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Small Press gift shop selling books, zines, prints and more!

25/12/2025

This Sunday Dec 28th from 1pm-3pm @ . A cozy afternoon of slips, bags, and boards. No experience needed. Must love zines.
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09/12/2025

Writers link up 🤝 here at 3131 Adams Ave tomorrow December 10th at 7pm we ask Le Guin to guide our vessels ☺️

05/12/2025

Sunday, December 14th 3pm-5pm meet organizer @ BAB & Friends to discuss alternative ways to format zines and flyers for print using PowerPoint or equivalents like Slides, Keynote, or whatever freeware is basically the same. “I can’t believe it’s not photoshop!” No actually you can but it’s still really fun!

29/11/2025

2026 Calendars are nearly done! Preorders will be fulfilled first (too lazy to take down that discount link in the bio btw 👀) then you can find them in the BAB Giftshop soon! 🫂
Big thanks to & & contributors
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24/11/2025

This Friday slow down with some friends and archive zines for . No experience necessary 💚

This is also a great time to drop off any donations! Bring us zines you’ve made or pass along your collection 🤎

20/11/2025

New editions to discover at BABS NEWSSTAND in & at BAB & Friends Giftshop on Adams Ave. Art objects, hand-cut zines, litho prints, and more from artists near & dear in our community

19/11/2025

To celebrate San Diego’s official incorporation into the Bay Area we have sent a large selection of affordable riso prints to the East Bay Print Sale happening 12/4-12/5 at Max’s Garage Press . Please snag our stuff if you’re up there and send us photos of your visit. It’s truly the World’s Greatest Print Sale Ever, thank you everyone who makes it so amazing💞

10/11/2025

Poetry Book Club Thursday Nov 20th at 6pm! Let’s crack the surface on the EPIC epic together. Monsters, myth, colonialism, trans-ness, & protest wonderfully articulated into one sweeping canon. 💞💞

Whether you’ve read the book, are just getting started, or simply want to chat about a really great read with local poets in your area this is the club for you.

09/11/2025

This Wednesday, November 12th @ 7pm! Writers, let us join together in Steering the Craft, the writing group where we use the direction of the muse Ursula K. Le Guin to lift our sails and guide us. Prompts, discussions, exercises. First timers always welcome. Hosted by

29/10/2025

Another year, another riso’d BAB calendar featuring 12 (twelve) artists, 3 (three) colors, and 1 (one) extra month!

Since last year’s sold out pretty much immediately, giving everyone a running lead this time by starting PREORDERS early!

Linkin’ bio to reserve your copy! Only printing one run, so once they’re gone they’re gone. Start thinking about the future, NOW!

PS: heard they make great gifts for the discerning small press fan.

Contributing Artists:

21/10/2025

Many hands make light work 🤝
We’re in the grove at for South with Saturday Oct 25th 12-6p

Featuring a new build-out by & with art and merch by:

Ari Bird
David Mondragon
Gracie Moon
Neville Green
Katja Zimmer
Mortis Studio
Paloma Mercier
Philip Brun Del Re
& other friends

15/10/2025

Archive Group gathers next Thursday! It’s a laid-back thing we do to spend time together while we care for the SCANNNERS space. We look through ephemera of all kinds as we organize and label the collection. Here are some comics and zines I loved revisiting during our group last month

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3131 Adams Avenue

92116

Opening Hours

Saturday	10:00 - 16:00
Sunday	10:00 - 16:00

Website

http://www.babandfriends.com/

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