The Chapess Zine #5 Launch

We're dead excited to be hosting the launch for the new issue of the Chapess Zine!

Issue 5 features poetry, prose, illustration + photography by Jessie Askinazi, Sara Sutterlin, Suxy X, Inma Lorente, Lauren Cook, Ele-Beth Little, Gabby Guiliano, Cheyenne Sophia and more! Zines will be available on the day to buy and swap as well as info on how to get involved with our next issue.

Drop in for zine making with Cherry Styles in 'the nook' at Nexus Art Cafe from 12pm-5pm and pay a visit to the Zine Library while you're here! Materials provided, but feel free to bring along anything you want to use. Suitable for beginners and zine pros alike - bring your friends!

Find out more about the zine at thechapess.tumblr.com or tweet us @thechapesszine. There's a Facebook event page HERE for you to share with all your friends.

Salford Zine Library On Tour in Darlington!

We are extremely excited to announce that the library will be heading out on the road this weekend to show off the collection in Darlington, thanks to the super cool Navigator North. We'll be exhibiting in an empty shop on High Row in the town centre this coming weekend and there's going to be a free zine making workshop throughout Saturday. Come along! We'll be working with the locals to put together a zine and then you'll be able to pick up a copy on the Sunday.

The exhibition will stick around for a bit and you'll be able to get in and have a look the weekend after too, and there'll be some kind of activities happening for you to enjoy.

As a result, the zine library at Nexus will be slightly emptier than usual for the next couple of weeks. We're not taking all of the zines with us, but if you're planning a visit you might want to wait until everything's back to normal. Keep an eye on our Twitter to find out when we've got everything back in!

Salford Zine Library Visits Sheffield!

We're taking the zine library on the road! Or at least some of the zine library. And we're going by train. Anyway, on November 2nd we'll be carrying a hefty chunk of the zines in the library over the Pennines to Sheffield for a zine fair and zine making workshop at Bank Street Arts.

The zine fair starts at 11am and, as well as being able to have a look at our collection, you'll be able to buy some zines from some ace local zinesters too! We're going to be setting up a little 'reading room' area so you can relax with a pile of your favourite zines. Then from 2pm there's a FREE zine making workshop, which will be running until 8pm (You don't have to stay that long if you don't want to, though!). It should be loads of fun!

Places on the workshop are limited, so booking is encouraged. Do that and find out more information about the day by clicking here. Also, if you're coming to along, remember to bring some donations for us! We're always dead grateful to receive new zines to add to the collection.