1. Hooksmith is a film about Russell Frost, a New Zealand born, former fly fisher who now runs Hooksmith Press, producing letterpress prints in his workshop based in East London.
2. International Summer Courses – Printmaking And Textile Art (PATA) - Łódź, Poland, 2017 are designed for beginners and experienced artists - website & Facebook page
3. Ladies of Letterpress is teaming up with Firecracker Press and Central Print Studios to bring you a combined letterpress event in St. Louis, MO, September 28-October 1, 2017 - link
4. Shipley Wayzgoose, 03.06.2017 at Kirkgate Center (UK) - link
Quick links
1. Specimens of Chromatic Wood Type, Borders, &c.: The 1874 Masterpiece of Colorful Typography, a new book from Rizzoli will be available for sale from May 16, 2017
2. BLOCD Typesetting - Candy Movable Types, a concept by BLOCD (Barcelona)
3. The National Original Print Exhibition is open for submissions until 20.06.17. Enter here
4. W. A. Dwiggins: A Life in Design. Written & designed by Bruce Kennett. The first comprehensive biography of one of the most innovative designers of the 20th century. Support the project on Kickstarter.
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1. Bookbinders' Fair, Sunday 9 April 2017, Sint Niklaas, Belgium
2. BABE 2017: Bristol Artists Book Event. The sixth biennial festival of artist book making, featuring the work of bookmakers and small presses from around the world. 01 -02.04.2017
3. Full Programme of AEPM annual conference 11-14 May 2017 at The Museum of Typography, Chania, Crete (Greece)
4. Printing the ancient way keeps Buddhist texts alive in Tibet - link
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1. On the Lower East Side of Manhattan, single volumes are trimmed and glued by hand as they have been in this tiny workshop for the last 50 years - link
2. DADA ist 100 exhibition is currently on display at the Museum der Arbeit in Hamburg
3. Librarium is an archive of hundreds illustrated publications Russian emigration did between World Wars I and II curated by Fiodor Soumkine
4. Vernissage druk druk druk grafiek expo in Wide screen gallery in Gent, 31.03-31.05.17
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1. Print enthusiasts from across the UK are traveling to Clyro on Saturday 1st April for the inaugural Baskerville Wayzgoose. FB event page - link
2. Green Door Printmaking Studio heartily invite national and international printmakers to participate in their 9th annual exchange (IPE 2017)! Deadline: 31 August 2017
3. we ♥ paper is a new platform that allows printers to promote their workshops and users to find and book them - link
4. 'Typographic Summer Program' with Dafi Kühne is an intense 2 week summer program in Switzerland for international graphic design students. Check it out!
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1. The new edition of the LpW summit is coming! One More Type, 28.06 - 02.07.17, Milan (IT)
2. The first ink made from air pollution - link
3. Amos Kennedy, from corporate analyst to modern day artisan - interview
4. Make It Now, a new book by Anthony Burrill
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1. The four-person Grass Valley letterpress printers from Full Circle Press are preserving tactile printed work in the digital age - link. And have some major clients, including Apple, Twitter, the French Laundry and Sacramento's The Kitchen.
2. Help Les Jardins Typographiques (FR) to expand & preserve various printing material - link
3. Support Offizin Darmstadt (DE) in creating a unique space for Lichtdruck/ collotype - link
4. Print Culture in 16th century Europe, 03-07.07.2017 - link
This summer school offers a thorough introduction into the world of the book in the 16th century, by expert speakers explaining how books were printed, published, distributed and read in those fascinating times.