HalloZINE FAIR!

Free Creative Workshops & Activities for 2025!!!

Square Twist Zine Workshop

11:00-12:30 with MitsMakes

What’s this? A zine that twists into something more - how spooky! Join Mitra (Mits Makes) in this zine workshop as she teaches you how to make a square twist zine. She will be taking you through the magic of constructing one of your own, and you’ll even get to see her zines of the same format for sale at the Hallozine Fair.

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Feed the Monster:

A haunted generative writing workshop

12:45-13:45 with Lyndsey Croal

Join author Lyndsey Croal for an appropriately seasonal generative writing workshop. During the workshop, you will be guided through a series of exercises and prompts to hopefully build the bones of a new idea or even complete a short story or flash in the workshop. This will be a relaxed workshop and will be suitable for any level of writing experience.

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Making Trouble in Triolets

(and other poetic forms)

14:00-16:00 with Alex Penland

Are you familiar with a sonnet? What about triolet? Ghazal? Imayo? At this beginner-friendly workshop, dip your toes into the world of short poetic forms! Whether you try six new forms or stick with one and master it, I'll set you up with a one-page zine and let you explore. Explore the table examples of forms both familiar and new. Ask questions, get messy, and--like all the best poets--make trouble.

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Make your own zines!

After you have wandered around all of the awesome zine-maker tables and browsed all of their spooktacular zines, use the inspiration you’ve gained to have a go at making your very own zine! We will have a table full of pens, pencils, scissors, glue, and spooky collage-materials for you to dive into and create your own mini-zines! Drop in and out at any time during the fair when you spot a free chair at the zine-making station! There will be instructions and prompts on the table and you can ask any volunteer with a pink lanyard to show you a quick zine-folding demonstration!

Complete a Zine Quest!

Want to learn more about zines and embark on a spooky adventure?!

Grab a free zine quest card from the Coin-Operated Press table when you arrive at the fair and follow the instructions as you wander around to complete your quest! All adventurers are welcome to participate in the zine quest and all completed quests will win a spooky lil prize from our ghostie pal!!

Take a zine! Leave a zine!

Bring along your own zines to swap with others! You can bring zines you’ve made or zines from your collection that you would like to pass on and swap for something different! You can also leave pin badges, patches, drawings, stickers, prints, bookmarks, postcards, or other miscellaneous ephemera on the table for swapping too! There will also be a box for donations to the Coin-Operated Press Zine Library on the table. We would love to catalogue any zines you are happy to donate into our travelling collection - you can find more info about the library here. Any zines that are left on the table at the end of the fair will also be donated to the library.