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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.

Zine Launch: Unpredictapple

The Workman's Club 10 Wellington Quay, , Dublin, Ireland

Hello I am publishing a zine and also putting on a gig. Entry is €5 which gets u a zine and also a gig. The zine is called UNPREDICTAPPLE and is loosely about apples. (You can still submit to this zine until June 1st) The gig will be: Readings (from such artists as Alicia Byrne […]

€5

Glasgow Science Festival: Climate Change Adaptation – Student Zine Workshop

University of Glasgow

What does climate change mean to you? How will it affect your life? Explore the issues, discover the latest research in climate adaptation and create your own mini-magazine to take home. This event is for college/university students only. Venue will be confirmed via email.

WHIP Issue 01 Launch

The Peckham Pelican 92 Peckham Rd, London , United Kingdom

Calm your election night jitters by joining WHIP at the Peckham Pelican for the launch of our first issue

SORT Zine Issue 3 Launch Party

Vogue Fabrics 66 Stoke Newington Rd, London, United Kingdom

SORT ZINE: THE CULT ISSUE (photo by Derek Ridgers for SORT Zine – more information soon) LINE-UP: Antonio Mingot https://soundcloud.com/antoniomingot NAKED (Live+DJ) https://soundcloud.com/naked Soonbe (Live) https://soundcloud.com/soonbe Never Worse (Live) https://soundcloud.com/never_worse Slugbait Venus Flytrap www.sort-studio.co.uk

Zine Workshop with Unseen

Belfast Exposed Photography Gallery 23 Donegall Street, Belfast, United Kingdom

Tickets: £20 In partnership with Unseen Photo Fair, we are pleased to present a two-day workshop delivered by Paul van Mameren (Managing Director, Lecturis). Participants will learn how to make their own experimental zine with a theme of their choosing. Day one: Paul will introduce Lecturis’ work to participants, and provide a brief history of […]

£20

Queer Zine-Making and Crafting!

Feminist Library 5 Westminster Bridge Road, London, United Kingdom

That’s right, it's a crafternoon, but in the morning. What? A chance to sit round a table with a bunch of lovely people and chat about life, work on some projects, bring your own knitting/cross-stitch/badge making/paper/pens/snacks etc. I myself will be collaging my very first zine and yes you can borrow my scissors. It’ll be […]

£3

Zine Launch – Howl of the Runt

Anseo 18 camden street lower, Dublin, Ireland

After a brief hiatus, the Runt is back to baffle minds once again! For issue 10 of our beloved zine, our theme is that of Madness. Forever the booty call of controversy, we selected this theme in order to generate the question: what does it mean to be 'mad'? For some, this was a way […]

€4

OPEN LETTERS #5

Hyde Park Book Club 27-29 Headingley Lane, Leeds, United Kingdom

join us for another evening of letters, read aloud. letter-reading is open-mic, just sign up on the night. letters might be fiction or nonfiction. they might be to people, places, or things. they might never have been sent. they might be to you. PLUS : the launch of the OPEN LETTERS zine, available to pre-order […]

London Radical Bookfair 2017

Grand Hall, Goldsmiths University University of London, New Cross, London, United Kingdom

Radical booksellers, publishers, artists and activists of all stripes are setting up in the Great Hall at Goldsmiths University to host the 5th London Radical Bookfair.  With over 130 exhibitors and 20 guest speakers, this will be a unique gathering of progressive readers, thinkers and doers, in a celebration of radical publishing and politics.  The […]

Zine Fair – The Rose Tinted Spectacular 2

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

Hello! Join us for our second Rose Tinted Spectacular Zine Fair at The Rose Hill! During the day there'll be an assortment of amazing artists selling zines, comics, illustration, poetry, literature and photography, and in the evening we'll be entertaining you with talks, poetry and music! The event will be raising money and awareness for […]

£2
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