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Not long until TAGS Fest 2026! See you soon at Out of the Blue Drill Hall for a day of indie publishing, games, and talks!

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TAGS Festival @tagsfest.co.uk · 09/10/2026

💬 TALK ANNOUNCEMENT! Join Cleo Goodman from Basic Income for Artists Scotland to hear all about the new Scottish Artists Minimum Income pilot. 🏷️ Learn more about TAGS Fest at tagsfest.co.uk 🎤 See what other panels are happening at tagsfest.co.uk#talks

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TAGS Festival @tagsfest.co.uk · 08/10/2026

💬 TALK ANNOUNCEMENT! Join Maria Stoian and Sarah Lippett from Onion Press in an exploration of a postcard collection, and try your hand at writing your own. 🏷️ Learn more about TAGS Fest at tagsfest.co.uk 🎤 See what other panels are happening at tagsfest.co.uk#talks

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TAGS Festival @tagsfest.co.uk · 07/10/2026

📋 Board Game Zone sign-ups are now OPEN! You can stop by the Board Game Zone on the day to borrow a game or sign up to Blood in the Clocktower, or book in advance to secure a spot in one of 3 different RPGs! Book in advance: www.ancientrobotgames.co.uk/bookings

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TAGS Festival @tagsfest.co.uk · 06/10/2026

💬 PANEL ANNOUNCEMENT! Join Bhavani Balasubramanyam and @toadlett.bsky.social as they discuss how to use history as inspiration in storytelling. 🏷️ Learn more about TAGS Fest at tagsfest.co.uk 🎤 See what other panels are happening at tagsfest.co.uk#talks

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TAGS Festival @tagsfest.co.uk · 05/10/2026

💬 PANEL ANNOUNCEMENT! Join @palleonpress.bsky.social and @furtiveshambles.bsky.social as they discuss using game design to encourage play and learning. 🏷️ Learn more about TAGS Fest at tagsfest.co.uk 🎤 See what other panels are happening at tagsfest.co.uk#talks

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TAGS Festival @tagsfest.co.uk · 04/10/2026

📢 Exhibitor announcement: BATMAKES. "Bat is a queer artist who makes zines about their own experiences. Their newest zines, BAT Zine 1 and 2, focus on topics like feminism, physical media and 90s/2000s nostalgia." 🏷️ Learn more about TAGS Fest at tagsfest.co.uk

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TAGS Festival @tagsfest.co.uk · 03/10/2026

📢 Exhibitor announcement: FURTIVE SHAMBLES (@furtiveshambles.bsky.social). "Furtive Shambles is a game design co-op based in Yorkshire. We make wild, strange and sharp games, for people and community." 🏷️ Learn more about TAGS Fest at tagsfest.co.uk

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TAGS Festival @tagsfest.co.uk · 02/10/2026

📢 Exhibitor announcement: COMICS YOUTH SCIO. "Comics Youth SCIO is a charity for children and young people aged 8-25, based in Dundee. We deliver comics-based literacy, sequential art, publishing and wellbeing projects." 🏷️ Learn more about TAGS Fest at tagsfest.co.uk

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TAGS Festival @tagsfest.co.uk · 01/10/2026

📢 Exhibitor announcement: TOM HUMBERSTONE (@tomhumberstone.com). "Award-winning comic creator based in Edinburgh." 🏷️ Learn more about TAGS Fest at tagsfest.co.uk

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TAGS Festival @tagsfest.co.uk · 30/09/2026

📢 Exhibitor announcement: SHONA HEANEY ART (@iwanttobeahydra.bsky.social). "Sho is a comic artist and unrepentant art gremlin based in Glasgow. She spends a completely normal amount of time drawing sad fictional men with silly faces!" 🏷️ Learn more about TAGS Fest at tagsfest.co.uk

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TAGS Festival @tagsfest.co.uk · 29/09/2026

📢 Exhibitor announcement: SHAZLEEN KHAN (@shazleenmkhan.bsky.social). "Shazleen Khan is a queer Bangladeshi Muslim Illustrator and Author based in London. Their work centres experiences of diaspora and complicated inter-personal relationships." 🏷️ Learn more about TAGS Fest at tagsfest.co.uk

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TAGS Festival @tagsfest.co.uk · 28/09/2026

📢 Exhibitor announcement: PALLEON PRESS (@palleonpress.bsky.social). "Palleon Press is a small publisher of handmade roleplaying zines and pocket-sized storytelling games. It was founded in Texas in 2023." 🏷️ Learn more about TAGS Fest at tagsfest.co.uk

