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

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Make Your First Zine: An online workshop for beginners (online)

Ever wanted to make your own zine, but didn’t know where to start? There’s never been a more perfect time to take that first step. GZL is hosting a live zine-making tutorial for beginners. Get to grips with zine-making from the comfort of your own home. This event will be hosted on Zoom, an online […]

(CANCELLED) Essex Grrrl Zine Workshop

Beecroft Art Gallery Victoria Avenue, Southend-on-Sea

Join us on 30 April from 6 - 8 pm, alongside Beecroft Art Gallery's This Is What An Essex Girl Looks Like exhibition, to create our own self-published zines. We're sticking one up to the Essex Girl stereotype, writing our own narratives and documenting our experiences in a relaxed, creative form of self-care through collage, writing and […]

£5.98

Swansea Zine Fest 2020 (online)

We will be holding a VIRTUAL Swansea Zine Fest on the original zine fest date, Saturday 9th May 2020! The event will take place on this page and be shared across our other social media. The day will involve workshops, crafting and zine reviews as well as our usual open mic session - more info […]

Sheffield Zine Fest 2020

The Workstation 15 Paternoster Row, Sheffield, United Kingdom

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 […]

(POSTPONED) Weirdo Zine Fest 2020 (London)

Science Gallery London Great Maze Pond, London, United Kingdom

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. We also encourage applications from new and first timer zinesters! This year there will be […]

Swindon Zine Fest 2020

Swindon Central Library

We will be holding the third Swindon Zine Fest on the 1 August 2020 at the Central Library in Swindon from 12pm to 4pm. As with previous zine fests, we especially encourage LGBTQIA+/POC/disabled makers to apply. If you have any worries or accessibility questions we will try our best to accommodate you/reassure you! We will […]

Levenshulme Zine Club (online)

Join in Levenshulme zine club on Instagram stories (tagging @burnyourbones) every wednesday from 6pm. https://www.instagram.com/burnyourbones/

Santa Rosa Zine Fest 2020

PLEASE NOTE TIMES ARE IN GMT-8 Sonoma County Library and the volunteer collective SRZF are excited to announce Santa Rosa Zine Fest 2020 (#SRZF2020), a free online event for all ages happening on Zoom on November 7, 2020 from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Santa Rosa Zine Fest will feature an interactive artist conversation between Amanda […]

Tell me about your dream last night! Zine-making for children and families

Online

Dreams can be many things, An image, a story, an emotion Using zines as a guide for our dreams and stories to exist, this children's workshop explores how we tell the stories of our dreams when we awake from sleep. Kreatively Imagining a Decolonial School was created by Alaya Ang, a platform exploring creative ways of […]

Free

SOX Zine Fest

Online

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS “From Flip to Swipe” We are now accepting works for this year’s SOX Zine Fest! Now in its fourth year, SOX Zine Fest is an annual gathering of creators, readers, and supporters of zines and independent publications in the SOCCSKSARGEN Region. The first three installments were held in General Santos City, Koronadal […]

‘Haven’ Poetry & Zine Launch Event

Riverhead Coffee 110 Victoria Street West, Grimsby, United Kingdom

Book tickets here Our Big Picture presents the 'Haven' series of works by poetry artist Keith Suddrey. Haven by poet artist Keith Suddrey Readings and launch of Zines 8th December 2021 - 6pm to 8pm This event is being held in partnership with Riverhead Coffee in Grimsby and will be an evening of selected reading […]

Social Practice Social | Power: Freedom to Create zine project

PRIMARY 33 Seely Rd, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Book tickets here Join Bo Olawoye to hear about a project with Broxtowe Women’s Project and Heya Nottingham to co-produce a visually stunning zine. About this event Social Practice Social is a regular discussion forum for artists, programmers, community organisers, activists, and others working with participation, collaboration, public space, or social change. In December's session, […]

Festive Zine Workshop with 2B or Not 2B

The Corporation Cardiff, United Kingdom

Book tickets here. SHELF LIFE ZINE CLUB PRESENTS.... FESTIVE ZINE WORKSHOP with special guests Elsa and Sarah aka 2B or Not 2B. We're very excited to welcome two of our favourite zinesters to the shop to kick off our in-house zine club at our new home with an extra special Christmas edition! We'll be drawing […]

Beaumont Leys Library Zine Making Workshop for kids

Beaumont Leys Library Beaumont Way, Leicester, United Kingdom

In this workshop your child will learn a little bit about the history of zines and why people make them. Zines are great ways of capturing the coolest things you can think of and sharing them with people! Leicester Zine Library will have a family friendly selection of their catalogue available for visitors and workshop […]

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