1. The State of Historical Letterpress. This one-day workshop examines the survival and use of historical printing presses and type. Birmingham, UK. 29.09.2017
2. DRUKOPSTRAAT #6. Steamroller Printing Festival in Gent. 23-24.09.2017 - link
3. Redopapers is a young design brand from Antwerp that uses left over and unused print materials. The final result is a line of beautiful stationery products.
4. Art Print Residence in Barcelona.
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1. Print with Questa Grande Wood Type! Under the guidance of Martin Majoor & Thomas Gravemaker at the Letterpress Amsterdam. 16/17.09.2017, more info
2. Type Design workshop by Sébastien Sanfilippo in Mechelen. 22-24.09.2017
3. To mark 350th anniversary of Jonathan Swift’s birth, Jamie Murphy from The Salvage Press has reprinted A Modest Proposal, with lithographs by David O’Kane and new poems by Jessica Traynor.
4. Love of Letterpress, curated Call for Submissions. Deadline 10.09.2017
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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!
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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.
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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.
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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
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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