Edinburgh Zine Festival 2024
Edinburgh Zine Festival is back for 2024 alongside Fruitmarket’s Artist BookMarket on Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th February 2024.
Venue
Edinburgh Zine Fest 2024 will be in Fruitmarket’s warehouse space, next door to Waverley Station.
Timings
The Zine Fest will run 11-6 on Saturday, and 11-5 on Sunday.
Access
Accessiblity information about Fruitmarket can be found here: https://www.fruitmarket.co.uk/accessibility/
If you have any specific questions, please ask us.
Will there be workshops?
We have some exciting TOP SECRET plans brewing around workshops and other Edinburgh Zine Festival events, so stay tuned…
Covid-19
As described in our To The Front policy, we prioritise applications from people underrepresented at zine fairs, at DIY cultural events and in mainstream arts and culture. It would be hypocritical to both prioritise disabled zine makers and zine makers who are carers without also taking the risks of the on-going Covid-19 pandemic seriously.
As at previous zine fests, we will expect people who table with us, organisers and attendees to wear face masks at the Zine Fest if they are able to. This is not something we can legally enforce but if we feel that people aren’t working together to make EZF2024 as safe as possible for everyone, this may affect whether we feel confident to organise future zine fests.
Contact Us
You can message us via CuratorSpace about your application, or email edinburghzinelibrary@gmail.com.
Please bear in mind that we are a small team all organising the zine fest alongside work, studying, caring, surviving (and occasionally zine making…) We will try and get back to you as quickly as possible, but it may take us some time to respond.
Edinburgh Zine Fest 2022
Edinburgh Zine Fest will be an affordable, accessible, welcoming and inclusive space to explore DIY self-publishing and zines. An exciting new partnership between Fruitmarket and Edinburgh Zine Library, it will bring a zine-shaped space to Fruitmarket’s annual celebration of artists’ book culture. The Edinburgh Zine Fest will take place alongside the Artist Bookmarket and will provide a space for non-profit forms of self-publishing, showcasing some of the amazing and exciting things happening in zines. It will include in person and virtual elements (so you don’t need to travel to Edinburgh to join in!). A zine fest happening in tandem with the artist’s bookmarket will also illuminate some of the exciting overlaps and intersections between zines, artists books and other forms of self-publishing.
More information on Edinburgh Zine Fest 2022 coming soon, and applications for tables will open on December 20th, 2021!
REBEL DYKES Zine Making Workshop
About this event
On Friday 17 December, the REBEL DYKES are in Edinburgh!
To accompany the screening of the hit documentary at 8.30pm, Edinburgh Filmhouse all ticket holders can attend a REBEL DYKES themed zine-making workshop at Leith Hall, Nicolson Square hosted by Edinburgh Zine Library.
The zine-making workshop will be themed around producer and orgional Rebel Dyke Siobhan Fahey’s REBEL DYKES archive. Siobhan will also be taking part in the workshop.
Materials provided, all ticket holders welcome, regardless of artistic ability.
About the film:
One of the hits of 2021 BFI Flare Festival, Rebel Dykes follows a tight-knit group of friends who met at Greenham Common peace camp and became artists, performers, musicians and activists in London. A hot, heady, punky, sexy mash-up of animation, previously unseen rare archive footage and new interviews tells the story of a radical scene: squatters, BDSM nightclubs, anti-Thatcher rallies, protests demanding action around AIDS and the fierce ties of chosen families. Co-directors Harri Shanahan and Siân A. William have created one of the most innovative and inspiring debut documentaries of 2021.
The zine making workshop is available to all ticket holders of the REBEL DYKES screening at Edinburgh Filmhouse on 17 Dec, 8.30pm. To buy tickets to the screening. Buy tickets to the screening here.
Zine Workshop with Edinburgh Zine Library
About this Event
This workshop is for Gay and Bisexual men and all men who have sex with men. This is inclusive of both Cis and Trans men.
Zines are handmade pamphlets often crafted by minority voices. Please join us to learn about zines and how to make your own at the event. Free to attend but booking essential.
To find out more about SX or the Edinburgh Zine Library, follow these links below.
www.s-x.scot
SX is about improving the sex, health and wellbeing of gay and bisexual men, and all men who have sex with men living in Scotland.
