I was at the One Of A Kind Christmas Show and Sale last week here in Toronto and I came across these neat little wooden bookmarks made by Solar Woodcuts here in Canada. They’re break resistant 1/32" thick 3 ply…
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After having been in production for almost a year and a half and on a screenings tour from the start of the year, the Liontype documentary is now available for purchase or rental. You can buy it directly from…
The 2012 Toronto International Antiquarian Book Fair will be held from October 12—14th at the The Metro Toronto Convention Centre on 255 Front Street West, Toronto. It’s pretty close to where I work so I’ll definitely be going. If you pre-register…
Deep Wood Press has completed the binding for the regular edition of The Intruder by John D. Voelker, better known by his pen name Robert Traver. It includes 10 wood engravings by Jim Westergard and will also be available…
The Codex Foundation, which exists to preserve and promote the hand-made book as a work of art, has announced the dates and location for it’s biennial Codex World Fair and Symposium: Codex 2013 will be held from February 10–13th…
Chad Pastotnik of Deep Wood Press has recently started a blog where he talks about projects he’s working on and the day-to-day activities of running his press. DWP continues the ages-old tradition of letterpress printing and hand-crafting quality books…
Update: Here’s the campaign video and a link to the IndieGoGo fundraiser campaign: Jarrett Morrison’s The Bowler Press has announced the details of his long-planned letterpress edition of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. The novel will be split into…
For anyone new to letterpress printing, these are a few videos that showcase the craft quite well. Upside Down, Left To Right: A Letterpress Film is a short documentary by Danny Cooke on the fine art of letterpess printing.…
The Folio Society recently announced a new Limited Edition, titled ‘Japan’ that’s due to arrive in May. From the website: Japan is one of the most opulent photographic books ever produced. Over 250 hand-coloured photographs show buildings and landscapes…
Ronald Hurwitz emailed to let me know that his book, The Gryphons of Paris: A Reliquary of Photographs and Vignettes is on sale for a limited time. For readers of The Book Blog, Ronald is offering a 10% discount…