Activities & Events

To mark the quincentenary of Scotland's first printed book, printing will be one of the themes for Doors Open Days in September 2008. www.doorsopendays.org.uk/
Contact: Abigail Daly AbigailDaly@scottishcivictrust.org.uk

The Chepman and Myllar Prints: digitised facsimiles with introduction, headnote and transcription, ed. Sally Mapstone
In 1508 the partnership of Androw Myllar and Walter Chepman brought printing to Scotland. In 2008 the Scottish Text Society and the National Library of Scotland are celebrating the 500th anniversary of that event by publishing a DVD of prints produced by Chepman and Myllar in or close to 1508. The DVD contains digitised facsimiles of each of the twenty printed items. Each facsimile is accompanied by a transcription and a headnote explaining the print’s literary significance and technical features. There is also an introduction by the general editor, Sally Mapstone, which sets the Chepman and Myllar press within the context of early sixteenth-century Scotland and Scottish book history.
Chepman and Myllar’s early publications brought into print works by two of medieval Scotland’s most celebrated poets, Robert Henryson and William Dunbar. They also contain less well-known but important poems and prose in Scots and in English by other writers. The prints feature a wide variety of genres:  romance; fable; advice to princes; chivalric treatise; lyric; dream vision; along with a classic example (by Dunbar and Walter Kennedy) of the celebrated Scots genre of ‘flyting’, a stylised but scurrilous exchange of poetic insults.
This edition gives readers informative access to Scotland’s earliest texts. It is easily navigable, and will become a vital teaching and research tool.
Contributors: Priscilla Bawcutt, A.S.G. Edwards, Janet Hadley Williams, Ralph Hanna, Luuk Houwen, Emily Lyle, Sally Mapstone, Joanna Martin, Nicole Meier, Rhiannon Purdie
The DVD is available for sale to both individuals and institutions through the Scottish Text Society’s website, with discounts for members of the society. It is also available to personal callers at the National Library of Scotland's building on George IV Bridge for a special price of £14.99.
www.scottishtextsociety.org/currenttitles.htm

The Local Word and Image: 500 Years of Printing in Scotland at Provost Skene's House, Aberdeen, AB10 1AS 17 November 2007 – 16 November 2008.
This free exhibition will trace the development of printing in the city from 1622 (when Edward Raban was appointed Aberdeen’s first printer), through the publication of the first newspaper in Scotland and into the 19th century when Aberdeen was a major printing centre.
A second display, featuring prints gifted by Peacock Printmakers (now Peacock Visual Arts) to Aberdeen Art Gallery, will examine printmaking as an artistic process. During the year the room will be re-hung displaying a range of works from the establishment of Peacock Printmakers up to the present day.
Open: Monday - Saturday 10am-5pm, Sunday 1-4pm
Further details: info@aagm.gov.uk
www.aberdeencity.gov.uk
Contact: Christopher Croly CCROLY@aberdeencity.gov.uk

Wayzgoose: excursions, sports and socials in the printing industry. Central Library, Rosemount Viaduct, Aberdeen, AB25 1GW. Tel: 01224 6641985. 1 – 31 May. Scottish Archive of Print and Publishing History Records (SAPPHIRE )touring exhibition, recounting the vibrant community life of those who worked in the printing industry and associated trades in Scotland in the twentieth century.
www.sapphire.ac.uk

Rival voices: history of the Aberdeen Press. Exhibition telling the story of Aberdeen Journals and also featuring their rivals, over many years. Local Studies Department, Central Library, Rosemount Viaduct, Aberdeen, AB25 1GW. Part of Scottish Local History Week. 22 April - 31 May.
http://www.aberdeencity.gov.uk/ACCI/web/site/
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Book of the Month from the Dunimarle Library. Duff House, Banff, AB45 3SX. All year.
Duff House is celebrating 500 Years of Printing in Scotland 1508-2008 by hosting a changing display of twelve books from an eighteenth century family library. 
The Dunimarle Library forms part of a collection of paintings, furniture, glass, metalwork and china once owned by the wealthy Erskines of Torrie, who owned an estate near Dunfermline in Fife and now on long-term loan to Duff House from the National Galleries of Scotland. Here, in over 4000 volumes, is a snapshot of the interests of various members of the Erskine family and a fascinating glimpse of the times in which they lived.
The aim of this project is to highlight items from the collection and to celebrate 500 years of Scottish printing by exploring the wealth of information to be discovered by looking at books. The display will explore the texts, the illustrations, the book plates and bindings, as well as the evidence of past owners and their interests.
The display starts in January with a rare edition of Ovid’s “Metamorphoses” printed in Edinburgh in 1695. The display starts in January with a rare edition of Ovid’s Metamorphoses printed in Edinburgh in 1695. John Erskine, the youngest son of the family, studied this work in Latin when he was just eleven years old!
www.duffhouse.com
Contact: Rachel Kennedy Rachel.Kennedy@aberdeenshire.gov.uk

Wayzgoose: excursions, sports and socials in the printing industry.  SAPPHIRE project travelling exhibition. Montrose Library, 214 High Street Montrose, DD10 8PH. Tel: 01674 673256  10 – 28 March 2008.
This exhibition recounts the vibrant community life of those who worked in the printing industry and associated trades in Scotland in the twentieth century. Touring exhibition and offers of further venues are welcome. www.sapphire.ac.uk Email: sapphire@napier.ac.uk 

