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Critical Hits Zine Fair

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Book a free ticket to the Critical Hits Zine Fair at Bonington Gallery to celebrate DIY publishing and tabletop gaming. Discover unique zines, collectibles, and enjoy talks, panel discussions, film screenings, and gaming sessions with artists and creators from Nottingham and across the UK.

  • From: Saturday 22 March 2025, 11 am
  • To: Saturday 22 March 2025, 5 pm
  • Location: Bonington Gallery, Bonington Building, Dryden Street, Nottingham, NG1 4GG
  • Cost: Free
  • Booking deadline: Saturday 22 March 2025, 10.00 am
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Event details

Marking the launch of Bonington Gallery's exhibition Weird Hope Engines (Saturday 22 March - Saturday 10 May) the Critical Hits Zine brings together independent publishers, artists, and writers exploring themes of critical worlding, resistance, and alternative futures. This event celebrates DIY publishing and tabletop gaming with vendors from Nottingham and around  the UK including Melsonian Arts Council, Copy/Paste Co-op, Warp Miniatures, Ramshackle Games and others.

Alongside a diverse range of zines and collectibles to purchase, the Fair also features a programme of talks and conversations with artists from the exhibition including Zedeck Siew and Angela Washko, and panel discussions on fantasy illustration, game design and miniature fabrication with Andrew Walter, Amanda Lee Franck, Scrap World, and Alex Huntley.

Critical Hits Zine Fair also also features gaming sessions with David Blandy, Angela Washko and Andrew Walter, as well as a film screening programme delving further into the narratives, aesthetics, and communities that shape these immersive worlds, including the documentaries World of Darkness (2017) and Eye of the Beholder: The Art of Dungeons & Dragons (2019).

[Image: Still from the film World of Darkness, 2017]

Exhibition launch

Book your free ticket for our exhibition launch event on Friday 21 March.

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Location details

Address:

Bonington Gallery
Bonington Building
Dryden Street
 Nottingham
 NG1 4GG

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