Upcoming events at Glasgow Zine Library
We run a programme of free and Pay-What-You-Can events at the Library and online.
Take me to Glasgow Zine Fest events!
See what events we have coming up below:
Trans // Coded - An introduction to coding for trans people
These workshops will cover the basics of coding, providing all the necessary knowledge and support to start writing your own code for your own projects, portfolios or for the fun of it!
Trying Together: A Peer Group for Works in Progress
A peer support group that gives creatives space to reflect on the highs and lows of their month.
Unfinished Zine Club
Join us for a relaxed, supportive space where you can finally finish your zine in time for Glasgow Zine Fest.
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.
Rot Your Brain: A Television Reading Group
A group to discuss theories and themes in contemporary and past television series. This month’s show: Peep Show
Food Sovereignty and Organising Community Mutual Aid
Join us and local Southside groups as we look at different food related projects and initiatives that are building solidarity and community power against the capitalist systems that have created injustice and scarcity in our food systems.
Unfinished Zine Club
Join us for a relaxed, supportive space where you can finally finish your zine in time for Glasgow Zine Fest.
Sex Positive Reading Group
A night of chatting and myth busting for anyone interested in sex education, sexual health, how we relate to the people around us.
To Filth: A transfeminist reading group
To Filth is a group for trans women and trans feminine people to gather to discuss transfeminist texts.
Queer Read-in Club
Not your usual book club, this is a social space for LGBTQ+ people to come together and do one of our favourite things, read.
Book Launch: An Intersectional Guide for Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse and their Allies
Join Jeremy Sachs, a psychotherapist, lecturer, and author, as he delves into the creation of his new book, 'An Intersectional Guide for Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse and their Allies: Masculinity Reconnected'. This essential resource is designed for male survivors of sexual abuse, as well as healthcare professionals, therapists, and loved ones of survivors.
Poetry Open Mic
Come share your talents at our Open Mic night at Glasgow Zine Library - it's your time to shine!
Glasgow Storytellers Group
This group is a place to share opportunities and performances, meet other local storytellers, and build a professional network in a relaxed, casual environment.
Hardcore Type - a metal typography workshop
An introduction to designing typography in the chaotic, symmetrical, (often illedgible), style of black metal logos.
Sex Positive Reading Group
A night of chatting and myth busting for anyone interested in sex education, sexual health, how we relate to the people around us.
Queer Read-in Club
Not your usual book club, this is a social space for LGBTQ+ people to come together and do one of our favourite things, read.
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.
To Filth: A transfeminist reading group
To Filth is a group for trans women and trans feminine people to gather to discuss transfeminist texts.
Trying Together: A Peer Group for Works in Progress
A peer support group that gives creatives space to reflect on the highs and lows of their month.
Un/Nature: a queer ecologies reading group
Un/Nature is a queer ecologies reading group, plucking texts from zines, philosophy, critical theory and poetry.
Rot Your Brain: A Television Reading Group
A group to discuss theories and themes in contemporary and past television series. This month’s show: Band of Brothers
Queer Craft Club
Queer Craft Club is a community run monthly crafting meet up. Each session a different member will teach us their favourite craft.
Let’s Make A Video Game Zine!
ONLINE
Artist Fredde Lanka invites you to this 2 part online workshop where you will learn how you can become a video game zinester using a free open source software called TWINE.
Glasgow Storytellers Group
This group is a place to share opportunities and performances, meet other local storytellers, and build a professional network in a relaxed, casual environment.
Ancestral Returns: Collective Filmmaking for Beyond Human Experiences
This workshop will explore lo-fi filmmaking and create a zine art manifesto that guides collective filmmaking practice.
Sex Positive Reading Group
A night of chatting and myth busting for anyone interested in sex education, sexual health, how we relate to the people around us.
Queer Read-in Club
Not your usual book club, this is a social space for LGBTQ+ people to come together and do one of our favourite things, read.
Zine & Poster Making for Folks with Neurological Conditions
Come along for a making session for those with neurological conditions which includes migraines, long Covid, etc.
Trying Together: A Peer Group for Works in Progress
A peer support group that gives creatives space to reflect on the highs and lows of their month.
Rot Your Brain: A Television Reading Group
A group to discuss theories and themes in contemporary and past television series. This month’s show: Bob’s Burgers
To Filth: A transfeminist reading group
To Filth is a group for trans women and trans feminine people to gather to discuss transfeminist texts.
Un/Nature: a queer ecologies reading group
Un/Nature is a queer ecologies reading group, plucking texts from zines, philosophy, critical theory and poetry.
Exploring DoxyPEP: Risks, benefits and sexual wellbeing
Use illustration and creative activities to explore the basics of DoxyPEP use, benefits and risks, and strategies for negotiating DoxyPEP in your sexual and romantic relationships.
Always Been Here with Replay Zine
Make content for the second issue of Replay Zine at this zine making social for women and non-binary people into gaming. Replay is a zine that shines light on the vibrant community of women and non binary gamers in Scotland by bringing people together and sharing experiences.
Poetry Open Mic
Come share your talents at our Open Mic night at Glasgow Zine Library - it's your time to shine!
Glasgow Storytellers Group
This group is a place to share opportunities and performances, meet other local storytellers, and build a professional network in a relaxed, casual environment.
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.
unruly histories archive building (in person workshop)
London-based art practitioner and youth worker Meera Shakti Osborne shares zines and audio from the DUH archive along with zines from Glasgow Zine Library, exploring DIY ways of recording history.
Queer Craft Club
Queer Craft Club is a community run monthly crafting meet up. Each session a different member will teach us their favourite craft.
Queer Read-in Club
Not your usual book club, this is a social space for LGBTQ+ people to come together and do one of our favourite things, read.
KNOT JUST HAIR: Zine Launch
Join us for the launch of KNOT JUST HAIR, a zine by Lizzie Edoh Eidson.