The Kilmarnock edition, South Museum, The Dick Institute, 1 Elmbank Avenue, Kilmarnock, KA1 3BU. A newly-built, working replica of the printing press used by publisher John Wilson to print Robert Burns’ First Edition (or Kilmarnock Edition) in 1786 will be unveiled at the Dick Institute, Kilmarnock on 2 August 2008. The press can be operated under supervision and will form part of a series of Robert Burns and printing related displays. Free.
Contact: jason.sutcliffe@east-ayrshire.gov.uk
www.visiteastayrshire.com; www.futuremuseum.co.uk: www.east-ayrshire.gov.uk

Printing, North Museum Gallery, The Dick Institute, 1 Elmbank Avenue, Kilmarnock, KA1 3BU. An exhibition of East Ayrshire Council Arts and Museum collections relating to the history of printing – from some of the earliest printed books, through local newspapers and even calico printing. 26 Feb – 26 May 2008, free.
Contact: jason.sutcliffe@east-ayrshire.gov.uk
www.visiteastayrshire.com; www.futuremuseum.co.uk: www.east-ayrshire.gov.uk

Ink, Main Gallery, The Dick Institute, 1 Elmbank Avenue, Kilmarnock, KA1 3BU. Highlighting the 500th anniversary of printing, Ink makes reference to the way in which we make marks, and the use of repetition and reproduction of those marks by hand or by machine.  ‘In~The~Fields’ new interactive work makes reference to 1508, and the loss of the hand-written in favour of machine-made marks. Using solar power to generate energy which is activated by movement, visitors to the gallery will create their own ink marks within glass spheres as if by magic.
Taryn Takahashi’s work is based around the idea of repetition in print making, and the loss and fragmentation of marks through this process. Takahashi’s fake chandeliers refer to cheap machine made reproductions of what was once a fine art object, similar to that of the hand written to print and finally to photocopying. 5 April – 24 May 2008, free.
Contact: Phillipa.aitken@east-ayrshire.gov.uk
www.visiteastayrshire.com; www.futuremuseum.co.uk: www.east-ayrshire.gov.uk

The Faculty of Advocates, owners of Sir Walter Scott’s books at Abbotsford, will be mounting a series of small exhibitions at Abbotsford during 2008.  The exhibitions of Scottish imprints from Sir Walter Scott’s library will run throughout the period while the house is open to the public from 17 March until 31 October.  Scott’s library contains some early and rare Scottish imprints and covers the period to 1832.  The exhibition case is in the ticket office, and books will be changed approximately every 6 weeks. Abbotsford House, Melrose, Roxburghshire, TD6 9BQ. Tel: 01896 752043. For details of opening hours and how to get to Abbotsford please visit the Abbotsford website at www.scottsabbotsford.co.uk/
Contact: Andrea Longson andrea.longson@Advocates.org.uk

Robert Smail's Printing Works (National Trust for Scotland), 7-9 High Street, Innerleithen, EH44 6HA. Tel: 0844 493 2259.
Come and visit the National Trust for Scotland's fully operational Victorian printing works during the year of the printed word and try setting type the Chepman and Myllar way! Robert Smail’s is a working Victorian Print Works in the Borders town of Innerleithen, originally set up by Robert Smail in 1866 as a jobbing printer. The property was purchased from Cowan Smail in 1986. Today, visitors to the site can see the presses turning, visit the paper store and tour the composing room, even trying typesetting by hand.
Living History Tours on the last Saturday of the month until the end of October. http://www.nts.org.uk/Property/52/
Contact: Gen Harrison gharrison@nts.org.uk

Work in print. An exhibition at Kelso Town Hall, Kelso, during St James Fair, 6 - 7 September 2008, to celebrate Kelso’s contribution to 500 years of printing in Scotland.  We are currently asking for help from the public to locate artefacts relating to printing in Kelso.  Further details can be found at www.kelso.bordernet.co.uk/town/69.html For a report on this event, please click here.
We will also be hosting a small scale exhibition – entitled Work in Print in Kelso Library for Local History Week, 21 – 26 April 2008. This will focus on the Kelso Archive, a unique collection of papers providing an insight into life in Kelso during the eighteenth century.

Read all about it: the National Library of Scotland's newspaper exhibition. January to March 2008. Tweeddale Museum and Gallery, Chambers Institute, High Street, Peebles, EH45 8AJ.
www.scotborders.gov.uk/outabout/museums/
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The Power of the Press: 500 years of printing in Scotland. This touring exhibition and learning project for schools investigates how the printed word has developed in Scotland since the sixteenth century.  It presents a history of printing methods and printed material from the Borders and Scotland, through reconstructions of different aspects of printing and displays of printing equipment and printed matter.  There will also be a series of formal education activities and associated talks.  For further details contact the Scottish Borders Council’s Museum and Gallery Service, tel: 01750-20096; email museums@scotborders.gov.uk
Old Gala House, Scott House, Galashiels, TD1 3JS. 22 March-24 May.
Harestanes Visitor Centre, Ancrum, Jedburgh, TD8 6UQ. 5 July-25 August.
Coldstream Museum, 12 Market Square, Coldstream, TD12 4BD. 30 August-24 October.
Tweeddale Museum and Gallery, Chambers Institute, High Street, Peebles, EH45 8AJ. 1 November-January 2009.
Hawick Museum, Wilton Lodge Park, Hawick, TD9 7JL. January-May 2009.
www.scotborders.gov.uk/outabout/museums/
Contact Jeremy Weston jweston2@scotborders.gov.uk

