HarperCollins have launched a website celebrating 200 years of the business. The illustrated website includes sections on its printing history in Scotland (William Collins of Glasgow and Thomas Nelsons of Edinburgh) as well as the printing history of Harpers in New York. Explore the website at: 200 years of HarperCollins publishers.
Article on dictionary publishing
October 28, 2014
In her recent article on Scottish publishing in Scotland on Sunday, Mary O’Neill describes the ‘disproportionate contribution to English language publishing’ made by Scottish printer-publishers, such as W & R Chambers, Blackie & Son, William Collins. The full article can be read on the Scotsman website.
British Printing Society annual
October 12, 2014
The British Printing Society have announced that the Publishing Group annual volume for 2013 is now available for sale, alongside those for the previous two years. The 2013 volume is entitled Printing in miniature and has fifteen contributions. For more information, and details of how to buy a copy, see the British Printing Society’s website.
Exhibition on Scottish publishing at Edinburgh Napier
June 27, 2013
An exhibition showing how Scottish magazine publishing has developed since the early 1900s is now open at Edinburgh Napier University’s Merchiston Campus. It looks at the origins of the industry back to the 1700s but the main focus is magazine publishing in Scotland in the twentieth century, and shows the history of the magazines and […]
Online exhibition celebrating Scottish magazine publishing
June 5, 2013
Publishers from across Scotland came together on May 30 to celebrate a century of magazine publishing at a Chairman’s Reception for the Professional Publishers’ Association Scotland held at National Museums Scotland. The 100 Years of Scottish Magazine Publishing exhibition is a snapshot of the industry’s work dating as far back as the 1700s. The exhibition will […]
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