Events & Workshops
Since 2015, Grrrl Zine Fair has been running zine fair events, pop-up gigs, festival stages and exhibitions- through production, curation and collaboration. Events aim to be a safe space for women, trans, non-binary individuals and our allies can explore and share in artworks, music, performance, workshops and skill sharing, talks and of course, zine fairs showcasing the latest feminist self-publishing.
Grrrl Zine Fair 2024
Welcome to Grrrl Zine Fair 2024!
Join us at our studio and the home of the Grrrl Zine Library, The Old Waterworks Artist Studios in Southend-on-sea. By the seaside, in this old Victorian building you'll find:
Zine Fair
1-6pm (please note the first hour is for quiet access needs) Main doors are 2-8pm.
featuring:
Aghh! Zine
sweet-thang zine
Sticky Fingers Publishing
Cuntry Living
Look Deeper
Brownies
Hate Zine
Grrrl In Print
emo diary
THIIIRD
Eye Junk
Imposter Monster Zines
Aether Magazine
FEM Press
George Grace Gibson
Autists & Their Animals
Live Music
Big Joanie
Ellie Bleach
Campbell King
Tall Child
Workshops
2.00-3.00pm Tatty Devine Charm Bracelet Making (Tickets £15, bookable via Eventbrite)
3.00-4.30pm Riso Printing with Damien Robinson (Tickets donation basis bookable via Eventbrite)
4.00-5.30pm Screen Printing with Charlotte Hamilton (Drop-In, no booking necessary)
6.00-7.30pm Zine making with Zinetopia, Fiona Quadri (Drop-In, no booking necessary)
Panel Talk
2.00 - 3.00pm
'Southend As A Place To Start Stuff'
Panel discussion hosted by Sam Duckworth (Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly/ Recreations) featuring Andy Downes (Artist and founder of The Little Known Studio and Southend Portrait Artist of The Year), Emma Edmondson (Artist and founder of TOMA The Other MA* and Dog Ear), Aisha Shaibu-Lenoir (of Black Pride, The Common Press, LGBTQ+ activist and founder of Moonlight Experiences and Queer Nomads) and Ojoma Idegwu (Founder of Only Curves).
All Day
Coffee, Soft Drinks, Vegan & Vegetarian food by Stoked (Southern American-style vegan BBQ) and 1942 Street Food (South Asian food cart cuisine).
Live Portrait Drawings by Daisy Webb.
Grrrl Zine Library installation and reading space- expect 900 feminist zines, bean bags and blankets.
Welfare space by The Welfare Lot (expect sweets, snacks, chill out space, period products, water, sensory toys, art suppliers, ear plugs, baby wipes, deoderant, lip balm and anything else you could need to feel comfortable and happy in the space!).
Art Exhibition by Grrrl Zine Resident Artists 2024, Aghh! Zine, George Gibson, Grace Goslin, Bre Upton and Wuthipol Uj.
& Much more!
Tickets
Book your free ticket now to avoid missing out. Our venue is a working artist studio so once we reach capacity, that's it! Secure your spot today :)
Location
We are a 10/15 minute walk from Southend Central and Southend Victoria stations and Prittlewell Station.
The Old Waterworks has two genderless bathrooms.
Access
We have wheelchair access on our entrance and outside zine fair, however our inside toilets are not currently wheelchair accessible. We have an outside accessible portaloo.
The panel talk will be BSL Interpreted.
We are hosting a 'quiet hour' from 1-2 pm for those who like to avoid the bustle of the main fair. Please only attend this hour if you need to, no questions asked, as we're hoping to have it less busy for neurodivergent folk and those who need more space and quiet.
The venue is dog friendly but please be aware we will have working assistance dogs, so please make sure your dog is under control as to not distract working animals. We will have water bowls for thirsty doggos.
Any queries relating to the venue and location access please email info@theoldwaterworks.com.
Any other questions? email hello@grrrlzinefair.com
Hope to see you there!
Zine Library Open Access Day May
Welcome to the Grrrl Zine Library Open Day! Join us at The Old Waterworks to explore our collection of 900 feminist zines.
The Grrrl Zine Library is
✔️ Catalogued
✔️ Organised
✔️ Ready for visitors
We’re excited to welcome guests to the Grrrl Zine Library revamp for monthly open days. We welcome students, researchers, activists, artists, and those who want a nosey to discover our collection of over 900 feminist zines from early 80s fanzines right through to zines published this year.
