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Risographic Zine Workshop with Katie Guthrie

Seventeen 17 Belmont Street, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Free taster workshop with Aberdeen Art Gallery and Museums at Seventeen No previous printing experience necessary. Age 13 + This workshop will allow participants to learn how to design and print a DIY Fanzine for a real or imagined band using the versatile Risographic print technique. Seventeen was previously One Up Records, a much loved […]

Bristol Anarchist Zine Fair

Kebele social centre 14 Robertson Road, Easton, Bristol, United Kingdom

Zines, pamphlets, booklets… whatever you want to call them, many of us can agree that they’re a great way to spread information and share ideas easily and accessibly. So this May, as a build up to this year’s bookfair, we are having a Bristol anarchist zinefair! There will be activist and distro stalls including our […]

DIY Cultures 2017: Zines, comics, activist day festival

Rich Mix London 35 - 47 Bethnal Green Road, London, United Kingdom

DIY Cultures is an annual day festival centred around a zine, small press and artists' book fair that simultaneously takes place over 4 floors of Rich Mix arts centre. Running since 2013, the extended programme consists of exhibitions, new art commissions, workshops, contemporary craft, panel discussions,comics, illustration, video art, digital animation, poetry and music exploring […]

Girl Gang Manchester: See My Selfie //Exhibition & Zine Launch

The Wonder Inn 29 Shudehill, Manchester, United Kingdom

#SeeMySelfie Exactly one year ago, Girl Gang Manchester & Girl Gang Sheffield set 31 online provocations aimed at exploring the contentious nature of 'the selfie' as a vehicle for self representation. Over 200 voices replied. Now, the #SeeMySelfie project is presented as an exhibition and a stunning zine. This documentation of different voices and varied […]

Tristan Manco’s Zine Workshop

Tramshed Pendyris Street, Cardiff, United Kingdom

Tristan Manco, respected designer and art director, will be hosting a zine (self-published book/magazine) workshop. His work includes the iconic Blur Think Tank album cover, on which he worked with the famous Banksy. The workshop will teach you the techniques to make your own zine and by the end of the day, you'll have your […]

James Green Zine Workshop

Tramshed Pendyris Street, Cardiff, United Kingdom

James Green, respected fine artist, will be hosting a collage zine-making workshop. His work has been seen in galleries in London, Peru and Mexico. The workshop will teach you the techniques to make your own collages and zines and by the end of the day, you'll have your own physical copy of your zine to […]

Fair Play illustration & zine fair May

North Laine Brewhouse 27 Gloucester Place, , Brighton, United Kingdom

Fair Play Illustration and Zine fair Sunday 21st May 2017 12 - 5.30pm North Laine Brewhouse - after a great success with the first Fair Play event here is our second! 20 stalls of illustrators and zine makers DJS - BOSSY Live art/illustration fun/good shit/nice people only/zines/totes/prints/bring your dogs/listen to TLC/buy some art/support your local […]

Zine Club #4 at The Making Space

The Making Space The Making Space, The Media Centre, 07 Northumberland Street, Huddersfield, United Kingdom

New monthly zine club at The Making Space! Bring along your latest zine to work on, come along to learn more about zines, or just come and sit and chat with a cuppa! Zine club is free but if you want to use any Making Space materials (and there's A LOT! We may have a […]

Zine Fair @ BENT FEST 2017

DIY Space for London 96-108 Ormside St, London, United Kingdom

More QUEER PUNK and exciting times are on the horizon so get yr glitter and studs ready because Bent Fest 2017 is going to be a wild one!!! Three days of punk and DIY bands from all over the UK and abroad, there will be dancing and singing at the Drag-e-oke with the one and […]

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Zine Fair for Cowley Club

The Cowley Club 12 London Road, Brighton, United Kingdom

Rose Tinted Spectacular are excited to be hosting a Zine Fair as part of this weekend fundraiser for the Cowley Club. THERE WILL BE ZINES. THERE WILL BE MUSIC. THERE WILL BE RADICAL. Free entry, donations if you can.

Dorset Radical Bookfair

Portfield Community Hall Portfield Rd, Christchurch, United Kingdom

Dorset’s first Radical Bookfair will take place on Saturday 3rd June 2017 at Portfield Community Hall, Portfield Rd, Christchurch BH23 2AQ (approximately 5 minutes walk from Christchurch railway station). Ground floor is accessible for the disabled. Free entry to the public from 10:30 to 17:30 with afterparty from 19:30 to 23:00 £5 suggested donation. Facebook event

Can You Hear Me Now? Zine Workshop

Nexus Art Cafe 2 Dale Lane, Manchester, United Kingdom

Would you like to submit to Can You Hear Me Now?, make some art or meet people who love music / want to make a positive change in the music scene? Come to our workshop on Saturday June 3rd at 2-4pm at Nexus Arts Cafe in the Northern Quarter for 2 hours of zine making […]

The FLY Zine Launch – open to everyone!

The Urban Shed 62-64 King Street, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Come celebrate the launch of the inaugural issue of FLY's annual print Zine! The first ever issue of the FLY Zine is themed around Bodies and Voices and features illustrations, poetry, photography, essays and creative writing by women and non-binary people of colour at Cambridge. The launch event is open to people of all genders […]

Museum Mondays #10 : Making A Mu-Zine

The Habit Goodramgate, York, United Kingdom

We'll gather upstairs in The Habit from 6pm - outside on the terrace if its sunny, inside if not. Drinks and conversation as usual and there'll be craft stuff, so we can throw together some of our ideas about working in museums to create a museum zine ( what is a zine? click here! http://artmatters.ca/wp/2008/08/what-is-a-zine/ […]

ANTI- Exhibition and Zine launch

Kosmonaut 10 Tariff Street, Manchester, United Kingdom

Exhibition and Zine launch Featuring work aimed at the theme of ANTI. On the night there will be a exhibiton and also the launch of the first volume of ANTI a zine showing work from local talents.

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