1. Presstival aka Whittington Press Open Days 2017 will take place on Saturday 2 September, beginning at 12pm. Image source.
2. Nordic Letterpress Collaboration - link
3. Bookbinders' Fair in Cologne. 22.10.2017, from 11pm. Check out the previous edition in BE.
4. Summer book sale! Follow the link for the full list & details!
Quick links
1. Prijs voor Grafiek. Centre de la Gravure et de l'Image imprimée, La Louvière (BE) - link
2. Print Fair on 20-22.10.17, during Design Manchester.
3. Printmaker and artist Valeria Brancaforte (IT/ES) will be giving a 3-day workshop during the International Graphic Design Week organized by AIAP in Rome. Get you ticket.
4. Call for submissions for The Mapc Journal (Mid America Print Council).
Deadline - 10 September, check out the guidelines.
Quick links
1. Letterpress Workers book is now available for sale. Check it out!
2. Okanagan Print Triennial. Deadline for the submission 08.09.17
3. 'Give & Take', call for Los Angeles Printmaking Society’s exhibition & exchange portfolio.
4. Griffo, the great gala of letters - curated by the association Francesco Griffo da Bologna, and created by Dina&Solomon, the multidisciplinary project in collaboration with many Italian and international partners and institutions, aims to tell and revive Griffo’s story and the awareness of the invaluable tool that accompanies our daily life.
Quick links
1. Into the Wild - 5-days letterpress workshop run by Edward Johansson of Ahvaland Press (FI) & Claudio Madella of Officina Tipografica Novepunti (IT). 16-21.08.17
2. Karel Martens: Motion exhibition at the Design Museum Gent (till 30.07.17)
3. Open call for independent publishers for the Fruit Exhibition in Bologna. 02-04.02.18
4. The new meets the old: making a QR code with a Monotype composition caster - link
Quick links
1. Call for submissions for the second edition of ‘For the Love of Letterpress: A Printing Handbook for Instructors & Students’ (by Cathie Ruggie Saunders & Martha Chiplis)
2. Type Amsterdam conference by Bijzondere Collecties. 27.09.17 - tickets
3. Impressive work by Robert Sawa (Lublin, Poland)
4. The year 2018 marks the 550th anniversary of the death of Gutenberg. The Espace Européen Gutenberg will be setting up a program for the year 2018, stay tuned
Quick links
1. Help the London Centre for Book Arts grow to make room for more work space, more resources, and more ways to support their community - link
2. The St Bride Library catalogue is now available to explore online - link
3. Labora unites the tradition and expertise of Tallinna Paber and the Tallinn School of Calligraphy. They offer the unique combination of letterpress printing, paper making, and calligraphy. Check it out!
4. Pictures from the Letterpress Workers 2017 in Milan - link
Quick links
1. Gentse Feesten/ MIAT - Oud-drukker Arnould vertelt over drukinkt & zwarte vingers. Dagelijks van zaterdag 15 juli tot zondag 23 juli, om 10u (prijs-museumtoegang) - link
2. Gentse Feesten/ MIAT - Gezinsworkshop drukken. 15-23.07.2017 - link
3. British Letterpress. A UK view of Letterpress Printing.
4. Pressing Matters magazine - a new printmaking publication, fresh off the printing press.