(POSTPONED) Northwest Zinefest: Burnley
We are incredibly excited to tell you that we are holding a zinefest at the amazing That 0282 place, on the first floor of Burnley Central Library.
It will be held on Saturday 11th April 2020 from 12 – 4pm
Please be mindful that the first hour will be an accessibility hour to ensure the zinefest is accessible to as many people as possible, so delay your visit until 1pm if you do not require this.
Full details of the event including workshops, stallholders and accessibility info to follow.
Table applications are currently OPEN and will close on 23rd Feb at midnight, **we cannot accept late applications** so please submit your application here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfnvbdRukzz-_BjDfBNIDM2CGmDoMVPLo7csIethoA9y0TZPA/viewform?usp=sf_link
To sell your zine on the communal table, just bring it on the day!
Zine Club: Winter Survival
This will take place at Manchester Art Gallery, in Studio One (on the ground floor).
This zine club will be themed on WINTER SURVIVAL. How do get through the short dark winter days? What are your self-care tips? What plans and projects do you have planned this year? What do you love about winter? Letâs get together, get cosy and get making.
Zine Club is a space where anyone can read, make zines, collaborate, be shown what a zine is and how to make one, work on an existing project, or ask more seasoned zine-makers any practical questions.
Just come and have a nice hang out and a chat with us! Zines to read and materials will be provided, but feel free to bring along anything you might want to use or donate.
All welcome. Zine Club is FREE but donations will be very welcome to cover materials.
ACCESSIBILITY:
The main entrance faces Mosley Street, and there is a ramp to the left as you face the main entrance. Wheelchair and buggy access is via the Nicholas Street ramp to the main entrance. You can borrow manual wheelchairs in the entrance hall. There is a wheelchair lift at the groups entrance on Princess Street.
The gallery is completely accessible for wheelchairs and buggies. There are accessible toilets on the ground and first floors and baby changing facilities on the ground floor. There are lifts to all floors. The gallery has additional accessibility information here. Contact us on info@nice-time.co.uk for any additional information or requests.
TRANSPORT:
By Car â There are three disabled parking spaces on Nicholas Street, approximately 10 metres from the ramped access to the main entrance. Otherwise, car parking is available at the NCP car parks on Chepstow Street, Faulkner Street or Sackville Street. All are within five minutes of the gallery.
By Public Transport â The nearest tram stops are St Peterâs Square (a 2-minute walk) or Market Street (5-minute walk). Both are on the Altrincham and Eccles lines. The nearest bus stops are in Piccadilly Gardens (6-minute walk) or on Princess Street (1-minute walk).
Queer Craft Club January
Save the date for January’s monthly queer craft club at Partisan! After a break in December, we’re back to brighten up January with some cosy crafting. More info about activities TBA closer to the date.
This is a safe, encouraging, relaxed space to get together and make things. All abilities welcome, all just for the joy of doing things with your hands.
WE’RE ALSO HAVING A POT-LUCK. Bring along some food if you can (even better if it’s veggie/vegan friendly) and we’ll have a nice tea together.
You’re also welcome to bring along a craft project you’re currently working on. Drop in anytime between 1-4pm (Partisan will also be open to the public before we start). All welcome, including non-members.
This is a sober space * come and chat or sit quietly, there’s no pressure to join in * please respect other’s identities and pronouns.
This event is for anyone who self-identifies under the LGBTQIA+ banner, and their friends. If you’re coming alone and are nervous, email penfightdistro@gmail.com and we will arrange a buddy for you. If you have any accessibility needs we can help with also feel free to email us and we’ll do what we can!
Queer Craft Club is FREE but donations to Partisan are very appreciated.
Would you like to share a skill at a future craft club? Email penfightdistro@gmail.com
Process! Festival
As part of Print! Tearing It Up, Somerset House and Somerset House Studios residents OOMK, present PROCESS!, a two day festival celebrating independent media and making, bringing together established and emerging designers, artists, activists and publishers to explore, interrogate and share approaches to creative and collaborative process. In the context of high speed media and access to infinite information, how do we create time, space and approaches that can enable us to process the social and political climate and create new media and outputs?
Somerset House Studio artists OOMK co-curate this unique weekend, including a programme of talks, workshops and installations alongside a zine fair. Each strand will highlight different processes behind organising, designing and publishing, whilst consciously considering developments in interdependent industry, digital reach and opportunities for international relations.
Stay tuned for the full announcement of exhibitor stalls, talks, workshops and the celebratory closing party to come.
Please be aware that some artworks and opinions expressed may not be suitable for young children.
One of My Kind (OOMK)Â is a collaborative publishing practice led by Rose Nordin, Sofia Niazi and Heiba Lamara. Working together since 2014, OOMK make, publish and distribute books and printed works which arise from self-initiated projects. OOMK also commission new works by women artists and co-curate DIY Cultures, one of the UKâs largest annual independent publishing fairs. With a focus on self-publishing and education, OOMK founded and run a community Risograph printing press in East London, Â Rabbits Road Press. OOMK are currently residents at Somerset House Studios.
