MAGAZINE STREET 2026
Caseroom tour and Masterclasses
16 September
16 SEPTEMBER, 10.30-11.30
Glasgow School of Art – Caseroom tour
GSA – Caseroom tour
Come and get your print-geek on at the Glasgow School of Art, with a 1hr tour of their specialised printing and typesetting facility – The Caseroom.
The Caseroom provides a look back at letterpress printing, using raised metal or wooden type to create impressions on paper.
£10, with all proceeds going to the GSA Caseroom.
16 SEPTEMBER, 12.30-14.30
Build your advertising sales strategy in 2 hours
Helen Coston, Director at Inktop
An advertising sales strategy does not need to be complicated – yet it should be an essential foundation for all your commercial activity.
Having a sound strategy means a coherent approach to sales and a thriving small business. Consultant and Trainer Helen Coston will guide you live through building and creating a strategy for your own media business. You’ll takeaway an action plan to implement immediately.
£50 full price or £25 for members
16 SEPTEMBER 15.00-17.00
The Indie Advantage:
Building smarter subscriptions by knowing your audience
Abi Spooner, Strategy Partner at Atlas
Subscription playbooks can feel like they’re created for publishers with analysts, vast marketing budgets and dedicated acquisition and retention teams. But independent publishers have more to work with than they might think, and this masterclass is full of things you can do as soon as you get back to your desk.
The Indie Advantage is a practical masterclass for indie magazine publishers who want to build subscription businesses that are sustainable, customer-led and grounded in how your audience behaves.
£50 full price or £25 for members
