Hello everyone, and welcome to the first weekly zine news round-up! Thank you all for your kind words of support and lovely emails in the past few days, it’s very encouraging to see so much interest in the UK zine scene! As we’ve only just set up shop, we need you to get in touch with us to make sure we can be a useful and up-to-date zine resource for UK readers. Send along anything and everything zine-related, no matter how small, (UK news only, of course) and I’ll be happy to reply and promote!
So after that rambly introduction, onto the news!
Cath x
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1. Zine Releases
2. Upcoming Events
3. Submission Calls
4. Zine Reviews
5. AOB (Any Other Business)
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1. Zine Releases
- Drunken Werewolf magazine has just released its 16th issue – you can order a copy from here: http://drunkenwerewolf.livejournal.com/173911.html
- Girls Get Busy #3 has just been released – buy your copy at http://girlsgetbusyzine.bigcartel.com!
- Here. In My Head #7 / Your Pretty Face is Going Straight to Hell #14 was released last week – you can buy a copy at Vampire Sushi distro, or by getting in touch with Tukru or Cath directly.
- Drunken Werewolf magazine has just released its 16th issue – you can order a copy from here: http://drunkenwerewolf.livejournal.com/173911.html
- Girls Get Busy #3 has just been released – buy your copy at http://girlsgetbusyzine.bigcartel.com!
- Here. In My Head #7 / Your Pretty Face is Going Straight to Hell #14 was released last week – you can buy a copy at Vampire Sushi distro, or by getting in touch with Tukru or Cath directly.
2. Upcoming Events
- As part of the 'Editions Of You' exhibition celebrating DIY musicians and handmade releases, there will be a zine and handmade music fair at the O3 Gallery in Oxford on 9th April. You can find out more about the exhibition here: http://ah.brookes.ac.uk/event/editions_of_you_at_the_o3_gallery_2011/. If you’re interested in having a stall at the fair you can get in touch with Ellis at ellisjonesATgmailDOTcom.
- Birmingham Zine Festival will be going ahead on 9th July. If you’re interested in taking part, get in touch with Andrew at birminghamzinefestivalATgmailDOTcom!
- On 28th May, some students from Nottingham Trent University will be putting on a zine fair at Hopkingson Gallery. For more info, or to find out how to get involved, take a look at the Raw Print Club on Facebook.
- As part of the 'Editions Of You' exhibition celebrating DIY musicians and handmade releases, there will be a zine and handmade music fair at the O3 Gallery in Oxford on 9th April. You can find out more about the exhibition here: http://ah.brookes.ac.uk/event/editions_of_you_at_the_o3_gallery_2011/. If you’re interested in having a stall at the fair you can get in touch with Ellis at ellisjonesATgmailDOTcom.
- Birmingham Zine Festival will be going ahead on 9th July. If you’re interested in taking part, get in touch with Andrew at birminghamzinefestivalATgmailDOTcom!
- On 28th May, some students from Nottingham Trent University will be putting on a zine fair at Hopkingson Gallery. For more info, or to find out how to get involved, take a look at the Raw Print Club on Facebook.
3. Submission Calls
- Zinester Eunice will be dedicating the next issue of her zine Crone to the over-50s, and would like people over the age of 50 to answer questions on the subject of being older than most
people who produce or write for zines. If you’re interested, you can get in touch with her at serennauATgmailDOTcom.
- Zinester Eunice will be dedicating the next issue of her zine Crone to the over-50s, and would like people over the age of 50 to answer questions on the subject of being older than most
people who produce or write for zines. If you’re interested, you can get in touch with her at serennauATgmailDOTcom.
4. Zine Reviews
Hannah has posted some zine reviews on her blog this week – you can read them at http://notquiteayes.blogspot.com.
Let me also use this space for a little shameless self-promotion and direct you towards previous zine reviews Hannah and I have written on our own blogs! Hannah’s zine review archives can be found here, and mine can be found here. I’ll be writing the first Spill the Zines zine review post in a fortnight or so – if anyone wants their zine reviewed, take a look at our zine review policy page.
Hannah has posted some zine reviews on her blog this week – you can read them at http://notquiteayes.blogspot.com.
Let me also use this space for a little shameless self-promotion and direct you towards previous zine reviews Hannah and I have written on our own blogs! Hannah’s zine review archives can be found here, and mine can be found here. I’ll be writing the first Spill the Zines zine review post in a fortnight or so – if anyone wants their zine reviewed, take a look at our zine review policy page.
5. A.O.B.
- Amelia Wells has requested a shout-out for Bristol-based zinesters for a 24-hour zine/comic project – you can get in touch with her at miggydraconisAThotmailDOTcom!
- If you’re a Live Journal user, there’s a community dedicated specifically to the UK zine scene – you can join and contribute at http://community.livejournal.com/zinescene_uk/.
- Amelia Wells has requested a shout-out for Bristol-based zinesters for a 24-hour zine/comic project – you can get in touch with her at miggydraconisAThotmailDOTcom!
- If you’re a Live Journal user, there’s a community dedicated specifically to the UK zine scene – you can join and contribute at http://community.livejournal.com/zinescene_uk/.
That's so exciting about there being a zine fair in Oxford! I would never have heard about it if it weren't for reading it here :)
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