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.
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.
Celebrate your love of Buffy the Vampire Slayer at this fun, relaxed fanzine-making workshop!
Join illustrator Olivia Juett to create an imaginary garden, built up from collaboratively drawn flowers. This will be a relaxed, exploratory session that aims to imagine new ways of illustrating the natural world, and imagining how we can each contribute to this.
Join us for a night of creativity and expression in the heart of Glasgow's Southside. This edition of Poetry Open Mic is a special collaboration with Coastal Lines Press, bringing together poets in Gaza and Glasgow. In this hybrid event, Gazan poets will be reading their work online and poets in Glasgow will perform from the Zine Library.
ONLINE
Glasgow Zine Library is currently looking to commission two disabled zine-makers to create one zine each. You can find out more about how to apply to this opportunity here: glasgowzinelibrary.com/resilient-zine-community.
This online workshop is for people interested in applying who may not have experience making zines or filling in applications for creative opportunities.
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.
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.
Discover the fun and creativity of handmade origami fortune tellers in this playful, hands-on workshop. Participants will learn how to fold and design their own paper fortune tellers while exploring colour, pattern, drawing, collage, and creative storytelling.
