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Northwest Zinefest 2016

Islington Mill James Street, Manchester, United Kingdom

Northwest Zinefest 2016 is on its way. Last year we hosted 30+ zinesters, four ace workshops, a pop up Salford Zine Library and a few hundred nice people having a nose around. This year we're hoping it's going to be even better. We've just announced the date and venue for this year's zinefest: it's going […]

Tin Roof ϟ Zine Fair

Tin Roof 15 Ure Street, Dundee, United Kingdom

Tin Roof now registering participants for the Tin Roof ϟ Zine Fair running in partnership with Print Festival Scotland. Tin Roof invites submissions from artists, collectives, publishers and presses interested in taking part in an event to sell, network and enjoy print. We are looking for zines, artists’ books, editions, publications, and comics of any […]

Peckham Platform Press House: Zine Fair

Peckham Platform 89 Peckham High Street, London, United Kingdom

Launching as part of SLAM Last Fridays, Platform Press House opens its doors to all those interested in zine making and independent publishing. This event is open to everyone and has been organised by Wendy, the editor of Hanna, which is an online space and zine made by young women, for young women. See the […]

Pride Zine Workshop

Gosh! 1 Berwick Street, Soho, London, United Kingdom

For this year’s Pride we’re hosting a zine workshop with artists Rachael House and Holly Casio from 1-5pm on Saturday June 25th! Rachael House is an artist and co-director of  Space Station Sixty-Five while Holly Casio is a zinester and musician who is also part of the UK Zine Librarians group. These two wonderful creators will be on-hand to […]

Festival Of The Perzine

Housmans Bookshop 5 Caledonian Road, King’s Cross, London, United Kingdom

In celebration of Small Press Day 2016, Housmans are proud to announce FESTIVAL OF THE PERZINE – 9 JULY, 12 TO 6PM ZINE MAKERS – Bring 6 copies of 2 -3 of your zine titles to sell (Housmans buy from you on the day, Arrive between 10am and 12) ZINE READERS – Come & browse zines throughput […]

Zines in the Suburbs Expo

MK Gallery Event Space 900 Midsummer Boulevard, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

Zine writers Tali Soares and Fliss Collier curate this exhibition, gathering zines from Milton Keynes and surrounds to Belgium, Brazil and beyond. SW Zines presents a zine library for the public to browse on the theme of “making art in small towns”. The exhibition explores the different work of artists who have grown up or […]

Zine and Heard

Glasgow Women's Library 23 Landressy Street, Glasgow, United Kingdom

GWL has a fantastic and diverse zine collection dating from the early 1990s to present day ranging from music fanzines, Riot Grrrl, feminist and LGBT+ zines, and even zines about zines! Zine & Heard, Thursday 14th July, 5pm to 7pm, 16+ This event will celebrate the completion of the collection being catalogued and published online […]

Zine Making Workshop with Salford Zine Library

Liverpool Small Cinema 57-59 Victoria St , Liverpool, United Kingdom

We are delighted to welcome Salford Zine Library back to the cinema to host two making workshops, as part of 58%. Fresh from hosting North West Zine Fest, a celebration of zine culture in the North West, they will be discussing zines, self publishing and DIY press and also sharing their skills. Whether you’re completely […]

Zine Club #2 with Stef Bradley

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

Do you remember last time we did Zine Club? We hired the workshop space on the ground floor of Manchester Craft and Design Centre and gut busy making zines and chatting and having a nice time. Well, we're doing it again. Next Saturday in fact. August 6th. This time we've got the super talented Stef […]

Norwich Zine Fair Vol.4

Norwich Arts Centre 51 St Benedicts Street, Norwich, United Kingdom

FREE ENTRY The Norwich Zine Fair returns to Norwich Arts Centre for this, its 4th edition! The arts centre will be packed to the brim with self-produced and published books, magazines and comics. It's a real point of pride that the majority of stall holders are local to our region. Norwich has always been a […]

Agency : Make your Mark

Arnolfini 16 Narrow Quay, Bristol, United Kingdom

Agency : Make your Mark is a participatory zine-making project created throughout the summer at Arnolfini, conceived and facilitated by artist Rachael House. Agency : Make your Mark talks about how we survive, and pass on ideas of how to make things better, for ourselves, other people and the planet. In tiny ways - or thinking […]

I Want to See All My Friends at Once zine release

Well Space 2 Roscoe Street, Liverpool, United Kingdom

I WANT TO SEE ALL MY FRIENDS AT ONCE- LATE NIGHT DANCING AT THE BAKERY WAREHOUSE ****ZINE RELEASE**** THE PHOTOS OF YETUNDE ADEBIYI On Saturday 13th August Yetunde Adebiyi will release a photo zine of work documenting a monthly party and refugee fundraiser in Liverpool. Yetunde has been photographing a regular late night party in […]

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Sunny Days Are Here Again

Cork City Library Rory Gallagher Music Library, 57-61 Grand Parade, Cork, Ireland

Sunny Days Are Here Again, an exhibition of Irish Fanzines compiled by CIRCA ‘91 in conjunction with the Forgotten Zine Archive and Loserdom. The exhibition features examples of fanzines from all over Ireland dating from 1970s to the present day with a focus on publications produced in Cork during the late 1980s and early 1990s.

Kick Up The Arts #1 (a zine-making social)

Wharf Chambers Ground Floor, 23 - 25 Wharf Street, Leeds, United Kingdom

A new social for Leeds-based zinesters, comix makers and artists! All welcome, bring your own supplies and projects to work on. You don't have to have ever made a zine or a comic to come along. We are hosting this in the bar area of Wharf Chambers, and will have a nifty sign for you […]

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