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.
Concerned about immigration raids for you or your community? Want to know what you can do in the event of ICE knocking on the door? Want to know how you can support your neighbours?
Come to Southside Anti Raids Network’s workshop! We will learn our legal rights, practise asserting them, look at warrants, and more.
Join poet Ellen Renton for a series of three writing workshops which will help you to find new ways of engaging with your senses.
The first session will focus on ’the hierarchy of the senses’, as we consider ways that we can de-centre sight in our writing practice.
The DIY Animation Club is a space to gather together and play with images, movement, and sound. No experience is necessary to join–each of us is learning through experimentation! We share ideas, tips, and skills. We might be working on our own fragments of bigger projects, or spontaneous scrappy snippets together!
Join poet Ellen Renton for a series of three writing workshops which will help you to find new ways of engaging with your senses.
In the second session we will focus on poetic form and how this can be used to explore different ways of seeing.
The Glasgow Zine Library archivists curate an exhibition of zines made by local creatives based in Govanhill and Glasgow Southside as part of this year’s Govanhill Festival.
The Glasgow Zine Library archivists curate an exhibition of zines made by local creatives based in Govanhill and Glasgow Southside as part of this year’s Govanhill Festival.
In this free zine-making workshop, participants will create their own zines. Guided by GZL’s zine-making experts, this hands-on activity will invite the public to discover a relaxed, non-judgmental, inclusive, and accessible creative method.
Trans Writes is a creative writing group for anyone who identifies as trans or non-binary. We welcome writers of all levels, including those who want to try writing for the first time. Together we'll explore trans identity and creative expression; this is a space for you to experiment, whether you’re writing something serious, something playful, or something in-between.