We are proud to be part of the LGBTQ+ community, and we aim to reflect the diversity of the people we work with.
http://edinburghzinelibrary.com/
Makin’ Babies and the Law: A zine-making workshop
Learn about the law regulating fertility treatment and feminist critiques of the same. Explore the legislation and case law which regulates embryo production and the devastating consequences this regulation can have for people who want to make babies (particularly women, trans-men and non-binary folk). Learn about the history of zines and then contribute pages to a collaboratively created zine addressing the issues discussed. No prior knowledge/experience needed!
This event is part of the Being Human Festival and is organised by the Centre for Biomedicine, Self and Society at the University of Edinburgh in partnership with Edinburgh Zine Library.
Zine Making Workshop
BOOK TICKETS DIRECTLY WITH THE ORGANISER HERE
Saturday 5 October 2019, 2-4pm. Free. 15 places for 16-25 year olds
Location: The Edinburgh Zine Library, Edinburgh Central Library, 7-9 George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1EG
Pool your ideas to make pages for a collective zine about your experiences of buildings and the art you’ve seen in the visits programme, led by artists from the Edinburgh Zine Library. Along with creating zine content, the session includes design tasks such as titling, layout, colour and paper selection, so there’s something for everyone interested in zines even if you’ve haven’t attended all of the visits as part of the programme.
Zine Production
BOOK TICKETS WITH THE ORGANISERS HERE
Free. 15 places for 16-25 year olds
2-4pm: Finish Zines at Out of the Blueprint, Out of the Blue Drill Hall, 36 Dalmeny Street, Edinburgh, EH6 8RG
Get hands-on with the zine production process, folding, binding and getting the publications ready for the launch event. Risograph printing is an eco-friendly print process with a unique aesthetic. Invented in Japan in the 1980s, it’s popular with graphic designers, artists and illustrators and perfect for flyers, posters, comics and of course zines.
In this session you’ll see the results of your risograph printed work, get an insight into the print process and make the final touches to the zines.We
4-6pm: Set up zine display at pop up shop, Waverley Mall, 3 Waverley Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1BQ
Display your printed zines in then relax with pizza before the public launch to celebrate with friends and family.
6-7pm: Public Launch
Come make Zines with the Edinburgh Zine Library for 9 to 12 year olds
Zines are small books that you make yourself. Often, people make them to tell stories from their life, about themselves, their friends or family or where they live, to share things that they love or to teach people about things that they know about. You can draw and write and collage about whatever you want – we’ve got zines in the library about cats, slime, bands, buses, myths and legends, and more. Zines can be about anything!
In this workshop with members of the Edinburgh Zine Library, you’ll learn how to make your own mini-zine, and will leave with a finished zine, or a work in progress, that you can photocopy and share with your friends.
Edinburgh Zine Library is an archive and reference library of contemporary zines housed in the Art & Design Library at Edinburgh Central Library.
Come make Zines with the Edinburgh Zine Library for 13 to 18 year olds
Zines are small books, pamphlets or magazines that you make yourself. Some people write zines to share their love of something – a hobby, fandom, band, type of food or a place. Sometimes people write zines to share knowledge – like a paper version of YouTube contouring tutorials. Sometimes people write zines to tell their story, especially if they feel different or like they don’t see themselves reflected in magazines or TV. They can be filled with writings, drawings, photos, collages, whatever you like! You can keep them to yourself, share them with your friends, or share them with the world.
In this workshop with members of the Edinburgh Zine Library you’ll get the chance to make your own zine to take home – with zines from the library for inspiration.
Edinburgh Zine Library is an archive and reference library of contemporary zines housed in the Art & Design Library at Edinburgh Central Library.
Unfinished Zine Club
Come one, come all, come zine!
We’re running our very relaxed (almost horizontal) zine club at Forest again! There’ll be materials to make zines, good chat, falafel wraps, and coffee. If you’re new to the world of zines, or working on a zine already (at whatever stage) come on down.
As well as zine-making, we’ll be running a cataloging station for all you would-be zine librarians. Learn how we organise our zines and help us get our collection online! Or just pop in to find out more about what we do and how to get involved in the zine library!
All EZL events have a safer spaces agreement, found on our website. Forest is level-access but the toilets are downstairs. We’ll be sitting at the back by the counter with a big sign on our table that reads ‘Edinburgh Zine Library’. If you’re anxious about coming, want to get in touch before hand, or need further accessibility information then get us on facebook, or email edinburghzinelibrary@gmail.com.e