Through the Mental Health Zine Library, our collection of community and partnership Zines, and our own Strange Things? Zine, we aim to amplify the voices of young people.
What is the Mental Health Zine Library?
The Mental Health Zine Library is a collection of self-published DIY on all things mental health, and everything that covers. We are a small pop up archive, aiming to showcase a range of personal experiences and share them with our community in and around Tyne & Wear.
We’ve been making zines with young people through strange things? Collective since 2017, and recognise what a cathartic and healing process it is to put pen to paper and make something.
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Both the MHZL and strange things? Collective proudly form part of the Young People’s Project at Washington Mind, where we work with young people in and around Sunderland to ensure our work is always co produced and working to serve our community.
The MHZL also wouldn’t be here if not for our supporters on Kickstarter. Our original fundraiser was successfully completed in October 2020.
Submitting to our zine or to our collection
Submitting to our Strange Things? Zine
To help amplify the voices of young people, we have produced a few of our own Zines here at Washington Mind Young People’s Project under the title of ‘Strange Things?’ Zine. Work has been focused around; Closure, Loneliness and Progress, which contain a collective of submissions from our community, sent in; via post, through email or at one of our workshops.
We’re currently looking for 11-25 year olds to explore the impact of religious belief and/or spirituality on your wellbeing. We’d love to hear responses from young people of all faiths, and those of none, from photography to poetry, testimonies and self-reflection, non-fiction, artwork or anything else.
To help you brainstorm, here are a few points to explore:
- Prayer/meditation
- Life after death
- Suffering and hardship
- Identity
- Religious communities
But please don’t let this restrain you, feel free to write on any relevant topics! Please send your submissions to: ypp@washingtonmind.org.uk before 12th September 2023.
Submitting your own Zine to our Mental Health Zine Library
Want to submit your own zine to the collection? Send us an email to: ypp@washingtonmind.org.uk
Projects and Partnership
We often work in partnerships with schools and community organisations to deliver workshops around making zines and the benefits of them, or to make tailored zines around a specific topic. This has included our ‘We are the Coalfields’ Zine which we developed in partnership with the Coalfields Area Committee and the ‘Linking Lonely Minds’ Zine which we developed in partnership with South Tyneside Council.
Young people are at the centre of all of our zines. If you are a professional who would like us to work with your organisation and the young people you support, please email us on: ypp@washingtonmind.org.uk to discuss the possibility of a partnership Zine.
A Guide for Making Your Own Zine - Home
As part of Summer Streets Festival 2021, we developed an online creative journaling guide. This guide gives you prompts, tips on how to find inspiration and a step-by-step guide through the process of artistically exploring what home means to you – through a mixture of writing, drawing, collage and more.
Click here to download the guide to get started with your own zine.
The Collection
Below you can browse through our entire collection, scroll through the pages and or you can try searching by a category or theme, e.g. poetry, compilation, mindfulness, loneliness, grief/loss, art, neurodiversity or self-care. You can read more about each individual entry by clicking on it, and there you’ll find more info about who made it and where you can find it.
Whether you have a zine to add to our collection, an idea for the library or you’re an organisation interested in hosting us, or you would like your own zine removed from the library, we would love to hear from you.
If you would like to look at Zines in a particular category then use the buttons below….
- All Zines
- Addiction/Substance Misuse
- Art
- Body Image
- Compilation
- Grief Loss
- LGBT
- Loneliness
- Mindfulness
- Neurodiversity
- Poetry
- Psychosis
- Self-care
- Self harm
- Trauma
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(There’s no such thing as) “A Little Bit OCD” (so please stop saying it”
from Forever Incomplete, available on Etsy.
Sarcastic/myth-busting reaction to people describing themselves or others as "a little bit OCD".
This is an 8-page A7 mini zine printed in black on white paper and folded into shape.
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Addicted to Loneliness
from Steven Fraser and Do It Theatre. Steven Fraser is available on Twitter and at stevenfraserart.com. Do It Theatre are available on Twitter and at doittheatre.com.
Addicted To Loneliness is a zine about living with autism. It features Polaroid pictures taken over a year long period along with diary entries, essays and short stories. Each story and diary entry presents a queer written perspective on autism and sexuality. The Polaroids show a candid and experimental approach to photography and includes short stories, diary entries and essays.
This is an A5 32-page zine printed in full colour on high quality paper.
All The Things I Never Said
from Jennie Louise available on their website, Facebook and Instagram.
Jennie Louise writes a collection of letters she always wanted to send but never did. Accumulating her work over the past years, this book, split into four sections, explores family tension, love and loss, mental illness and growth.
This is a 66-page A5 bound book which has been printed in black and white on white card and paper.
Are you a danger to yourself or others?
from Darcy Leigh at Easter Road Press, available on Instagram and Etsy.
A small zine from Darcy Leigh about being suicidal, mentioning trans suicide.
This is an A7, 8page zine printed on white paper which has folded into shape from an A4 piece of paper.
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Barriers
from Drawn Poorly Zines available on their website, Facebook and Instagram.
A collective response to societal barriers, such as disability, chronic illness and mental health conditions; how we manage them and over come them. Filled with 20 amazing artists, writers and photographers.
This is a 28-page A5 zine printed in full colour on white paper and stapled together.
Be My Friend, Please
from Steven Fraser and Do It Theatre. Steven Fraser is available on Twitter and at stevenfraserart.com. Do It Theatre are available on Twitter and at doittheatre.com.
A play in a zine about living with autism from Steven Fraser and Do It Theatre. It contains a performance that is designed for autistic adults, but can be enjoyed by anyone. The zine contains a theatre script, illustrations and a comic. You read the theatre script to yourself and the illustrations and comics spark the imagination.
This is an A7, 8 page zine printed on paper which has folded into shape.
Beyond Recovery, Issue 2
from Beyond Recovery.
The second issue of the Beyond Recovery zine, possible with funding from the Wirral West Constituency Community Fund. With this resource Beyond Recovery hosted creative sessions for people to contribute to this issue.
This is an A5, 22 page zine printed on paper and stapled together and provides a compilation of submissions on the subject of 'hope, positivity and creativity in mental health'.
You can download a copy to read online for free by clicking here.
Brain Storms
from ZineProcess available on Etsy.
A small zine from ZineProcess about epilepsy/fical seizures.
This is an A7, 8page zine printed on white paper which has folded into shape from an A4 piece of paper.
Breath like the trunk of a tree
from Jean McEwan, available at janemcewan.com, and Instagram.
A mini zine created in the style of collage, of belly breathing with words from #ThichNhatHanh. Made in response to conversations and collaboration about mindfulness and presence.
