The next HoPIN webinar will be held on Thursday, 20 January 2002, 56.30pm (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 by
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 by
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 […]
St Bride at 125
December 1, 2021 by
An exhibition celebrating the first 125 years of St Bride Library is running from December 1 2021–March 1 2022. The exhibition will provide a potted history of the St Bride Foundation, demonstrating the vital role of the library and highlighting the activities of the Foundation, including the purpose-built print school, sporting and social clubs. For […]
Bookbinding Competition open for entries
November 1, 2021 by
The National Library of Scotland’s Elizabeth Soutar Bookbinding Competition is open for entries. It aims to encourage the practice and development of creative and craft binding skills. For more details see the National Library of Scotland’s website. Details of this year’s themes, and how to enter are available on the National Library’s website.
Quarto Press open to visitors
September 12, 2021 by
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 by
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.
Penicuik Printers open for Doors Open Day
September 2, 2021 by
The Papermaking Heritage Centre at the Pen-y-coe Press in Penicuik is offering tours for Midlothian’s 2021 Doors Open Day on 11 September. Booking is essential. For more details and how to book a place see the Doors Open Day website.
Printing History Prize 2021
August 15, 2021 by
The Printing Historical Society Prize for New Scholarship will be available again this year. Submissions are invited in the form of a new article (48,000 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 by
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 […]
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