We are a self-publishing library, archive and community space located in Govanhill, Glasgow.
We host a year-round programme of affordable, accessible events, hold a collection of over 4000 zines, and organise the annual Glasgow Zine Fest.
We host a year-round programme of affordable, accessible events, hold a collection of over 4000 zines, and organise the annual Glasgow Zine Fest.
Join us for our monthly afternoons of zine-making at the library. This is open to makers of all experience, whether you’re brand new, or in the middle of working on a zine already.
Have you got an application you really need to finish… but you just can’t quite sit down and do it? Application Hub is just the ticket. These monthly sessions take the power of body doubling to run as a two-hour focus group using a gentle Pomodoro structure: we’ll set goals together, do short bursts of deep work, check in with each other, and end with a short moment to decompress.
Learning to code? Working on a project? Working on a game? Want to start coding but don’t know where? Need help figuring out particular software? These monthly meetups are a chance to share and discuss any coding-related projects with a group of like-minded peers.
Join Coin-Operated Press to nerd out about Doctor Who and celebrate your love for The Doctor by crafting your very own mini-zine!
Join illustrator Olivia Juett in exploring how memories can be held and create a memento magnet for a moment you want to hold close.
Join this welcoming, hands-on introduction to Japanese calligraphy and discover the beauty of traditional brush writing.
In this instalment of the Zine Library’s ‘Social Theory and Pop Culture’ series, Dr Gemma Flynn will present a talk using Susan Faludi’s landmark text ‘Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women’ (1991) to explain the recent rise of TradWives.
Join us for an inclusive peer-learning session led by a fellow amateur playwriting enthusiast. Through guided prompts and discussion, this workshop explores what the creative freedom of zine-making can bring to the act of writing a scene, and how the tradition of plays published in print might bring something exciting to zine collections everywhere.