This is an A7, 8page zine printed on cream card which has folded into shape from an A4 piece of card.
burn the rest
from okayaicha (Aicha Alexandra Bahij) available at okayaicha.co.uk and on Instagram.
A small zine from okayaicha, and contains poetry on the topic of mental health.
This is an A7, 8 page zine printed on blue paper which has folded into shape.
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Choices
from anxious little musings, available on Instagram.
This is a zine about overthinking and impulsivity, learning to take more time to think and pausing.
A 12-page A6 zine which has been printed in black and white on white paper and hand-bound with thread.
Closure
from strange things? Collective at Washington Mind Young People's Project
The second publication from strange things? Collective, this time on the theme of closure. one of 100 copies published in February 2019. 10 contributors exploring themes of love, loss and mental health.
This is an A5, 12 page zine printed on paper and stapled together and provides a compilation of submissions on the subject of 'Closure'.
You can purchase physical copies of the Progress Zine here, or download a copy to read online for free by clicking here.
Conversations with Mental Health Workers
A small zine which shares a perspective of an individual's experience of mental health services and workers.
This is an A7, 18 page zine printed on paper and card with pages folded into shape and stuck into place with glue.
Is this a zine which you created? Send us an email to: ypp@washingtonmind.org.uk.
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David’s Granddaughter
from ohwibbles, available on Instagram and Etsy.
David's Granddaughter is a perzine zine about working class family history and grief. The author writes about the process of discovering long lost relatives, and trying to connect with our loved ones who are no longer alive.
This is a 16-page A5 zine printed in colour on white paper and bound together with thread.
Diagnosis
from Drawn Poorly Zines available on their website, Facebook and Instagram.
Draw Poorly is a zine exploring living with chronic illness and long term health conditions. Issue 3’s theme is DIAGNOSIS, which features comics, essays, poetry, and art from 20 different contributors.
This is an A5 32-page zine printed in full colour.
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Find joy in terrible times
from Vicky Stevenson (aka Pen Fight), available at penfightdistro.com, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
When it feels like everything is crumbling around us, we need zines that inspire joy and hope. This is a mini zine of prompts that’ll help you think of zine ideas if you’re feeling stuck, all around the theme of finding happiness, especially when times are tough.
This is an A7, 8 page zine risograph printed in blue ink on pink paper which has folded into shape.
Finding Colour
from Lisa J Derrick, available on Instagram.
This is a art quaranzine depicting finding colour and joy in surroundings and daily life during Covid-19 lockdowns.
This zine has been printed on white A4 paper and is folded into shape with image on both sides of the paper, all of which can be seen once fully unfolded.
Forever Incomplete #1: Spring 2014
From Forever Incomplete, available on Etsy.
Includes writing on myths about OCD, living alone, experiences of heterosexism, the notion of using a degree, and being 'crafty', as well as some book reviews.
An A6 Perzine, 1/4 size, 40 pages, printed in black and white on white paper and stapled together in Spring 2014.
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Gentle Reminders
from Almudena Rocca.
A small zine from artist Almudena Rocca, reminding us of the little things we can do for ourselves every day to keep us well.
This is an A7, 8 page zine printed on card and folded into shape.
Glimpses: A Bookish Look at Queer History
from The Bookish Type available on their website, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
Glimpses is The Bookish Type's own zine about exploring queer history through queer literature. Featuring pages on: Ancient poets / Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit / On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous / Edward Carpenter / The Gentrification of the Mind / Under the Udala Trees / Tipping the Velvet / The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue / Swimming in the Dark / Jonny Appleseed / Girl, Woman, Other / Cantoras / Tales of the City / Stone Butch Blues
This is a 24-page zine printed in full colour on white and bound together with staples.
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I cannot gather my thoughts
from anxious little musings, available on Instagram.
A compilation of rants and confessions in visual form, made in times when the author cannot gather their thoughts.
An A6 zine printed in black and white on white paper and bound together with orange thread.
I Feel Sick and I’m Scared I’m Dying
from ohwibbles, available on Instagram and Etsy.
I feel sick and I'm scared I'm dying is a perzine about living with emetophobia and death anxiety. It contains some of the author's writing about therapy, specifically CBT and EMDR, memories about vomit and trying to feel better about death. Please note this zine discusses vomit, suic*de and death. Some readers may find it's language triggering, so please take care.
An A6 16-page zine printed in full colour on white paper and bound together with green thread.
I stopped drinking and I hate you all
from Laura.
I Stopped Drinking and I Hate You All is an honest and open account of one women’s relationship with alcohol and giving it up, set out as a letter to London. Thinking of stopping drinking yourself? Want to be supportive to friends/comrades around you who are struggling with alcohol and trying/wanting to give up? Give this a read, you might find it insightful. If not, it’s got some cute hand drawn pictures of drunk animals, what more could you want…
An A6 35-page zine printed on white card and natural (beige) paper in black and white with library binding.
Identity
from Drawn Poorly Zines available on their website, Facebook and Instagram.
Focuses on the relationship between chronic illness, long term conditions and their affect on identity. Featuring incredible contributors from all over the world.
This is an A5 24-page zine printed on white paper and card.
If you thought people would listen what would you say?
A zine about listening and communicating, focusing on who the author could talk to, what they would say and how this would include their truth and how they would communicate this.
This is a 95mm x 290mm zine printed in full colour on white paper and folded into shape with a Turkish map-style fold.
Is this a zine you created? Send us an email to: ypp@washingtonmind.org.uk.
Is this any good?
from high hopes fanclub, available on Etsy.
This is a zine about overthinking and self-doubt.
An 8-page A7 zine printed on blue paper in full colour and stapled together.
It’s just an account of the worst year of my life
from Laura Saunders Zines, available on Etsy with zines available to purchase from Pen Fight.
A perzine about depression and experiences of mental illness. Content warning: this zine contains discussion of suicide, self harm, psychiatry, depression and personality disorder. Please red with care.
An A5 18-page zine printed in black and white on recycled paper.
It’s Okay to Be Sad
from WeirdIsTheBest (aka Kama Mielczarek), available on Instagram and Etsy.
A small zine containing a few reminders that it's okay (to be sad).
The author notes:
Some tips I use when I feel sad that help me not best myself up when I'm feeling down. "It's okay to be sad" explores these feelings and ways to find acceptance. At least those that work for me.
I included things and techniques I used to not let my depression & anxiety get better of me. It's about celebrating the little things. It's about celebrating the one good day!
This is an A7, 8 page zine printed on paper which has folded into shape.
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Journeys with Mindfulness
from Mindful Geographies (Chloe Asker) available on their website.
