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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’, plus a special mini zine workshop next door with our friends at Impressions Gallery on the opening day of their exhibition ‘Our Plastic Ocean’ - […]

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

Swindon Zine Fest

Central Community Centre Emlyn Square, Swindon

We will be holding the second Swindon Zine Fest on the 27 July 2019! It will be held at the Central Community Centre in Swindon from 12pm to 4pm. Stallholders We accept applications from zine makers, zine distros, illustrators and small press comics. Tables will be £5 for a half and £10 for a whole […]

York Zine Fest 2019

The Crescent York

York Zine Fest is back for 2019, bringing together paper lovers and celebrating DIY publishing. Join us and browse over 40 zine stalls, meet the makers and enjoy some lovely food and drinks. Saturday 3rd August at The Crescent, York - 12-4pm - free entry! After Party in the front bar for anyone who wants […]

Open Eye Gallery Zine & Photobook fair

Open Eye Gallery 19 MANN ISLAND, LIVERPOOL WATERFRONT, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Following the success of 2017’s and 2018’s, Open Eye Gallery will be holding a third Zine & Photobook Fair for independent, commercial and self published photobooks and zines from the North West and beyond – including limited prints. The event will take place on 7th September 2019 11am — 4pm in the bright, covered Mann […]

Hackney Comic and Zine Fest

London Fields Arches 369-370 Helmsley Place, London, E8 3SB, United Kingdom

On Sunday 8th September 2019, Hackney Comic + Zine Fair will be taking over London Fields Arches for a celebration of sequential art and the people that produce it. Over 40 artists, writers and publishers will be there, with a huge range of styles, genres and approaches to the comics medium available to purchase. Presented […]

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 […]

Zine club Leeds – October edition

Aire Place Studios Units 2c, Aire Place Mills, Kirkstall Road, Leeds, United Kingdom

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 […]

Free

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 […]

Glasgow Zine Library Re-Opening!

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

You are invited to the grand opening of the new Glasgow Zine Library! In June we ran a crowdfunder campaign in the hopes that we could raise some money to build a permanent home. Thanks to the support of everyone from the community, we were able to sign a lease. Since then, we've been working […]

Brighton Zine Club

The Cowley Club 12 London Road, Brighton, United Kingdom

Come and join Brighton Zine Network at our fortnightly(ish) zine club! Zine club is a place to make, learn, and talk about zines in an informal and encouraging space. It is also a place to connect with other zine-makers and zine-interested folk in Brighton, with the aim of creating a collaborative and supportive zine community […]

Free

York Zine Club 2019

The Crescent York

Join a friendly bunch of zine lovers at our monthly zine socials! Hang out, make some zines and get creative! Some basic materials will be provided but feel free to bring along some paper / favourite stationery / art materials you want to play with. You can work on your own projects or join in […]

Free
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