The Highland Print Studio in Inverness are running an intermediate course on Relief Printing over six evenings, starting on Thursday 31 October. For more details and how to book see the Classes page of the studio’s website.
Letterpress workshops at Robert Smail’s
October 9, 2019
Robert Smail’s Printing Works at Innerleithen are running letterpress workshops again this autumn, for both beginners and and for people with a bit more experience. They are taking place on the weekends of 2/3, 9/10 and 16/17 November 2019. For more details of prices and how to book see Smail’s Facebook page, email smails@nts.org.uk or […]
Conference on post-war printing
September 24, 2019
A conference on post-war printing, organised by the Printing Historical Society, the Centre for Print History & Culture, and the Centre for the Study of the Book, Bodleian Library, will take place in Oxford, 10–11 October 2019. Tickets (£25 per person) are on sale from the event page on Eventbrite, where details of the final […]
October opening at St Bride’s Library
September 20, 2019
St Bride’s Library will be open on Wednesday 2 October and Wednesday 16 October 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 […]
Glasgow Press Wayzegoose
September 19, 2019
To mark Glasgow Doors Open Day, Glasgow Press is holding its Wayzgoose on Saturday 21 September, from 10am-4pm. A Wayzegoose was the traditional annual outing held by a printing house for its workers, marking the end of summer and the start of the season of working by candlelight. This year, they’re staying in the factory, […]
Glasgow in Print tours
September 15, 2019
The Scottish Printing Archival Trust is running two Glasgow in print tours as part of this September’s Doors Open Day programme. Booking opens on 1 September — for full details and to book your place please visit the Glasgow Doors Open Day website.
Printers open to the public for Doors Open Day 14–15 September
September 10, 2019
Richardson & Son Printers in Hawick will be open to the public from 11am to 1pm on Saturday 14 September. They now occupy the printing works where The Hawick News was printed until 2000. The Pen-y-Coe Press and paper-making heritage centre in Penicuik will be open and there will be tours including printing and papermaking […]
Quarto Press open for Perth Doors Open Days
August 30, 2019
The Quarto Press will be open for visitors for Perth Doors Open weekend Saturday 7‑Sunday 8 September from 10am to 5pm. See and try your hand at historical letterpress printing, view rare machinery, including typecasters and presses, and dozens of old gadgets and objects from the trade. Optional tours will be available (no booking required). […]
Exhibition at Merchiston Campus Library
July 20, 2019
Part of the Trust’s exhibition on the heritage of the printing industry in Scotland is now on display in the library at Edinburgh Napier University’s Merchiston Campus. The display features images from the Edward Clark Collection which consists of around 5,000 items illustrating the development of the book from the 15th century.
Talk on printing in Edinburgh
June 30, 2019
The Trust’s Honorary Secretary, Helen Williams is giving a talk on the printing industry in Edinburgh’s Old Town at Gladstone’s Land in the Lawnmarket on Thursday 4 July. For more details, and how to book see the National Trust for Scotland’s website.
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