Journeys with mindfulness is a zine that is about transformative experiences of mindfulness and meditation. The zine contains six stories and several interactive sections that invite the reader to practice mindful moments and complete colouring pages. Find out more about the zine on the Mindful Geographies website.
This is an A5 23 page zine printed on off-white card and stapled together.
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Living with ADHD is like.. vol one
from ohwibbles, available on Instagram and Etsy.
"Living with ADHD is like" explains, from the mouths of actual ADHD folk, what living with ADHD feels like. Made in collaboration with the members of UK Women with ADHD on Facebook, and goes through analogies, descriptions and lived experience of what ADHD actually feels like to those who live with it.
The zine is A6, 16 pages printed on white paper.
Living with ADHD is like.. vol two
from ohwibbles, available on Instagram and Etsy.
"Living with ADHD is like" explains, from the mouths of actual ADHD folk, what living with ADHD feels like. Made in collaboration with the members of UK Women with ADHD on Facebook, and goes through analogies, descriptions and lived experience of what ADHD actually feels like to those who live with it.
The zine is A6, 16 pages printed on white paper, bound together with thread.
Lockdown Attachment & Disconection
A small zine which shares a range of images which the author has used to show their feelings around; lockdown, attachment and disconection.
This is an A7, 8 page zine printed on paper with pages folded into shape from an A4 piece of paper, some glue has been applied for additional structure. Printed on white paper but dark/black ink dominates several pages.
Is this a zine which you created? Send us an email to: ypp@washingtonmind.org.uk.
Loneliness
from strange things? Collective at Washington Mind Young People's Project
The third publication from strange things? Collective, as part of a new project on loneliness. one of 100 copies published in december 2019. Exploring themes of health, loss and relationships.
This is an A5, 19 page zine printed on card and stapled together and provides a compilation of submissions on the subject of 'Loneliness'.
You can purchase physical copies of the Progress Zine here, or download a copy to read online for free by clicking here.
Loneliness
from Darcy Leigh at Easter Road Press, available on Instagram and Etsy.
A small zine from Darcy Leigh on the topic of loneliness. Why are we so lonely and why is it so hard?
This is an A7, 8page zine printed on white paper which has folded into shape from an A4 piece of paper.
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Madness: Get Better or Die Trying
from Laura Saunders Zines, available on Etsy with zines available to purchase from Pen Fight.
Madness is a zine by Laura Sanders on mental health, mental illness & madness. With writing, drawings and cartoons, Laura discusses the language we use around mental illness, representations of mental health in different films and books, things she’s tried to make herself happy (with different degrees of success), getting help from the NHS, Dr Who, and stupid things therapists say. Content warning: contains references to suicide, weight loss, and depression.
An A5 28-page zine printed in black and white on recycled paper.
Marbles: Issue 1
from marblesmag available at marblesmag.com.
A compilation zine from marblesmag, an indie print magazine exploring, dissecting and exploding the stigma of mental health.
This is a 65-page B5 zine printed in colour on paper and card.
Marbles: Issue Two
from marblesmag available at marblesmag.com.
A compilation zine from marblesmag, an indie print magazine exploring, dissecting and exploding the stigma of mental health.
This is an A5 63-page zine printed in full colour on card and paper.
Medication Review
from T. O. Walker.
A perzine about the experience of a mental health medication review with a GP.
Printed in full colour on white paper with a white card cover with title, text and images glued on.
Mini Guide to Revictimisation
from PuddleJump Zines.
A small zine from PuddleJump Zines, and looks at the link between abuse, relationships, power imbalances, healthy relationships and self-love.
This is an A7, 16 page zine printed on light green paper which has folded into shape and can be reversed for additional pages.
My Evil Twin: Volume 2
from Uhmzines (Stefano Samà AKA STEPPP), available on Etsy, Instagram and tumblr.
A handful of illustrations, drawn with the left hand in a rough and surreal style, following a main theme of mental health and marginalization.
An 20-page A6 zine printed in black on blue, pink and white paper which has been stapled together.
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Nature
from Drawn Poorly Zines available on their website, Facebook and Instagram.
Drawn Poorly's sixth issue came out in 2020, against the backdrop of the pandemic when we were all indoors. It looks at the relationship between nature and wellbeing and how it makes us feel as ill/disabled people. Featuring forty four amazing creatives.
This is an A5 64-page zine printed in full colour.
not to put it simply
from okayaicha (Aicha Alexandra Bahij) available at okayaicha.co.uk and on Instagram.
A small zine from okayaicha, and contains poetry on the topic of mental health.
This is an A7, 8 page zine printed on green paper which has folded into shape.
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Pathologised from birth
from ZineProcess available on Etsy.
A zine about attachment and psychiatry.
This zine is postcard sized and printed full colour on white paper which has been glued onto white with an orange paper cover.
PRIDE
A zine from Liden Katherine McMahon, available on Etsy.
A mini single-poem zine about queer resistance and queer family.
Our pride is here. We hold it like lions hold their cubs - with gentle teeth and fierce paws.
A7 size, 8 pages, full colour. Collaged, typewritten, and printed on recycled paper.
Progress
from strange things? Collective at Washington Mind Young People's Project
Progress is the first zine from strange things? Collective, looking at how young people use creativity to explore mental health. It was published on World Mental Health Day 2017 and features poetry, art, personal essays and short stories from fourteen contributors.
This is an A5, 27 page zine printed on card and stapled together and provides a compilation of submissions on the subject of 'Progress'.
You can purchase physical copies of the Progress Zine here, or download a copy to read online for free by clicking here.
Psych trauma Recovery
from SorryTrufflesZines (annie pocalypse) available on Instagram and Etsy.
A zine about using mental health services while having a history of being harmed and neglected by psychiatric services in the past. In this zine the author mention having traumatic stress as a result of my previous experiences with psychiatry. They talk about both past experiences and more recent ones, as well as how they cope with it all now. They also talk about being queer, having BPD, being a migrant and the NHS.
This is an 18 page A5 zine with some sections in black and white and some in colour. There are some 'xtra bits' within the zine which includes some explicit stories of adverse experiences within a medical setting which have been written on a separate piece of paper which you can avoid if needed.
Puppy Problems
from ZineProcess available on Etsy.
A small zine which shares a perspective of an individual living with a stressed and anxious puppy and nature vs nurture.
This is an A7, 8 page zine printed on paper with pages folded into shape from an A4 piece of paper.
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Reframing Lost Time
from PuddleJump Zines.
A zine about reframing time lost to mental illness and how to cope with / heal from mental illness. Autistic/ ADHD (neurodivergent) perspective.