Dei Donum - celebrating 500 years of printing in Scotland and learning in Dundee Dundee Central Library, Dundee Central Library, The Wellgate, Dundee, DD1 1DB. 31 March to 26 April 2008
Dundee has one of the oldest public library services in the western world. A fine collection of classical and theological works, originally maintained for their use by the monks of Lindores, was transferred to the Town Council as early as 1442. All but a few of the works were destroyed by fire in 1841, the devastating effects of which were largely overcome with the assistance of Victorian benefactors. The rich collections within Dundee Central Library bear eloquent testimony to their generosity, and Dundee thereby regained a literary collection befitting its status as a leading Scottish city.
The exhibition will feature priceless works such as the "Good and Godly Ballads" [1567?], Biblia Sacra (1476), and the illuminated Antiphon [c. 1550]. Dundee City Archives will contribute the "Buke of the Howlat" (fragment from the press of Chepman and Myllar), plus a number of pre-reformation liturgical works and archival material from local printers.
D C Thomson may be widely known as the producers of the "Beano" and the "Dandy", currently celebrating their 70th anniversary, but the company and its predecessors have been publishing a number of quality regional and national newspapers since 1801. Dei Donum will feature images ranging from those depicting sophisticated printing machinery to a facsimile of the first edition of the "Dandy".
The exhibition will be supported by artefacts from the McManus Museum, a website and presentations. www.deidonum.org   www.dundeecity.gov.uk/centlib/
Contact David Kett david.kett@dundeecity.gov.uk

First Edition: 500 Years of Print in Scotland. Visual Research Centre, University of Dundee, Dundee Contemporary Arts, 152 Nethergate, Dundee, DD1 4DY. Public day of printing. 4 April 2008. Free, open event.  1pm-8.30pm. Reading to take place after 7pm.
To commemorate the 500th anniversary of the first printed article in Scotland, it is proposed to hold a public day of printing at the Visual Research Centre, Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee. The event will be based creatively on the original first printed document in Scotland, a John Lydgate’s poem ‘The Complaint of the Black Knight’, printed on April 4th 1508 by Printmakers Chepman and Myllar in the Cowgate, Edinburgh.
Artist printmakers Scott Hudson and Paul Liam Harrison will collaborate with Designer Andy Rice to produce a series of screenprints based on the original texts and print devices currently held in the National Libraries of Scotland and National Archives of Scotland.  The print production will take place on 4th April 2008, exactly 500 years to the day of the first print edition.  The print process it self will be a live performance which will be an open invitation for a public audience to observe and engage with the production of the poem through all stages of it’s development as a printed art work to it’s final display as a site specific composition that will form the backdrop for a public reading from the original poem. During this time the audience will have the opportunity to take away elements of the printed matter as way of a keepsake for their attendance at the event.  www.500years.co.uk www.dca.org.uk and www.vrc.dundee.ac.uk
Contact: Scott Hudson scott.hudson@dca.org.uk

Dundee in print. Day conference on 19 April 2008 in the Glasite Hall, St. Andrew's Church, King Street, Dundee.
The Friends of Dundee City Archives will be holding a day conference on the topic of "Dundee in Print".  This, the latest of the very successful series of conferences organised by the Friends, is designed to tie in with the programme of events being arranged to commemorate 500 Years of Printing in Scotland and, specifically, the Dundee Central Library exhibition Dei Donum.  It will provide an opportunity to consider various aspects of the impact of the printing industry on Dundee from the 16th century to the present.
Speakers will include Dr Margaret Mackay, Director of Archives at the School of Scottish Studies in Edinburgh, who is an expert on the 15th century Scots poem "The Buke of the Howlat [Owl]", an early printed fragment of which was found used as a binding in one of the Dundee notaries' books now in the City Archives. 
There will be an opportunity to hear about the surprisingly wide range of printed material in the custody of the City Archivist.  Key figures in the history of Dundee printing will be considered and other topics to be covered will include the printed Dundee street directories, Dundee newspapers and Valentine's postcards.  There will also be a presentation on the collection of printed ephemera brought together by the late 19th century Dundee antiquarian, Alexander Lamb - a fascinating accumulation of papers that reflect his wide interests.  Following an introduction by one of the organisers, there will be an opportunity to visit the exhibition in the Central Library.  A buffet lunch will be included in the cost for the day.
For tickets at a cost of £20 and further information, contact Dundee City Archives by emailing archives@dundeecity.gov.uk or telephoning 01382 434494.

Artistic Impressions. 11 April - 31 May. Main Library, University of Dundee, Smalls Wynd, Dundee, DD1 4HN. An exhibition by the University of Dundee Museum Services in collaboration with the University Library and the Centre for Artists Books, focusing on the use of print in art, from etchings and screenprints to limited edition artists books. www.dundee.ac.uk/museum/impressions.htm
Contact: museum@dundee.ac.uk

Centre for Artists Books Open Afternoon, 23 May As part of the Artistic Impressions exhibition in the main University Library, the Centre for Artists Books at the Visual Research Centre will be having a free open afternoon on Friday 23rd May 2-4pm. Although artists have been involved in illustrating and publishing books for centuries, it is only since the 1970s that the term Artist’s Book has been widely recognised as a distinct form of art. The Centre for Artists Books at the University’s Visual Research Centre has a collection of over 500 artworks that reveal the extraordinary variety of forms that Artists’ Books can take. Why not come along to find out more about this unique art-form and the fascinating collections held in the Centre?
Contact: museum@dundee.ac.uk or 01382 384310.

