Thank you to everyone who made it down to our 10th Grrrl Zine Fair! We hope you had an amazing weekend!
If you’d like to help us continue our work, you can donate below and fill out our surveys so we can report back to Arts Council England.
Our festivals are free, but you can give a voluntary donation to help support our work.
We’re incredibly greatful for this years event, plus our artist residencies and library open days, to be funded by Arts Council England.
November | Zine Library Open Day
Join us at the Grrrl Zine Library to explore the collection in our reading space and research feminist zines using our digital catalogue. Our zine librarian will be on hand to help find items and tell you more about the collection. Stay until the early evening for free drop-in casual zine making.
December | Zine Library Open Day
Join us at the Grrrl Zine Library to explore the collection in our reading space and research feminist zines using our digital catalogue. Our zine librarian will be on hand to help find items and tell you more about the collection. Stay until the early evening for free drop-in casual zine making.
January | Zine Library Open Day
Join us at the Grrrl Zine Library to explore the collection in our reading space and research feminist zines using our digital catalogue. Our zine librarian will be on hand to help find items and tell you more about the collection. Stay until the early evening for free drop-in casual zine making.
February | Zine Library Open Day
Join us at the Grrrl Zine Library to explore the collection in our reading space and research feminist zines using our digital catalogue. Our zine librarian will be on hand to help find items and tell you more about the collection. Stay until the early evening for free drop-in casual zine making.
March | Zine Library Open Day
Join us at the Grrrl Zine Library to explore the collection in our reading space and research feminist zines using our digital catalogue. Our zine librarian will be on hand to help find items and tell you more about the collection. Stay until the early evening for free drop-in casual zine making.
May | Zine Library Open Day
Join us at the Grrrl Zine Library to explore the collection in our reading space and research feminist zines using our digital catalogue. Our zine librarian will be on hand to help find items and tell you more about the collection. Stay until the early evening for free drop-in casual zine making.
October | Zine Library Open Day
Join us at the Grrrl Zine Library to explore the collection in our reading space and research feminist zines using our digital catalogue. Our zine librarian will be on hand to help find items and tell you more about the collection. Stay until the early evening for free drop-in casual zine making.
Day 2 | Sunday 21st September 2025
Join us for our 2 day festival celebrating 10 years of Grrrl Zine Fair.
On our Sunday expect:
10+ zine maker stalls
Food trucks
Yoga
Zine making drop in workshop
Creative making workshops
Bar + hot drinks
Zine library installation
Welfare space
Film screening
Comedy
Zine readings
Art installations
Art exhibition
Day 1 | Saturday 20th September 2025
Join us for our 2 day festival celebrating 10 years of Grrrl Zine Fair.
On our Saturday expect:
20+ zine maker stalls
Food trucks
Live bands & DJs
Zine making workshop
Screen printing workshop
Risograph printing workshop
Bar + hot drinks
Zine library installation
Welfare space
Talks
Art installations
Art exhibition
September | Zine Library Open Day
Join us at the Grrrl Zine Library to explore the collection in our reading space and research feminist zines using our digital catalogue. Our zine librarian will be on hand to help find items and tell you more about the collection. Stay until the early evening for free drop-in casual zine making.
August | Zine Library Open Day
Join us at the Grrrl Zine Library to explore the collection in our reading space and research feminist zines using our digital catalogue. Our zine librarian will be on hand to help find items and tell you more about the collection. Stay until the early evening for free drop-in casual zine making.
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, performances, workshops and skill sharing, talks and of course, zine fairs showcasing the latest feminist self-publishing.
Grrrl Zine Fair 2024 Photos by Cheniece Warner and Eliza Hatch
Grrrl Zine Fair 2024 Photos by Cheniece Warner and Eliza Hatch
Workshops
Zine workshops
We’ve been running zine workshops for over 10 years and can cater to live events, university lectures, schools and community groups. Download our workshop pack below and book us via hello@grrrlzinefair.com
Previous events
Zine Workshops + talks
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.
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
