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Here’s a list of zine and DIY events coming up in the UK.

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Right to the Bone zine launch

House of Vans London Arches 228-232 Station Approach Road, London, United Kingdom

Right to the Bone is a poster zine visually celebrating urban New York and its skate culture. The zine was shot on film by sports photographer Steph Jed and compiled into visual spreads by graphic designer Rose Nordin. Steph and Rose are full time freelance practitioners who shoot, design, skate and eat nachos together in […]

MEMORY CARD ZINE LAUNCH PARTY

Sticky Mike's Frog Bar 9-12 Middle Street, Brighton, United Kingdom

> Nineties and noughties pop music downstairs > Playstation games (TBA) and DANCE MAT upstairs > Prizes for high scores + raffle! > Copies of Memory Card zine available for the first time > Pizza by Pizzafaced available at the bar > Basically your 2002 school disco + your 8th birthday sleepover all rolled into […]

Exhibition of Illustrated Women in History

HOURS Space 10 Colston Yard, Bristol, United Kingdom

Julie Gough is a graphic designer, illustrator and art teacher based in Bristol. Her Illustrated Women in History series began after the news broke about a Jack the Ripper museum in London which was due to open. The museum had been granted permission to open in order to celebrate women in history, and to have […]

GIRL GANG SHEFFIELD : Riot Party & Zine #2 Launch!

The Great Gatsby 73-75 Division Street, Sheffield, United Kingdom

GIRL GANG Sheffield presents: ♥ ♥ RIOT PARTY & ZINE #2 LAUNCH ♥ ♥ April 9th is a magical day for so many reasons, but mainly because it's International Riot Grrrl day! So we're celebrating with a special event to kick off our RIOT month in the lead up to our next Girl Gang Screening […]

A to ZINE

The East Village - New Wave Dive Bar 47-49 Brudenell Grove, Leeds, United Kingdom

Pop down to East Village for an arty drink, dance and a mingle Featuring a selection of zines from LCA students across Graphic Design, Illustration, Fine Art, Visual Communication and Printed Textiles (SOME will be on sale) Exhibitors: (TBA) Expect funky tunes c/o Elliott Walker Private event from 6pm-8pm; 8pm onwards it's open to the […]

SPAM zine launch party

The Poetry Club 100 Eastvale Place, Glasgow, United Kingdom

$$ MORE DEETS TBA WHEN WE CBA $$

Off-Skates Dates: Festival of Debate Screen Printing and Zine Making Workshop

Theatre Delicatessen Sheffield The Moor, Sheffield, United Kingdom

**PAY WHAT YOU WANT!** **SUITABLE FOR ALL AGES / COMPLETE BEGINNERS** ** Drop in any time between 12 - 4pm on Saturday16 April at the Moor Theatre Deli ** After the stomping success of the last screen printing workshop, Sheffield Steel Rollergirls and Edge Of The Universe Printing Press have teamed up to bring you […]

Sheffield Zine Fest

The Hubs Sheffield, United Kingdom

Sheffield Zine Fest 2016 will be held on Saturday 30 April 2016, 11am – 4pm, and we’re at the Hallam Hubs, just up the hill from the railway station on Awesome Street, Sheffield! This year we are linking with Sheffield Hallam University Student Union LGBT Liberation Group as part of the Year of Making. It’s […]

The 8th Bristol Anarchist Bookfair

Trinity Centre Trinity Road, Bristol, United Kingdom

The 8th Bristol Anarchist Bookfair - Building An Anarchist Future - at Trinity Centre, Trinity Rd, Bristol BS2 0NW, with the Radical History Zone just 5 minutes down the road at Hydra Bookshop. You are all invited to Bristol & the south west's largest explicitly radical political event! Entry is free/donations welcome. Expect 60+ tables […]

Glasgow Zine Fest: GRRRL STUFF

Mono Cafe Bar 10-12 King's Court, King Street, Glasgow

GRRRL STUFF is a drop-in workshop for girls aged 8-16. Led by Trudi Lang, the workshop encompasses all things DIY, including zine and badge making, all with a healthy dose of body positivity and loads of energy to harness your inner riot grrrl. There will be loads to make and take home, and all abilities […]

Glasgow Zine Fair

The Old Hairdressers 20 - 28 Renfield Lane, , Glasgow, United Kingdom

GZF's bread and butter, the zine fair takes place on 1 May with loads of incredible people selling their self-published work. Come on down for great tunes, great chat, and obviously the best zines around.

Salford Zine Library @ The Deli Lama / Sounds From The Other City

The Deli Lama 220 Chapel St, Salford, United Kingdom

Sounds From the Other City festival (SFTOC) is a celebration of new music and performance, uniting the cream of the national and international scene with some of the city’s finest independent promoters, collectives and club nights. Happening regularly on the May Day Bank Holiday each year along the Chapel St corridor of the historic city of […]

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PEAKS: Why DIY?

BUSTER MANTIS 3-4 Resolution Way, , London, United Kingdom

#PEAKS - a night of talking, art and DJs. WHY DIY? curated by Not So Popular and Milk and Honey ♥ We've always been amazed and inspired by the prolific output of DIY zine making in the UK alone. We've even published a few ourselves. This event will explore what drives people to get DIY […]

Library and Archive show and tell: Photobooks

Tate Britain Millbank, London, United Kingdom

Free, booking recommended This Show and Tell showcases a wide selection of photobooks from the library collections. The photobook is a book of photographs compiled to represent a photographer’s work. These publications often represent themes and concepts in a photographic narrative, and provide an alternative platform to display and disseminate images beyond the format of an exhibition. Photobooks […]

London Radical Bookfair

Goldsmith’s 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 4th 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 […]

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