Small Press Zines - Hobart

12/10/2026

In the lead-up to this weekend’s 14th annual SMALL PRESS ZINE FAIR ~> organiser Joshua Santospirito wrote this spicy piece for Overland about comics being excluded from literary spaces, and lessons learned from zine fairs and comics festivals.

“Maybe the exclusion of comics from the official literary scene is a blessing, and it’s up to the rest of the arts community to sort out their own platforms.”

Joshua Santospirito talks (and draws) himself out of demanding that comics be more widely included in literary festivals.

https://overland.org.au/2026/10/dear-writers-festivals-we-need-to-talk-about-comics/

29/09/2026

Follow this year’s SPZF POSTER HERO Bindi

This year’s Small Press Zine Fair will be held Oct 17, 12-4pm at Youth ARC, 1 Market Place. It has been supported by a grant from Creative Hobart! Creative Hobart

20/09/2026

BIG REVEAL: our 2026 poster hero is .wild.art! You’ll begin to see these handprinted beauties pop up around town with heaps of fun details to investigate.

NOTE we have a new venue:
The 2026 SMALL PRESS ZINE FAIR will be held at YOUTH ARC, 1 Market St, on Saturday Oct 17, 12—4pm. Free for everyone to come along.

This year’s SPZF has been supported by with a generous grant.

14/09/2026

IMPORTANT INFO REGARDING SMALL PRESS ZINE FAIR VENUE 2026
Fair now being held at Youth ARC
1 Market Pl, Hobart.

We are excited to announce we have a new venue for our 2026 zine fair on October 17th. Importantly all other details about the fair remains the same. This venue has been chosen to make the fair more accessible because the Hobart Town Hall currently has a broken lift. TELL YOUR FRIENDS TELL YOUR MUM, YOUTH ARC IS WHERE THIS YEARS FAIR IS AT!

13/09/2026

Tassie comic artists - last chance for a free comics mentorship by Leigh Rigozzi. Apply this minute?!!

Closing Friday! Last chance to apply for our mentorships for Tasmanian writers and comic artists - you could, for example, learn comics from ! Go to the 'Workshops & Mentorships' page on the Island website to find out more.

28/08/2026

Get your stall
Read the info at the bio-link on Insta.

This years SPZF is supported through a grant from Creative Hobart

>>>> PSA: Please be advised that UNFORTUNATELY the Town Hall lift will be out of order on the day. We’re really sorry about this situation. We know it will stop some people being able to attend and this is pretty awful. The decision was made to continue with the Zine Fair due to it already being too late in the year to acquire a different venue in Nipaluna: the management of the hall advised that it will likely be fixed later this year so it will be back in order for next year’s fair. We’re pretty bummed though and sincerest apologies to all those who rely on that facility being available.

24/06/2026

27/05/2026

LUTRUWITA!!

Do you make zines? Would you like to sell them at Artery?
We are looking for zines made by tassie creators to sell in our shop!
Specifically we’re interested in zines that are original creative works which feature the author’s own art.
If you think your zines would be a good fit, please email [email protected] and we’ll send you a submission form with more details!
🙂🖨️📎🖌️🎨🌟

20/05/2026

Launceston ~ new zine meetup!!

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1CZdbw6zjz/?mibextid=wwXIfr

Best news ever! Lonnie has a zine making get-together now! Thanks to the wonderful and Bring your materials to .kingsway Saturday 30 May at 12:30 and get zine-ing!

10/05/2026

Paper Jam Zine Fair yesterday was wonderful! Such a great vibe. Did you know that this was the THIRD new zine fair in Lutruwita/Tasmania in 2026? After many years of Small Press Zine Fair being the only one we suddenly have a bunch of eager people wanting to run their own fairs! It’s amazing!!
We had
1) Zine Fair at Sawtooth ARI in Launny run by Joee and friends.
2) State Library & Archives Zine Fair in Nipaluna/Hobart run by Rachel Edwards and the staff.
3) Paper Jam at Kickstart Arts run by B and Jo.
4) October 17th is the tentative date for the 14th annual SMALL PRESS ZINE FAIR at the Town Hall (pending grant $ to pay for the venue) run by Miranda and Josh

There’s been many zine making workshops as well which is TOTALLY great, but there is something special about an actual fair which really builds community connections alongside regular meetup groups which have popped up such the
1) Southern Zine Club
2) Drink and draw (which has popped up again!)
3) Hobart Collage Club

We’d love to hear about ANY Zinesters around the state who might be interested in getting a zine fair off the ground in some regional places. if the stars align we might be able to put you in touch with some other Zinesters who might be able to help, or some potential venue ideas for you to pursue? Who knows! Or someone else might see your comment here and connect with you.

Maybe Queenstown? Maybe Penguin? Who knows??

Pic stolen brazenly from Hannah Rogers.