Leeds Zine Fair 2023
“OK! We have set the date for LEEDS ZINE FAIR 2023! 7th October at the Wonderful @clayleeds
Get it in your diaries and keep an eye out for more info in the coming months x”
Leeds Zine Fair 2022
We are very happy to welcome you to Leeds Zine Fair (our first since 2018) on 24th September 2022! It’ll run from 11am to 5pm. This year we’re gonna be at CLAY (Centre For Live Arts Yorkshire), 2 Regent St, LS2 7QA.
It’s a really special place and we’re really happy to be holding the fair there.
Applications for stalls are now closed!
Thanks so much to everyone who applied! If you haven’t heard back from us by now about your application, please do email us, but also check your spam / junk email to see if our response has landed there.
What to expect on the day
- 40 stalls of independent zine and print makers and small press publishers – we’ll be sharing info on our stallholders on our instagram so keep an eye out there!
- We’ll be making a Zine in a Day aka ZIAD – live printing from our beautiful RZ riso printer. Come and draw or make a piece of art and have it riso printed into a collaborative zine to take home. First timers especially encouraged.
- Live badge making and zine making workshops.
- Inspiring Zine documentary showing at intervals thorough the day.
Access Information
There is information on this page of their website about accessibility at the venue.
“It has a single step access to a single door that opens into the venue. The door is 32 inches wide. We have a metal ramp for the step; front of house staff will put this out upon request.
We have 2 gender-neutral toilets that are down a flight of stairs that is 12 steps. Unfortunately, there is no lift in our building. The rest of the building is on one floor. Wherever possible, with our limited budgets, we hire in an accessible toilet (portaloo).”
The portaloo that they mention will be there on the day of the fair – it is in a (won’t be being used) loading area that you need to pass through to get to the other toilets, so is still a bit removed from the populated areas & has that sense of privacy.
Zineophilia Social Club at Kapow Coffee
Zineophilia Social Club returns for an evening of zine making and art socialising. Learn how to fold paper into self published books, and then draw, collage, write, and print the contents. Meet like minded zine people, work on projects together, make new friends, all at Kapow! Coffee in the Thorntons Arcade Leeds.
All materials provided, this is a pay as you feel event.
Copy That Zine Fest
Applications now open: https://form.jotform.com/221385350979061
4nineteen Zine Launch Party (Vol 1)
We have a sick new event coming right at you. After completing our first zine we are so excited to invite you to our event to celebrate!
What we have in store for you is a chance to get a copy of the zine, poetry readings, live music, art stalls, merch and just a bloody swell ol’ time.
Our friends at Gross Studio will be having a stall and the very talented Autosuggestion and Spilt Milk will be providing us with some amazing music!
This is a FREE event so anyone can come along.
However we will have a pay-as-you-feel jar with a suggested donation of £3. This will go towards covering the costs of the event, and printing a well as any cut projects.
Please do come along, and have a grand time celebrating with us!
Zine-O-Philia: The Zine Social Club
Do you love Zines?
Do you make them? Collect them? Read them? Have no idea what they are but would like to know?
Well if you answered yes to any of the above come along to ZINE-O-PHILIA and share in the love of Print. It’s an opportunity to hang out and meet like minded people who love creativity, have a drink and listen to some music. But its not just that, you can also:
SHARE: Bring along examples of Your work and projects you are working on and get input, insight, critique, or just people to go “Ooh” at it.
CREATE: We will have making materials, paper, a long stapler, scissors, etc for you to make a zine right there and then.
READ: Look at our growing Zine Library, or donate some of your own so people can read your stuff.
COLLABORATE: Meet people who want to do the same things you do, and start your own zine, or disto, or whatever!
THIS IS A PAY AS YOU FEEL EVENT, as we will be asking for donations towards the use of the venue. It’s a nice venue. Lots of plants.
SO TELL YOUR FRIENDS, Tell your Family, Tell people you don’t Even LIKE! ZINE-O-PHILIA is here!
Weirdo Zine Fest 2020 (Leeds)
Weirdo Zine Fest is a self-publishing fair celebrating DIY cultural production by radical and marginalised people. Preference for tables goes to women, queers, people of colour, disabled people, trans people, fat people, sex workers and anyone who is otherwise marginalised.
This year’s fair will be held in Room 700, Leeds Central Library, between 12 and 4pm. There will be 30 stallholders, selling zines, art and merch.