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TAGS Festival @tagsfest.co.uk · 27/09/2026

📢 Exhibitor announcement: THIRDBEAR PRESS (@thirdbearpress.bsky.social). "ThirdBear Press is an indie comics publisher with a focus on story telling that uses comics in an interesting and engaging way." 🏷️ Learn more about TAGS Fest at tagsfest.co.uk

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TAGS Festival @tagsfest.co.uk · 26/09/2026

📢 Exhibitor announcement: PAULA BEAKES (@paulabeakes.bsky.social). "Paula Beakes is a NZ born, Edinburgh based artist who creates colourful work featuring animals, nature, humour and stylised illustrations." 🏷️ Learn more about TAGS Fest at tagsfest.co.uk

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TAGS Festival @tagsfest.co.uk · 25/09/2026

📢 Exhibitor announcement: ELI SPENCER. "Eli Spencer is a fantasy illustrator based in Glasgow." 🏷️ Learn more about TAGS Fest at tagsfest.co.uk

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TAGS Festival @tagsfest.co.uk · 24/09/2026

Board Game Zone signups are opening soon! Our Board Game Zone, run by @ancientrobotgames.bsky.social, will have their board game library to choose from for on-the-fly gaming sessions, but stay tuned for signups for longer TTRPG sessions with experienced Game Masters!

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TAGS Festival @tagsfest.co.uk · 23/09/2026

📢 Exhibitor announcement: BLUE FOX COMICS (@bluefoxcomics.com). "Founded in 2015, Blue Fox has rapidly grown to become a publisher of distinct, high-quality, character driven genre comics, graphic novels and gamebooks." 🏷️ Learn more about TAGS Fest at tagsfest.co.uk

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TAGS Festival @tagsfest.co.uk · 22/09/2026

📢 Exhibitor announcement: NORMAL DAY. "Normal Day is the collective project of Will Powers and Amy Browne. Will makes nostalgic imaginative adventure comics and Amy makes surreal zines inspired by the everyday world." 🏷️ Learn more about TAGS Fest at tagsfest.co.uk

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TAGS Festival @tagsfest.co.uk · 21/09/2026

📢 Exhibitor announcement: HAM. "HAM (he/him) is an Edinburgh based queer comic artist and printer from Ireland. He mainly focuses on tackling serious issues as stupidly as possible." 🏷️ Learn more about TAGS Fest at tagsfest.co.uk

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TAGS Festival @tagsfest.co.uk · 20/09/2026

📢 Exhibitor announcement: GUSTAFFO VARGAS (@gustaffovargas.bsky.social). "Gustaffo Vargas is a Peruvian comic creator. He makes Cyberpunk comics where he explores Peruvian culture. He’s worked for BOOM!, Image, Marvel, Tiny Onion among others." 🏷️ Learn more about TAGS Fest at tagsfest.co.uk

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TAGS Festival @tagsfest.co.uk · 19/09/2026

📢 Exhibitor announcement: TOADLETT (@toadlett.bsky.social). "Comics and books that definitely weren't found in an ancient forest tomb and pried from the skeletal hands of a long-dead wizard. Most of the moss has been scraped off." 🏷️ Learn more about TAGS Fest at tagsfest.co.uk

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TAGS Festival @tagsfest.co.uk · 18/09/2026

📢 Exhibitor announcement: ONION PRESS. "Onion Press makes comics and runs The Prize Onion. Our comics are about the world around us, its histories and secrets, with a touch of silly along the way." 🏷️ Learn more about TAGS Fest at tagsfest.co.uk

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TAGS Festival @tagsfest.co.uk · 17/09/2026

📢 Exhibitor announcement: DJCAD COMICS. "The DJCAD Comics Module is happy to return for TAGS Fest 2026!" 🏷️ Learn more about TAGS Fest at tagsfest.co.uk

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TAGS Festival @tagsfest.co.uk · 16/09/2026

📢 Exhibitor announcement: MARIE-ALICE HAREL. "Marie-Alice Harel is an award-winning French author and illustrator based in Edinburgh. She teaches book illustration at Schoolism." 🏷️ Learn more about TAGS Fest at tagsfest.co.uk

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TAGS Festival @tagsfest.co.uk · 15/09/2026

📢 Exhibitor announcement: DON'T FOLD PRESS (@dontfoldpress.bsky.social). "DON'T FOLD PRESS is a small-press based in Dundee Scotland focused on producing comics that justify their space within the medium!" 🏷️ Learn more about TAGS Fest at tagsfest.co.uk

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TAGS Festival @tagsfest.co.uk · 14/09/2026

