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✂️ Cut & folded nearly 50 various zines tonight. I’ll be bringing nearly 90 zines of all shapes & sizes on topics including gamedev, tech, #Python & community groups to @ShipItCon & @DublinMaker next week.

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Still new cricut user, and def first time cutting vinyl. Creating a label for the Coding Grace Zine Library. Made a mistake with initial try but got it right the second time. 🙌 Even re-used the cutout section in the back. 😎

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Some of the zines that I’ve made and will be bringing to the Zine Workshop at Dublin Maker. You can find them in our zine library alongside other amazing techie/Maker zines I found.

Note: The Dublin Maker “Maker” zine is a special zine with pages contributed by some of this year’s Makers and will be given as a memento for taking part in this year’s Dublin Maker festival.

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💟 Huge thanks to an Irish Tech Community member for donating a few copies of old gaming magazines as well as a bonus Pokémon one. The kids will be delighted at zine workshop at Dublin Maker on August 31st!

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🔍 Other zine clubs/fests/fairs? ✁

Is there a site that lists all the various zine clubs, fest and fairs around Ireland and Northern Ireland? I keep coming across them via socmed, it would be great to find a hub of zine info. I keep missing all the info about their upcoming events!

Here are ones I found so far:

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🙏 A big thanks to Blanchardstown Library for donating their old magazines for our upcoming zine workshop at Dublin Maker.

✂️ Our zine workshop will be on Sun Aug 31 (11:30-12:30). 🙌 (Note: Moved from Sat)

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I’ve been making lots of mini-zines and trying other techniques. This one tool is very handy for auto-arranging your mini-zine, quarter or half-sized zines in A4 or letter format: nashhigh.itch.io/zinearran…

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We will be at Dublin Maker running a zine workshop this year!

I forgot to mention that our application to run a zine workshop at Dublin Maker was accepted! 🙌

Cropped screenshot of the email informing about our workshop submission:

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Put together a few zines this evening:

  • pico-8 game dev zine by Dylan Bennett
  • Let’s make a zine by Olivia M.
  • Tiny Kami game zines by Helen Kwok
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It's International Zine Month 2025!

Here’s a nice video of what to expect for International Zine Month whether if you are new to zines or just love making zines.

You can find the the prompts for #IZM2025 (if you want to know the hash-tag to check for posts in socmed, or for your own posts!) at stolensharpierevolution.org/internati…

“1 – Make a 1 page zine! Don’t know what to write about? Make it a zine about why you like zines!”

I’m still on prompt 1 making a new mini-zine! 😅

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Behind the scenes zines 📸

Some behind the scenes of the zine workshop I’m proposing.

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New zine created: Dublin Maker Zine

Created a zine for Dublin Maker, you can check it below:

I’m applying to run a zine workshop at Dublin Maker this year, if I do get approved, it will be

  • 1 hour workshop
  • Suitable for all ages
  • Makers create a 1-page mini-zine on any topic they like
  • We take pics of their zine, and the Makers can take their awesome creations home
  • After Dublin Maker, we will pull all the zines made on the day and create one big zine from it all.
  • The mega zine will be in physical (to showcase, share and swap) and digital format (for all to read and enjoy!)
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Zines! Why are they so compelling?

What is a zine? Why do I like it? How do you make one?