If you are planning a day out, Robert Smail’s Printing Works in Innerleithen is open 1pm to 5pm, Fridays to Mondays each weekend. For full details of current arrangements are on the National Trust for Scotland’s website.
Online presentation on printing
June 10, 2021
The Centre for Printing History and Culture is holding their second 20 x 20 Night on Thursday 17 June at 17:30. Tickets are free but booking is necessary, and you can register through their website.
Printing for tourists
June 9, 2021
Booking is open for the online conference A visitor attraction: printing for tourists which is to take place via Zoom on 20–21 July 2021. Full details of the conference programme and how to book are available on the website of the Centre for Printing History and Culture.
Justin Howes Memorial Lecture 2021
April 18, 2021
John Hudson will give the Justin Howes Memorial Lecture at St Brides Library on Thursday 20 May at 7pm. His talk is entitled The commanded letter: writing, engraving and typography in eighteenth-century London. For more details and information about how to book see the St Bride’s website.
Lecture on Jan Tschichold and typography
March 15, 2021
On Thursday 29 April at 7pm, Paul Stirton will give a talk via zoom on Jan Tschichold and the new typography. For more details and information about how to book see the St Bride’s website.
Online conference on printing
March 8, 2021
Registration is open for the one day conference on Places, spaces and the printing press: imprinting regional identities organised by the Centre for Printing History & Culture in Birmingham and the National and University Library, Ljubljana, Slovenia. It will take place online on Wednesday 24 March 2021. Details of how to book are available on […]
Online event on printing
March 2, 2021
History of the Printed Image Network is holding an online webinar on 22 March 2021 from 5–6.30pm on The art of industrial publishing, looking at industrial publishing and how business has used images for the furtherance of trade. The event is free but you must register: for more details see the Centre for Printing History […]
Printing Charity’s Rising Star awards 2021
February 27, 2021
The Printing Charity’s Rising Star Awards support people aged 18–30 in the printing industry with their personal development. The deadline for this year’s submission is 7 March 2021. You can find out more and apply on the Printing Charity’s website.
Typographic Surprises!
February 22, 2021
The first event in this series organised by the Printing Historical Society will take place on Friday 26 February at 6 pm and is free of charge. Speakers are Dr Alexandra Franklin discussing 3‑D printing, Patrick Goossens on punch-cutting and type production, and Martin Killeen on early illustrated books. For more details and how to […]
Bookbinding showcase
February 10, 2021
You can join the National Library of Scotland online for a virtual showcase of the winning entries for the Elizabeth Soutar Bookbinding Competition 2020, which had the 1980s as its theme. You will be able toview the winning designs, and to hear from the bookbinders about their responses to the competition brief and their creative […]
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