Upcoming events at Glasgow Zine Library

We run a programme of free and Pay-What-You-Can events at the Library and online.

See what events we have coming up below:

Telling and Recording Stories of Struggle with Glasgow Housing Struggle Archive (Session 3)
Apr
3

Telling and Recording Stories of Struggle with Glasgow Housing Struggle Archive (Session 3)

Join us for the second in a 3 part series with Glasgow Housing Struggle Archive. In our third workshop, archivists from Glasgow Zine Library will talk us through the building and cataloguing an archive collection, with the opportunity to learn more about GZL's materials and contribute to the cataloguing of GHSA's material.

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Drop-In Zine Making
Mar
19

Drop-In Zine Making

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.

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Creating from Landscape: Zine Workshop
Mar
15

Creating from Landscape: Zine Workshop

Join us for a special workshop exploring the connections between creativity, language, and nature through the art of zine-making. Gaelic culture, language and identity is deeply rooted in landscapes, wildlife, and other natural elements. We’ll express our own interpretations of this connection by creating zines using the accessible medium of collage.

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Telling and Recording Stories of Struggle with Glasgow Housing Struggle Archive (Session 2)
Mar
6

Telling and Recording Stories of Struggle with Glasgow Housing Struggle Archive (Session 2)

Join us for the second in a 3 part series with Glasgow Housing Struggle Archive. In our second workshop, we will look at how to digitize and preserve material records of our struggles (articles, leaflets, posters, badges, speeches), with an opportunity to get hands-on experience with digital photography and flatbed scanners.

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What Zines Can Do (Inside and Outside of Academia)
Feb
27

What Zines Can Do (Inside and Outside of Academia)

ONLINE

This talk assess the ways researchers of all stripes can use zines to better communicate with the public and each other. Part memoir, part manifesto, it lays out a series of arguments and ideas about the value of print and DIY publishing for sharing information, catalyzing conversations, and building community.

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Telling and Recording Stories of Struggle with Glasgow Housing Struggle Archive (Session 1)
Feb
21

Telling and Recording Stories of Struggle with Glasgow Housing Struggle Archive (Session 1)

Calling trade unionists and tenant union members with a story to tell! Join us for the first in a 3 part series with Glasgow Housing Struggle Archive. The first workshop will involve basic oral history training, including the theory, ethics and practicalities of oral history interviews. This workshop is aimed at trade unionists and tenant union members with an interest in oral history skills who are able to commit to gathering oral testimonies of housing and community struggles throughout March, April and beyond.

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Drop-In Zine Making
Feb
19

Drop-In Zine Making

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.

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