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Grrrl Queer Nightlife Zine Fair, Panel Discussion & Screenings

Sutton House 2 Homerton High Street, , London, United Kingdom

As part of Light After Dark, an exhibtion celebrating past, present and future queer nightlife of London, Grrrl Zine Fair is hosting a feminist, queer zine fair and DIY art market, film screenings and a panel discussion on Sunday 15th October. Curated by Kat Hudson and hosted by Sutton house (National Trust's 15th Centurary, oldest […]

£4

Sassify Zine Issue #4 Launch Party!

Soho Radio 22 Great Windmill Street, London, United Kingdom

Come and help GRRRL ZINE FAIR and SASSIFY ZINE spread the gospel of sass, with a free launch party at Soho Radio. DJ sets from: Disco Freaks Hayley Stella Browne SO & SOUL +Special Guests. Free bar with special thanks to Jägermeister

OOMK 6 LAUNCH: THE FOOD ISSUE

The Food Issue is FINALLY here! In Issue 6 we push food beyond our plates as we discover artists, chefs and writers doing more than just eating. An essential component for remaining alive and a favourite of pastimes, we explore food as art, enemy, friend and refuge. Forever food. Featuring: Jamaica Dyer, Neila Czermak, Adriana […]

9 Grrrl Zine presents Feminist Christmas Fair

R.A.W. Lab Norton Quays, Royal Albert Wharf, London, United Kingdom

Grrrl Zine Fair are bringing the bunting, paste ups and tinsel to RAW Labs. We're creating a feminist christmas party hosting a zine, art and craft fair, interactive workshops and film screenings throughout the day, a zine library, a panel talk and the most finely tuned holiday playlist, creating an immersive alternative Christmas environment with […]

BYOB (Bring Your Own Baby) Parent & Child Zine Workshop

Birdsong London 11 Pearson Street, London, United Kingdom

BYOBaby! Make a cute zine for friends and family together with your bab. We'll be joined by seasoned zine makers including artist Megan Pickering , and provide paper and crafting materials. Bring some magazines or photographs to collage, and we'll show you some fun techniques.

Zine Club @ the Wellcome Collection

Wellcome Collection 83 Euston Road, London, United Kingdom

Zine Club! The next zine-making session with @robertbidder, El and Tundun is happening this Thursday 18th January between 3-4pm in the Reading Room @ExploreWellcome. Drop in to make, chat and read. It's free! (info taken from twitter)

Women’s Network Zine Open Meeting

Drayton House 30 Gordon St, Kings Cross, London, United Kingdom

//This event is open to women and non-binary people only// Second term the Women's Network will produce zines with articles written and edited by members of the network, with artwork and designs by members too. Come along to get involved. There will be pizza! Picture from the Sheffield Women's Newsletter from the 1970s http://shefflibraries.blogspot.co.uk/2017/03/exploring-archives-sheffield-womens-lib.html

The GAZE: A short exhibition about feminist zines

London College of Communication Elephant and Castle, London, United Kingdom

This short exhibition brings together a feminist collection of Latin American zines with the aim of diversifying the way of understanding the movement, its research and perspectives, its social impact, its expression and group discussion when addressing its problems in the editorial practice of DIY culture. Also, this event showcases the recent artwork of Cat […]

Your Body Is Not Your Own: Dream Nails Vinyl + Zine Launch

The Shacklewell Arms 71 Shacklewell Lane, London, United Kingdom

Join Dream Nails for a night of feminist punk and zine readings on reproductive justice, featuring support band Brosephine! We're releasing a limited edition double A-side vinyl of “Vagina Police”/ “Fascism is Coming” on 7th February with Everything Sucks Music, and 100% of the physical and digital proceeds are going to Abortion Support Network. The […]

Zine Making Workshop with Holly Casio

Poplar Union 2 Cotall St, Poplar, London, United Kingdom

Celebrate women artists, activists, community leaders, musicians, family members and unsung heroes in this Women in Focus themed zine making workshop. What are zines? Zines are self-published DIY documents with a history rooted in radical publishing. Using cut and paste collage, writing and art, you can make your own publication dedicated to putting your heroes […]

Zine making – Women’s Liberation Movement gems

Feminist Library 5 Westminster Bridge Road, London, United Kingdom

This event will be the culmination of our Herstory Fridays exhibition on history of feminist publishing, focusing on the Feminist Library collection of Women's Liberation Movement materials. More details on the exhibition: https://www.facebook.com/events/138615093473196/ Come and join us for this session of zine making that's a tribute to women's history, feminist publishing & archiving.

BermondZINES 3

DIY Space for London 96-108 Ormside St, London, United Kingdom

BermondZINES is an independent zine festival in south east London. Join us on Sunday the 17th of June. from 12 to 18 you will find: - Zines - Comics - Books - DIY - Arts and Crafts - Illustrations - Small Publishing - Music - FUN! Everyone is welcome!

South London Comics & Zine Fair 2018

Stanley Halls 12 South Norwood Hill, London

South London Comic and Zine Fair returns to Stanley Halls for a second year! We will once again host a cornucopia of London's most talented zine and alternative comic creators and throw a spotlight the capital's most exciting micro publishers. There will be over 30 artists and independent publishers selling their comics, zines, prints and […]

Process! Festival

Somerset House Strand London, London, United Kingdom

As part of Print! Tearing It Up, Somerset House and Somerset House Studios residents OOMK, present PROCESS!, a two day festival celebrating independent media and making, bringing together established and emerging designers, artists, activists and publishers to explore, interrogate and share approaches to creative and collaborative process. In the context of high speed media and access to infinite information, how […]

£7

Afropunk Exhibition and Zine Launch

198 Contemporary Arts & Learning 198 Railton Road, , London, United Kingdom

AFROPUNK x 198 Contemporary Arts and Learning Present People. Art. Resistance. People. Art. Resistance., is a zine and exhibition produced by AFROPUNK London and 198 Contemporary Arts and Learning. The zine challenges young creatives including commissioned artists from 198 CAL's multidisciplinary art programme and open submission artists to respond to Black British resistance - past, […]

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