STALLS FROM:
Cross Words Zines – crosswordszines.etsy.com
Pen Fight
Steven Fraser – Do It Theatre – https://doittheatre.com/
Fantastic! – https://fantasticfans.bigcartel.com
Will be betrayed – clumsykisses.etsy.com
Bettie / Fault & Fracture
Heart of Hearts Zines – https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/heartofheartszines
Pixiebiscuit – Pixiebiscuit.co.uk
Writers 4 Utopia – https://writers4utopia.wixsite.com/zine
Gears for Queers // Edinburgh Zine Library – https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/gearsforqueers
It Snipped My Heart – https://www.instagram.com/itsnippedmyheart
Jess Durie – jessdurie.co.uk
vampire hag distro – www.vampirehag.co.uk
Pennycress magazine – www.pennycress.co.uk
Queering_Nature
Synchronise Witches Press – http://cherrystyles.co.uk/synchronise-witches/
Someone Somewhere – https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/JanetMakesZines?ref=ss_profile
The Common Swings – https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/thecommonswings
One False Move – burnyourbones.com
Our Victory Line – https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/OurVictoryLine
Suzines – https://susierumsby.com/
Rachel Rowan Olive – https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/rachelrowanolive
Chocolate Revel – www.chocolaterevel.storenvy.com
Slutmouth – www.facebook.com/slutmouthdesign
Kitty Collector zines – https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/dansette
melão brando – melaobrando.com
Homecoming Queen – facebook.com/homecomingqueenzine
The Toilet of Venus
STALLHOLDER APPLICATIONS ARE CLOSED! Fill this form out to join the waiting list for a spot:
https://forms.gle/iyrkukYtQX6siFQS6
Accessibility info is available on the council’s website here:
https://www.leeds.gov.uk/leisure/libraries/central-library.
We’re hosting the event in Room 700 which is on the first floor (near the art library). The art library has ungendered toilets and the whole library is wheelchair accessible. We’ll make sure there’s a quiet space available on the day, and there’s food available from the tiled hall cafe downstairs!
Please feel free to message me with any additional questions and I’ll get them answered ASAP.
The space for this fair has been provided by the lovely folks at Leeds Zine Library! Here’s some info about them:
Leeds Zine Library is an archive and reference library of contemporary zines. Browse through our ever growing collection of DIY publications made by local and UK zine makers. zines on a wealth of subjects including books, art, society and politics. Submit zines to Leeds Zine Library, Leeds Central Library, Calverly Street, Leeds LS1 3AB
@leedslibraries #LeedsZineLibrary
Zine club – November(ish) edition (Leeds)
A social and creative space for all zine connoisseurs or curious newbies to come hang, work on their own shit, learn skills and/or be excited about self-publishing! Basic materials provided, first Wednesday of every month.
Our venue Aire Place Studios is wheelchair accessible, has gender-neutral toilets, and is dedicated to fulfilling all other access and safety needs – please let us know if you have any questions or needs.
Zine club Leeds – October edition
A social and creative space for all zine connoisseurs or curious newbies to come hang, work on their own shit, learn skills and/or be excited about self-publishing! Basic materials provided, first Wednesday of every month.
Our venue Aire Place Studios is wheelchair accessible, has gender-neutral toilets, and is dedicated to fulfilling all other access and safety needs – please let us know if you have any questions or needs.
Weirdo Zine Fest 2019
Weirdo Zine Fest is a self-publishing fair celebrating DIY cultural production by radical and marginalised people. Preference for tables goes to women, queers, people of colour, disabled people, trans people, fat people, sex workers and anyone who is otherwise marginalised.
This year’s fair will be held in Room 700, Leeds Central Library, between 12 and 5pm. There will be 20 stallholders, selling zines, art and merch.
Tablers:
Apples to Zines
Will Be Betrayed – clumsykisses.etsy.com
Lindsay Draws – http://andsomeplyers.bigcartel.com/category/zines-and-prints
Our Victory Line – https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/OurVictoryLine
Cool Schmool Zines – coolschmool.bigcartel.com
Wee Little Pal
York Queer Women & Gender Group – QWGG
Zines and Ting – seleenalavernedaye.co.uk
Cross Words Zines – crosswordszines.etsy.com
Someone Somewhere – https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/JanetMakesZines
Heart of Heart Zines – https://www.etsy.com/shop/heartofheartszines
Kraken & Crow –https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/KrakenAndCrowCo
Kitty Collector Zines
Gears for Queers – https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/gearsforqueers
GIRL GANG Leeds
F. R. Kesby – https://www.etsy.com/shop/FRKesby
Autistic Leftwing Queer
melão brando melaobrandodistro.tictail.com
Synchronise Witches Press cherrystyles.co.uk
Tender Hands Press
MollyPukes
Susie Rumsby https://susierumsby.com/
+MORE TBC, TABLING APPLICATIONS ARE CLOSED SORRY!
Accessibility info is available on the council’s website here:
https://www.leeds.gov.uk/leisure/libraries/central-library
Please feel free to message me with any additional questions and I’ll get them answered ASAP.
The space for this fair has been provided by the lovely folks at Leeds Zine Library! Here’s some info about them:
Leeds Zine Library is an archive and reference library of contemporary zines. Browse through our ever growing collection of DIY publications made by local and UK zine makers. zines on a wealth of subjects including books, art, society and politics. Submit zines to Leeds Zine Library, Leeds Central Library, Calverly Street, Leeds LS1 3AB
@leedslibraries #LeedsZineLibrary