An A6 12-page zine printed in black and white on pink paper and bound together with pink thread.
Rootless
From A Disordered Mind Zines, available on Instagram and Esty.
An illustrated comic zine that is both about a cute little tree that never grew roots when it was a little sapling, but at the same time about mental health, past trauma, living without family and trying to pick yourself up every time you get knocked down (because, you know, the roots thing).
An A5 zine printed on white card.
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Self Harm Alternatives
An art-zine about self-harm alternatives from the author's perspective noting that this is not medical advice.
An A7 black and white zine printed on white paper and folded into shape.
Soft Thinking
from Almudena Rocca, available on Instagram and their website.
From Almudena:
Soft thinking is a zine I created, it illustrates gentle reminders and soft thinking. As I am currently studying counselling I wanted to use my art work to illustrate my journey! I aim to create a series of this. It is also a reflection of my journey through receiving counselling myself and some of the things I have learnt from that. I love this zine, it is one of my favourite ‘art’ pieces to date.
This is an A5 8-page zine printed in white on black 80gsm.
Spacious Silence
from TigerLilyZines, available on Etsy.
A philosophical poetry zine - open to your interpretation.
Vegetable ink print on 100gsm paper, A7 folded minizine.
Sunday Morning Pain: A colouring book
A zine from Uhmzines (Stefano Samà AKA STEPPP), available on Etsy, Instagram and tumblr.
Sunday morning pain is a colouring book about substance misuse and mental health. This is a series of drawings that attempt to represent the way it feels when drugs aren't working anymore and the party is over...
This a 36-page A5 zine printed on 150gsm paper in black and white.
Survivor Voices
from Northern_Thirty.
A zine to highlight survivors voices through words and pictures.
This is an A7 zine printed in black and white on white paper and folded into shape.
Symptoms of psychosis are common
from PuddleJump Zines.
A small zine from PuddleJump Zines, and highlights some common symptoms of psychosis and some tips for coping with them.
This is an A7, 8page zine printed on lilac paper which has folded into shape and can be flipped over for additional pages.
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The Dark Issue
from marblesmag available at marblesmag.com.
A compilation zine from marblesmag, an indie print magazine exploring, dissecting and exploding the stigma of mental health
This is an A5, 63 page zine printed card.
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Unfinished
from marblesmag available at marblesmag.com.
A compilation zine from marblesmag, an indie print magazine exploring, dissecting and exploding the stigma of mental health.
An A5 71-page zine printed in full colour on white paper.
Unruly Eyebrow
from Steve Urwin at Talking Pen, available on their website and Facebook.
This is a perzine containing poems, graphics, flash fiction, journal entries, rants and morning pages. All 2020 material.
This zine has been handmade in a perzine (personal zine) style. It has 52 pages and has been printed on A6 copier paper, black endpaper, sturdy pale blue card cover.
Untethered
from Caroline Norval Gibb, a Mardale Studios Production, available on Instagram.
A collection of poems covering different topics including loss.
An A5 12-page zine printed in full colour on white paper.
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We are the Coalfields
from Washington Mind Young People's Project and Coalfields Area Committee.
In early 2021, as part of a project for the Coalfields Area Committee, we put out a call for submissions for young people from the area, asking them to contribute to a collection of creative work we called We are the Coalfields. The work we received features alongside local service information that the young people we’ve worked with told us they found useful, to form a wellbeing resource for people in the area. A special thank you to the young people who sent in their work, and to the Coalfields Area Committee for making this possible.
Are you a school, organisation or youth group that would like some free hard copies of this wellbeing resource? Send an e-mail to info@washingtonmind.org.uk.
This is an A5, 16 page zine printed on card and stapled together and provides a compilation of submissions on the subject of 'creative wellbeing in the Coalfields', particularly focused on the period of lockdown during Covid-19.
You can order physical copies of the Progress Zine here, or download a copy to read online for free by clicking here.
With Respect
from the writing groups at Launchpad and Newcastle & Gateshead Art Studio.
A collaboration tale about two friends, Morag and Martine, struggling with their mental health, as they help each other find their way through the contrasting towns of Dissville and Respectsville, to recovery and survival.
An A5 booklet with a full-colour colour printed on yellow card, with the contents printed in black and white on white paper.
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you should be kinder to yourself
from high hopes fanclub, available on Etsy.
This is a zine which focuses on self-care and being kinder to yourself even when you don't feel like it and provides some self-care tips.
An A6 8-page zine printed on yellow paper and stapled together.
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I stopped drinking and I hate you all
from Laura.
I Stopped Drinking and I Hate You All is an honest and open account of one women’s relationship with alcohol and giving it up, set out as a letter to London. Thinking of stopping drinking yourself? Want to be supportive to friends/comrades around you who are struggling with alcohol and trying/wanting to give up? Give this a read, you might find it insightful. If not, it’s got some cute hand drawn pictures of drunk animals, what more could you want…
An A6 35-page zine printed on white card and natural (beige) paper in black and white with library binding.
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Addicted to Loneliness
from Steven Fraser and Do It Theatre. Steven Fraser is available on Twitter and at stevenfraserart.com. Do It Theatre are available on Twitter and at doittheatre.com.
Addicted To Loneliness is a zine about living with autism. It features Polaroid pictures taken over a year long period along with diary entries, essays and short stories. Each story and diary entry presents a queer written perspective on autism and sexuality. The Polaroids show a candid and experimental approach to photography and includes short stories, diary entries and essays.
This is an A5 32-page zine printed in full colour on high quality paper.
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Barriers
from Drawn Poorly Zines available on their website, Facebook and Instagram.
A collective response to societal barriers, such as disability, chronic illness and mental health conditions; how we manage them and over come them. Filled with 20 amazing artists, writers and photographers.
This is a 28-page A5 zine printed in full colour on white paper and stapled together.
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Finding Colour
from Lisa J Derrick, available on Instagram.
This is a art quaranzine depicting finding colour and joy in surroundings and daily life during Covid-19 lockdowns.
This zine has been printed on white A4 paper and is folded into shape with image on both sides of the paper, all of which can be seen once fully unfolded.
Forever Incomplete #1: Spring 2014
From Forever Incomplete, available on Etsy.
Includes writing on myths about OCD, living alone, experiences of heterosexism, the notion of using a degree, and being 'crafty', as well as some book reviews.
An A6 Perzine, 1/4 size, 40 pages, printed in black and white on white paper and stapled together in Spring 2014.