📢 Exhibitor announcement: JACK STAMP. "Jack Stamp is an illustrator and designer from Edinburgh. Winner of Up and Coming Talent 2025 at the Selkie Awards for his comic Plasticine Cowboy." 🏷️ Learn more about TAGS Fest at tagsfest.co.uk

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TAGS Festival @tagsfest.co.uk · 13/09/2026

📢 Exhibitor announcement: JOHNSON OFAIR (@thirdvaultyarns.com). "Johnson Ofair writes games that explore challenging themes, help people envision kinder worlds and radicalise people to push for change." 🏷️ Learn more about TAGS Fest at tagsfest.co.uk

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TAGS Festival @tagsfest.co.uk · 12/09/2026

📢 Exhibitor announcement: MOLLY STOCKS. "Molly Anne Stocks is an Illustrator and Comics Artist currently based in Edinburgh. Themes of nostalgia and bucolic scenes run through her comics." 🏷️ Learn more about TAGS Fest at tagsfest.co.uk

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TAGS Festival @tagsfest.co.uk · 11/09/2026

📢 Exhibitor announcement: GARRESH. “Comic artist based outside Glasgow. I like to ride my bike and enjoy the sun!” 🏷️ Learn more about TAGS Fest at tagsfest.co.uk

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TAGS Festival @tagsfest.co.uk · 10/09/2026

📢 Exhibitor announcement: UNDERGROUND KINGDOM COMIX/THE GULLET MAGAZINE. “Underground Kingdom Comix is a collective of small press cartoonists. They have produced a number of titles together including Filth, Retail Park and The Gullet Issue 3.” 🏷️ Learn more about TAGS Fest at tagsfest.co.uk

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TAGS Festival @tagsfest.co.uk · 09/09/2026

📢 Exhibitor announcement: GRAVE GOODS (@gravegoodspub.bsky.social). “Grave Goods is a team of independent TTRPG creators. We design systems, settings and adventures, with every single page written and illustrated by human hands.” 🏷️ Learn more about TAGS Fest at tagsfest.co.uk

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TAGS Festival @tagsfest.co.uk · 08/09/2026

📢 Exhibitor announcement: DEMI NAITO PUBLISHING. “Demi is a Japanese writer/illustrator from Los Angeles. Her mini-comics and guided journal combine whimsical illustrations and thoughtful storytelling to offer new perspectives.” 🏷️ Learn more about TAGS Fest at tagsfest.co.uk

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TAGS Festival @tagsfest.co.uk · 07/09/2026

📢 Exhibitor announcement: SOUNDS SKETCHY ILLUSTRATION. “I love looking at different subcultures and exploring the their communities in my zines. I to use my bunny characters to explore themes of mental health in more personal work. :3” 🏷️ Learn more about TAGS Fest at tagsfest.co.uk

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TAGS Festival @tagsfest.co.uk · 06/09/2026

📢 Exhibitor announcement: LIBBY DD & FRANK O'NEIL. “Libby and Frank are a pair of cartoonists whose works surround critters in all forms, from prehistoric creatures to Japanese mascots.” 🏷️ Learn more about TAGS Fest at tagsfest.co.uk

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TAGS Festival @tagsfest.co.uk · 05/09/2026

📢 Exhibitor announcement: NADIA SCHLOSSER. “Nadia is a Danish comic artist and illustrator. Their work mostly centers around underwater imagery and worldbuilding.” 🏷️ Learn more about TAGS Fest at tagsfest.co.uk

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TAGS Festival @tagsfest.co.uk · 04/09/2026

📢 Exhibitor announcement: FRANÇOIS GIRO. “I am an artist based in Edinburgh who publishes zines and graphic novels exploring personal stories and feelings.” 🏷️ Learn more about TAGS Fest at tagsfest.co.uk

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TAGS Festival @tagsfest.co.uk · 03/09/2026

📢 Exhibitor announcement: DECADENCE COMICS (@decadencecomics.bsky.social). “Decadence is a comic collective that publish science fiction stories. Their comics feature psychedelic altered states and dystopian visions.” 🏷️ Learn more about TAGS Fest at tagsfest.co.uk

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TAGS Festival @tagsfest.co.uk · 02/09/2026

📢 Exhibitor announcement: CHRIS LAU MANSON (@chrislaumanson.bsky.social). “Chris Lau Manson is a mixed Scottish-Hakka Chinese creator based near Glasgow. Originally from Hong Kong, Chris tells socially-aware stories infused with magical realism.” 🏷️ Learn more about TAGS Fest at tagsfest.co.uk

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TAGS Festival @tagsfest.co.uk · 01/09/2026

