Sometimes it feels easier to start from scratch than to develop what exists. But! There are simple & delicious organising methods we can use to give order and form to your written material that already exists.

You don’t need to start again. You’ve already said so much! Let’s honour it, by giving it a physical home, and turning it into something real.

In this self-paced Memory Zine workshop we identify organisational methods for your material, inspired by writers like Sheila Heti, Erica Van Horn, Amy Ching-Yan Lam, and others.

Making a small scrappy zine is a super effective way to uncover your preoccupations and narrative threads.

Why Memory Zine? Because anything can be a memory:

Diary entries. Words squirrelled away in documents. Drafts. Emails to loved ones. Family stories. iPhone notes. Shopping lists. Short stories. Camera photos. Professional presentations.

Get experimental and turn what already exists into a small memory zine. Learn exciting and invigorating organising methods you can use over and over again. Make something physical because it feels good!

Zines are by nature scrappy and imperfect. We are embracing this liberating ethos to create cheaply, quickly & imperfectly.

In this 3 hour workshop, you will:

-Act on your desire to make something, without needing to feel completely ready
-Learn creative & fun methods for organising material that already exists (from experimental books & publications that do it so well)
-Gather what already exists from your personal archive
-Edit, cut and collate it for clarity & length
-Lay it out in a simple zine template provided by me
-[Optional] print it out & staple on your home printer. No printer? Don’t worry, you can send me your design file as a PDF and I’ll print & send it to you £5. UK only, or we can discuss a small fee for international postage.

Ideally you will have access to some design software; (free) Canva, InDesign, whatever you’re comfortable using. You can totally make your zine with collage but Memory Zine workshop is geared towards creating with digital layouts .

Ready to gather material into a Memory Zine of your own? Get instant playback access, plus downloadable zine layout templates.

To sign up to a live online version of the workshop (instead of the self-paced recording) join the waiting list below.

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