Imprenting within our Realme: books from Scotland. CILIP Rare Books and Special Collections Group: annual study conference, to be held at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, 10-12 September 2008.
www.cilip.org.uk/specialinterestgroups/bysubject/
rarebooks/events/conference08

Printing roadshow, sponsored by Heidelberg UK, comes to Edinburgh's Princes Street beside the National Galleries.  Free demonstration of a modern lithographic printing press, printing souvenir posters to take away. Friday 4 April, 9.30am-4pm. Saturday 5 April, 9am-2pm.

The Twelfth Triennial Conference on Medieval and Renaissance Scottish Language and Literature will take place in Edinburgh from June 30 to July 4, 2008. Hosted by the University of Edinburgh's School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures, the conference will include papers by established and upcoming scholars on a wide range of Scots, Gaelic, Norse and Latin topics embracing poetry, language, prose, drama, music and history. Special attention will be given to the beginnings of Scottish printing 500 years ago and to themes of celebration and commemoration more widely.
Workshops will offer opportunities to explore Gaelic place-names, Scottish heraldry and the sound of Older Scots, and a programme of special events and entertainments will enhance delegates' experience of this rich period in Scottish cultural history (full details of these available from 1 May).
Registrations are welcome and conference details can be found at www.medren2008.info while enquiries can be made to scottish.studies@ed.ac.uk

Law and printing in Scotland – an exhibition. Parliament Hall, Parliament Square, Edinburgh, EH1 1RF. Tel: 0131 226 5071
The Advocates Library’s exhibition highlighting the link between the Scottish printing trade and the practice of law in Scotland will be on show in Parliament Hall, Edinburgh, from 11 August until 27 September 2008, Monday to Friday, 9am until 4.30pm. 
With the kind permission of the Lord President, the exhibition will be open to the public and will form part of the Scottish Courts programme of events in Parliament House for Doors Open Day, 27 September 2008. 
Examples from the library’s unique 18th century collections of printed Session Papers will be displayed in addition to other items from the Library’s extensive collections.  Session Papers are documents used in the presentation of cases in the Court of Session, Scotland’s supreme civil court.  The papers often include non-legal documentary exhibits such as drawings, plans and maps.  As such, the papers give a valuable insight into the social, economic, political and legal history of Scotland, during the period of the Scottish Enlightenment, many of the notable figures of which were advocates, like James Boswell and Walter Scott.
Early collections of Scottish Acts and laws from the time of the first Scottish parliament illustrate the importance of printing to the practice of law. 
The Advocates Library, inaugurated in 1689, had the right of legal deposit until the formation of the National Library of Scotland in 1925.  At that time, the Faculty of Advocates donated its non-legal collections to the nation.  This long history and their close connection with the courts meant that advocates and the Advocates Library provided much work for the printing industry.  The exhibition highlights the closeness of this link, telling the story of Thomas Ruddiman who was Keeper of the Advocates Library and a printer.
Any parties of over 20 people wishing to view the exhibition should arrange their visit in advance with Andrea Longson, Senior Librarian, Tel. 0131 260 5637, email Andrea Longson andrea.longson@advocates.org.uk  www.advocates.org.uk

On 4 April 2008, marking the 500th anniversary of the printing of John Lydgate’s 'Complaint of the Black Knight’, the Centre for the History of the Book at Edinburgh University hosted a dinner in the splendid surroundings of the Playfair Library Hall in the Old College of the University of Edinburgh.
The evening began with a drinks reception at 7pm, and we are pleased to announce that the Guest of Honour was Magnus Linklater. For a report see www.hss.ed.ac.uk/chb/500years.htm

The only working Monotype installation in Scotland, and a Private Press, celebrating 40 years in business. Plans for 2008 include: launch of French translation of ‘Tam O’Shanter’; ‘500 years anniversary’ printing keepsake available to purchase; visitors and demonstrations by appointment. Tel: 0131 336 2849
www.the-old-school.demon.co.uk/chepman-myllar.htm
Contact: Harry McIntosh machot@supanet.com

Imprenting within our Realme: Books from Scotland. The annual study conference of CILIP Rare Books and Special Collections Group, is to be held at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, 10-12 September 2008. The programme and a booking form can be downloaded from www.cilip.org.uk/specialinterestgroups/
bysubject/rarebooks/events

A commemorative plaque was unveiled on 4 April 2008 in Edinburgh's Cowgate near the site of Walter Chepman and Androw Myllar's printing press. The plaque is sited at the corner of Blackfriars Street and the Cowgate.

