Here’s a list of zine and DIY events coming up in the UK.
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ACORN has a council consultation on the 14th December to discuss landlord licensing, and we have decided we want to do a bit more than just talk.. We will be going along with placards picturing the awful state of some private rented homes in Newcastle, along with some snappy slogans and questions! We want to […]
What on earth is a zine? A zine is a small, self published booklet or magazine often written by hand and reproduced through the power of the photocopier. They can be filled with art, poetry or just your random thoughts. We'll have craft supplies and zine nerds on hand to help you create something or […]
Save the date for January's monthly queer craft club at Partisan! After a break in December, we're back to brighten up January with some cosy crafting. More info about activities TBA closer to the date. This is a safe, encouraging, relaxed space to get together and make things. All abilities welcome, all just for the […]
Mia Maxwell, Director of FEM Zine, hosts an evening of drinking, drawing and discussion on different topics including gender, intersectionality, art, mental health and much more. A different speaker will host each event to facilitate fruitful discussion over relaxed drawing. This event is £3.
Weirdo Zine Fest is a self-publishing fair celebrating DIY cultural production by radical and marginalised people. Preference for tables goes to women, queers, people of colour, disabled people, trans people, fat people, sex workers and anyone who is otherwise marginalised. This year's fair will be held in Room 700, Leeds Central Library, between 12 and […]
More info TBA. Applications currently open here.
Come along to browse and buy zines and crafts made by local writers, artists and designers and those from further afield - or make your own - and find out all about independent publishing. What's a zine? Pronounced ‘zeen’ like maga-zine, it's a magazine or booklet that you make yourself, and give away, swap or […]
The inaugural Duplicate Artist Publishing Fair welcomes various collective and individual self-publishers from the UK and beyond. The fair will showcase a broad range of independent publications, zines, comics and artists’ books whilst a programme of activity in Eastside Projects’ second gallery space will run alongside it. The full list of stall holders and any […]
Boshemia is an international print and online magazine centered on art, culture and feminism, brought to you by a global collective of womxn, femmes, non-binary and LGBTQ+ folk based in the US and UK. BACKLIT's arts writers in residence Notts/Poke will also be providing a space for women and non-binary peopler to present written works […]
Swansea Zine Fest is a not-for-profit event held to celebrate fanzines and DIY self-publishing. The very first SZF was held in 2018. The organisers are three Swansea-based zinesters and activists. A zine (pronounced “zeen,” as in “maga-zine”) is a self-published, small circulation, non-commercial booklet or magazine, usually produced by one person or a few individuals. […]
Create a zine through creative collage at this free workshop as part of Urban Village Fete About this Event Create your own two colour zine with Hato Press - the independent printing and publishing house based in London. The Hato team will supply you with a variety of collage materials to create your own iconic […]
We're very pleased to announce the Strange Perfume Queer Book Fair will return to the South London Gallery (SLG) this summer, and we'd love you to join us! Applications are open to LGBTQ+ artists, writers, zinesters, publishers and organisations. We would particularly like to hear from people of colour, disabled, neurodiverse, unemployed and low income […]
Bradford Zine Fair is happening for the second year running at City Library in central Bradford. Stalls, speakers, workshops and more, all on the theme of ‘zines with a message’, plus a special mini zine workshop next door with our friends at Impressions Gallery on the opening day of their exhibition ‘Our Plastic Ocean’ - […]
Zines are small books that you make yourself. Often, people make them to tell stories from their life, about themselves, their friends or family or where they live, to share things that they love or to teach people about things that they know about. You can draw and write and collage about whatever you want […]
Zines are small books, pamphlets or magazines that you make yourself. Some people write zines to share their love of something - a hobby, fandom, band, type of food or a place. Sometimes people write zines to share knowledge - like a paper version of YouTube contouring tutorials. Sometimes people write zines to tell their […]
