A space dedicated to the DIY ethos of zine culture, where people who create zines gather to sell, trade, and showcase their work! Organised by artist Jess Autumn Bell of Autumn Illustration.

Joining us on the day will be:

Owen Stewart

A Cumbria based Animator working on their own animations and a Comic Artist developing their own Comic Series.

Owen loves to tell stories with characters who have flaws, with struggles to overcome and how they deal with them.

They will be selling physical prints of the first 2-3 issues of both their Comic Series – Jaiden’s Wildlife Journey & The Hidden Tales of Oaksburgh, as well as a few prints, stickers and pins l have drawn’

Absolutely Nice Vintage

Absolutely Nice Vintage was established in 2013 by friends Damian and Mark, born from a shared love and appreciation of mid 20th-century design. The pair carefully curate stock from all over the UK and Europe, specialising in 20th century furniture, homeware and decorative objects.

They will be selling their first self-published book titled ‘Lot 455’ Photographs by Norman Fairlam

These are collection of found photographs taken in Tripoli, Libya by Norman Fairlam in the late 1940s’

Bittersweet Press

Hi! We’re Bittersweet Press! You may have seen us at past zine fests and market stalls! We’re two university students studying Illustration, and in our third year, we’ve been working to make prints, stickers, and collaborative art. We like to make cute, colourful illustrations in paint and ink, and we’ve been working on a little side project – our own full illustrated cook-book.

Mike Duckett

Specialising in drawing, especially live drawing in social situations, and turning these visuals into narratives or partial narratives, as zines. Mike also plays with photography, collage and local history, plus he will have some comic anthologies he is part of, and a zine that came out of a kids’ zine workshop.

Andy Davy Photography

Documentary and psychogeography photographer based in Northumberland, bringing photo zines and prints.