Scottish Popular Press, 1 September - 31 October. Edinburgh Central Library, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh EH1 1EG.  Tel: 0131 242 8070 www.edinburgh.gov.uk/internet/Leisure/
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A display on the development of printing in Scotland illustrated by examples from the popular press through the ages.
Central Library. From 17 to 25 October there will be free events and workshops in Edinburgh's libraries. For full details click here.
Friday 17 October. A chance to have a closer look at items featured in the exhibition 500 years of Printing in Scotland: the popular press; including the Bassandyne Bible, one of the few remaining copies of the first Bible to be printed in Scotland after the Reformation. Central Library 2.30-3.30pm. Contact 0131 242 8040 or email central.fineart.library@edinburgh.gov.uk to reserve a place.
Saturday 18 October. Adult Printing Workshop with Tessa Asquith-Lamb. Central Library 10am to 12.30pm. Contact 0131 242 8040 or email central.fineart.library@edinburgh.gov.uk for more information or to reserve a place.
Tuesday 21 October. Inky Fingers! Try your hand at printing and help celebrate 500 years of printing in Scotland!  Fun for 7-12yrs with artist Stephanie Walker. Fountainbridge Library, 10.30 - 11.30am. Ratho Library, 2.30 -  3.30pm. Free but ticketed.  Tickets available from 2 weeks before the event from the host library.
Wednesday 22 October. A chance to have a closer look at items featured in the exhibition 500 years of Printing in Scotland: the popular press; including the Bassandyne Bible, one of the few remaining copies of the first Bible to be printed in Scotland after the Reformation. Central Library 6.30-7.30pm. Contact 0131 242 8040 or email central.fineart.library@edinburgh.gov.uk to reserve a place.
Thursday 23 October. Inky Fingers! Try your hand at printing and help celebrate 500 years of printing in Scotland!  Fun for 7-12yrs with artist Stephanie Walker. Oxgangs Library, 10.30 - 11.30am. Craigmillar Library, 2.30 - 3.30pm. Free but ticketed. Tickets available from 2 weeks before the event from the host library.
Friday 24 October. Family Printing Day with Stephanie Walker. Central Library 10am - 12 noon, and 2 - 4pm. Drop-in event. Contact 0131 242 8040 or email central.fineart.library@edinburgh.gov.uk for more information.
Saturday 25 October. Adult Printing Workshop with Tessa Asquith-Lamb. Central Library 10am to 12.30pm. Contact 0131 242 8040 or email central.fineart.library@edinburgh.gov.uk for more information or to reserve a place.
Contact: Alison Stoddart alison.stoddart@edinburgh.gov.uk

A number of the Edinburgh Bibliographical Society lectures in their series for 2007/2008 are related to the theme of printing in Scotland over the last 500 years.  Details are available on their website at: mcs.qmuc.ac.uk/EBS/

eca Main Building Foyer and printworkshop, Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, EH3 9DF. eca Main Building Foyer and print workshop, Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, EH3 9DF. Edinburgh College of Art is marking the opening of its new print workshop facilities with Open Here (4-12 October 2008; 10am-4pm daily), an exhibition celebrating printmaking in Scotland. The exhibition is presented by the Graphic Design and Illustration departments at the College, and is part of the wider festival 500 years of printing 1508-2008, which includes exhibitions, events and workshops across Scotland.
Earlier this year following the sale of the College’s Drawing & Painting building in Inverleith, printmaking facilities were centralised in the main building at Lauriston Place. The new workshop provides a full-range of printmaking facilities, ranging from the traditional and hand-operated machines including the rare Columbian press (which dates from 1831) to state-of-the-art digital technology. Used primarily by students in Graphic Design, Illustration and Drawing & Painting, the workshop is open to all students at Edinburgh College of Art for tuition in producing art works including handmade books, screenprints, etchings and woodcuts.

Edinburgh Printmakers, Workshop and Gallery, 23 Union Street, Edinburgh, EH1 3LR. Tel: 0131 557 2479
To celebrate the anniversary of 500 years of printing, in 2008 Edinburgh Printmakers will run demonstration classes highlighting how printmaking techniques are used by contemporary artists with an insight into how these techniques have evolved from printing techniques.
Gallery 1: Velvet. Group exhibition of prints by artists using mezzotint. Stuart Duffin, Nan Mulder, Judith Rothchild and Kouki Tsuritani. 24 May – 5 July.
Judith Rothchild will demonstrate the process of mezzotint in relation to her practice on Saturday 24 May at 11am. Space limited: email office@edinburgh-printmakers.co.uk or tel: 0131 557 2479 to book a free place.
Galleries 2 and 3: Akram Rahmanzadeh, imprint. Exhibition of woodcuts, drypoints and monoprints. 24 May – 5 July.
Artist's Talk: Akram Rahmanzadeh will talk about her ideas and the role of printmaking in her practice on Saturday 31 May at 2pm. Free
Open Day: Saturday 14 June 2008 11-5pm. Packed with Free events: free printmaking workshops and demonstrations, exhibition tours and gallery talks, frame sale, raffle
All Galleries: Exhibition of new prints by Chad McCail commissioned by Edinburgh Printmakers. 19 July – 6 September. Artist's Talk: Chad McCail will discuss his recent works created in the studio at Edinburgh Printmakers. 23 August, 2pm. Free.
Printmaking courses: Summer school, Weekend courses, evening classes, and taster classes, for details see www.edinburgh-printmakers.co.uk
Contact: Alastair Clark, Assistant Director studio@edinburgh-printmakers.co.uk

Wayzgoose: excursions, sports and socials in the printing industry. SAPPHIRE travelling exhibition. The Library, Heriot-Watt University, Riccarton Campus, Edinburgh, EH14 4AS .Tel: 0131 451 3577  15 – 29 February.
This exhibition recounts the vibrant community life of those who worked in the printing industry and associated trades in Scotland in the twentieth century. Touring exhibition and offers of further venues are welcome.  Email: sapphire@napier.ac.uk  www.sapphire.ac.uk www.hw.ac.uk/library

