The reading room at St Brides Library is open every Wednesday. You can book a 3‑hour slots (12:00–3:00 or 3:30–6:30), by emailing library@sbf.org.uk.
Seminar on printed illustrations
January 5, 2022
The next HoPIN webinar will be held on Thursday, 20 January 2002, 5–6.30pm (GMT) on Zoom. The themes is ‘Contrasts in Print’ and the speakers are Sue May and Johanna Holmes. No charge to attend but booking is essential.
Adana printing courses at St Brides
January 3, 2022
St Bride’s Foundation are running their one day courses on using an Adana platen press, including hand typesetting and printing, as well as practical points regarding maintenance of the press, workshop management and what to look out for when purchasing equipment. They are running on 12 & 26 January, and 23 February. More details of […]
Contributors sought for book on 17th century printing
December 18, 2021
Contributions are being sought for an ‘Element’ in the Cambridge University Press Publishing and Book Culture series, entitled The People of Print in the Seventeenth Century. To propose a 2,750 word essay that profiles one figure, please email the editors, Dr Kaley Kramer (Sheffield Hallam University, k.a.kramer [at] shu.ac.uk), Dr Adam James Smith (York St […]
Booking open for Print Networks 2022
December 8, 2021
Booking is now open for the 2022 Print Networks conference in Appleby-in-Westmorland in late April: the theme is Around the text. The conference details and link to booking on the website of the Centre for Printing History and Culture.
Quarto Press open to visitors
September 12, 2021
The Quarto Press at Coupar Angus is open to visitors for the Perth & Kinross 2021 Doors Open Day weekend, 18 and 19 September. For details of the workshop and how to get there see the Doors Open Day website.
Wayzgoose at the Glasgow Press
September 10, 2021
The Glasgow Press is staying the workshop for this year’s Wayzgoose on Saturday 18 September for Glasgow’s 2021 Doors Open Day. Details of the letterpress workshops are on the Doors Open Day website.
Printing History Prize 2021
August 15, 2021
The Printing Historical Society Prize for New Scholarship will be available again this year. Submissions are invited in the form of a new article (4–8,000 words) on a printing-historical subject, suitable for the Society’s Journal. The winning author will receive this year’s Prize, a purse of £500, membership of the Printing Historical Society for one […]
Call for papers — Around the text
July 24, 2021
Proposals for papers are invited on the theme of Around the Text for a conference to be held in Appleby-in-Westmorland in Cumbria in early April 2022. The conference will consider supporting materials and activities around the design, production, and promotion of a printed text, particularly in the Anglophone world. Full details of the conference theme […]
Printing for tourists
July 5, 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.
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