Five on Friday • 07.03.26
Ideas, stories, and inspiration to discover, explore, and make.
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🗓️ July is International Zine Month
In the month of July I’d love for you to celebrate zines and independent publishing with people all over the world. This is not a spectator sport! I’m asking your to get involved!
– Alex Wrekk, founder of International Zine Month
Download the poster in a variety of formats →
3 of the most fun zine formats I’ve tried recently
The puzzle purse, The spiral, The never ending zine →
Lonely Planet is going back to guerrilla print
Despite everything existing in the digital, the world’s most popular travel guide publisher is sticking close to its roots with a new DIY print offshoot that seeks to connect us with what it truly means to escape.
Read more on It’s Nice That →
Do you make a music zine? If so, The Guardian wants to see it.
To mark 50 years since the punk DIY publishing explosion, we want to compile a map of the UK’s contemporary zine scene.
Find out more →
Open Call: Glasgow Photography Zine
The Glasgow Gallery of Photography invites photographers to submit work for a forthcoming photography zine celebrating Glasgow. Photographers do not need to be Glaswegians to submit but the work must relate to or have been made in Glasgow.
Find out more →
One more thing
Over the past few months, I’ve been thinking about something…
Discovering great zines is only part of the story. I also want Zinestack to support the people who make them and help more great zines find new readers. I’ve been quietly building something around that idea.
More later this month...