The People Behind the Books: the Book trade in Scotland.  A Free exhibition in the Museum of Edinburgh, 142 Canongate, Royal Mile, Edinburgh, EH8 8DD. 13 September  2008 - 17 January 2009.  Monday - Saturday 10am - 5pm.  This exhibition charts the history of the people who worked in the various industries involved in the creation of books and other printed material in Scotland.  It documents the working lives of individuals involved in book production; from authors, editors, papermakers and printers right through to booksellers, librarians and finally the Scottish readers who bought and borrowed the books that were produced.  The exhibition utilises material gathered over the last ten years by the Scottish Archive of Print and Publishing History Records (SAPPHIRE) and allows a unique glimpse into the lives of the 'People Behind the Books'.  The exhibition contains a number of exhibits, exhibition panels, film footage of the various stages of book production as well as a unique opportunity to hear the voices of individuals from all stages of production talking about their working lives.  Click on the links for the entry form and details of the children's 'design a book cover' competition.
Organised tours are welcome- please contact the Museum of Edinburgh.  Tel: 0131 529 4143  www.sapphire.ac.uk

This year, Napier University is celebrating 40 years as a centre of excellence in publishing education. Students on a third-year module have published a new version of Edinburgh-born Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Hound of the Baskervilles, featuring the master-detective, Sherlock Holmes. Not only was the group responsible for the layout and typography, they commissioned a professional artist to produce the internal illustrations and cover  artwork, which they then designed.
The Edward Clark Bequest sponsored the project as part of the 500 Years of Printing in Scotland celebrations, the Edinburgh-based illustrator Cate James contributed her illustrations, and Bell and Bain Ltd of Glasgow did the printing.
The book, published by Merchiston Publishing, has already had a fantastic response and 500 copies will be distributed to schools and libraries across Scotland. Alistair McCleery, Director of the Scottish Centre for the Book said: 'We are sure that Edward Clark, Chairman and MD of R & R Clark of Edinburgh (a major printer of its day), would be delighted to see his legacy used to support such a Scottish-centred, educational and innovative publishing project.'
All enquiries to: Derek Allan, Programme Leader BA (Hons) Publishing. de.allan@napier.ac.uk
www.napier.ac.uk/scob 

Cities of Literature, Cities of Reading. One-day symposium organised by the  Scottish Centre for the Book in partnership with the Scottish Arts Council and Edinburgh City of Literature on Friday 20 June 2008, 9-5pm, Craiglockhart Campus, Napier University Edinburgh, EH14 1DJ.
Contact Alistair McCleery a.mccleery@napier.ac.uk

Wayzgoose: excursions, sports and socials in the printing industry.  Free exhibition in the Library, Merchiston Campus Colinton Road, Napier University, Edinburgh, EH10 5DT. 7-18 January 2008. Supported by the ESRC (Economic and Social Research Council).  This exhibition recounts the extraordinarily vibrant community life of those who worked in the printing industry and associated trades - papermaking, publishing and bookselling - in Scotland in the twentieth century. It records the activities of various sporting clubs associated with those trades and details the tradition of the annual works day away for whole families or, in the case of the paper mill villages, whole communities. It covers gala and sports days organised by owners or by unions or by the workers themselves. The exhibition contains a number of exhibits, information posters, and an AV display using home movie footage and the voices of those who worked in these industries. Touring exhibition and offers of further venues are welcome. Organised tours are welcome: contact sapphire@napier.ac.uk

Bound for Glory: the Bible as Book in Scotland, an exhibition to celebrate five hundred years of the printed word in Scotland runs at the Library, Merchiston Campus, Napier University Colinton Road, Napier University, Edinburgh, EH10 5DT, until December 14, 2007.
The exhibition celebrates the printing, publication and distribution of the Bible in Scotland, in recognition of the significant role that the Bible played in the development of our printing and publishing industries. It is the only book that has remained continually in print over the past five hundred years. The exhibits are drawn from the wider Edward Clark Collection of rare books held at Napier University. www.news.napier.ac.uk/press/articles/article_10420.htm
A series of public lectures complemented the exhibition.
Dr K.J. McCann (Cambridge University)‘The Early Work of the British and Foreign Bible Society in Scotland.’
Prof Ian Campbell (Edinburgh University) ‘Reading and Mis-Reading the Bible.’
Dr Richard Holloway ‘How to read the Bible.’
Prof David Jasper (Glasgow University) ‘The Bible in Conversation: The Art of the Good Story.’
Dr David McKitterick (Cambridge University) 'For Kirk and Gentlemen's Tables: The business of Bible publishing'
Dr Femke Molekamp (University of Sussex) ‘The Geneva Bible and its Readers.’
Contact: a.mccleery@napier.ac.uk

There will also be a series of smaller one-day book-related events throughout 2008. Contact Alistair McCleery a.mccleery@napier.ac.uk

The National Archives of Scotland will support and co-operate with other organisations in celebrating the inception and development of printing in Scotland. www.nas.gov.uk Contact Tristram Clarke Tristram.Clarke@nas.gov.uk

On 4 April 2008, the original of John Lydgate The complaint of the Black Knight, printed by Chepman and Myllar, 4 April 1508 will be on view to the public, George IV Bridge, 10am-5pm.

