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:
Drop-In Zine Making
Join us for our weekly 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.
Secrets of DIY Animation (3 week course)
A hands-on introduction to DIY animation! In this three-part series we’ll explore animation techniques, tricks, and history, with a focus on independent and experimental approaches.
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.
Drop-In Zine Making
Join us for our weekly 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.
Graphic Design, AI, and Feminism — workshop and collective publication
In this workshop, we invite graphic designers to explore how AI’s “replacement” of designers reflects both a patriarchal and capitalist way the design industry functions.
Graphic Design, Power, and Aesthetics — workshop and collective publication
In this workshop, we invite graphic designers to take a brief look at graphic design’s role, its power, and how it is influenced by power and social norms. We will challenge what designers take for granted, and explore how aesthetics are not neutral, and what makes designs authentic.
Graphic Design and Social Good — workshop and collective publication
In this workshop, we invite graphic designers to take a brief look at graphic design’s role and impact in society, and how “socially good” design is more than good intentions. We will explore what socially good design is, what’s stopping us, and what we might do.
again + again + again: stamp making workshop
This 2-hour workshop will introduce you to the art of collage. Through prompts, you will explore the basic concepts of collage
Drop-In Zine Making
Join us for our weekly 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.
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.
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.
Intro to Sound for Animation
Join us for a hands-on experience in adding sounds to animation and creating new experimental noises to make things even more animated
Intro to Editing for Animation
Animator Karolina Glusiec returns with an introduction to using open-source editing software to fine-tune, experiment with, and finalize an animated film!
Poetry Open Mic
Come share your talents at this Poetry Open Mic night at Glasgow Zine Library - it's your time to shine!
Drop-In Zine Making
Join us for our weekly 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.
Drop-In Zine Making
Join us for our weekly 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.
The Forest and the Ruin: Collage Workshop
This 2-hour workshop will introduce you to the art of collage. Through prompts, you will explore the basic concepts of collage
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.
Rot Your Brain: A Television Reading Group
A group to discuss theories and themes in contemporary and past television series. This month’s show: Undone
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.
Drop-In Zine Making
Join us for our weekly 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.
Revolting Now & Then: Anti-Capitalist Writing Workshops (Part 3: Future)
In this workshop series, we will engage with readings, discussions, and prompts to write alternatives to the capitalist hellscape and find possibilities in its decay.
In the final session in this series we will consider speculative fiction as a vehicle for visioning beyond societal collapse.
Poetry Open Mic
Come share your talents at this Poetry Open Mic night at Glasgow Zine Library - it's your time to shine!
Drop-In Zine Making
Join us for our weekly 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.
Revolting Now & Then: Anti-Capitalist Writing Workshops (Part 2: Present)
In this workshop series, we will engage with readings, discussions, and prompts to write alternatives to the capitalist hellscape and find possibilities in its decay.
In the second session in this series we will channel our rage about the current moment into propaganda and memoir.
ya tebya lyublyu: A Heated Rivalry fanzine-making event
Express your intense feelings for the Canadian television programme Heated Rivalry at this fanzine-making workshop!
Drop-In Zine Making
Join us for our weekly 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.
Making Meaning: Zine Making for Mental Health
This workshop invites you to try zine making as a method of exploring and communicating lived experiences of mental and emotional distress
Revolting Now & Then: Anti-Capitalist Writing Workshops (Part 1: Past)
In this workshop series, we will engage with readings, discussions, and prompts to write alternatives to the capitalist hellscape and find possibilities in its decay.
In the first session in this series we will consider social movements for liberation across history and their lessons.
Drop-In Zine Making
Join us for our weekly 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.
Gathered Thoughts: Bookbinding Workshop
Learn 2 simple bookbinding methods to transform found materials into curated, unique booklets
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.
Bookmark Etching with Pasta Maker
Tired of the festive season blues and endless shopping lists? Step away from consumer madness and into the quirky world of sustainable making! In this hands-on workshop, we’ll be turning the humble pasta maker into your new favourite printmaking tool. Using recycled tetrapak cartons, you’ll design and etch your very own bookmark.
Poetry Open Mic
Come share your talents at this Poetry Open Mic night at Glasgow Zine Library - it's your time to shine!
Last Call at the Local: Zine Launch
Join us for the launch of Last Call at the Local, a zine by Cheryl McGregor. Featuring live poetry and pub snacks.
Watchdog and the Art of Consumerism - with Jared Schiller and guests Siân Pattenden, Joshua Knowles and Josh Moir
ONLINE
I'm Not Buying It – the world's only Watchdog fanzine – is a collaborative zine edited by Jared Schiller, exploring consumer culture through art and writing. For this hour Jared will discuss the making of the zine and be joined by three of its contributors: the journalist, artist and musician Siân Pattenden and artists Joshua Knowles and Josh Moir.
The Sketchbook Sessions
Want to get back into drawing, work on your portfolio or just meet new people? Come along to The Sketchbook Sessions, a designated space and time where we can relax and draw together, taking a break from the busyness of life.
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 Scavenging
Ever made a zine from an old polaroid camera? How about from a plastic bag? In this hands-on workshop focused on recycling and reusing, you'll learn to see the possibility of how the things you might throw away can be turned into an unusual zine!
Rot Your Brain: A Television Reading Group
A group to discuss theories and themes in contemporary and past television series. This month’s show: Twin Peaks
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.