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Rare Mags set to host Mundial magazine event this October
Stockport’s own independent magazine shop Rare Mags will be “chatting football and print” with Mundial magazine this October. Hosted at their shop in Stockport, Manchester in the UK, the event will host the quarterly independent football magazine.
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The Posthumanist announces launch party celebrating debut issue this September
The Posthumanist magazine is hosting a launch party for their debut issue this September. Held at Biblioteka in London on the 23rd of September, you can join founding Editor Anna Nagele and the team as they celebrate issue 1 ‘Sleep/Schlaf’.
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Stack to host Mother Tongue and Kindling joint event this July
Magazine subscription service (and now book club) Stack magazines are hosting an event in London this July, hosting two popular indie titles on the night. Taking place on the 6th of July at The Book Club in Shoreditch, the event will see Mother Tongue and Kindling join forces to discuss “rethinking the family.” Named ‘Beyond the Nuclear Family’, this new event follows Stack’s Independent Magazine Fair in May. The topic looks to discuss, “what does it mean to have a family today?”
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St Bride Foundation hosts Holly Catford and friends this June
St Bride Foundation is set to host Holly Catford and friends on the 16th June. The 126 year old grade II listed building in London will play host to the lecture, held in person and online via Zoom. ‘Team work makes the dream work: Making magazines with Holly Catford and friends’ will see magazine maker Holly bring us on a “journey into the world of editorial design and visual collaboration,” the event listing notes. “Magazines are always a team effort and her ethos is that ‘everything I do is better when I work with other people’.”
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Stack to host Independent Magazine Fair in London this May
Stack has announced a brand new in-person event for May. Held at Maslow’s Mortimer House in London, UK, the Independent Magazine Fair is a free one day event to be held on the 14th May 2022. It’ll feature a series of panel discussions throughout the day, including ‘How to make a magazine’ with Delayed Gratification, The Modernist and Season Zine. Celebrating some of the best-of-British publications, this event will also feature panels such as ‘Breaking the Rules’ including A Profound Waste of Time, Paperboy and Real Review, plus ‘Publishing With Purpose’ including Azeema, It's Freezing in LA! And The Movement Movement.
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Akin magazine opens physical store in Norwich
Independent magazine Akin opened their first physical store in the heart of Norwich in March 2022. This is a huge milestone for the magazine and the owner Alice, having only been an online webshop until now. On the first episode of the Overleaf podcast we spoke about the potential of opening a new store - you can listen to the episode in full below or via your favourite listening platforms.
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Guardians of indie mags Magazine Brighton announces store closure
Prominent independent magazine shop ‘Magazine Brighton’ is set to close in April 2022. The announcement was made via their Instagram this past week with the words, “For personal reasons, Magazine Brighton is closing. Our final trading day will be Saturday, April 2nd 2022. We know that everything changes and that this is simply another small version of that. We have loved every minute of having our shop, a huge part of which is the way you and many others have supported us both online and in-store with your enthusiasm, purchases, recommendations and your good wishes. We are so grateful to you.”
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Weird Walk releases new podcast and zine issue five
One of the most hotly talked about zines of the past few years has been Weird Walk, an adventurous publication that explores the British Isles and its folklore. Their website reads, “by walking the ancient paths, visiting the sacred sites, and immersing ourselves in the folklore and customs of these isles, we hope to fan the faint embers of magic that still smoulder in the grate and conjure that elusive temporal trackway of history and mystery, a weird walk that bypasses nostalgia and leads us back towards optimism and re-enchantment.” This curiosity and continuous pursuit of these routes and their historic importance in the British Isles has seen Weird Walk…