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As part of our Literary Salon in June we’re incorporating a MINI-ZINE-FAIR by inviting independent creatives, small-press publishers and pamphleteers to present their diminutive creations.We’re delighted to invite small-press publishers, pamphleteers, zinesters, and ‘crafty’ people to our Salon to share their creative designs on a tiny table. We’re looking for works produced on a small scale, yet ‘multum in parvo’ containing much; preferably A5 in size or smaller, ideally hand-crafted, folded, printed, held ‘in manus tuas.’
We’re talking cottage industry, risograph, calligraphed, intricately stitched, octavo folded, bound with silken thread, held with vegan beeswax. But we’re not ruling out those whose printing methods would send the luddites spinning in their ancient graves, and who utilise the long-armed stapler.
Our theme is ‘mini’, but our aims are high: to bring together people on the margins of traditional publishing, whether small-press, homespun, self-published, or those who produce beautiful work purely for the purpose of their craft; creating Art simply for Art’s sake. We encourage works of creative, literary, and artistic merit, peppered perhaps with a touch of polemic.
The MINI ZINE FAIR will be at The Outhouse, where our usual monthly Salon event takes place, on Broughton St. Lane. It will incorporate a Salon Gathering at the mid-point, where a flurry of literary folk will come to chat and drink, share ideas, discussion and disputation. We’ll have a short presentation on the MINI ZINE THEME, and folk can stick around, peruse another zine or two, and hopefully have another drink… or two.
HOW IT WORKS
• Rent a table (58x58 cm) by booking through Eventbrite
• Register/set-up at The Outhouse from 3pm on the day
• Start at 4pm – tablers responsible for their own work
• Salon Attendees gather from 6.30 (free entry for all)
• Salon Presentation at 7pm – introduction to mini-zine-fair
• Zines (and drinks) continue until 10pm; bar closes at 11pm
We are looking forward to welcoming a wealth of creatives from all stages of life and industry, and we are open to all who wish to share their literary, creative, or artistic flair. If non-zine commitments prevent afternoon attendance, a 6pm start would be acceptable. When you book a table, we will be in touch to confirm your place and check up on the small-print (pun intended.)
BOOK SOON: REGISTRATION CLOSES ON THE 10th OF JUNE
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The Outhouse, Broughton St Lane., EH1 3LY Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 12a Broughton Street Lane, Edinburgh, EH1 3, United Kingdom
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