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Here’s a list of zine and DIY events coming up in the UK.

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York Zine Fest – Festive Edition

The Crescent York

York Zine Fest is back for a very merry Festive Edition!! Join us for 30+ zine stalls, craft workshops, browse through the zine library, meet our alt Santa in the […]

FREE

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 […]

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 […]

Queer Craft Club January

Partisan 12, New Islington Mill Regent Trading Estate, Oldfield Rd, Manchester, United Kingdom

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 […]

FREE

Drink & Draw with FEM Zine

RAW Labs Royal Albert Wharf, London, United Kingdom

Mia Maxwell, Director of FEM Zine, hosts an evening of drinking, drawing and discussion on different topics including gender, intersectionality, art, mental health and much more. A different speaker will […]

£3

Weirdo Zine Fest 2019

Leeds Central Library , United Kingdom

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, […]

Glasgow Zine Fest 2019

CCA Glasgow 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, United Kingdom

More info TBA. Applications currently open here.

Sheffield Zine Fest 2019

The Workstation 15 Paternoster Row, Sheffield, United Kingdom

Come along to browse and buy zines and crafts made by local writers, artists and designers and those from further afield - or make your own - and find out […]

Duplicate Publishing Fair

Eastside Projects 86 Heath Mill Ln, Deritend,, Birmingham, United Kingdom

The inaugural Duplicate Artist Publishing Fair welcomes various collective and individual self-publishers from the UK and beyond. The fair will showcase a broad range of independent publications, zines, comics and […]

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 […]

£3.73

Swansea Zine Fest 2019

Volcano The Iceland Building, 27-29 High Street, Swansea, United Kingdom

Swansea Zine Fest is a not-for-profit event held to celebrate fanzines and DIY self-publishing. The very first SZF was held in 2018. The organisers are three Swansea-based zinesters and activists. ​ […]

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 […]

Strange Perfume: a queer culture book fair

South London Gallery 65–67 Peckham Road, London, United Kingdom

We're very pleased to announce the Strange Perfume Queer Book Fair will return to the South London Gallery (SLG) this summer, and we'd love you to join us! Applications are […]

Bradford Zine Fair

Bradford City Library 9 Aldermanbury, City of Bradford, United Kingdom

Bradford Zine Fair is happening for the second year running at City Library in central Bradford. Stalls, speakers, workshops and more, all on the theme of ‘zines with a message’, […]

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 […]

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