Let us know you’re coming! BOOK HERE VIA EVENTBRITE
You’ll be able to browse the collection in your own time, with Grrrl founder Lu Williams on hand to help locate publications. We’ll also have our shiny new Library Portal to help you browse what we have in the collection by author, date and theme. Links to the portal will be sent before your scheduled date in case you’d like to request any of the more delicate and rare zines kept in the archive.
The £2 is a reservation fee and can either be refunded once you join us at the library, or donated towards continuing library upkeep. If you’re unable to join on the day and cannot let us know two days in advance so that we can offer your place to someone else, the fee will be kept as a donation to the library, to support ongoing cataloguing as we continue to receive new zines. If you let us know in advance, the reservation fee will be refunded, no questions asked.
Any questions? email hello@grrrlzinefair.com
The Grrrl Zine Library is located at The Old Waterworks Artist Studios. The library also contains The Old Waterworks and The Agency of Visible Women’s collection of feminist and activist publications, as well as a large collection of Pluto Press publications.
Find us at:
The Old Waterworks
Southend-on-sea
Essex
SS07AB
https://theoldwaterworks.com/
We are a 10/15 minute walk from Southend Central and Southend Victoria stations and Prittlewell Station.
The Old Waterworks has bathrooms and a kitchen for teas / coffees. We have wheelchair access on our entrance; however, our toilets are not currently wheelchair accessible.
Any queries on the venue and location access please email info@theoldwaterworks.com.
We’re excited to welcome you soon!
Zine Library Open Access Day July
Welcome to the Grrrl Zine Library Open Day! Join us at The Old Waterworks to explore our collection of 900 feminist zines.
The Grrrl Zine Library is
✔️ Catalogued
✔️ Organised
✔️ Ready for visitors
We’re excited to welcome guests to the Grrrl Zine Library revamp for monthly open days. We welcome students, researchers, activists, artists, and those who want a nosey to discover our collection of over 900 feminist zines from early 80s fanzines right through to zines published this year.
Let us know you’re coming! BOOK HERE VIA EVENTBRITE
You’ll be able to browse the collection in your own time, with Grrrl founder Lu Williams on hand to help locate publications. We’ll also have our shiny new Library Portal to help you browse what we have in the collection by author, date and theme. Links to the portal will be sent before your scheduled date in case you’d like to request any of the more delicate and rare zines kept in the archive.
The £2 is a reservation fee and can either be refunded once you join us at the library, or donated towards continuing library upkeep. If you’re unable to join on the day and cannot let us know two days in advance so that we can offer your place to someone else, the fee will be kept as a donation to the library, to support ongoing cataloguing as we continue to receive new zines. If you let us know in advance, the reservation fee will be refunded, no questions asked.
Any questions? email hello@grrrlzinefair.com
The Grrrl Zine Library is located at The Old Waterworks Artist Studios. The library also contains The Old Waterworks and The Agency of Visible Women’s collection of feminist and activist publications, as well as a large collection of Pluto Press publications.
Find us at:
The Old Waterworks
Southend-on-sea
Essex
SS07AB
https://theoldwaterworks.com/
We are a 10/15 minute walk from Southend Central and Southend Victoria stations and Prittlewell Station.
The Old Waterworks has bathrooms and a kitchen for teas / coffees. We have wheelchair access on our entrance; however, our toilets are not currently wheelchair accessible.
Any queries on the venue and location access please email info@theoldwaterworks.com.
We’re excited to welcome you soon!
Zine Library Open Access Day September
Welcome to the Grrrl Zine Library Open Day! Join us at The Old Waterworks to explore our collection of 900 feminist zines.
The Grrrl Zine Library is
✔️ Catalogued
✔️ Organised
✔️ Ready for visitors
We’re excited to welcome guests to the Grrrl Zine Library revamp for monthly open days. We welcome students, researchers, activists, artists, and those who want a nosey to discover our collection of over 900 feminist zines from early 80s fanzines right through to zines published this year.
Let us know you’re coming! BOOK HERE VIA EVENTBRITE
You’ll be able to browse the collection in your own time, with Grrrl founder Lu Williams on hand to help locate publications. We’ll also have our shiny new Library Portal to help you browse what we have in the collection by author, date and theme. Links to the portal will be sent before your scheduled date in case you’d like to request any of the more delicate and rare zines kept in the archive.
The £2 is a reservation fee and can either be refunded once you join us at the library, or donated towards continuing library upkeep. If you’re unable to join on the day and cannot let us know two days in advance so that we can offer your place to someone else, the fee will be kept as a donation to the library, to support ongoing cataloguing as we continue to receive new zines. If you let us know in advance, the reservation fee will be refunded, no questions asked.
