2024 Zine Fair

SydZU will be holding the Western Sydney Zine Fair on 7 & 8 December 2024 at Arts & Cultural Exchange Parramatta (8 Victoria Rd, Parramatta), hosted by Wolfbound Books.

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Past events

Halloween Zine Making Workshop with Garden Lounge Creative Space

On 28 October 2022, SydZU donned their spookiest costumes for a zine making meet up that was... to die for! Thanks to the Garden Lounge Creative Space for providing us with a venue.

Perzine Workshop with the Waiting Room Project

On 1 October 2022, SydZU will be held a perzine making workshop as part of the Waiting Room Project at the Sydney Sexual Health Centre.


SydZU Zine Fair

On 16 July 2022, SydZU held their first zine fair at Petersham Town Hall with over 40 zinesters, both local, interstate, and international.

Zine making workshops sponspored by the Sydney Olympic Park Authority

Intro Workshop at Oliver Brown - 28 May 2022

Collage zines at Abbatoir Blues Cafe - 4 June 2022

Fanzines at Oliver Brown - 25 June 2022

These workshops were generously supported by the Sydney Olympic Park Authority Community Microgrants Program.


Virtual Zine Making Event - 26 February 2022

SydZU organised a covid-safe online zine making meet up exploring the theme of 5km (the distance from our homes that a lot of Australians were allowed to travel during lockdowns).


24 Zines in 24 Hours Livestream

From 10am AEDT on Saturday 29 January to 10am AEDT on Sunday 30 January 2022, SydZU members Kate (@moonfurhat) and B (@aomm.zine) made a zine every hour for 24 hours, and livestreamed the whole thing on twitch.


Inaugural Zine Making Event - 18 December 2021

On 18 December 2021, we had out inaugural zine making event at Sydney Olympic Park, where we welcomed both newcomers and experienced zine makers.

Participants were able to create a zine using collage, drawing, or writing. These handmade zines were then photocopied for participants to exchange.