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NSFW Zine Workshop

The Stove Network 100 High Street, Dumfries

Join us in creating a brand new zine made from HMRC documents for the Brave New Words 2nd Birthday!

Peachfuzz #1 Launch Party

Aatma 1st Floor, 14-16 Faraday St, Manchester, United Kingdom

Super excited to host the launch event for the inaugural issue of PEACHFUZZ, which contains art/poetry/prose collected from our super talented LGBTQ community from across the country. We'll have printed copies of the zine there available for purchase, some free drinks (for the early birds) and good vibes/our fab DJs The zine’s purpose is to […]

ZINE FAIR at Re: Jacqueline Morreau

The Nunnery Bow Arts, London, United Kingdom

On Saturday 16th September, the curators of Re:Jacqueline Morreau - Mythologies and the Marginalised will be holding an ALL DAY ZINE FAIR at Bow Arts, The Nunnery Gallery. The fair features feminist zines, trans collectives, the exhibition publication, women in the arts, and more. The zine fair will be followed by a participatory discussion on […]

Moonlight (15) and Zine-Making Workshop

Walker Art Gallery William Brown Street,, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Tying in with The Walker Art Gallery’s Coming Out: Sexuality, Gender and Identity Exhibition to mark the 50th anniversary of the partial decriminalisation of male homosexual acts in England and Wales. A free screening of this year’s winner in the Best Motion Picture Category at the Academy Awards, Moonlight. This touching coming of age drama, […]

Grrrl Zine Club | Zine Library and Workshop

PIGStudios 180 Ilderton Road, South Bermondsey, London, United Kingdom

Joing Grrrl Zine Fair at PIGStudios for zine making! All materials and zine guide provided but youre welcome to bring your own special materials or writing to add to your zine. At the end of each session there is the opportunity for the front page of your zine to be scanned and included in the […]

£5

Zine Club Manchester

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

Facebook event: available here Zine Club is a space where anyone can read, make zines, collaborate, be shown what a zine is and how to make one, work on an existing project, or ask more seasoned zine-makers any practical questions. Just come and have a nice hang out and a chat with us! Zines to read […]

SAXON ZINE VOL.1 Release Party // Pussyliquor + More!

The Old Blue Last 38 Great Eastern Street, London, United Kingdom

A night celebrating music, art & creating. To celebrate the release of Vol.1 we've decided to hold an event at one of our favourite London venues. The zine will be for sale on the day (cash only plz) + we'll have bands, spoken word & art showcased by creatives featured in Vol.1! So come down […]

Publish Cardiff

Clwb Ifor Bach 11 Womanby Street, Cardiff, United Kingdom

Bored of the lack of representation, access to alternative education methods and support creatives receive outside London from the press, Editor and Welsh native Tori West has created Publish Cardiff - a day of talks, networking and celebration of all things print. Join us for the day on the 30th of September and support emerging […]

UK and Ireland Zine Librarians London meetup

Tate Britain Millbank, London, United Kingdom

UK and Ireland Zine Librarians invite you to our 2nd annual meetup in London at Tate Britain. Our London meet up is a chance to meet other zine librarians and chat about collecting, cataloguing, storing, and providing access to zines. This will be an informal meetup and in the weeks leading up we'll start to […]

Bristol Comic & Zine Fair 2017

The Station Silver St, Bristol , United Kingdom

Bristol Comic and Zine Fair celebrates the world of DIY and independent publishing. The fair brings together artists, writers, and publishers from across Bristol and further afield for a one-day market. 2017 will be our 7th year. BCZF was established in 2011 to give artists interested in self-publishing a chance to sell their work and […]

Zine making workshop

Devonshire Collective DC3 Workshop Space 1-5 Seaside, Eastbourne, United Kingdom

A zine is a DIY created publication for self-expression. It can be about anything you want, like personal experiences and stories, drawings, poems, photography, music, films... health, travel, cats, food… Zines can be put together by one person or a group of people and are often photocopied in black & white and stapled. In this zine […]

£7.50

Too Young for What? Zine making and collage art

Barbican Silk Street, London

Join us for an innovative programme of free events, installations and special performances and celebrate the creativity of Jean-Michel Basquiat Too Young for What? provides opportunities to develop young people’s creativity and showcases a range of new work with and by young people from across east London and beyond. The day explores what Basquiat and […]

Lost In Liberty 1/12 :: Zine Launch Party

Tanners Arms 1 Byker Bridge, Ouseburn, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

We are releasing a monthly zine at each of our remaining parties before the Team finish university. It will be an extension of our existence and purpose. Limited to 50 copies. Get your arses to the Tanners Arms - Newcastle to get your mitts on our print. Keep it real, analogue, and trendy. Available for purchase on […]

Fanzine Tea Party

The Rose Hill 70-71 Rosehill Terrace, Brighton, United Kingdom

I AM NOT ASHAMED zine (by YA authors Harriet Reuter Hapgood and Eleanor Wood) presents THE BRIGHTON FANZINE TEA PARTY. Come and spend a cosy afternoon with us, making zines and celebrating DIY culture – with cake and music and glitter. Teens welcome! Make your own zine Chill in the zine library Buy personalised zines […]

£15

Durham Book Festival: What She Knew Zine Launch

TESTT Space 2nd floor, 25 North Road, Durham, United Kingdom

Join Papaya Press for a celebratory event to launch its latest zine, inspired by the work of writer Lydia Davis. Featuring commissioned performances from some very exciting artists and musicians. Line up to be announced. There'll also be a series of readings from our What She Knew zine contributors. *We still have a handful of […]

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