I’m delighted that Roger and Nick have been able to host again the Shipley Wayzgoose. It’s my local fair — so I’m biased! — but it’s a wonderful day meeting great people. 11 June 2022, 11am to 4pm at the Kirkgate Centre, Shipley. The Wayzgoose now has it’s own Insta account, too. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Shipley Wayzgoose (@shipleywayzgoose ..read more

Heading to see a friend in Anglia, I took the chance to contact John at Francis Cupiss, Diss. The reply shot back that John was away but Richard would give us a glimpse of the works. We were invited to step inside the epitome of a proper printing works: cast iron guillotine, Columbian press, pair of Heidelberg Platens. In fact a peek around the corner showed an Intertype and the smell of the place was intoxicating. Richard showed off the firm’s work, detailed, creative, meticulous work from the smallest business cards to delightful posters reflecting the firm’s first printing to promote Cupiss ..read more

Despite Covid restrictions, the letterpress champions at St Bride are organising a virtual wayzgoose. Details below! Due to the ongoing coronavirus restrictions in the UK, we have decided to host a virtual wayzgoose on Sunday 11 July from 10am–1pm BST online via the St Bride Foundation Twitter and Instagram accounts. https://twitter.com/stbridelibrary https://www.instagram.com/stbridefoundation We are inviting letterpress practitioners, printers, and associated trades to share their wares with us on the day using the #SBFWayzgoose. All you will need to do is create an Instagram/Twitter post be ..read more

Short videos are rarely as satisfying as this!  Would love to see the end result. 7 colour rainbow roll on our #Soldan proofing press during last weeks’ #letterpress #course Visit https://t.co/lACVyYOpfi for more info… pic.twitter.com/lcUbgJcQQo — Typoretum (@typoretum) July 17, 2017 ..read more

Mary from Maid in Britain has been in touch — the Rufford Printing Co in Mawdesley, Lancashire helped me produce a booklet — a first for them I think — typeset on the last Intertype machine of its kind ever made and which was in use at the Guardian until 1987 — then hand printed on a Vandercook. This is all written up, and beautifully photographed on the Maid in Britain blog ..read more

Friends at St Brides are showing Pressing On: The Letterpress Film.  27 October, 6pm to 9pm. More details on the St Bride website ..read more

Article from the Centre for Printing History and Culture, on the origins of the word ‘wayzgoose’ to describe a printers’ beano ..read more

A delightful film of the creation of Monotype portraits.  I can’t remember where I found the admittedly-poor-quality image in the header, but I think that would have been the output.   ..read more

Not sure how I missed this, but a 2010 article with Phil Abel of Hand & Eye Letterpress in the Guardian ..read more

The Print Futures Awards help people develop their career in the UK printing, paper, publishing, packaging and graphic arts sectors. What are the Print Futures Awards? The Awards are grants of up to £1,500 to help individuals develop their workplace skills or assist new people to follow a pathway into employment with living and travel costs while studying and working. Who can apply? You are eligible to apply if you are a UK resident aged 18–30 years and are an apprentice or studying for an NVQ in a UK print-related organisation are already working in the UK industry and want to further develo ..read more