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 by
History of the Printed Image Network is holding an online webinar on 22 March 2021 from 56.30pm 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 by
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 by
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 […]
Conference on regional printing
August 10, 2020 by
A conference on Places, spaces and the printing press: imprinting regional identities will take place in March 2021 At the National and University Library, Ljubljana, Slovenia. Paper proposal should be submitted by 20 September 2020, and a selection of papers, in expanded form, will be published in a specially edited volume of the series ‘Printing […]
Periscope Press acquires Victoria printing machine
July 13, 2020 by
SPrAT Trustee, Tim Honnor has recently installed a new machine at the his private press in Inverness. The Victoria printing machine may be the only one of its kind in Scotland in working order it was made in 1932 and is electrically driven. The Periscope Press also has a treadle Arab platen made in 1900, […]
New date for Printing for Tourists conference
April 28, 2020 by
The Print Networks / CPHC Conference A visitor attraction: printing for tourists which was due to take place in Appleby-in-Westmoreland in July 2020 has been postponed to 2021 July 2021. Printing for tourists’ encompasses tickets, notices, leaflets, labels, folders, billheads and other throwaways, alongside books both physical and virtual, that have come to represent tourists […]
Print Futures Awards 2020 Applications now open
April 18, 2020 by
The Printing Charity’s annual Print Futures Awards support people aged 1830, who are starting out or already working in the print, paper, publishing, packaging, and graphic arts sector. You can find out more and apply on the Printing Charity’s website. The deadline for submissions is 26 April 2020.
SPRAT is grateful for support from The Watson Foundation