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Glimpses: A Bookish Look at Queer History
from The Bookish Type available on their website, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
Glimpses is The Bookish Type's own zine about exploring queer history through queer literature. Featuring pages on: Ancient poets / Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit / On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous / Edward Carpenter / The Gentrification of the Mind / Under the Udala Trees / Tipping the Velvet / The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue / Swimming in the Dark / Jonny Appleseed / Girl, Woman, Other / Cantoras / Tales of the City / Stone Butch Blues
This is a 24-page zine printed in full colour on white and bound together with staples.
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I cannot gather my thoughts
from anxious little musings, available on Instagram.
A compilation of rants and confessions in visual form, made in times when the author cannot gather their thoughts.
An A6 zine printed in black and white on white paper and bound together with orange thread.
Identity
from Drawn Poorly Zines available on their website, Facebook and Instagram.
Focuses on the relationship between chronic illness, long term conditions and their affect on identity. Featuring incredible contributors from all over the world.
This is an A5 24-page zine printed on white paper and card.
Is this any good?
from high hopes fanclub, available on Etsy.
This is a zine about overthinking and self-doubt.
An 8-page A7 zine printed on blue paper in full colour and stapled together.
It’s just an account of the worst year of my life
from Laura Saunders Zines, available on Etsy with zines available to purchase from Pen Fight.
A perzine about depression and experiences of mental illness. Content warning: this zine contains discussion of suicide, self harm, psychiatry, depression and personality disorder. Please red with care.
An A5 18-page zine printed in black and white on recycled paper.
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Lockdown Attachment & Disconection
A small zine which shares a range of images which the author has used to show their feelings around; lockdown, attachment and disconection.
This is an A7, 8 page zine printed on paper with pages folded into shape from an A4 piece of paper, some glue has been applied for additional structure. Printed on white paper but dark/black ink dominates several pages.
Is this a zine which you created? Send us an email to: ypp@washingtonmind.org.uk.
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Madness: Get Better or Die Trying
from Laura Saunders Zines, available on Etsy with zines available to purchase from Pen Fight.
Madness is a zine by Laura Sanders on mental health, mental illness & madness. With writing, drawings and cartoons, Laura discusses the language we use around mental illness, representations of mental health in different films and books, things she’s tried to make herself happy (with different degrees of success), getting help from the NHS, Dr Who, and stupid things therapists say. Content warning: contains references to suicide, weight loss, and depression.
An A5 28-page zine printed in black and white on recycled paper.
My Evil Twin: Volume 2
from Uhmzines (Stefano Samà AKA STEPPP), available on Etsy, Instagram and tumblr.
A handful of illustrations, drawn with the left hand in a rough and surreal style, following a main theme of mental health and marginalization.
An 20-page A6 zine printed in black on blue, pink and white paper which has been stapled together.
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Pathologised from birth
from ZineProcess available on Etsy.
A zine about attachment and psychiatry.
This zine is postcard sized and printed full colour on white paper which has been glued onto white with an orange paper cover.
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Rootless
From A Disordered Mind Zines, available on Instagram and Esty.
An illustrated comic zine that is both about a cute little tree that never grew roots when it was a little sapling, but at the same time about mental health, past trauma, living without family and trying to pick yourself up every time you get knocked down (because, you know, the roots thing).
An A5 zine printed on white card.
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Self Harm Alternatives
An art-zine about self-harm alternatives from the author's perspective noting that this is not medical advice.
An A7 black and white zine printed on white paper and folded into shape.
Soft Thinking
from Almudena Rocca, available on Instagram and their website.
From Almudena:
Soft thinking is a zine I created, it illustrates gentle reminders and soft thinking. As I am currently studying counselling I wanted to use my art work to illustrate my journey! I aim to create a series of this. It is also a reflection of my journey through receiving counselling myself and some of the things I have learnt from that. I love this zine, it is one of my favourite ‘art’ pieces to date.
This is an A5 8-page zine printed in white on black 80gsm.
Sunday Morning Pain: A colouring book
A zine from Uhmzines (Stefano Samà AKA STEPPP), available on Etsy, Instagram and tumblr.
Sunday morning pain is a colouring book about substance misuse and mental health. This is a series of drawings that attempt to represent the way it feels when drugs aren't working anymore and the party is over...
This a 36-page A5 zine printed on 150gsm paper in black and white.
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Unfinished
from marblesmag available at marblesmag.com.
A compilation zine from marblesmag, an indie print magazine exploring, dissecting and exploding the stigma of mental health.
An A5 71-page zine printed in full colour on white paper.
Unruly Eyebrow
from Steve Urwin at Talking Pen, available on their website and Facebook.
This is a perzine containing poems, graphics, flash fiction, journal entries, rants and morning pages. All 2020 material.
This zine has been handmade in a perzine (personal zine) style. It has 52 pages and has been printed on A6 copier paper, black endpaper, sturdy pale blue card cover.
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Barriers
from Drawn Poorly Zines available on their website, Facebook and Instagram.
A collective response to societal barriers, such as disability, chronic illness and mental health conditions; how we manage them and over come them. Filled with 20 amazing artists, writers and photographers.
This is a 28-page A5 zine printed in full colour on white paper and stapled together.
Beyond Recovery, Issue 2
from Beyond Recovery.
The second issue of the Beyond Recovery zine, possible with funding from the Wirral West Constituency Community Fund. With this resource Beyond Recovery hosted creative sessions for people to contribute to this issue.
This is an A5, 22 page zine printed on paper and stapled together and provides a compilation of submissions on the subject of 'hope, positivity and creativity in mental health'.
You can download a copy to read online for free by clicking here.
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Closure
from strange things? Collective at Washington Mind Young People's Project
The second publication from strange things? Collective, this time on the theme of closure. one of 100 copies published in February 2019. 10 contributors exploring themes of love, loss and mental health.
This is an A5, 12 page zine printed on paper and stapled together and provides a compilation of submissions on the subject of 'Closure'.
You can purchase physical copies of the Progress Zine here, or download a copy to read online for free by clicking here.
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Diagnosis
from Drawn Poorly Zines available on their website, Facebook and Instagram.
Draw Poorly is a zine exploring living with chronic illness and long term health conditions. Issue 3’s theme is DIAGNOSIS, which features comics, essays, poetry, and art from 20 different contributors.
This is an A5 32-page zine printed in full colour.
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Glimpses: A Bookish Look at Queer History
from The Bookish Type available on their website, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
Glimpses is The Bookish Type's own zine about exploring queer history through queer literature. Featuring pages on: Ancient poets / Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit / On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous / Edward Carpenter / The Gentrification of the Mind / Under the Udala Trees / Tipping the Velvet / The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue / Swimming in the Dark / Jonny Appleseed / Girl, Woman, Other / Cantoras / Tales of the City / Stone Butch Blues
This is a 24-page zine printed in full colour on white and bound together with staples.
