June: Zines! Zines! Zines! ✏

Goodbye May, hello June.

(Above 📸 credit: Tukru from Vampire Sushi Distro)

Hello everyone! Here's the first of your monthly round up of lots of wonderful ziney related news.

May was a bit of a whirlwind for me, with 5 weekends in a row of flogging my wares - including at Glasgow Zine Fest, DIY Cultures and Bent Fest in London. It feels a bit strange not to be awkwardly sitting behind a table, seeing lots of lovely zinester faces this weekend.

So for distro news: takin' a little break from tabling for a while, but there's lots of new things up on the shop - too many to mention, really.

Please, if you're in the UK, remember to vote this week. June 8th! My advice for that day is to do your bit, then ignore the news and social media for a while, and do something nice for yourself, hang out with some good pals. That's what I'll be doing. We can hope for the best, but if it all doesn't go our way, remember that we have each other, our communities. We can organise to resist & create the change we want to see. Voting isn't the end, and we're not powerless.

JUN 10 - Queer Zine-Making and Crafting @ Feminist Library, London
A chance to sit round a table with a bunch of lovely people and chat about life, work on some projects, bring your own knitting/cross-stitch/badge making/paper/pens/snacks etc - website

JUN 15 - The FLY Zine Launch @ The Urban Shed, Cambridge
The first ever issue of the FLY Zine is themed around Bodies and Voices and features illustrations, poetry, photography, essays and creative writing by women and non-binary people of colour at Cambridge - website

JUN 18 - Crisps Shop zine fair at Tropical Fruit @The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh
A Zine-Fest from Paradise Palms shop Crisps with stalls and work from local illustrators, small print and zine makers - website

JUN 19 - Open Letters #5 @ Hyde Park Book Club, Leeds
An evening of letters, read aloud. Letter-reading is open-mic, just sign up on the night. Letters might be fiction or nonfiction. They might be to people, places, or things. They might never have been sent. They might be to you. Plus the launch of the OPEN LETTERS zine, available to pre-order or buy on the night - website

JUN 24 - London Radical Bookfair 2017 @ Grand Hall, Goldsmiths University
Radical booksellers, publishers, artists and activists of all stripes - with over 130 exhibitors and 20 guest speakers, a unique gathering of progressive readers, thinkers and doers, in a celebration of radical publishing and politics - website

JUN 24 - Zine Fair – The Rose Tinted Spectacular 2 @ The Rose Hill, Brighton
An assortment of amazing artists selling zines, comics, illustration, poetry, literature and photography + an evening of talks, poetry and music. Raising money and awareness for Brighton based migrant charities. £2 entry fee - website

JUL 01/02 - Exchange Zine Fair @ The Finborough Arms, London
Exchange hosts it first zine fair! - website

JUL 01 - Workshop + Zine Making: Seeing beyond the crises – The Role of Radical Speculative Fiction @ Grow Heathrow, London
Participatory workshop exploring what it feels like to live in this world and examining the role speculative fiction, such as Ursula Le Guin’ – The Dispossessed or Marge Piercy ‘s – Woman on the Edge of Time, can play in helping imagine better futures - website

JUL 05 - Art For All zine workshop @ North Chingford Library, London
A free monthly programme for adults exploring different art styles facilitated by professional artists, where all levels are welcome - website

JUL 07 - Khidr Collective Zine Launch @ Rich Mix London
Launch of a new zine for young Muslims, by young Muslims. Evening will include a panel on on “Creating Spaces; Muslim communities & the Arts” + performances. Tickets £10 - website

JUL 09 - Zine workshop - Sick! @ INTRA, Rochester
A workshop for those affected by invisible illnesses – guiding you to express yourself through words, images or collage to create a collaborative zine on this theme. Led by artist and printmaker Xtina Lamb, contributions will be compiled into zine which will be available free to visitors of the Sick! exhibition - website

JUL 15 - Weirdo Zine Fest @ Sutton House, London
Self-publishing fair celebrating DIY cultural production by radical and marginalised people. This year’s fair will include 20+ stallholders, as well as an afterparty featuring music and performances (table applications now closed) - website

JUL 15 - South London Comic & Zine Fair @ Stanley Halls, London
Focusing on London based self & micro publishing. Tabling is by invitation only, but there is a free communal table for anyone - website

JUL 17 - Museum Mondays: Making A Mu-Zine @ The Habit, York
Drinks and conversation, throwing together some of ideas about working in museums to create a museum zine - website

JUL 22 - Zine making workshop @ Tate Britain, London
Hosted by Holly Callaghan & Seleena Daye, make your own zine in response to artists, works, and themes in the Tate collection - website (free, booking recommended).

AUG 04 - Zine Workshops for under 18s @ Aire Place Studios, Leeds
Every week during our Creative Cafe sessions on a Friday, bring your young zinesters to make zine pages as part of a 4 week project. Write about what you love, share your favourite recipes, tell your stories! £2.50/3 per session - website

AUG 05 - Zine Making Workshop @ Art Stop Stoke
Join writer Caroline and artist Anahita for a zine making workshop. Using creative writing and artistic techniques you’ll create a zine - website

SEP 10 - Leeds Zine Fair @ Left bank Leeds
Save the date! Bookings not being taken yet - website

OCT 07 - Bristol Comic & Zine Fair @ The Station