Richard (Dick) Honour, a former Trustess, died in Edinburgh earlier this month. He saw active service during the Second World War, after which he taught printing in Oxford and then at Napier College (now Edinburgh Napier University). The Trust would like to offer its condolences to all his family.
Conference on regional printing
May 10, 2020
A conference on Places, spaces and the printing press: imprinting regional identities will take place in March 2021 At the National and University Library, Ljubljana, Slovenia. Paper proposal should be submitted by 20 September 2020, and a selection of papers, in expanded form, will be publislhed in a specially edited volume of the series ‘Printing […]
New date for ‘Printing for Tourists’ conference
April 28, 2020
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 […]
Baskerville Bible to stay in Birmingham
April 20, 2020
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
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.
St Brides opening in March
February 23, 2020
St Bride’s Library will be open on Wednesday 4 March and Wednesday 18 March 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 […]
Exhibition on printing in London
February 15, 2020
An exhibition on the history of east London’s print industry opens at the Nunnery Gallery in Bow Road, London E3 on 17 January 2020. It will include historic photographs and printed items as well as print workers’ memories, told through a new collection of oral histories. Using archive and newly found material from companies, co-ops […]
St Brides Opening in February
January 28, 2020
St Bride’s Library will be open on Wednesday 5 February and Wednesday 19 February 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 […]
Print Networks Call for Papers
January 22, 2020
The 2020 Print Networks / CPHC Conference will take place in Appleby-in-Westmoreland, on the edge of Wainwright’s Lakeland Fells and will take as its theme ‘printing for tourists’ — tickets, notices, leaflets, labels, folders, billheads and other throwaways, alongside books both physical and virtual, that have come to represent tourists and tourism across the ages. […]
Film about Baskerville’s work
January 12, 2020
A short film about Baskerville’s punches will be screened for the first time at Winterbourne House in Birmingham on 12 February. It demonstrates Baskerville’s working methods and provides insights into his craftsmanship. The evening will also include talks about the wider project. The event is free, but booking is essential: see the Centre for Printing […]
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