Coin-Operated Press is an artist-led organisation based in Scotland. We host workshops, run zine fairs, produce, publish, and distribute zines.
A few words from Chloe… March felt like a bit of a weird month. I hit an unpleasant realisation of just how messed up the last year has been! Stuart’s Birthday is in March, and last year we had managed to get away for the weekend to a hotel in Dunbar… and then a few […]
Read More March 2021 UpdatesApplications are now open for the Coin-Operated Press and Artificial Womb UNAPOLOGETIC FEMINISM zine collaboration! We are super excited to create this together! This Unapologetic Feminism zine will be all about all forms and manifestations of feminism, and how feminism can be the basis of protest and revolution, but also the basis of collective care. […]
Read More CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Unapologetic Feminism in collaboration with Artificial Womb‘Learning to Swim on an Ironing Board’ is a play, 3 years in the making, by Conor A. Originally performed as a house show, it was commissioned by and performed at HOME theatre in Manchester in 2019. And this year it came full-circle and was once again performed at Conor’s home. The event was hosted […]
Read More Learning to Swim on an Ironing BoardApplications are now open for the Coin-Operated Press VACCZINE! We are super excited to create this second part to our launching Quaranzine! This Vacczine will be all about the COVID-19 vaccine, and how you are all feeling about the current pandemic situation. We would love you to respond with your thoughts on the crisis, how […]
Read More CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: VacczineA few words from Katie… Launching a niche arts company at the beginning of the pandemic last year….it has been an interesting time, for sure! I really really love and appreciate all of the support we get from our growing zine-family, though I’m kind of sad that the ‘rona meant so many missed opportunities. We […]
Read More VLOG: February 2021Coin-Operated Press Presents: An Evening With… THIS IS A TICKETED EVENT. See below for details. Join us on Zoom! 23rd April 2021 20:00 – 22:00 GMT Poets, musicians, and playwrights unite! We have 20 performers booked for your evening of delights! We are really excited to be hosting this virtual open-mic night in aid of […]
Read More COIN-OPERATED PRESS PRESENTS: an evening with…The Relationships Zine is here!!! We’re all loved up! This zine celebrates all forms of love that humans can express: romance, friendships, family, pets…and everything in between! Relationships features art, photography, poetry, and prose, from 25 wonderful artists. Our beautiful Relationships zine is printed in brilliant full-colour on matte high-quality 170gsm recycled paper, and bound […]
Read More SHOP: Relationships ZineWill you be my Valenzine? Chloe drew this illustration as a greeting card design for Coin-Operated Press and we are a little bit in love with it! You can check it out now in the Coin-Op Shop and grab your own Valenzine cards to send off to all the wonderful folks in your life that […]
Read More Be My Valenzine?Applications are now open for our zine celebrating Relationships! In this loved up month of February we want you to share your relationship stories! In this zine we are celebrating all the forms of love that humans can express… be that romances, friendships, love for your family, affection doted on your pets, and everything else […]
Read More CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Relationships ZineA few January words from Chloe… January is one of my favourite months… I mean, I hate the cold! but it is a fresh start. All of that motivation, and re-birth energy is so conducive to creative brains. In my own world of art I have been re-shaping my business to suit who I am […]
Read More VLOG: January 2021