CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Cats Zine!

I can haz Coin-Operated Press zine about catz? Yes. Yes, you can haz. Grab the tin of tuna, squish those toe beans, and helps us celebrate everything we love about the fluffy little gremlins that we let run our homes! Please share with us your cat snaps, your kitty adventure stories, your training tips and […]

Making the Sex Positive Zine

Coin-Operated Press is celebrating sex positivity! 43 contributors slipped into something sexy and shared their deepest desires with us in this zine. Inside you will find: sapphic tarot lovers, an essay on consent, phallic mushrooms, bondage photography, comic-strip shower seductions, queer sexuality pride, embroidered hanky codes, and so much more! 18+ Buy your copy of […]

SHOP UPDATE: Dungeons & Dragons Zine

SHOP UPDATE: Our D&D Zine is out now, in physical or PDF format! Coin-Operated Press asked you to roll for initiative – and you rolled all natural 20s to fill this zine with a fantastic array of DnD inspired art and writing! Roll up your character sheet, grab your dice bag, and bring your chaotic […]

Support Coin-Operated Press on Patreon

Coin-Operated Press is made possible through the patronage of our community – our fans and contributors – our family. Every pound donated helps us build a space for artists, writers, and creators to come together and share their ideas, and have their voices heard. We welcome our community of an open, fluid, collective of people, of […]

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Pride Is A Protest

In this zine, Coin-Operated Press is calling you to make protest banners that showcase your LGBTQIA+ PRIDE!!! We would love for you to share with us your illustrations, drawings, paintings, collage, photography, and any other creative medium you can think of to create a pride protest banner. Your banner will be displayed alongside many others […]

PRIDE Protest Banner Making Workshops

Coin-Operated Press are so excited to present a whole bunch of protest banner-making workshop to celebrate Pride month 2022! 10th June 2022 14:00-16:00 Pride Protest Banner-Making Workshop Edinburgh – The Salisbury Centre 14th June 2022 14:00-16:00 Pride Protest Banner-Making Workshop Edinburgh – Sketchy Beats Cafe 16th June 2022 14:00-16:00 Pride Protest Banner-Making Workshop Dundee – […]

2nd birthday zine fair!

As part of Coin-Operated Press’ 2nd Birthday celebrations, we held a tiny zine-fair at Blunt Knife Co. in Edinburgh. Marion and Emma, who run the shop on Thistle Street have always been such wonderful supporters of us that we couldn’t think of a better place to hold our first ever in-person zine fair. And the […]

Making the We Are Chronically Iconic Zine

In this zine, Coin-Operated Press has given space to chronically iconic zinesters, who all share their stories of living with chronic illnesses and disabilities. Rest your weary body, unpack your favourite stim tool, take your meds, and settle in to enjoy the work of 31 contributors. Inside this zine you will find notes on the […]

EDINBURGH ZINE FESTIVAL

Saturday 14th & Sunday 15th of May was the Edinburgh Zine Festival, run by Edinburgh Zine Library. We were initially invited to be part of the Saturday shenanigans, but were delighted when we were asked to host a table on both days! Loading up my suitcase with as many zines, badges, stickers, and plectrums as […]

Creative Scotland Inclusion Fund!

We are beyond thrilled to announce that we have been awarded the Creative Scotland Inclusion fund for 2022. During the pandemic, and beyond, it became clear that we needed to offer a comfortable space where people could come and hang out, make art, relax, and spend time in their community – and we are glad […]