFC @BhamUpdates @BrumPolice @unibirmingham @bhx_official @BrumLibraryZine @BrumLabour
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11 Jun 2025
Dear @BhamCityCouncil, we musn't let the word 'transformation' become a euphemism for 'decimating public services and making life worse for communities'. We need to generate hope and belief that our city can change in positive ways. Kind regards, @MissLizBerry
10 Jun 2025
Following approval at Cabinet, the city's library and neighbourhood advice services are transformed. 📚
📢 The latest update on the Saturday opening hours of library buildings is here: orlo.uk/4kY1e
ALT Row of books in a wooden library bookshelf
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23 Feb 2025
Spring Hill Library’s under threat of permanent closure. Lawyers for the Birmingham Loves Libraries campaign need statements on the impact that would have. To join in, email savespringhilllibrary@yahoo.com & help ensure this lovely place remains an inspirational community library
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31 Oct 2024
The Brum Library Zine is now available to read online:
heyzine.com/flip-book/83a3fc…
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23 Oct 2024
I wrote a long-read for @brumdispatch about my teenage love for zines and why action is beautiful and powerful exactly when we feel most powerless.
@BrumLibraryZine @BrumLibraries
birminghamdispatch.co.uk/p/w…
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23 Oct 2024
“Do it! Library fanzine.”
We’re in @brumdispatch today. It’s a story of zine love, library love and why action is essential exactly when we feel most powerless ❤️🔥
birminghamdispatch.co.uk/p/w…
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23 Oct 2024
If you made it to the library just too late to pick up a copy of @BrumLibraryZine here’s the next best thing: heyzine.com/flip-book/83a3fc…
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5 Oct 2024
ALT Bright pink pamphlet held in hand. Title reads Birrmingham Library Zine with logo of person reading an open book
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29 Sep 2024
A peep inside Brum Library Zine! 👀 Designers @bctype & Alfie Hicks sourced images from vintage Brum library books: borrowing records; “WITHDRAWN” stamps; library cards; and a bus ticket from 2000 still being used as a bookmark! 💘 Find your copy FREE in every library in Brum.
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30 Sep 2024
A beautiful event in a beloved library. Thank you @BrumLibraryZine!
"Imagine the library was my home, children's corner my throne,
the place I could be still and hear the white noise of my heart..."
from @NafeesaHamid's poem for Ward End Library.
30 Sep 2024
Wonderful Libraries Give Us Power event from @BhamLitFest at @heath_kings tonight. Kudos to @BrumLibraryZine for bringing 35 writers & ports together to share their love for Birmingham Libraries, got to hear from @CatherineQanik, @MissLizBerry, @mikegayle & @NafeesaHamid. 1/2
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27 Sep 2024
Three of our academics have joined with writers from across the city to protest budget cuts against #PublicLibraries by creating the 'Brum Library Zine', a booklet containing poems, short stories, and micro-plays inspired by Birmingham's libraries.
birmingham.ac.uk/news/2024/c…
ALT The front cover of 'Brum Library Zine' featuring a cartoon figure reading a book against a pink background.
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28 Sep 2024
If you've enjoyed reading Luke Kennard's writing in the Brum Library Zine you'll be pleased to know that you can reserve copies of two of his books Notes on the Sonnets and The Answer to Everything via library staff or online via the library catalogue or the Spydus Mobile app.
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27 Sep 2024
Do a good deed this Friday and let @BhamCityCouncil know that we’d like our libraries to stay open, public and professionally staffed. Easy guide to help you is in our bio. Deadline is 11:55pm tonight! ✊❤️🔥
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