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Course on drypoint engraving in Inverness

September 30, 2019

The High­land Print Stu­dio in Inver­ness is run­ning a course on Dry­point Engrav­ing, suit­able for begin­ners or as a refresh­er course, on Tues­day 22 Octo­ber 2019, from 10am – 4pm. Dry­point Beginners/Refreshers. Spaces are lim­it­ed — full details of costs and how to book are on the stu­dio website.

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Conference on post-war printing

September 24, 2019

A con­fer­ence on post-war print­ing, organ­ised by the Print­ing His­tor­i­cal Soci­ety, the Cen­tre for Print His­to­ry & Cul­ture, and the Cen­tre for the Study of the Book, Bodleian Library, will take place in Oxford, 10–11 Octo­ber 2019. Tick­ets (£25 per per­son) are on sale from the event page on Eventbrite, where details of the final […]

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October opening at St Bride’s Library

September 20, 2019

St Bride’s Library will be open on Wednes­day 2 Octo­ber and Wednes­day 16 Octo­ber from 12 noon – 8pm. Email in advance (library@sbf.org.uk) to let the library know that you intend to vis­it as space in the Read­ing Room is lim­it­ed. Check the online cat­a­logue and email a list of titles you wish to see at […]

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Glasgow Press Wayzegoose

September 19, 2019

To mark Glas­gow Doors Open Day, Glas­gow Press is hold­ing its Wayz­goose on Sat­ur­day 21 Sep­tem­ber, from 10am-4pm. A Wayze­goose was the tra­di­tion­al annu­al out­ing held by a print­ing house for its work­ers, mark­ing the end of sum­mer and the start of the sea­son of work­ing by can­dle­light. This year, they’re stay­ing in the factory, […]

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Glasgow in Print tours

September 15, 2019

The Scot­tish Print­ing Archival Trust is run­ning two Glas­gow in print tours as part of this Sep­tem­ber’s Doors Open Day pro­gramme. Book­ing opens on 1 Sep­tem­ber — for full details and to book your place please vis­it the Glas­gow Doors Open Day website.

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Printers open to the public for Doors Open Day 14–15 September

September 10, 2019

Richard­son & Son Print­ers in Haw­ick will be open to the pub­lic from 11am to 1pm on Sat­ur­day 14 Sep­tem­ber. They now occu­py the print­ing works where The Haw­ick News was print­ed until 2000. The Pen-y-Coe Press and paper-mak­ing her­itage cen­tre in Penicuik will be open and there will be tours includ­ing print­ing and paper­mak­ing demonstrations […]

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