Spread of Scottish Printing: web feature, listing all cities, towns, and other places in Scotland with a printing press before 1900, and identifying  their first presses.  For each place with printing before 1801 there will be access to a digitised version of the first or another early product of its first press. www.nls.uk/firstscottishbooks/index.html 

Display of engraving tools from the Bartholomew collections (until mid-June). Map Library, National Library of Scotland, 9 Salisbury Place, Edinburgh, EH9 1SL. www.nls.uk/digitallibrary/maps
Contact: maps@nls.uk

Imprentit: 500 Years of the Scottish Printed Word, free summer exhibition, 27 June - 12 October.  From the very earliest books from the presses of Chepman and Myllar in 1508, visitors have a unique opportunity to see a number of firsts: in politics, the first printed acts of the Scottish Parliament from as early as 1540, and the proclamation of its dissolution in 1707. From science, Napier's logarithms, Logie Baird's Televisor, and Hutton's theories which paved the way for Darwin and others. Among the other firsts:
* The first bible printed in Scotland
* The first medical book
* The first book written by a woman
* The first historical novel
* The first newspapers and the first ever Beezer annual.
Children's books from across the centuries, football and sci-fi fanzines and the runners and riders for the 1728 Leith Races are all there too.

The exhibition covers a lot of ground; starting with the very origins of printing in Scotland, before going on to explore key themes including politics, education, religion, literature, science, entertainment, children’s books and the story of some of Scotland's most famous publishers. Each of these themes could be a major exhibition in itself but, to mark this major anniversary, the Library is bringing them all together to show the role print has played in people's lives, whilst showing off the remarkable breadth and depth of the NLS collections.
Open: Monday – Friday 10am - 8pm, Saturday 10am - 5pm, and Sunday 2 - 5pm. National Library of Scotland,George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1EW. More details click here.
Contact: Brian Hillyard b.hillyard@nls.uk

Events programme associated with Imprentit:
Tuesday 24 June, 7pm. Jim Haynes in Conversation
Jim Haynes, legendary founder of the Traverse Theatre, Britain’s first paperback bookshop, underground newspapers and countless other cultural projects, has been involved in the world of print in many diverse ways. As a media studies expert, independent publisher and radical thinker, does he think there is a future for the book? An evening of colourful tales and thought-provoking ideas.
Saturday 19 July. Printers’ Devils Wanted!
Robert Smail’s Printing Works, the National Trust for Scotland’s fully operational Victorian Printing Works, will be bringing the traditional craft of letterpress printing to the National Library of Scotland and giving children of all ages the opportunity to set their name by hand and see it printed on a souvenir bookplate… just as Chepman and Myllar intended! Drop-in event, 10.30am – 12 noon and 1.30pm – 3pm. Open to everyone.
Tuesday 22 July, 1pm – 2pm. Book Crossing Meet-up
Do you have a book by a Scottish author or publisher that you’re willing to swap for another? Bring your book, and share your thoughts about it with other like-minded bibliophiles. At the end of the session, you can swap your book for someone else’s. Tea and coffee will be provided. No booking required.
Tuesday 29 July, 7pm. Fanzines: popular culture and creativity
Chris Atton explores the rich history of the fanzine from its beginnings in science fiction to today’s diverse subjects, focussing on popular music fanzines - a platform for the passion and expertise of individual fans.
Thursday 31 July, 6.30pm – 8.30pm. Artists’ Books: workshop for adults. Celebrate 500 years of printing in Scotland by creating your own limited edition book. Artist Isabelle Ting will help you explore a range of simple folded book making and printmaking techniques in this inspiring workshop. No previous experience necessary. In collaboration with the Owl and Lion Gallery, 15 Grassmarket, Edinburgh.
Tuesday 5 August, 7pm. McSwiss: readings. After a series of highly successful events in Scotland and abroad,  the Scottish novelist and Edinburgh Makar Ron Butlin and his Swiss wife, the writer Regi Claire, are coming to the NLS. Humorous and serious by turns, an entertaining evening is guaranteed.
Wednesday 6 August, 7pm  To be burned by the hangman: review of the myths and realities of print censorship in the first three centuries of the Scottish press. From John Knox to the Jacobites, Scotland has something of a dark reputation as a nation of political and religious extremists. Alastair Mann explores the misconceptions and the reality of early Scottish print censorship.
Tuesday 19 August, 1pm – 2pm. Book Crossing Meet-up. Do you have a book by a Scottish author or publisher that you’re willing to swap for another? Bring your book, and share your thoughts about it with other like-minded bibliophiles. At the end of the session, you can swap your book for someone else’s. Tea and coffee will be provided. No booking required.
Friday 22 August, 2pm. Behind the scenes of “Imprentit" 500 years of the Scottish printed word: guided tour. Explore the exhibition with curator Graham Hogg. Discover the difference the printed word has made to our culture and our lives in Scotland, and get an insight into how we created the exhibition.
Monday 1 Sepember, 7pm. Calling the Tune. Roderick Cannon tells how Scottish pipers managed the transition from an oral to a printed tradition. Illustrated with manuscripts and books from among the treasures of the National Library.
Wednesday 3 September, 7pm. ‘Better than a Gin and Tonic’: recollections of what makes a good read'. Linda Fleming introduces Scottish Readers Remember - an oral history research project at Napier University exploring how Scots born before 1945, from Lerwick to Larbert, have made the practice of reading a part of their everyday lives.
Sunday 7 September, 11am - 12.30pm. Books at Brunch: family event. Have a bite to eat, and share your favourite Scottish poems, stories, and books at this relaxing, brunch-time event. Bring along something to read aloud to others, or just feel free to listen and discover new favourites! All ages welcome!
Tuesday 9 September, 7pm. Scots: the Mither Tongue: performance. Writer and Broadcaster Billy Kay is joined by one of Scotland’s greatest traditonal singers Rod Paterson to celebrate over 500 years of history, literature, humour, story and song in the national treasure that is the Scots language.
Thursday 11 September, 7pm. Striking pages; the history of Gaelic in print. Mark Wringe traces five centuries of Gaelic in print, looking at some of the individuals and issues that helped and hindered a Gaelic press - on both sides of the Atlantic.
Wednesday 17 September, 7-8pm. Favourite Scottish Books. Share your favourite Scottish poems, stories, and books at this informal evening event. Bring along something special to read aloud to others, or just listen, relax and discover new favourites! Tea and coffee will be provided.
Tuesday 23 September, 7pm. Scots Language Today, panel debate. In partnership with the Scots Language Centre. Does Scots matter - why? Should Scots be revived, like for example, Hebrew? Does it matter if people only use a few words of Scots in English conversation or should we try to develop a range of registers and enhanced capacities? Panel includes Rab Wilson, Gillian Munro, Professor John Corbett, Professor James McGonigal and David Purves. Chaired by Michael Hance at the National Library of Scotland's Causewayside Building, 33 Salisbury Place, Edinburgh.
Saturday 27 September, 11am and 2pm. Doors Open Day at NLS: Tours. Behind the scenes at Scotland’s largest library – ever growing, ever changing! 
Tuesday 30 September, 7pm. 'An off-centre, centre of the universe’: a historical journey following the first 500 years of the printed book in Scotland. Scotland has an interesting and peculiar relationship to the book, with a print culture both of merit and mediocrity. Alastair Mann travels through the highs and lows of the Scottish book trade, from the arrival of the press in 1507/8 to the uncertainties of the present.
Starting Tuesday 7 October 2008, 6pm – 8pm. Monthly reading group: exploring Scotland through the printed word. Meet with others to enjoy a range of Scottish fiction set in different parts of Scotland. Each month we’ll be meeting to discuss a different book, and to see related material from the NLS collections. If you’re interested in joining the group, please contact Beverley Casebow on 0131 623 3841 or Carol Stobie on 0131 623 3842.
Wednesday 8 October, 6.30–7.30pm. Book Crossing Meet-up. Do you have a book by a Scottish author or publisher that you’re willing to swap for another? Bring your book, and share your thoughts about it with other like-minded bibliophiles. At the end of the session, you can swap your book for someone else’s. Tea and coffee will be provided. No booking required.
For further details and/or tickets for all these events, phone 0131 623 4675 or email events@nls.uk