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I cannot gather my thoughts
from anxious little musings, available on Instagram.
A compilation of rants and confessions in visual form, made in times when the author cannot gather their thoughts.
An A6 zine printed in black and white on white paper and bound together with orange thread.
Identity
from Drawn Poorly Zines available on their website, Facebook and Instagram.
Focuses on the relationship between chronic illness, long term conditions and their affect on identity. Featuring incredible contributors from all over the world.
This is an A5 24-page zine printed on white paper and card.
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Living with ADHD is like.. vol one
from ohwibbles, available on Instagram and Etsy.
"Living with ADHD is like" explains, from the mouths of actual ADHD folk, what living with ADHD feels like. Made in collaboration with the members of UK Women with ADHD on Facebook, and goes through analogies, descriptions and lived experience of what ADHD actually feels like to those who live with it.
The zine is A6, 16 pages printed on white paper.
Living with ADHD is like.. vol two
from ohwibbles, available on Instagram and Etsy.
"Living with ADHD is like" explains, from the mouths of actual ADHD folk, what living with ADHD feels like. Made in collaboration with the members of UK Women with ADHD on Facebook, and goes through analogies, descriptions and lived experience of what ADHD actually feels like to those who live with it.
The zine is A6, 16 pages printed on white paper, bound together with thread.
Loneliness
from strange things? Collective at Washington Mind Young People's Project
The third publication from strange things? Collective, as part of a new project on loneliness. one of 100 copies published in december 2019. Exploring themes of health, loss and relationships.
This is an A5, 19 page zine printed on card and stapled together and provides a compilation of submissions on the subject of 'Loneliness'.
You can purchase physical copies of the Progress Zine here, or download a copy to read online for free by clicking here.
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Marbles: Issue 1
from marblesmag available at marblesmag.com.
A compilation zine from marblesmag, an indie print magazine exploring, dissecting and exploding the stigma of mental health.
This is a 65-page B5 zine printed in colour on paper and card.
Marbles: Issue Two
from marblesmag available at marblesmag.com.
A compilation zine from marblesmag, an indie print magazine exploring, dissecting and exploding the stigma of mental health.
This is an A5 63-page zine printed in full colour on card and paper.
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Nature
from Drawn Poorly Zines available on their website, Facebook and Instagram.
Drawn Poorly's sixth issue came out in 2020, against the backdrop of the pandemic when we were all indoors. It looks at the relationship between nature and wellbeing and how it makes us feel as ill/disabled people. Featuring forty four amazing creatives.
This is an A5 64-page zine printed in full colour.
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Progress
from strange things? Collective at Washington Mind Young People's Project
Progress is the first zine from strange things? Collective, looking at how young people use creativity to explore mental health. It was published on World Mental Health Day 2017 and features poetry, art, personal essays and short stories from fourteen contributors.
This is an A5, 27 page zine printed on card and stapled together and provides a compilation of submissions on the subject of 'Progress'.
You can purchase physical copies of the Progress Zine here, or download a copy to read online for free by clicking here.
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The Dark Issue
from marblesmag available at marblesmag.com.
A compilation zine from marblesmag, an indie print magazine exploring, dissecting and exploding the stigma of mental health
This is an A5, 63 page zine printed card.
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Unfinished
from marblesmag available at marblesmag.com.
A compilation zine from marblesmag, an indie print magazine exploring, dissecting and exploding the stigma of mental health.
An A5 71-page zine printed in full colour on white paper.
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We are the Coalfields
from Washington Mind Young People's Project and Coalfields Area Committee.
In early 2021, as part of a project for the Coalfields Area Committee, we put out a call for submissions for young people from the area, asking them to contribute to a collection of creative work we called We are the Coalfields. The work we received features alongside local service information that the young people we’ve worked with told us they found useful, to form a wellbeing resource for people in the area. A special thank you to the young people who sent in their work, and to the Coalfields Area Committee for making this possible.
Are you a school, organisation or youth group that would like some free hard copies of this wellbeing resource? Send an e-mail to info@washingtonmind.org.uk.
This is an A5, 16 page zine printed on card and stapled together and provides a compilation of submissions on the subject of 'creative wellbeing in the Coalfields', particularly focused on the period of lockdown during Covid-19.
You can order physical copies of the Progress Zine here, or download a copy to read online for free by clicking here.
With Respect
from the writing groups at Launchpad and Newcastle & Gateshead Art Studio.
A collaboration tale about two friends, Morag and Martine, struggling with their mental health, as they help each other find their way through the contrasting towns of Dissville and Respectsville, to recovery and survival.
An A5 booklet with a full-colour colour printed on yellow card, with the contents printed in black and white on white paper.
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David’s Granddaughter
from ohwibbles, available on Instagram and Etsy.
David's Granddaughter is a perzine zine about working class family history and grief. The author writes about the process of discovering long lost relatives, and trying to connect with our loved ones who are no longer alive.
This is a 16-page A5 zine printed in colour on white paper and bound together with thread.
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The Dark Issue
from marblesmag available at marblesmag.com.
A compilation zine from marblesmag, an indie print magazine exploring, dissecting and exploding the stigma of mental health
This is an A5, 63 page zine printed card.
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Untethered
from Caroline Norval Gibb, a Mardale Studios Production, available on Instagram.
A collection of poems covering different topics including loss.
An A5 12-page zine printed in full colour on white paper.
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Are you a danger to yourself or others?
from Darcy Leigh at Easter Road Press, available on Instagram and Etsy.
A small zine from Darcy Leigh about being suicidal, mentioning trans suicide.
This is an A7, 8page zine printed on white paper which has folded into shape from an A4 piece of paper.
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Barriers
from Drawn Poorly Zines available on their website, Facebook and Instagram.
A collective response to societal barriers, such as disability, chronic illness and mental health conditions; how we manage them and over come them. Filled with 20 amazing artists, writers and photographers.
This is a 28-page A5 zine printed in full colour on white paper and stapled together.
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Glimpses: A Bookish Look at Queer History
from The Bookish Type available on their website, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
Glimpses is The Bookish Type's own zine about exploring queer history through queer literature. Featuring pages on: Ancient poets / Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit / On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous / Edward Carpenter / The Gentrification of the Mind / Under the Udala Trees / Tipping the Velvet / The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue / Swimming in the Dark / Jonny Appleseed / Girl, Woman, Other / Cantoras / Tales of the City / Stone Butch Blues
This is a 24-page zine printed in full colour on white and bound together with staples.
