Independent Publishing

Raw Print is a monthly lecture series which invites independent magazine publishers to talk about their work. It started as a University project, but meanwhile since then it has became public in collaboration with Ideas on Paper which is comprises of(1) a magazine and book store in Nottingham.

The first Raw Print event I visited was about the DIY magazine Caboodle and the motorcycle magazine Sideburn. I especially liked the magazine Caboodle, because it is like a showcase for creatives creativity and the editor Kayti Peschke often works often with people who haven’t published before. The magazine has a colorful, quirky and girlie look, which fits perfectly with the content. Both talked about how important it is to promote theirthemselves and that social medias, such as Instagram, are an important and useful instruments to draw intention attention(2) to their magazines. Furthermore, they described how challenging it is to work as a freelancer and that you really need to be passionate about your work. I’m planning to continue my work as a freelancer after my degree, and the talks gave me some ideas how I can push(3) my career (a bit)(4) further.

(1) I am not sure, but I think this is what you mean.
(2) I think you mean "attention".
(3) "Leverage" is normally a verb of choice here.
(4) You may do away with "a bit", unless you really mean "a bit".