📢 Exhibitor announcement: GOBLIN PURWIN (@goblinpurwin.bsky.social). “Goblin is a graphic novelist based in Edinburgh. While she applies her hand drawn methods to illustration and animation, panelled storytelling is her first and best language.” 🏷️ Learn more about TAGS Fest at tagsfest.co.uk

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TAGS Festival @tagsfest.co.uk · 31/08/2026

📢 Exhibitor announcement: KUTTY PRESS. “Kutty Press is a mini publishing experiment rooted in the spirit of play, process, & print. We celebrate the handmade & the personal through books, zines, prints, & objects.” 🏷️ Learn more about TAGS Fest at tagsfest.co.uk

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TAGS Festival @tagsfest.co.uk · 30/08/2026

📢 Exhibitor announcement: CHIP COLLECTIVE (@chipcollective.bsky.social). “CHIP Collective creates informative comic anthologies about a wide range of topics, with the goal of making positive social change through our work!” 🏷️ Learn more about TAGS Fest at tagsfest.co.uk

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TAGS Festival @tagsfest.co.uk · 29/08/2026

📢 Exhibitor announcement: VER (@verface.bsky.social). “VER is a writer and illustrator from Eastern Europe, residing in Scotland. They spend most of their time writing and drawing stories about strange people and distant worlds.” 🏷️ Learn more about TAGS Fest at tagsfest.co.uk

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TAGS Festival @tagsfest.co.uk · 28/08/2026

📢 Exhibitor announcement: CHALKDOWN (@chalkdown.bsky.social). “Illustrator and graphic designer making zines, art and TTRPG content. ENNIE award winner. Enjoys puzzles and finding the whimsy in the things around them. Actual Blighted Merman.” 🏷️ Learn more about TAGS Fest at tagsfest.co.uk

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TAGS Festival @tagsfest.co.uk · 27/08/2026

📢 This year, TAGS Fest is generously sponsored by KELLY ZOU. "Kelly Zou is a visual artist based in Edinburgh, creating drawings, paintings, and comics exploring memory, place, and emotional landscapes." 🏷️ Learn more about Kelly at her website kellyzou.com

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TAGS Festival @tagsfest.co.uk · 26/08/2026

📢 This year, TAGS Fest is generously sponsored by JULIE CAMPBELL (@juliecampbelldraws.bsky.social). "Julie’s comics focus on personal journeys and the natural world. Her work features bold lines and a few carefully chosen colours." 🏷️ Learn more about Julie at her website juliecampbelldraws.com

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TAGS Festival @tagsfest.co.uk · 25/08/2026

📢 This year, TAGS Fest is generously sponsored by TETTIX GAMES (@tettix.bsky.social). "Tettix Games is an independent board game studio based in Edinburgh. We make cartoonishly spooky games that are heavy on theme and fun." 🏷️ Learn more about Tettix Games at their website tettixgames.com

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TAGS Festival @tagsfest.co.uk · 20/08/2026

📢 This year's featured poster artist and guest creator is JACK MAGEE (@mackjagee.bsky.social)! “Writer and illustrator of the cosmic and forgotten; inspired by history, folklore, insects, plants, and childhood. A friend of the bees.” 🏷️ Learn more about Jack at his website jackmagee.co.uk

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TAGS Festival @tagsfest.co.uk · 19/08/2026

Want to be part of TAGS Festival this year? We're looking for three stewards to help us deliver TAGS Festival 2026! You'll be assisting the exhibitors and visitors, greeting attendees, and helping out in our Talks and Board Game Zone rooms. 🏷️ Read the full job listing: tagsfest.co.uk#jobs

Stewards needed! We're looking for 3 stewards to help us deliver TAGS Festival 2026! £13.50 an hour with a paid break. For more details, visit tagsfest.co.uk/#jobs. Deadline: 31/8/26. The image is of a friendly robot waving from behind a comic stall.

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TAGS Festival @tagsfest.co.uk · 18/08/2026

We can't wait for TAGS Fest 2026! TAGS is a free-to-attend market event dedicated to spotlighting Scotland's small press talent. Stay tuned for exhibitor and talk announcements, as well as Board Game Zone signups! 🏷️ Learn more at tagsfest.co.uk

Tabletop & Graphic Storytelling (TAGS) Festival. 17 October 2026, 10am-5pm, Out of the Blue Drill Hall. Celebrating collaborative and visual storytelling, from comics to roleplaying games! Explore our Creators Marketplace, borrow games in the Board Game Zone, and check out our panels and talks! Free entry! Learn more at tagsfest.co.uk

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