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PRIDE
A zine from Liden Katherine McMahon, available on Etsy.
A mini single-poem zine about queer resistance and queer family.
Our pride is here. We hold it like lions hold their cubs - with gentle teeth and fierce paws.
A7 size, 8 pages, full colour. Collaged, typewritten, and printed on recycled paper.
Psych trauma Recovery
from SorryTrufflesZines (annie pocalypse) available on Instagram and Etsy.
A zine about using mental health services while having a history of being harmed and neglected by psychiatric services in the past. In this zine the author mention having traumatic stress as a result of my previous experiences with psychiatry. They talk about both past experiences and more recent ones, as well as how they cope with it all now. They also talk about being queer, having BPD, being a migrant and the NHS.
This is an 18 page A5 zine with some sections in black and white and some in colour. There are some 'xtra bits' within the zine which includes some explicit stories of adverse experiences within a medical setting which have been written on a separate piece of paper which you can avoid if needed.
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Be My Friend, Please
from Steven Fraser and Do It Theatre. Steven Fraser is available on Twitter and at stevenfraserart.com. Do It Theatre are available on Twitter and at doittheatre.com.
A play in a zine about living with autism from Steven Fraser and Do It Theatre. It contains a performance that is designed for autistic adults, but can be enjoyed by anyone. The zine contains a theatre script, illustrations and a comic. You read the theatre script to yourself and the illustrations and comics spark the imagination.
This is an A7, 8 page zine printed on paper which has folded into shape.
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Forever Incomplete #1: Spring 2014
From Forever Incomplete, available on Etsy.
Includes writing on myths about OCD, living alone, experiences of heterosexism, the notion of using a degree, and being 'crafty', as well as some book reviews.
An A6 Perzine, 1/4 size, 40 pages, printed in black and white on white paper and stapled together in Spring 2014.
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Loneliness
from Darcy Leigh at Easter Road Press, available on Instagram and Etsy.
A small zine from Darcy Leigh on the topic of loneliness. Why are we so lonely and why is it so hard?
This is an A7, 8page zine printed on white paper which has folded into shape from an A4 piece of paper.
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Breath like the trunk of a tree
from Jean McEwan, available at janemcewan.com, and Instagram.
A mini zine created in the style of collage, of belly breathing with words from #ThichNhatHanh. Made in response to conversations and collaboration about mindfulness and presence.
This is an A7, 8page zine printed on cream card which has folded into shape from an A4 piece of card.
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Choices
from anxious little musings, available on Instagram.
This is a zine about overthinking and impulsivity, learning to take more time to think and pausing.
A 12-page A6 zine which has been printed in black and white on white paper and hand-bound with thread.
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Gentle Reminders
from Almudena Rocca.
A small zine from artist Almudena Rocca, reminding us of the little things we can do for ourselves every day to keep us well.
This is an A7, 8 page zine printed on card and folded into shape.
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Journeys with Mindfulness
from Mindful Geographies (Chloe Asker) available on their website.
Journeys with mindfulness is a zine that is about transformative experiences of mindfulness and meditation. The zine contains six stories and several interactive sections that invite the reader to practice mindful moments and complete colouring pages. Find out more about the zine on the Mindful Geographies website.
This is an A5 23 page zine printed on off-white card and stapled together.
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Be My Friend, Please
from Steven Fraser and Do It Theatre. Steven Fraser is available on Twitter and at stevenfraserart.com. Do It Theatre are available on Twitter and at doittheatre.com.
A play in a zine about living with autism from Steven Fraser and Do It Theatre. It contains a performance that is designed for autistic adults, but can be enjoyed by anyone. The zine contains a theatre script, illustrations and a comic. You read the theatre script to yourself and the illustrations and comics spark the imagination.
This is an A7, 8 page zine printed on paper which has folded into shape.
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Living with ADHD is like.. vol one
from ohwibbles, available on Instagram and Etsy.
"Living with ADHD is like" explains, from the mouths of actual ADHD folk, what living with ADHD feels like. Made in collaboration with the members of UK Women with ADHD on Facebook, and goes through analogies, descriptions and lived experience of what ADHD actually feels like to those who live with it.
The zine is A6, 16 pages printed on white paper.
Living with ADHD is like.. vol two
from ohwibbles, available on Instagram and Etsy.
"Living with ADHD is like" explains, from the mouths of actual ADHD folk, what living with ADHD feels like. Made in collaboration with the members of UK Women with ADHD on Facebook, and goes through analogies, descriptions and lived experience of what ADHD actually feels like to those who live with it.
The zine is A6, 16 pages printed on white paper, bound together with thread.
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Reframing Lost Time
from PuddleJump Zines.
A zine about reframing time lost to mental illness and how to cope with / heal from mental illness. Autistic/ ADHD (neurodivergent) perspective.
An A6 12-page zine printed in black and white on pink paper and bound together with pink thread.
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All The Things I Never Said
from Jennie Louise available on their website, Facebook and Instagram.
Jennie Louise writes a collection of letters she always wanted to send but never did. Accumulating her work over the past years, this book, split into four sections, explores family tension, love and loss, mental illness and growth.
This is a 66-page A5 bound book which has been printed in black and white on white card and paper.
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Barriers
from Drawn Poorly Zines available on their website, Facebook and Instagram.
A collective response to societal barriers, such as disability, chronic illness and mental health conditions; how we manage them and over come them. Filled with 20 amazing artists, writers and photographers.
This is a 28-page A5 zine printed in full colour on white paper and stapled together.
burn the rest
from okayaicha (Aicha Alexandra Bahij) available at okayaicha.co.uk and on Instagram.
A small zine from okayaicha, and contains poetry on the topic of mental health.
This is an A7, 8 page zine printed on blue paper which has folded into shape.
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Glimpses: A Bookish Look at Queer History
from The Bookish Type available on their website, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
Glimpses is The Bookish Type's own zine about exploring queer history through queer literature. Featuring pages on: Ancient poets / Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit / On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous / Edward Carpenter / The Gentrification of the Mind / Under the Udala Trees / Tipping the Velvet / The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue / Swimming in the Dark / Jonny Appleseed / Girl, Woman, Other / Cantoras / Tales of the City / Stone Butch Blues
This is a 24-page zine printed in full colour on white and bound together with staples.
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Identity
from Drawn Poorly Zines available on their website, Facebook and Instagram.
Focuses on the relationship between chronic illness, long term conditions and their affect on identity. Featuring incredible contributors from all over the world.
This is an A5 24-page zine printed on white paper and card.
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not to put it simply
from okayaicha (Aicha Alexandra Bahij) available at okayaicha.co.uk and on Instagram.