OOMK Zine is a highly visual, handcrafted small-press publication. Printed biannually, its content pivots upon the imaginations, creativity and spirituality of women. Each issue centres around a different creative theme, with more general content exploring topics of faith, activism and identity.
Zine Club Manchester: Women’s History Month
Zine Club is back! For this edition we’ll be making a communal zine for women’s history month (more info TBA).
Zine Club is a space where anyone can read, make zines, collaborate, be shown what a zine is and how to make one, work on an existing project, or ask more seasoned zine-makers any practical questions.
Just come and have a nice hang out and a chat with us! Zines to read and materials will be provided, but feel free to bring along anything you might want to use or donate.
You must be a Partisan Member to attend. Membership starts from as little as ÂŁ1 a month, or free to unwaged/carers/refugee. Become a member @Â partisancollective.net/
Zine Club is FREE but donations will be very welcome to cover materials.
About the Venue
Partisan Collective is a community and arts venue, located a 5 minute walk from Victoria station.
Access: Partisan is unfortunately not currently wheelchair accessible. Partisan are fundraising and preparing to make this happen in the future. Zine Club will take place on the 1st floor, which is accessed via a flight of stairs.
All toilets are gender-neutral, single-occupancy restrooms are available. The space will be alcohol free.
Email penfightdistro@gmail.com for other access questions.Â
Liverpool Anarchist Bookfair 2018
Second anarcho fair in Liverpool â happening 2018. More details TBA.
Glasgow Zine Fest
The very best of self publishing and homegrown dissent in the UK, for two days at CCA.
Manchester & Salford Anarchist Bookfair 2017
2017 anarchist bookfair in Manchester will variety of stalls and talks.
The Cunningham Amendment
The Cunningham Amendment (formerly Anarchism Lancastrium), the longest surviving Anarchist journal in the U of K
âProbably the most beautiful anarcrisp booklet everâ.
Under The Pavement Radio Show
The long running anarchist radio show broadcast on Manchesterâs ALL FM 96.9 community radio station.
http://www.underthepavement.org
One Way Ticket To Cubesville/ Veganâs Guides
âCounter cultureâs favourite toilet-read. Anarchy, absurdity and DIY music from this long-running punkzineâ plus a selection of vegan guides and zines.
http://veganarchyandchaos.blogspot.co.uk
Pumpkin Records
âPumpkin Records is a not for profit, DIY collective. We release records, we distribute music, we put on gigs and festivals, help with tour booking, run a recording studio and loads moreâ
http://www.pumpkinrecords.co.uk
pen fight distro
A little zine & DIY art distro based in Manchester. We sell self-published zines, badges, prints, and other nice things.
http://www.penfightdistro.com
Prejudice Me Records & Distro
DIY benefit record label & distro that raises money for community groups and radical causes
https://www.prejudiceme.co.uk/
PM Press
PM Press was founded at the end of 2007 by a small collection of folks with decades of publishing, media, and organizing experience. PM Press co-conspirators have published and distributed hundreds of books, pamphlets, CDs, and DVDs.
https://pmpress.org.uk
Active Distribution
Active âdistribute radical, primarily anarchist, literatureâ.
http://www.activedistributionshop.org/shop/
Vegans Against Racism
Vegans Against Racism, anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, Homophobia, Ableism, Transphobia, Sexism, Classism, Lookism & Fat Shaming. Our aim is to encourage people, as a movement, to work together to take action against racism and prejudice in all its different forms.
http://vegansagainstracism.co.uk
Haven Distribution- Books to prisoners
Haven distribution is a charity that sends books to prisoners. They have been active since 1996.
http://www.havendistribution.org.uk/
Manchester Solidarity Federation
Local anarcho-syndicalist group
http://www.solfed.org.uk/local/manchester
Manchester Palestine Action
âWe are a group of autonomous individuals of different political persuasions, ages, religions and backgrounds united in our support for a Free Palestine. We are not affiliated to any political partyâ.
https://www.facebook.com/ManchesterPalestineAction/
Footprint Workers Co-operative
âWe are a small ecologically minded printers based in Leeds.
We print booklets, zines, leaflets, stickers, newsletters, fliers, books, CD wallets and that sort of gubbins.
We are a workers co-operative, which means our business is owned by the workers. As we have no bosses we run it as we want, doing interesting jobs for interesting peopleâ.
http://www.footprinters.co.uk
0161 Festival
â0161 Festival is held to raise money for anti-fascists throughout Europe, with a huge variety of music and activities going on throughout the weekend. It is to show that regardless of the music and style we are all united through the anti-fascist bannerâ.
http://0161festival.com
Street Edge Manchester
Street edge is a radical working class sports and martial arts club aimed at providing a pay-what-you-can-afford cooperative.
https://www.facebook.com/pg/StreetEdgeMASC
International Brigade Memorial Trust
The International Brigade Memorial Trust preserves the values and memory of the men and women who left Britain and Ireland to help the Spanish workers and peasants defend the democratically elected Republican government during the Spanish Civil War of 1936-1939, along with everyone who supported them in the various Aid for Spain organisations at home.
