Coin-Operated Press is an artist-led organisation based in Scotland. We host workshops, run zine fairs, produce, publish, and distribute zines.
Applications are now open for our first ever fanzine! In celebration of our namesake, we want to make a zine all about our love for The Dresden Dolls! Katie and Chloe both met through the Shadowbox and as a nod to our punk cabaret friendship we named our zine shenanigans Coin-Operated Press. In this zine, […]
Read More CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Dresden Dolls FanZineCoin-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…Festivals Activity Pack Price: £5 Format: PDF Digital Download We might not be able to go to all the wonderful arts festivals that should have been on in 2020, but you can join us in celebrating with your own festival activity pack!! Festivals is a 10-page activity pack for everyone to enjoy! Inside this wonderful […]
Read More SHOP: Festivals Activity PackThe Edinburgh Festivals might be cancelled this year, along with countless other wonderful arts events around the world… and we are all feeling super bummed out by this blow to the arts community… but I am here today to list a bunch of awesome virtual art happenings that you can check out to help support […]
Read More Virtual Festivals Events CalendarI found out that the Edinburgh Festivals had been cancelled the night before myself and my partner flew back to Scotland. We had been scrambling to get home for a week after being caught in the beginning of lock-down in Melbourne. Emotions were high. Everything was so uncertain. When I settled into bed the night […]
Read More An Ode to the Lost 2020 Edinburgh FestivalsCoin-Operated Press Festivals Zine! Applications are now open! We were so gutted to learn that the Edinburgh Festivals were cancelled this year – and so many other wonderful festivals throughout the world – due to Covid-19! This is a massive blow to the art community, so we wanted to celebrate our love for festivals, music, […]
Read More CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Festivals!We are excited to announce the launch of our Coin-Operated Press pin badges and plectrums… Become a part of the Coin-Operated Press zine love club, and outfit yourself with the emblem of this proud group of zine enthusiasts and makers. A cog is one in a series, whose engagement transmits successive motive force to a […]
Read More SHOP: New Pin Badges & Plectrums!!!Digital Download Price: £3 Printed Zine Price: £3+P&P £1.50UK or £3.50International One from the vaults! Katie Mayes created this zine for International Women’s Day 2019 as a part of her All This And More zine series. Inside you will find some of Katie’s favourite female artists from rock and rollers to jewellery makers. Head over […]
Read More SHOP: All This And More – International Women’s Day 2019 Edition by Katie Mayes