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Zine Club #5: Perzines

Manchester Craft and Design Centre 17 Oak Street Northern Quarter , Manchester , United Kingdom

It's the last Zine Club for a while (we think) so come and get involved. The theme of Zine Club #5 is Perzines, to co-incide with Ingrid's exhibition "Perzines: Writing Lives & Stapled Secrets" which is on at the library until the first week of February. Usual rules apply: materials are free, entry is free, […]

Late Night Thursday Zine Sale

Street Level Photoworks 103 Trongate, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Ahead of our In Focus: Photobook Saturday event we will have a selection of zines from the Street Level Archive on display in the gallery, alongside a sale with up to 50% off zines in our bookshop from 6pm - 8pm. For more information on our Photobook event Saturday 4th of February visit:http://www.streetlevelphotoworks.org/event/In_Focus_Photobook_Saturday

Rewind Fast Forward: Archive Tour & Zine-Making Workshop

Liverpool Central Library William Brown St, Liverpool , United Kingdom

This workshop is part of REWIND FAST FORWARD, a unique archive of the work of Sandi Hughes, which features Liverpool’s music, club and fashion sub-cultures and the intersections with local LGBT and BAME history. Sandi's archive has been shared and made accessible thanks to support from the Heritage Lottery Fund, Film Hub North West Central, […]

Zine Club #1 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 […]

The Recovery: exhibition and zine launch

A4 Sounds St Joseph’s Parade, Off Upper Dorset Street, Dublin, Ireland

Having previously questioned perceptions of print media with her screenprints in the style of mock newspaper front-pages, for the latest iteration of The Recovery, Emily turned to the the zine format. Partly in response to the significant community archive of independently published zines of the Forgotten Zine Archive at A4 Studios, she created a series […]

Rainbow Noir Zine Making Workshop

Hulme High Street Library Moss Lane East, Manchester, United Kingdom

Zines are self-made mini magazines that have been influential in representing the narratives, politics and sub-cultures of groups that are typically under-represented by mainstream culture. They provide an opportunity for individuals to use craft techniques to reflect their identity through creative self-expression. The art of zine making is simple, easy and can provide an outlet […]

FemFest ’17

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

**SATURDAY** DAY: ZINE AND PRINT FAIR Scream Zines will be hosting a Zine and Print Fair celebrating female zine and printmakers working in and around Leeds. Come and join in our Zine-Making and Craft Workshops, and have a little nosy around Scream Zine's extensive Zine Library... Throughout the day we will also feature a line […]

Can You Hear Me Now? Zine Launch

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

Can You Hear Me Now? is a music zine that gives women a voice. We're having a launch event at Aatma on 11/2/17. It's going to be an afternoon of music and zine workshops, live music, and a grrrl DJ set. Afterwards, we'll head over to Girl Gang Manchester's Galentines Day Disco for another dance! […]

GRRRL ZINE FAIR 2017

Moth Club Valette Street, Hackney, United Kingdom

MOTH CLUB / 12TH MARCH / 4PM – 11PM / POST-INTERNATIONAL WOMENS DAY CELEBRATIONS / INTERNATIONAL WOMENS WEEK, AM I RIGHT LADIES ☺ ZINE STALLS tba ☺ BANDS tba ☺ PRINT & MUSIC WORKSHOPS haha also tba ☺ GRRRL IN PRINT ZINE LAUNCH 50+ Artists involved we're well excited ⚦♀♂⚲⚦♀♂⚲⚦♀♂⚲⚦♀♂⚲⚦♀♂⚲⚦♀♂⚲⚦♀♂⚲⚦♀♂⚲⚦♀♂⚲ SAVE THE DATE ♥ ♥ […]

Rip It Up: A Celebration of the Counter-Culture

The John Rylands Library 150 Deansgate, Manchester, United Kingdom

Don’t miss Rip it Up; an evening of experimentation and celebration of the counter-culture at The John Rylands Library. From 6 to 8pm, experience our Off-Beat exhibition in a unique way, seeing and hearing some of the Library’s best examples of 60s experimental art. You can also drop by our ‘zine workshop where you can […]

LGBT History Month event

Leeds City Museum Leeds, United Kingdom

Celebrate LGBT History Month at Leeds City Museum with this FREE programme of films, stalls, activities and talks organised by Leeds Queer Film Festival on 18 February 2017 11-3pm. All are welcome to come along and get involved! A selection of films on LGBT History from our past festivals will be screened and we’ll be […]

Zine Workshop

Wigan STEAM Creative Hub 4a Library Street, United Kingdom

Work with retro artist Dan to design and create a Zine in this fun collaborative workshop. Resources will be provided but feel free to bring any materials or pictures you migh want to include in your zine. Suitable for age 7 plus

£7

Making History: a Feminist Craft Project

Centre For Research University of Edinburgh Main Library, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Historically, and in the present day, women's achievements and contributions to society have been erased from history - let's change that! Join us at the Lothian Health Services Archive to explore our materials on women's history, and make our own history through a crafty zine-making session. All are welcome! If you can't make this date, […]

obZine Workshop

Augustine United Church 41 George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1EL, United Kingdom

The duo behind the new alternative independent publisher 404 Ink, Heather McDaid and Laura Jones, will be hosting a zine workshop to help you throw fear out the door and create loudly and with abandon. Ever fancied making your own publication but don't know where to start? In just a couple of hours you'll see […]

£6

Sheffield Zine Fest 2017

The Hubs Sheffield, United Kingdom

Save the date! More info coming soon.

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