http://www.international-brigades.org.uk
CRIBS International
CRIBS International is a women led charity providing accommodaion for refugees in Greece who have new babies or who are pregnant. We cover costs of housing and food where necessary as well as ensuring families have access to education and medical facilities. Our costs run to ÂŁ2000 per month and we encourage folk to help us in any way possible.
http://wwww.cribsinternational.org or find on Facebook CRIBS International
Anarchist Studies
Anarchist Studies is an inter- and multi-disciplinary journal of anarchism research, which has been publishing novel, refreshing and provocative arguments for over twenty years. The journal publishes original research on the history, culture, theory and practice of anarchism, as well as reviews of recent work published in the field. Stall hosts back issues for sale and subscription leaflets.
https://www.lwbooks.co.uk/anarchist-studies
Close Capenhurst Campaign
The Close Capenhurst Campaign was founded in 2013 by a number of groups and organisations.
Our key aim is to close down the URENCO owned Capenhurst Uranium enrichment plant. and to show how the plant links in to the wider nukiller industry.
Our main concerns centres around the transport and use of Uranium Hex.
Plus the way in which nukiller waste is transported by Rail.
http://close-capenhurst.org.uk
Hi Vis Press
Hi Vis Press specailises in literature and photography and publishes Low Light Magazine alongside novels, zines and whatever takes their fancy. They publish the offbeat, the idiosyncratic, the challenging, the humorous, the transgressive, the subversive. Real lives and real places.
https://www.hi-vispress.com
Bolton Diggers
Bolton Diggers are an activist group dedicated to keeping alive the commons ideas of Gerrard Winstanley and the original diggers. They are involved in community food growing, anti-fracking, supporting homeless people and the destruction of capitalism. For their latest project they are converting a single-decker bus into a space for homeless people. At the book fair they are providing their speciality Digger Soup (vegan) made from reclaimed ingredients-any donations will go to the homeless project. Death to boring âpartyâ revolutionary politics!
We are now taking bookings for stalls for the 2017 Manchester & Salford Anarchist Bookfair
Email manchester@bookfair.org.uk
Zine Club! Manchester with Shy Bairns
Shy Bairns will be running a workshop using collage materials and a risograph printer, aiming to create a collaborative zine loosely based around themes of community and local identity.
Shy Bairns is multi-disciplinary collective specialising in DIY arts publications. Their first publication in their self titled series, The Only Pizza Shop Where I Live Burnt Down, was released December 2016, with a second,Where’s Your Coat You’re Going To Be Cold, following in April 2017. Both zines intended to gather northern creatives together on one platform, creating a community regardless of medium, level, background or theme. Other past projects involve curated shows at Caustic Coastal, Manchester and online @ isthisit.com, alongside zine making workshops ran for Middlesbrough Art Weekender 2017. Shy Bairns usually print in muti-coloured riso unless they absolutely can not do that then will reluctantly roll their eyes and print like normies. Shy Bairns consists of Erin Blamire, Izzy Kroese, Georgia Gibson and Elle Haswell. All creatives involved can be found here.
Zine Club is a space where anyone can read, make zines, collaborate, be shown what a zine is and how to make one, work on an existing project, or ask more seasoned zine-makers any practical questions.
Just come and have a nice hang out and a chat with us! Zines to read and materials will be provided, but feel free to bring along anything you might want to use or donate.
All welcome. Zine Club is FREE but donations will be very welcome to cover materials and to raise money for Partisan. Pop and (vegan friendly) snacks will be available.
About the Venue
Partisan Collective is a community and arts venue, located a 5 minute walk from Victoria station. We encourage attendees to become a member if possible (prices are sliding-scale based on income) to help the future sustainability of the space: partisancollective.net/
Access: Partisan is unfortunately not currently wheelchair accessible. They are fundraising to make this happen in the future. Zine Club will take place on the 1st floor, which is accessed via a flight of stairs.
All toilets are gender-neutral, single-occupancy restrooms are available.
Email penfightdistro@gmail.com for other access questions.
Zine Club! Manchester
Zine Club is a space where anyone can read, make zines, collaborate, be shown what a zine is and how to make one, work on an existing project, or ask more seasoned zine-makers any practical questions.
Just come and have a nice hang out and a chat with us! Zines to read and materials will be provided, but feel free to bring along anything you might want to use or donate.
All welcome. Zine Club is FREE but donations will be very welcome to cover materials and to raise money for Partisan. Pop and (vegan friendly) snacks will be available.
About the Venue
Partisan Collective is a community and arts venue, located a 5 minute walk from Victoria station. We encourage attendees to become a member if possible (prices are sliding-scale based on income) to help the future sustainability of the space: partisancollective.net/
Access: Partisan is unfortunately not currently wheelchair accessible. They are fundraising to make this happen in the future. Zine Club will take place on the 1st floor, which is accessed via a flight of stairs.
All toilets are gender-neutral, single-occupancy restrooms are available.
Email penfightdistro@gmail.com for other access questions.