For more information contact : Vander Heyden & Fils Sprl Rue de Hamaide, 68 6890 Redu (in the Village du Livre, les “Hauts de Redu”) Belgium Tel. 061-65.60.17 info@reliure-redu.com Même machine sous un autre angle…
Invitation to the annual meeting of the Society of bibliophiles Hamburg, Germany, 26-30 May 2016 Programme of the 117th annual meeting of the oldest bibliophile society in Germany Registration is open until 9th May. Programme (in German).
The Printing Museum: thirty years young! A word from John Nixon, president of The Printing Museum, Wellington, New Zealand The Printing Museum (Wellington, New Zealand) began life over 30 years ago when a group of enthusiasts and professional printers began collecting items of historical and industrial interest. This was at a time when the era of letterpress, the…
Printing history and practical printing at the Bodleian Library The Bodleian centre for the study of the book is offering a week-long course in printing history and practical printing, 27 June to 1 July, for researchers, librarians, and others who work with books from the hand-press period. Covering technical aspects of book production in the…
Ex-Machina : a data base of printing presses The website of the Musée de l’imprimerie et de la communication graphique (Lyon, France) offers an extremely rich data base of historic printing presses from earliest times to the mid 20th century. Ex-Machina currently contains over 1200 types of press and can be searched by various crtieria such as printing process, manufacturer, country – either individually…
AEPM annual conference: call for papers The annual AEPM conference will be held at the Nederlands Steendrukmuseum (Dutch lithography Museum) in Valkenswaard (Netherlands) from 3-5 November 2016. It is being jointly organised with the IADM (Internationaler Arbeitskreis für Druck- und Mediengeschichte). The theme of the conference is: From stone to chip Lithography. Few people know…
Museo didáctico de las artes gráficas in Arganda del Rey (Madrid) The Club de gráficos eméritos recently visited the Museo didáctico de las artes gráficas, founded by the entrepreneur Mr Ángel Gallego Esteban. Mr Ángel Gallego’s life is linked to the field of the graphic arts since his earliest youth. At the age of 14…
Only one place left for: ‘Slow Printing’, a summer letterpress course in Denmark A truly unique opportunity to spend five days typesetting and printing with a small group of participants in a rural setting in Denmark. July the 11th to 16th 2016 Thomas Gravemaker from LetterpressAmsterdam and Jens Jørgen Hansen, bogtrykker will run this Summer…
The Van Gogh Museum (Netherlands) has made available online an extraordinary collection of French printmaking with a beautiful and easy to navigate interface design. Hope you enjoy it. http://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/en/prints/home
Museum of typography in Chania, Crete nominated for the European Museum of the Year Award 2016 The Museum of Typography has the honour to announce its nomination for the distinguished European Museum of the Year Award (EMYA) 2016, an award presented each year by the European Museum Forum (EMF) under the auspices of the Council…
The unique Frogmore living museum of papermaking in Hertfordshire (UK) is under threat of closure. The Frogmore mill pioneered the use of Fourdrinier paper-making machines in the opening years of the 19th century and still operates Victorian era machines as part of its museum activities. Its parent organisation, the Apsley paper trail charity, which maintains…
Print Networks call for papers * DEADLINE NOW EXTENDED TO FEBRUARY 1* British and Irish Print Networks 11-12 July 2016 Moore Institute, National University of Ireland, Galway The 19th Print networks conference will have as its theme ‘British and Irish print networks’. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, Ireland became increasingly integrated within a British…
Call for papers The song of the sans serif Conference to be held at the Centre for printing history & culture (CPHC) Birmingham City University / University of Birmingham 30 September 2016 Details From printing types to digital typography the sans serif resonates across both page and screen; and from the advent of Caslon IV’s…
Registration is now open for the 2016 Lyon book history workshop. Dates: Monday 4 July to Thursday 7 July 2016 Venue: Lyon, France The Lyon-based Institut d’histoire du livre organises an annual summer workshop in Lyon, whose purpose is to improve skills in the interpretation and understanding of specific fields relating to our written and…
The target has been reached but the campaign still has a week to run A word (in French) of heartfelt thanks from our colleagues Chantal and Yoann who run the Colophon printing museum in Grignan in the Drôme region of France. Their fundraising campaign has been a resounding success and they have reached their target…
Save a printing museum in 10 days? Easy peasy! The Colophon printing museum/workshop/bookshop recently launched an appeal for financial support to ensure their future. The response was massively positive and they have already raised 92% of the target sum (17,000 euros). That leaves them with ten days to raise the last 8%. Which will be…
11th Northern Germany hand press fair Over 50 exhibitors will be present at the 11th Northern Germany hand press fair 16-17 January 2016 Museum der Arbeit Hamburg (Germany). Programme (in German on the Museum de Arbeit web site) or download programme in printable PDF format.
Call for papers for a forthcoming conference at The Centre for printing history and culture Printers unite! Print and protest from the early modern to the present ‘Printers unite!’ is a phrase that evokes the historic solidarities and struggles of printers and their eventual consolidation into a single trade union, Unite. On the 90th and 30th…
New exhibition at the Deutsches Zeitungsmuseum (German newspaper museum) Frans Masereel und seine Arbeiten für die Presse (Frans Masereel’s graphic work for the press) 19 December 2015 – 21 February 2016 Deutsches Zeitungsmuseum Am Abteihof 1 66787 Wadgassen
The excellent Colophon printing museum in Grignan (France) has had a difficult year in 2015. Though things are looking brighter they have launched a crowdfunding appeal (via Ulule) for 17 000 euros to get themselves back on an even keel. You can make a contribution, large or small from their website at: https://fr.ulule.com/soutenez-colophon/ The appeal…
