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.
Robert Smail’s Printing Works is open
June 20, 2021
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.
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 […]
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 […]
History of the Printed Image Network launched
October 2, 2020
The History of the Printed Image Network (HoPIN) is a new network for anyone interested in the history of printed images, including (but not limited to) artistic prints, book illustration, chapbooks, ballad-sheets, etc. There is no charge for membership or for online events. The network is part of the Centre for Printing History and Culture […]
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