May & June 2021 Updates

A few words from Katie… We’ve had such a busy couple of months! I can’t believe we’re one year old already. I know I go on about it all the time, but that’s because I am truly blown away by all of the support and love you continue to show us. Starting this company during […]

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Check out our 1st Birthday Zine Fair by clicking this link now!! “Coin-Operated Press is an artist-led organisation established in 2020. We are based in Scotland and run by zine-makers Katie Mayes and Chloe Henderson. We host workshops, run zine fairs, create educational online content, produce, publish, and distribute our own collaborative zines.”

An Interview with Coin-Operated Press

An Interview with Chloe Henderson

Check out Chloe Henderson at our 1st Birthday Zine Fair by clicking this link now!! “My name is Chloe Henderson. I am an Edinburgh-based interdisciplinary artist. I make art inspired by the natural world, mythological creatures, faerytales, nerd culture, and the radical idea that humans should be kind to every living thing. Through my illustration […]

An Interview with Canto Cutie Zine

Check out Canto Cutie Zine at our 1st Birthday Zine Fair by clicking this link now!! “Canto Cutie is an art and literature zine curated by Cantonese-American artist Katherine Leung. It holds a space for those who identify as Cantonese to create and show their work. Canto Cutie contains work of artists and writers of […]

An Interview with Lizzie Ryan Illustration

Check out Lizzie Ryan Illustration at our 1st Birthday Zine Fair by clicking this link now!! “My name is Lizzie and I’m an illustrator from the midlands currently living in Cornwall. When I’m not watching the walking dead I spend my days designing weird and totally cute characters that make me smile and I am […]

An Interview with Vampire Hag Distro

Check out Vampire Hag Distro at our 1st Birthday Zine Fair by clicking this link now!! “vampire hag is a full size zine distro based in chatham, kent and it has been around selling mostly queer & feminist perzines since halloween 2009 (previously known as vampire sushi until 2019) it is run by tukru, a […]

An Interview with Jade Flannery

Check out Jade Flannery at our 1st Birthday Zine Fair by clicking this link now!! “Jade Flannery is a bisexual, non-binary artist, illustrator and etsy seller living and working in North East Scotland. She was drawn to the DIY nature of zines and the ability to curate her own publications of art and poetry without […]

An Interview with Artificial Womb

Check out Artificial Womb at our 1st Birthday Zine Fair by clicking this link now!! “Artificial Womb is a feminist arts collective based in Scotland. We are committed to upholding all types of feminist arts in our journalism, from sculpture to poetry to videogames. All mediums of feminist art are worth covering and no medium […]

An Interview with AIWS

Check out AIWS at our 1st Birthday Zine Fair by clicking this link now!! “My name is Lex, my pronouns are they/them and I create zines using alias AIWS. Most of my work speaks about disability, autism, neurodiversity, being queer and non binary, but I also love creating zines about mental health, animals and personal […]