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Zine Workshop with Lu Williams, Grrrl Zine Fair

The Old Waterworks North Road, Southend-on-Sea, United Kingdom

The Grrrl Zine Library has a new home at the Old Waterworks. Come along to a zine workshop in our new library space. About this Event Zine making with Grrrl Zine Fair is an adaptable way of making objects and literature outside of academic or capitalist endeavours. It is a way of elevating craft labour […]

Zine Making Workshop

Edinburgh Central Library 7-9 George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

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 […]

Free

Zine making workshop with Shy Bairns

Castlefield Gallery 2 Hewitt Street, Manchester, United Kingdom

To coincide with their exhibition Fanspeak, collective Shy Bairns invite you to join them for an afternoon zine making workshop. Situated within the exhibition’s zine library, we will explore the history of zine making and methods of zine production. Attendees will work collaboratively alongside Shy Bairns to produce a new zine for display within the […]

Free – £5

Oxford is my Home // Make a zine in a day!

Open House 36 Little Clarendon Street, Oxford, United Kingdom

Do you call Oxford your home? Each of us has our own story of how we've found, built or maybe even lost a home in Oxford. On Saturday 19th October, we'll be weaving all of these stories together into issue two of 'Oxford is my Home', a community-made zine and we want your stories. Join […]

Workshop | Zine Making

Arnolfini 16 Narrow Quay, Bristol, United Kingdom

Zinester Sophie Sherwood will share with you the art of creating this classic, low-fi, DIY form of publication. They will be bringing zines from their own collections to share with and inspire you. Presented by Arnolfini as part of the Still I Rise expanded programme. This workshop, in conjunction with Still I Rise: Feminisms, Gender, […]

Zine Production

Out of the Blueprint 36 Dalmeny Street, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

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 […]

Free

Nomadic Youth Zine Club

Blighty Cafe 266 High Road, London, United Kingdom

A pop-up zine club for teenagers in London this October half-term About this Event Welcome to Nomadic Youth's first ever ZINE CLUB! What is a zine? Put simply, it's a DIY publication about literally ANYTHING that you want! Are you passionate about something and want to create zines to share that passion? Then Zine Club is for you. […]

Free

Protest zines: what’s there to be mad about?

Bethlem Gallery Monks Orchard Road, London, United Kingdom

Join artist and writer Rachel Rowan Olive and artist Beth Hopkins for a workshop exploring the personal and political power of the zine. Have a go at making your own zine using different design and folding techniques. No previous art experience necessary, all welcome. Under 16's must be accompanied by an adult. Concessions are available […]

Free – £10

Zine the Archive! (Public workshop)

Glasgow Women's Library 23 Landressy Street, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Learn to write and bind your own zine! In this workshop, we'll transform copies of archival material from the Women’s Aid Archive into hand-bound zines. During the first part of the workshop, we'll use archival material to tell our own stories, crafting poetry or prose through the inspirational material housed at the library. You'll then […]

Free

Survivors Zine the Archive

Glasgow Zine Library 32-34 Albert Road, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Learn to write and bind your own zine! In this workshop, we'll transform copies of archival material from the Women’s Aid Archive into hand-bound zines. During the first part of the workshop, we'll use archival material to tell our own stories, crafting poetry or prose through the inspirational material housed at the library. You'll then […]

Free
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