Any questions? email hello@grrrlzinefair.com
The Grrrl Zine Library is located at The Old Waterworks Artist Studios. The library also contains The Old Waterworks and The Agency of Visible Women’s collection of feminist and activist publications, as well as a large collection of Pluto Press publications.
Find us at:
The Old Waterworks
Southend-on-sea
Essex
SS07AB
https://theoldwaterworks.com/
We are a 10/15 minute walk from Southend Central and Southend Victoria stations and Prittlewell Station.
The Old Waterworks has bathrooms and a kitchen for teas / coffees. We have wheelchair access on our entrance; however, our toilets are not currently wheelchair accessible.
Any queries on the venue and location access please email info@theoldwaterworks.com.
We’re excited to welcome you soon!
Zine Library Open Access Day October
Welcome to the Grrrl Zine Library Open Day! Join us at The Old Waterworks to explore our collection of 900 feminist zines.
The Grrrl Zine Library is
✔️ Catalogued
✔️ Organised
✔️ Ready for visitors
We’re excited to welcome guests to the Grrrl Zine Library revamp for monthly open days. We welcome students, researchers, activists, artists, and those who want a nosey to discover our collection of over 900 feminist zines from early 80s fanzines right through to zines published this year.
Let us know you’re coming! BOOK HERE VIA EVENTBRITE
You’ll be able to browse the collection in your own time, with Grrrl founder Lu Williams on hand to help locate publications. We’ll also have our shiny new Library Portal to help you browse what we have in the collection by author, date and theme. Links to the portal will be sent before your scheduled date in case you’d like to request any of the more delicate and rare zines kept in the archive.
The £2 is a reservation fee and can either be refunded once you join us at the library, or donated towards continuing library upkeep. If you’re unable to join on the day and cannot let us know two days in advance so that we can offer your place to someone else, the fee will be kept as a donation to the library, to support ongoing cataloguing as we continue to receive new zines. If you let us know in advance, the reservation fee will be refunded, no questions asked.
Any questions? email hello@grrrlzinefair.com
The Grrrl Zine Library is located at The Old Waterworks Artist Studios. The library also contains The Old Waterworks and The Agency of Visible Women’s collection of feminist and activist publications, as well as a large collection of Pluto Press publications.
Find us at:
The Old Waterworks
Southend-on-sea
Essex
SS07AB
https://theoldwaterworks.com/
We are a 10/15 minute walk from Southend Central and Southend Victoria stations and Prittlewell Station.
The Old Waterworks has bathrooms and a kitchen for teas / coffees. We have wheelchair access on our entrance; however, our toilets are not currently wheelchair accessible.
Any queries on the venue and location access please email info@theoldwaterworks.com.
We’re excited to welcome you soon!
Zine Library Open Access Day November
Welcome to the Grrrl Zine Library Open Day! Join us at The Old Waterworks to explore our collection of 900 feminist zines.
The Grrrl Zine Library is
✔️ Catalogued
✔️ Organised
✔️ Ready for visitors
We’re excited to welcome guests to the Grrrl Zine Library revamp for monthly open days. We welcome students, researchers, activists, artists, and those who want a nosey to discover our collection of over 900 feminist zines from early 80s fanzines right through to zines published this year.
Let us know you’re coming! BOOK HERE VIA EVENTBRITE
You’ll be able to browse the collection in your own time, with Grrrl founder Lu Williams on hand to help locate publications. We’ll also have our shiny new Library Portal to help you browse what we have in the collection by author, date and theme. Links to the portal will be sent before your scheduled date in case you’d like to request any of the more delicate and rare zines kept in the archive.
The £2 is a reservation fee and can either be refunded once you join us at the library, or donated towards continuing library upkeep. If you’re unable to join on the day and cannot let us know two days in advance so that we can offer your place to someone else, the fee will be kept as a donation to the library, to support ongoing cataloguing as we continue to receive new zines. If you let us know in advance, the reservation fee will be refunded, no questions asked.
Any questions? email hello@grrrlzinefair.com
The Grrrl Zine Library is located at The Old Waterworks Artist Studios. The library also contains The Old Waterworks and The Agency of Visible Women’s collection of feminist and activist publications, as well as a large collection of Pluto Press publications.
Find us at:
The Old Waterworks
Southend-on-sea
Essex
SS07AB
https://theoldwaterworks.com/
We are a 10/15 minute walk from Southend Central and Southend Victoria stations and Prittlewell Station.
