1. Papier Carbone n°4 festival. 08-09.05.20, Charleroi (BE) - link
2. Atelier Zeven. Opening of the new art studio in Ghent (BE). 07.02.20 - link
3. David Pearson on hand-setting type for Oliver Jeffers’ new book - link
4. The Burgundian Summerhouse - Eliza Pepermans at the Rufus Gallery. 08.02.20.
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1. A short documentary film about the memorial artwork created to celebrate the work of Edward Johnston, creator of the typeface used across Transport for London - link.
2. 'Tracing The Spirit' commission 2020 by David Armes / Red Plate Press (UK).
3. Music movable types kept at the Päivälehden museo in Helsinki (found via @musicaltypography) + book about printing in Finland: “Kirjapainotaidon oppikirja” (1923) with a comprehensive section regarding music typesetting - link.
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1. Boekkunstbeurs. 09-10.11.19, Leiden (NL).
2. ‘Expres per ongeluk’ exhibition by E.Schneider in a brand new Rufus Gallery in Ghent.
3. Displacement Prints Exchange. Call for submissions. Deadline 30.11.2019.
4. ‘A Show of Hands' celebrates one of printing's most famous visual icons: the printer's fist or ‘manicule’. 30.09 - 19.10.2019, Corsham Court campus, Bath Spa University (UK).
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1. Open Doors Days at the Letterpress Corner. 28-29.09, Ghent.
2. Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair is the only fair in London to deal solely in contemporary printmaking. 07-10.11, London.
3. Very Like a Whale. This display marks 200 years since the birth of Herman Melville with 21st-century prints inspired by his most famous fictional creation, Moby-Dick.
18.10.19-05.01.20, Oxford.
4. A limited edition of "The Little Prince” by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, using historic letterpress technology at the TYPA studio, Tartu, Estonia.
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1. The 8th issue of Pressing Matters magazine is available for sale - link. An independently-run publication, honing in on the people, passion and processes behind the artform of printmaking. Featuring some photography by your truly (cover + LpW in Milan).
2. Check out the upcoming workshops at the Letterpress Corner in Ghent.
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1. The Typography Museum of Chania launches its fifth poster competition - link
2. John Southward: Adventures in 19th Century Print and Journalism. 17.09.19, St.Bride Foundation - link
3. Grafiek2019 is een grafiekmanifestatie die van 1 september tot en met 30 november 2019 zal plaatsvinden op meer dan honderd locaties in Nederland.
4. For the Love of Letterpress. A Printing Handbook for Instructors and Students (second edition) - link