A summary of Prof David Finkelstein’s book on Movable types — printers who moved throughout the world in the nineteenth century — is available as part of the Oxford Research Encyclopaedias series online. The main text is behind a paywall — or you can buy your own copy.
Printing exhibition in Glasgow
December 7, 2018
The Trust’s exhibition on the history of printing is running at the Lighthouse in Glasgow until 6 January 2019. More than just books, highlights the range and variety of the printing industry in Glasgow, and was organised as part of the Trust’s celebrations of its 30th anniversary in 2018.
Printing workshops at St Bride’s
December 2, 2018
If you are in London, you can try out new printing and related skills. St Bride’s are running courses on hand composition, wood engraving, and how to ‘Rebind a paperback’. For more details of dates and how to book see the St Bride’s website.
Tour the Dundee Print Studio
November 30, 2018
The Print Studio at Dundee Contemporary Arts runs regular tours on Thursdays and Saturdays. They are a perfect precursor to doing a course or becoming a registered user — or for anyone who has always wondered what happens in the studio. DCA Print Studio houses everything from a Victorian relief press to 3D printers and […]
St Bride’s opening in December
November 20, 2018
St Bride’s Library will be open on Wednesday 5 December and Wednesday 19 December 12 noon – 8pm. The library is open on the first and third Wednesday of each month. Please 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. There […]
Trust exhibition opens in Glasgow
November 9, 2018
The Trust’s exhibition on printing in Glasgow, More than just books, is open from today at the Lighthouse in Glasgow. It has been organised to mark the 30th anniversary of its founding in 1988. The exhibition will run until 6 January 2019. For details of opening hours, please see the Lighthouse website.
Talk on the oldest existing printers in Scotland
November 7, 2018
John McGhee will give a talk at 6.15 on Wednesday 14 November at the Mitchell Library in Glasgow. Mr Bell and Mr Bain went into partnership in 1831 as printers and typesetters in Glasgow. Bell & Bain is still thriving in the 21st century. For more details and how to book, see the Glasgow Life […]
New printing museum in France
October 24, 2018
The Atelier-Musée Imprimerie (AMI) opened at Malesherbes, 70km south of Paris, at the end of September 2018. The 700 objects on display include 150 machines. There are also workshops for visitors to try making paper, or learn paper marbling, type composition, printing and bookbinding
St Bride’s opening in November
October 20, 2018
St Bride’s Library will be open on Wednesday 7 November and Wednesday 21 November 12 noon – 8pm. The library is open on the first and third Wednesday of each month. Please 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. There […]
Letterpress course in Dundee
October 17, 2018
Join John Easson of Quarto Press on 17 November to learn the basics of letterpress printing using authentic period presses and type in the Print Studio at Dundee Contemporary Arts. For more details see the Print Studio website.
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