A Year of Letterpress Printing!
Leicester Print Workshop are offering a stunning year-long course in letterpress printing, hosted by the highly-recommended David Armes and Theo Miller. Full details on the LPW website.
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Return of Shipley Wayzgoose
I’m delighted that Roger and Nick have been able to host again the Shipley Wayzgoose. It’s my local fair — so I’m biased! — but it’s a wonderful day meeting great people. 11 June 2022, 11am to 4pm at the Kirkgate Centre, Shipley. The Wayzgoose now has it’s own Insta account, too. View this post [ ]
Francis Cupiss, Diss
Heading to see a friend in Anglia, I took the chance to contact John at Francis Cupiss, Diss. The reply shot back that John was away but Richard would give us a glimpse of the works. We were invited to step inside the epitome of a proper printing works: cast iron guillotine, Columbian press, pair [ ]
St Bride Virtual Wayzgoose
Despite Covid restrictions, the letterpress champions at St Bride are organising a virtual wayzgoose. Details below! Due to the ongoing coronavirus restrictions in the UK, we have decided to host a virtual wayzgoose on Sunday 11 July from 10am–1pm BST online via the St Bride Foundation Twitter and Instagram accounts. https://twitter.com/stbridelibraryhttps://www.instagram.com/stbridefoundation We…
Maid in Britain: The sensory pleasures of printing and pressing
Mary from Maid in Britain has been in touch — the Rufford Printing Co in Mawdesley, Lancashire helped me produce a booklet — a first for them I think — typeset on the last Intertype machine of its kind ever made and which was in use at the Guardian until 1987 — then hand printed [ ]
Pressing On: The Letterpress Film — St Bride Foundation
Friends at St Brides are showing Pressing On: The Letterpress Film. 27 October, 6pm to 9pm. More details on the St Bride website.
CPHC: Way goose origins 
Article from the Centre for Printing History and Culture, on the origins of the word ‘wayzgoose’ to describe a printers’ beano.
Pathé: Monotype Portraits
A delightful film of the creation of Monotype portraits. I can’t remember where I found the admittedly-poor-quality image in the header, but I think that would have been the output.
The Guardian: How To Print With Letterpress
Not sure how I missed this, but a 2010 article with Phil Abel of Hand Eye Letterpress in the Guardian.
Print Futures Awards: 2018 — Call for Applications
The Print Futures Awards help people develop their career in the UK printing, paper, publishing, packaging and graphic arts sectors. What are the Print Futures Awards? The Awards are grants of up to £1,500 to help individuals develop their workplace skills or assist new people to follow a pathway into employment with living and travel [ ]