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DIY Placard & Zine Making with ACORN

Star and Shadow Cinema Warwick Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

ACORN has a council consultation on the 14th December to discuss landlord licensing, and we have decided we want to do a bit more than just talk.. We will be going along with placards picturing the awful state of some private rented homes in Newcastle, along with some snappy slogans and questions! We want to […]

Zinemongers of Lincoln: January Zine Workshop

The Joiners Arms 4-6 Victoria St, Lincoln, United Kingdom

What on earth is a zine? A zine is a small, self published booklet or magazine often written by hand and reproduced through the power of the photocopier. They can be filled with art, poetry or just your random thoughts. We'll have craft supplies and zine nerds on hand to help you create something or […]

Boshemia Magazine, Zine-Making Workshop

BACKLIT Ashley Street, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Boshemia is an international print and online magazine centered on art, culture and feminism, brought to you by a global collective of womxn, femmes, non-binary and LGBTQ+ folk based in the US and UK. BACKLIT's arts writers in residence Notts/Poke will also be providing a space for women and non-binary peopler to present written works […]

£3.73

Zine Printing FREE workshop with Hato Press

Urban Village Fete Greenwich Peninsula, London

Create a zine through creative collage at this free workshop as part of Urban Village Fete About this Event Create your own two colour zine with Hato Press - the independent printing and publishing house based in London. The Hato team will supply you with a variety of collage materials to create your own iconic […]

Come make Zines with the Edinburgh Zine Library for 9 to 12 year olds

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

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 […]

Come make Zines with the Edinburgh Zine Library for 13 to 18 year olds

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

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 […]

Free

Zine Making with Disability Arts Online at Sick! Festival, Manchester

The Lowry The Quays, Salford, United Kingdom

When 19 September 2019 - 20 September 2019 12:00-7:00pm each day Price: Free Description Zines, or fanzines, are self-published material made for little money and distributed cheaply. Their focus is not on profit, but rather they have historically been used as a tool of political resistance, often circumventing traditional publishing and distributing standards, giving a voice […]

Gender not included – Zine making workshops

Cobalt Studios 10 Boyd Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Creative writing and zine-making workshops for 14+ LGBTQ+ people, where we will explore gender, identity, non –binary and transgender issues About this Event Hi I'm Melody! I'm a writer and performer and as apart of my solo show *gender not included, I'm running some creative writing zine making workshops for 14+ LGBTQ+ people, where we […]

Free workshop – BAME Lib Zine issue #02

Stuart Hall Library 16 John Islip Street, London

Who is the workshop for? The session is primarily for Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, QTIPOC librarians and informational professionals who wish to share their experiences and create a toolkit to support others in the sector. The workshop will include: Quick introduction to zines and a look at the Stuart Hall Library zine collection. Discussion on […]

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
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