The Old Waterworks has bathrooms and a kitchen for teas / coffees. We have wheelchair access on our entrance; however, our toilets are not currently wheelchair accessible.
Any queries on the venue and location access please email info@theoldwaterworks.com.
We’re excited to welcome you soon!
Zine Library Open Access Day December
Welcome to the Grrrl Zine Library Open Day! Join us at The Old Waterworks to explore our collection of 900 feminist zines.
The Grrrl Zine Library is
✔️ Catalogued
✔️ Organised
✔️ Ready for visitors
We’re excited to welcome guests to the Grrrl Zine Library revamp for monthly open days. We welcome students, researchers, activists, artists, and those who want a nosey to discover our collection of over 900 feminist zines from early 80s fanzines right through to zines published this year.
Let us know you’re coming! BOOK HERE VIA EVENTBRITE
You’ll be able to browse the collection in your own time, with Grrrl founder Lu Williams on hand to help locate publications. We’ll also have our shiny new Library Portal to help you browse what we have in the collection by author, date and theme. Links to the portal will be sent before your scheduled date in case you’d like to request any of the more delicate and rare zines kept in the archive.
The £2 is a reservation fee and can either be refunded once you join us at the library, or donated towards continuing library upkeep. If you’re unable to join on the day and cannot let us know two days in advance so that we can offer your place to someone else, the fee will be kept as a donation to the library, to support ongoing cataloguing as we continue to receive new zines. If you let us know in advance, the reservation fee will be refunded, no questions asked.
Any questions? email hello@grrrlzinefair.com
The Grrrl Zine Library is located at The Old Waterworks Artist Studios. The library also contains The Old Waterworks and The Agency of Visible Women’s collection of feminist and activist publications, as well as a large collection of Pluto Press publications.
Find us at:
The Old Waterworks
Southend-on-sea
Essex
SS07AB
https://theoldwaterworks.com/
We are a 10/15 minute walk from Southend Central and Southend Victoria stations and Prittlewell Station.
The Old Waterworks has bathrooms and a kitchen for teas / coffees. We have wheelchair access on our entrance; however, our toilets are not currently wheelchair accessible.
Any queries on the venue and location access please email info@theoldwaterworks.com.
We’re excited to welcome you soon!
Zine Library Open Access Day April
Welcome to the Grrrl Zine Library Open Day! Join us at The Old Waterworks to explore our collection of 900 feminist zines.
The Grrrl Zine Library is
✔️ Catalogued
✔️ Organised
✔️ Ready for visitors
We’re excited to welcome guests to the Grrrl Zine Library revamp for monthly open days. We welcome students, researchers, activists, artists, and those who want a nosey to discover our collection of over 900 feminist zines from early 80s fanzines right through to zines published this year.
Let us know you’re coming! BOOK HERE VIA EVENTBRITE
You’ll be able to browse the collection in your own time, with Grrrl founder Lu Williams on hand to help locate publications. We’ll also have our shiny new Library Portal to help you browse what we have in the collection by author, date and theme. Links to the portal will be sent before your scheduled date in case you’d like to request any of the more delicate and rare zines kept in the archive.
The £2 is a reservation fee and can either be refunded once you join us at the library, or donated towards continuing library upkeep. If you’re unable to join on the day and cannot let us know two days in advance so that we can offer your place to someone else, the fee will be kept as a donation to the library, to support ongoing cataloguing as we continue to receive new zines. If you let us know in advance, the reservation fee will be refunded, no questions asked.
Any questions? email hello@grrrlzinefair.com
The Grrrl Zine Library is located at The Old Waterworks Artist Studios. The library also contains The Old Waterworks and The Agency of Visible Women’s collection of feminist and activist publications, as well as a large collection of Pluto Press publications.
Find us at:
The Old Waterworks
Southend-on-sea
Essex
SS07AB
https://theoldwaterworks.com/
We are a 10/15 minute walk from Southend Central and Southend Victoria stations and Prittlewell Station.
The Old Waterworks has bathrooms and a kitchen for teas / coffees. We have wheelchair access on our entrance; however, our toilets are not currently wheelchair accessible.
Any queries on the venue and location access please email info@theoldwaterworks.com.
We’re excited to welcome you soon!
Zine Workshop with Hysterical Art Exhibition
Hysterical 2023: Feminist Zine Workshop with Grrrl Zine Fair
Eventbrite tickets here.
Learn how to create a zine, learn about zine history, Riot Grrrl and contemporary zine culture. Workshops include materials and worksheets.
