Making a whale zine with Les Voizines

I did a thing! For the first time since lockdown, I participated in an “organised event”. It was outdoors and felt really safe (limited amount of people, space to spread out, alco-gel available, each our own markers/brushes…) and I was happy to be able to do this. Getting creative outside in the sun, with other creative people around, including a friend I hadn’t seen since February last year – it was exactly what I needed. Thank you to the Les Voizines team, De Koer, and the people behind the whale boat for organising it!

The idea was that everyone made giant black and white drawings/pages for the “walvis zine” which will be put together printed later on. We also drew memories of Ghent and its rivers on the map below.

Here are some photos for you to enjoy:

Zine Happening III – report by FEL

On April 8-9th, the third edition of Zine Happening took place in the Lousberg park. A bunch of feminist zinesters gathered to do a zine table together. Read the full report [in Dutch] with lots of pictures on the website of FEL.

News & activities – Spring 2017

Some upcoming activities:

• I will be sharing a table with feminist zine friends to sell and trade our creations at VoiZines’ Zine Happening III on April 8-9 at Lousbergsbuurtcentrum in Gent
• Next I’m doing a zine/book table with FEL at the Alternatieve Boekenbeurs on April 22nd at De Koer in Gent
• At Dans L’Cul Danku festival on April 23rd at Barlok in Brussels I will give a zine workshop
• And I’ll do another zine workshop together with Megan Beard at Ladyfest Maastricht May 6-7th in Maastricht (Netherlands)

News:

• Same Heartbeats #11 will be finished very very soon and I have plans to make a mini-zine about feminist activism this month because it’s Mini-Zine March! 🙂

 

Photo report – Zine Happening II

Zine Happening II – April 9-10th:

About a month ago, the second edition of Zine Happening organised by Les VoiZines took place in the Lousbergpark in Ghent. Gudrun, Jo, Mawy, Hannah, the feminist collective FEL and I were tableing together with our zines and mini-zines and Evie also brought her new book Feminisme – een nieuw begin.

News – spring zine events

Springtime brings lots of feminist/DIY/zine events again, hurray!

• Every 2 years, there’s a Ladyfest in Brussels and in 2016 the festival returns! On March 18-20th, you can enjoy feminist music, workshops, films, art, food and zines in BRASS in Brussels. Take a look at the programme. I’ll exhibit some drawings, play some tunes in between the bands and bring my zines! Do bring yours too!
• I’m so sad I’m gonna miss the Alternative Bookfair in Ghent this year! It’s on Saturday March 26th and I’ll be traveling… (though that is of course fun too 🙂 ). But FEL will still do a stand with their publications, stickers and buttons and you can find some of my zines there too among others. It’s the perfect place for all your anarchist/activist/DIY/self-published book and zine needs!
• Luckily I’m back from my travels for the second edition of Zine Happening, organised by Les VoiZines on April 9-10th. Ghent’s own zine fest, can’t miss that!
• And in May, some more traveling: the Putney Public Library in south-west London hosts a Zine Afternoon on May 7th. I was invited to speak, together with other zine makers and I’m very excited about it!

Report of Zine Happening + Alternatieve Boekenbeurs

On April 11th and 12th, I shared a table with other 24 hour zine makers  and with the feminist collective FEL at Zine Happening in Ghent. This zine fest was organised by Les VoiZines, a project started by two neighbour girls who make zines, comics and illustrations themselves. It was the second zine fest ever, as far as I know. The first one was organised by FEL and ECHO in 2011.

News

• The 3rd edition of 24 Hour Zine Thing in Belgium will be happening in February or March! More info soon… Let us know if you want to participate and make your own zines in 24 hours! Write to flapper_grrrl(at)yahoo.co.uk.
• My zine Same Heartbeats #8 is going to be finished around that time too… still a lot of work, but we’ll get there…
• On February 22nd you can find my zines and crafts (bookmarks, cuddle-cats, buttons…) at Let’s LousART, a craft fair in Ghent. Come and say hello!
• On March 6th and 7th I will give an ongoing zine workshop in Leuven at the feminist event VeelZIJdig. You can participate by making one or more pages for a big collective zine or by making your own zine.
• Upcoming zine fests: VoiZines in Ghent on April 11-12, Alternatieve Boekenbeurs in Ghent on April 18th, Mini Queer Zine Fest in Berlin also on April 18th… (more dates here). ECHO zines will be for sale (and trade) at the zine fest in Ghent and maybe at the one in Berlin.

by VoiZines