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
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1. Talk on Monotype punchcutting given by Richard Ardagh at the AEPM conference in Turnhout (BE).
2. Small editions market at the Museé Royal de Mariemont. 18-20.10.2019, Mariemont (BE).
3. Check out the new venue & the summer workshops at the Edinburgh Printmakers.
4. Arion Press and M & H type. Fonts are born and bred here at the oldest letterpress type foundry in the United States.
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1. Mooi Marginaal. De mooiste Nederlandse & Vlaamse bibliofiele uitgaven 2012-2017. Alveringem (BE)
2. The Whittington Press Open Day. 07.09.19. The Press will open its doors at 1pm to any and all as well as hosting around 30 other ‘bookmakers’ and printers from around the world.
3. Art on Paper. Brussels International Contemporary Drawing Fair. 25-27.10.19
4. Summer Open Studio at London Book Arts Centre. 27-28.07.19