WTS ZINE FAIR 2023
Poster by Ruby Princess
WTS annual zine fair
This annual DIY fair filled with writers, print-makers, scanners, poets, drawings, artists and makers of all kind, will be held in the WTS gallery on Friday and Saturday 14 & 15 July returns to WTS.
We invite you to join this thematically sprawling, temporally-finite autonomous zone, where anyone can publish anything they like as a little paper thing you can hold in your hand.
Join us for the opening night, 15 July for live performances and readings from 6 pm followed by an open mic for zine readings.
On Saturday the gallery will be transformed into a marketplace with zines from here, there, and far off places.
A zine is an inherently political tool of self-expression. It can be a self-published story, comic, poster, single-page drawing, open letter, photo journal, flip book, brochure, postcard, sticker, manifesto, etc. The model for making is DIY and you don’t need any experience as a writer, artist or human being.
The zine Fair is also generative: make your first, next, or ultimate zine alongside others at the zine making workshop at WTS on Thursday 29 June 5-7 pm with Slumberkitty.
All welcome, some materials provided but pls also BYO, e.g. sketchbook, paper (for printing also, recycling encouraged), pencils, pens, computers etc.
All zines participating in the fair will be sold on the collective tables through a very simple system: you drop your zines off to WTS anytime/day during opening hours before 10am on Fair day, along with a price tag and your bank deets. NO CASH at this event.
If you want to use our photocopier, “Slick Ric”, and other facilities (long arm stapler, guillotine, etc) to compile your work, you can book a date with Slick Ric. Either at normal WTS opening hours, or in the week leading up to the zine fair Tuesday 11 July - Wednesday 13 July.
Note: WTS will be closed 3-8 July.
It’s important to book your copying sesh in ahead of time, as he can only handle so many pages a day. BYO paper – and did you know WTS members get heavily discounted print/copy rates? Email wts@wts.org.au to book in your hot date with Ric ahead of time.
Hit us up if you want to volunteer on the night and perform during our open mic. We still need a cook, and support with setting up and packing down. Also, wts@wts.org.au for more details.
Poster by Ruby Princess✨
OPENING NIGHT
Friday 14 July
6PM
Program
Performances by
Sylvia Perrurle Neale
Declan Furber Gillick
Steve (Bunbajee) Hodder Watt
and Josh Brown
Music by
slippery glitch
FAIR
Saturday 15 July
10AM—2PM
WORKSHOP
Thursday June 29
4-7 pm