Coin-Operated Press is an artist-led organisation based in Scotland. We host workshops, run zine fairs, produce, publish, and distribute zines.
Hello folks! I hope you are keeping safe and finding some light and warmth as we head into the winter months. You may have noticed that we didn’t announce a call-out for our collaborative November zine yet. That’s because we’ve been quietly working away on a project in the background, that I’m really excited to […]
Read More Books Beyond BarsI surprised Katie with a handmade zine all about our adventure to Crovie for her Birthday! This little video is the timelapsed process of the making of the zine, as well as a surprised Katie unboxing the zine!! Happy Birthday Princess Katie!!! Much love from Chloe x To see more of Chloe’s work, please visit […]
Read More HOW TO: An Adventure Zine to CrovieAs the cold winter nights draw in, Coin-Operated Press wants to showcase our fellow zine-makers just in time for the Hollyday season! Our first annual Christmas Zine Fair will be coming to you virtually in 2020. Applications are now open for stallholders, so please fill in the application form to make our first ever zine […]
Read More Call for Submissions: Coin-Operated Press Christmas Zine Fair 2020Some words from Chloe… On the whole, October has been a really good month for me. Recently, I have been feeling really stuck with life. I think perhaps the whole world might be feeling like that at the moment. Moving house is helping me to move on from the stickiness, and I am feeling really […]
Read More October 2020 Updates VlogHi there, my name is Chloe Henderson and welcome to Coin-Operated Press! As you can probably tell, I am getting into a spooky mood! It’s October, and we are just about to release our Hallozine. Thank you so much for all of your submissions! There were so many, and we were really really honoured to […]
Read More HOW TO: Hallozine Cover DesignSpooky scary skeletons called our contributors forth to submit their hair-raising work to our very first Coin-Operated Press Hallozine! Grab your broomstick, sharpen your fangs, carve your pumpkins, and channel all of your ghostly energy to enjoy the creepy creations in our Halloween zine! In this zine you will find poetry, illustrations, recipes, short stories, […]
Read More SHOP: HallozineLast week the Coin-Operated Press team decided that we needed a break from the world! Adventure time! Myself, and Katie, along with our partners, Stuart and Aeryn, packed our bags and road-tripped to the beautifully quiet village of Crovie, on the east coast of Scotland. We spent 3 nights there in our adorable little Airbnbs, […]
Read More ADVENTURE: A Coin-Operated Press Holiday in Crovie!Happy September from Coin-Operated Press! This little vlog is all about what we got up to in September 2020! You will see our site-visit to The Space to make plans for the zine-making workshops we want to bring to you in the future, as well as Katie doing a little shopping research for the workshops! […]
Read More VLOG: September 2020SPOOKY SCARY SKELETONS CALL YOU FORTH TO SUBMIT TO THE COIN-OPERATED PRESS HALLOZINE!!! Grab your broomstick, sharpen your fangs, carve your pumpkins, and channel all of your spookiest energy to submit your creepy creations to our Halloween themed zine! We want to see your love poem to a vampire, your werewolf comic, your witches’ brew […]
Read More CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: HallozineWhat is Blackout Poetry? A blackout poem is created most often using a black marker, to cover established text, for example: newspaper articles, cut up book pages, magazines, letters, etc. The creator redacts the words from the established text using the marker until a poem is formed. The most important thing to remember about blackout […]
Read More How To: Blackout Poetry