About the exhibition:
https://project-space.london/hysterical
✨Queer Utopias: Grrrl In Print Issue 5✨ Launch party ✨
Introducing Grrrl In Print issue 5, QUEER UTOPIAS
Everybody deserves escapism, and it's something the queer community is very good at - not only as a means of self-care and survival but as a way to forge a vision for the future, pushing boundaries beyond the status quo and tradition, because we've rarely been accepted there anyway. Utopia literally means “no place” and it’s the ideal location for escapism - especially the many forms of queer escapism: queer utopias.
We explore this idea of QUEER UTOPIAs through interviews, artworks, photography, essays and comics created by 20 artists and writers from across the globe. The zine contemplates where robots meet bodies, nourishment of love and food, how do we slow down and remain tender within hyper capitalisation, and how queerness, the environment and home building intersect; alongside some sci-fi fanzine-ing, of course!
✨ Don’t Miss Our Launch Event ✨
We’re going all out to create the perfect Queer Utopia at the legendary queer venue, Dalston Superstore, Dalston (117 Kingsland High St, London E8 2PB) on Thursday 2nd March from 6.00pm.
Expect a fun but intimate evening of connection, vibrance and expression as we celebrate the contributors and community of queer creatives that made this issue possible, with:
Music from DJs Gin and Areola Grande Latte
Nail art and tooth gems from our friends at Bebop LDN
Zines on sale
Recycled goodie bags from Kindbag with plenty of GRRRL treats for early attendees
Drop in zine making throughout the evening to get your creative juices flowing
New ! Limited ! Edition! Merch !
A first peek at our month-long exhibition showcasing our contributors work.
RSVP to your own Queer Utopia via Eventbrite now + pre-order the zine here from 22nd Feb.
Turl Street Arts Festival Zine Workshop
The workshop will take place on the 15th of Feb from 2-4 in the Jesus Habakkuk room!
We’ll be looking at sections of their zine library and making our own zines! Feel free to bring along images/magazines/writing/ideas you might want to include…
There are 20 spaces tickets available via the link, first come first serve and you will be emailed if you get a space. If you can’t come after being given a space then please let us know so someone else can take your place!!
Zine Workshops + talks
We’ve developed and delivered workshops for:V&A Museum Friday LateTate Modern LateFacebookGlobal RadioJagermeisterNatWest Women’s Prize for FictionBritish Film InstituteMetal CultureBRICKS MagazineUrban OutfittersBeavertown BreweryOffset ProjectsEssex Book FestivalEastend Women’s MuseumFocal Point GallerySelina Hotel CamdenPowersuit CollectiveNational Museum of ScotlandHysterical Exhibition - Eliza Hatch and Bee AndersonCement FieldsNewington Green Meeting HouseUniversity of HertfordshireNottingham University Feminist Society
Wide Awake FestivalUniversity of EssexGoldsmiths, University of LondonBow ArtsCommon Threads PressBritish Science FestivalSnapping The StilettoThe Photography FoundationGender, Peace and Security CoalitionHeaderlinersMigration MuseumEssex Youth SummitRebel DykesInternational Literature Festival DublinWiggle Wonderland at London Festival of ArchitectureForwards FestivalVillage Green FestivalUniversity College LondonCentral Saint Martins(UAL)Camberwell School of Art (UAL)Chelsea School of Art (UAL)London College of Fashion (UAL)London College of Communication (UAL)University of OxfordDe Montfort UniversityUniversity of KentRavensbourne UniversityUniversity of CambridgeUniversity for the Creative ArtsUniversity of SalfordLondon Screen AcademyLeyton College Sixth FormThorpe Hall SchoolSOAS University of London
The goal of Grrrl Zine workshops is to show that everyone can be creative or express themselves through print. We use zine-making to develop stories and to share artwork, photography and writing, to pull together an individual’s ideas, or to develop a zine collaboratively.
Traditionally zine-making has been all about access and a culture of ‘doing it yourself’ outside traditional journalism and institutions. Zine-making can be an adaptable means of self-expression, an easy way to share information, or a practice of self-care, cutting and pasting intuitively as a cathartic experience.
We curate workshops to suit participants and organisations, whether that’s sharing an in-depth history of the political aspects of zine-making and alternative print publishing; writing and collage-making through mental health awareness workshops; or using the medium to create a zine around an event.
We deliver workshops and talks in person and online, offering anything from a one-hour presentation to five-hour drop-in workshops linked to events, or a full-day structured workshop. To discuss options and see prices, drop us an email and we will send you our zine-making workshop pack.
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