The Print Networks / CPHC Conference ‘A visitor attraction: printing for tourists’ which was due to take place in Appleby-in-Westmoreland in July 2020 has been postponed to 20–21 July 2021. ‘Printing for tourists’ encompasses tickets, notices, leaflets, labels, folders, billheads and other throwaways, alongside books both physical and virtual, that have come to represent tourists […]
Archives for April 2020
Baskerville Bible to stay in Birmingham
April 20, 2020 by
The future of the Baskerville Bible owned by Birmingham inventor and industrialist Matthew Boulton has been secured, and it will now be housed in the Cadbury Research Library at the University of Birmingham, alongside the University’s many other Baskerville holdings. The lives of Matthew Boulton and the printer John Baskerville were intertwined both commercially and […]
Print Futures Awards 2020 Applications now open
April 18, 2020 by
The Printing Charity’s annual Print Futures Awards support people aged 18–30, who are starting out or already working in the print, paper, publishing, packaging, and graphic arts sector. You can find out more and apply on the Printing Charity’s website. The deadline for submissions is 26 April 2020.
SPRAT is grateful for support from The Watson Foundation