✂️ MAKE YOUR OWN QUEER ZINE 📚🌈
With Simon Olmetti & Weed Magazine
📅 Saturday 11 July 2026
🕜 1:30pm – 3:00pm
📍 Hale End Library, Castle Avenue, London E4
🎟️ Free entry (ticket required)
Join local creative Simon Olmetti, publisher of the environmental queer magazine Weed, for a fun and inspiring Pride-themed zine-making workshop exploring LGBTQ+ identity, self-expression, creativity, and community. 🌈✨
Discover the world of DIY publishing through a hands-on workshop featuring:
✂️ Collage
🎨 Drawing
✍️ Creative writing
📖 Storytelling
📚 Zine-making and self-publishing techniques
Whether you're a complete beginner or an experienced creative, this welcoming and informal session invites you to experiment, share ideas, and create your own unique zine inspired by queer culture, personal stories, and community voices.
🖍️ All materials will be provided. You're also welcome to bring your own photographs, magazines, drawings, poems, texts, or creative ideas to include in your work.
💜 Open to LGBTQ+ residents, allies, artists, young people, and anyone interested in independent publishing, creativity, and community-led art.
🏳️🌈 Part of Waltham Forest Pride 2026 – a borough-wide celebration of LGBTQ+ culture, creativity, and community taking place from 6–18 July 2026.
📱 Instagram: @wfpridecollective