A small zine from okayaicha, and contains poetry on the topic of mental health.
This is an A7, 8 page zine printed on green paper which has folded into shape.
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PRIDE
A zine from Liden Katherine McMahon, available on Etsy.
A mini single-poem zine about queer resistance and queer family.
Our pride is here. We hold it like lions hold their cubs - with gentle teeth and fierce paws.
A7 size, 8 pages, full colour. Collaged, typewritten, and printed on recycled paper.
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Spacious Silence
from TigerLilyZines, available on Etsy.
A philosophical poetry zine - open to your interpretation.
Vegetable ink print on 100gsm paper, A7 folded minizine.
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Unfinished
from marblesmag available at marblesmag.com.
A compilation zine from marblesmag, an indie print magazine exploring, dissecting and exploding the stigma of mental health.
An A5 71-page zine printed in full colour on white paper.
Unruly Eyebrow
from Steve Urwin at Talking Pen, available on their website and Facebook.
This is a perzine containing poems, graphics, flash fiction, journal entries, rants and morning pages. All 2020 material.
This zine has been handmade in a perzine (personal zine) style. It has 52 pages and has been printed on A6 copier paper, black endpaper, sturdy pale blue card cover.
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Symptoms of psychosis are common
from PuddleJump Zines.
A small zine from PuddleJump Zines, and highlights some common symptoms of psychosis and some tips for coping with them.
This is an A7, 8page zine printed on lilac paper which has folded into shape and can be flipped over for additional pages.
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Find joy in terrible times
from Vicky Stevenson (aka Pen Fight), available at penfightdistro.com, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
When it feels like everything is crumbling around us, we need zines that inspire joy and hope. This is a mini zine of prompts that’ll help you think of zine ideas if you’re feeling stuck, all around the theme of finding happiness, especially when times are tough.
This is an A7, 8 page zine risograph printed in blue ink on pink paper which has folded into shape.
Finding Colour
from Lisa J Derrick, available on Instagram.
This is a art quaranzine depicting finding colour and joy in surroundings and daily life during Covid-19 lockdowns.
This zine has been printed on white A4 paper and is folded into shape with image on both sides of the paper, all of which can be seen once fully unfolded.
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Gentle Reminders
from Almudena Rocca.
A small zine from artist Almudena Rocca, reminding us of the little things we can do for ourselves every day to keep us well.
This is an A7, 8 page zine printed on card and folded into shape.
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It’s just an account of the worst year of my life
from Laura Saunders Zines, available on Etsy with zines available to purchase from Pen Fight.
A perzine about depression and experiences of mental illness. Content warning: this zine contains discussion of suicide, self harm, psychiatry, depression and personality disorder. Please red with care.
An A5 18-page zine printed in black and white on recycled paper.
It’s Okay to Be Sad
from WeirdIsTheBest (aka Kama Mielczarek), available on Instagram and Etsy.
A small zine containing a few reminders that it's okay (to be sad).
The author notes:
Some tips I use when I feel sad that help me not best myself up when I'm feeling down. "It's okay to be sad" explores these feelings and ways to find acceptance. At least those that work for me.
I included things and techniques I used to not let my depression & anxiety get better of me. It's about celebrating the little things. It's about celebrating the one good day!
This is an A7, 8 page zine printed on paper which has folded into shape.
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Reframing Lost Time
from PuddleJump Zines.
A zine about reframing time lost to mental illness and how to cope with / heal from mental illness. Autistic/ ADHD (neurodivergent) perspective.
An A6 12-page zine printed in black and white on pink paper and bound together with pink thread.
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Soft Thinking
from Almudena Rocca, available on Instagram and their website.
From Almudena:
Soft thinking is a zine I created, it illustrates gentle reminders and soft thinking. As I am currently studying counselling I wanted to use my art work to illustrate my journey! I aim to create a series of this. It is also a reflection of my journey through receiving counselling myself and some of the things I have learnt from that. I love this zine, it is one of my favourite ‘art’ pieces to date.
This is an A5 8-page zine printed in white on black 80gsm.
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you should be kinder to yourself
from high hopes fanclub, available on Etsy.
This is a zine which focuses on self-care and being kinder to yourself even when you don't feel like it and provides some self-care tips.
An A6 8-page zine printed on yellow paper and stapled together.
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Conversations with Mental Health Workers
A small zine which shares a perspective of an individual's experience of mental health services and workers.
This is an A7, 18 page zine printed on paper and card with pages folded into shape and stuck into place with glue.
Is this a zine which you created? Send us an email to: ypp@washingtonmind.org.uk.
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It’s just an account of the worst year of my life
from Laura Saunders Zines, available on Etsy with zines available to purchase from Pen Fight.
A perzine about depression and experiences of mental illness. Content warning: this zine contains discussion of suicide, self harm, psychiatry, depression and personality disorder. Please red with care.
An A5 18-page zine printed in black and white on recycled paper.
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Self Harm Alternatives
An art-zine about self-harm alternatives from the author's perspective noting that this is not medical advice.
An A7 black and white zine printed on white paper and folded into shape.
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Unfinished
from marblesmag available at marblesmag.com.
A compilation zine from marblesmag, an indie print magazine exploring, dissecting and exploding the stigma of mental health.
An A5 71-page zine printed in full colour on white paper.
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Conversations with Mental Health Workers
A small zine which shares a perspective of an individual's experience of mental health services and workers.
This is an A7, 18 page zine printed on paper and card with pages folded into shape and stuck into place with glue.
Is this a zine which you created? Send us an email to: ypp@washingtonmind.org.uk.
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Mini Guide to Revictimisation
from PuddleJump Zines.
A small zine from PuddleJump Zines, and looks at the link between abuse, relationships, power imbalances, healthy relationships and self-love.
This is an A7, 16 page zine printed on light green paper which has folded into shape and can be reversed for additional pages.
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Psych trauma Recovery
from SorryTrufflesZines (annie pocalypse) available on Instagram and Etsy.
A zine about using mental health services while having a history of being harmed and neglected by psychiatric services in the past. In this zine the author mention having traumatic stress as a result of my previous experiences with psychiatry. They talk about both past experiences and more recent ones, as well as how they cope with it all now. They also talk about being queer, having BPD, being a migrant and the NHS.
This is an 18 page A5 zine with some sections in black and white and some in colour. There are some 'xtra bits' within the zine which includes some explicit stories of adverse experiences within a medical setting which have been written on a separate piece of paper which you can avoid if needed.
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Survivor Voices
from Northern_Thirty.
A zine to highlight survivors voices through words and pictures.
This is an A7 zine printed in black and white on white paper and folded into shape.
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