The Printing Historical Society is busy planning a conference to mark the 50th Anniversary of its foundation in 1964, to be held on 13 and 14 November 2014. It is expected that the event will be held at the Society’s long-standing home in London, the St Bride Institute. The conference is entitled Landmarks in Printing: […]
Archives for 2013
Print Networks Conference 2014
December 15, 2013
The 2014 Print Networks Conference will be held at St Anne’s College, Oxford on 22 and 23 July 2014. The theme will be Worlds of learning: education and the book trade, and the keynote speaker will be Professor Sion Eliot. Papers are invited on any aspect of printing, publishing, distribution and bookselling for education, broadly […]
Bookbinding Course in Dundee
December 15, 2013
The Print Studio at Dundee Contemporary Arts is running a six-week bookbinding course on Monday evenings (6:00–8:30pm) from 20 January 2014. Try a range of bookbinding techniques to create beautiful, professionally finished books and pamphlets using only the simplest of hand-tools. You may want to create a special gift or album. Individual projects catered for. […]
Lithography course in Dundee
November 15, 2013
The Print Studio at Dundee Contemporary Arts is running a two-day course on Stone Lithography for beginners on Saturday 31 November & Sun 1 December (two day course), from 11am-6pm each day. You will have to opportunity to try this traditional method of printing from stone, with a contemporary twist, using a reductive technique that gives […]
November at Robert Smail’s
October 28, 2013
The staff of Robert Smail’s Printing Works in Innerleithen will be running a practical “users guide” to the Adana printing press on Saturday 2 November. The workshop will cover all aspects of using and caring for an Adana press, including useful tips on typesetting and machine maintenance. It’s an ideal opportunity to learn about these […]
Annual Fair at the Scottish Poetry Library
October 17, 2013
‘By Leaves We Live’, the Scottish Poetry Library’s annual celebration of artists’ books and small creative presses, will be held this year on Saturday 26 October 2013. The SPL building is totally transformed into a book lover’s haven of stalls, exhibitions and displays, with talks running throughout the day, including sessions on bookbinding and letterpress. Drop […]
Exhibition of Miniature Books
September 25, 2013
The current ‘treasures’ display at the National Library of Scotland consists of a selection of miniature books from the library’s collections. The display, entitled A Tiny Universe, focuses particularly on the miniature books published by David Bryce & Sons of Glasgow over 100 years ago. These tiny books were known for the clarity and legibility of […]
Printing workshops at Robert Smail’s
September 20, 2013
On Saturday 2 November, the staff of Robert Smail’s Printing Works in Innerleithen will be running a practical “users guide” to the Adana Printing Press. The workshop will cover all aspects of using and caring for an Adana press, including some useful typesetting tips and machine maintenance: an ideal opportunity to learn about these great […]
Wipers Times on the BBC
September 12, 2013
Following Tim Honnor’s Adventures with an Arab Press, the BBC broadcast ‘Wipers Times’, a drama written by Ian Hislop and Nick Newman, and starring Michael Palin, on BBC2 at 9pm on Wednesday 11th September. According to the BBC website, ‘when Captain Fred Roberts discovered a printing press in the ruins of Ypres, Belgium in 1916, […]
Chepman and Myllar prints on view
September 9, 2013
Today, the National Library of Scotland is marking the 500th anniversary of the Battle of Flodden and celebrating the contribution of James IV to printing in Scotland by displaying the first known books to be printed in this country between 12 and 2pm — no need to book, just turn up and view the books […]
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