56a Infoshop in Elephant & Castle, London, has an amazingly vast collection of zines, going back to the 80s. For the better part of a year, I've been working on re-organising them with some friends, putting them into new and easier to use categories, and just generally making the space nice. To relaunch the library we are holding a weekend long event!
Saturday 25th July @ The Grosvenor, 17 Sidney Road SW9 - GIG! w/ Jean Genet, Husbands & Candy Panic Attack, also zine distros from Cherry Bomb Comics, Improper Fraction, Ricochet! Ricochet!, 56a and more. 7.30pm £4
Sunday 26th July @ 56a Infoshop, Crampton Street, Elephant & Castle, SE17 - Vegan pancake breakfast from 12pm, followed by workshops/discussions - Practical Squatting (resources 56a offers), Radical Self-Published Comix (feat. Isy Morgenmuffel, Melissa Cherry Bomb, Edd Last Hours, Melanie Colouring Outside the Lines), Bike Maintenance, Zine Librarian networking and more. Free!
There are still lots of zines to sort & categorise so feel free to come along and get involved with some DIY librarian-ism, or just come and browse! www.56a.org.uk