DISTRO: Poems for The Ride

Coin-Operated Press is super excited to kick off our zine distro by printing Poems for The Ride! Poems for the Ride is a poetry anthology zine edited by Angel Rosen (@Axiopoeticus) and Joshua Pipkins (@PipkinsJoshua). This anthology includes poems written by people within the Amanda Palmer Patreon Community and covers the topics of life, death, […]

ZINE REVIEW: Ode to the Clitoris

Over on the Coin-Operated Press YouTube today I am reviewing Jenny Lester’s Ode to the Clitoris! A fantastically funny poetry zine that is a more than worthy addition to your zine library! Check it out now… Buy Ode to the Clitoris

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Pride Poetry Zine

Applications are now open for our poetry zine in celebration of Pride Month 2021! Grab your pens, laptops, typewriters, or ink and quill and get writing your best impression of Sappho, or an ode to the alphabet people, or a haiku about that time you came out of the closet, a heartfelt sonnet about the […]

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Earth Zine

To celebrate Earth Day 2021 Coin-Operated Press would like to welcome you to submit to the Earth Zine! We would love for you to share your thoughts on the Climate Crisis, your tips for living a more environmentally friendly lifestyle, which animals you will miss the most if they are driven to extinction, your Earth […]

ZINE REVIEW: Cough Drop Circus by Caw & Paw

COIN-OPERATED PRESS PRESENTS: an evening with…

Coin-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 […]

VLOG: January 2021

A 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 […]

SHOP: Keep Yer Heid A Scottish Poetry Zine

Why celebrate Scottish poets one day a year, when you can celebrate them all month long, and beyond?! That was our thought when we put together this poetry collection. Scottish poetry is often thought of as bleak and gloomy, but the poetry in Keep Yer Heid is warm and witty – and very funny! Featuring […]

Keep Yer Heid! – An English Perspective

As the English half of Coin-Operated Press, perhaps it is a little strange that I am the one writing about Scottish poetry! I moved up here from Manchester about 5 years ago now, after falling in love with Edinburgh from the Fringe festivals of my teenaged years. I studied English Literature in Wales, travelled around […]

Are you okay? Poetry Reading & Illustration

Are you okay? written and performed by Katie MayesIllustration by Chloe Henderson This month we are celebrating all things poetry! The Coin-Operated Press team loves a good poetry zine! so we are making our own this January! Check out our call for submissions, and submit to our Scottish Poetry zine now!!