Printed wishes Hawthornden Court, 12-14 February 2008. 10.30-12.30, 13.30-16.00. National Museum of Scotland, Chambers Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1JF. Celebrate 500 Years of Printing in Scotland by making your own beautifully printed postcard to send to a loved one or friend. Use the stamps supplied to design your own message then post it directly from the museum.  Free, drop in.
Labels marking 500 years of printing in Scotland have been put by relevant objects in the Museum of Scotland.
From this place words fly, Kenny Munro and Edward O’Donnelly. Artists Kenny Munro and Edward O’Donnelly have created this evocative film to celebrate Scotland’s rich printing history. It is inspired by the ambitions and skills of the first printers and the rapid increase in printing expertise over the last 100 years. By merging old and new technologies, the artists invite us to consider the future of the printed word in an increasingly global culture.
This project is a partnership between National Museums Scotland and National Trust for Scotland. The film includes footage from Scottish Screen, Robert Smail’s Printing Works at Innerleithen and Powderhall Foundry in Edinburgh.
20 September until 7 December 2008. Running time: 7 minutes. Sound track: FOUND, an artist collective/experimental pop band.
Printed wishes. 10.30-12.30, 13.30-16.00. Hawthornden Court, National Museum of Scotland, Chambers Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1JF. Tel: 0131 225 7534. 21-23 October 2008. Suitable for ages 5+, Drop-in, free
Celebrate 500 Years of Printing in Scotland by making your own beautifully printed postcard to send to a loved one or friend. Use the stamps supplied to design your own message then post it directly from the museum. Free, drop in. www.nms.ac.uk
Contact Alison Taubman a.taubman@nms.ac.uk

Lasting Impressions: the National Trust for Scotland and the Printed Word. Wemyss House, 28 Charlotte Square, Edinburgh, EH2 4ET. Tel: 0844 493 2100. 1 August until 8 November. Monday-Saturday, 10am until 4pm. Admission Free.
To mark the 500th anniversary of printing, the Trust will bring some of the fascinating contents from Robert Smail’s Printing Works to their Edinburgh gallery, telling the unique story of the Smail family who owned and ran the printing works for generations, and explaining the process of traditional letterpress printing. To complement the items, a selection of literary treasures and printed material from the Trust’s extensive collections, will also be on display. The exhibition is supported by Capital Solutions. More details can be found here.
A range of hands-on activities will be available for visitors and a series of talks on printing, paper conservation and the Trust’s libraries and archives will be held during the exhibition.
This is a Printing Office.
Part of the exhibition will host drop-in printing and bookbinding demonstrations during its first two months. Staff and volunteers from Robert Smail’s will be demonstrating and talking about the process of letterpress printing.
There will be interpretation in the form of posters, a rack of type and a small Adana printing press. The press will be used to print visitor names on a commemorative bookplate and all visitors will be encouraged to try their hand at type-setting.
Thursday afternoons from 21 August until 25 September: Stewart Colquhoun, from the conservation workshop, will be demonstrating traditional bookbinding techniques. (Note: no typesetting on these Thursday afternoons)
The Adam Room will also be used as a shop selling a range of Smail’s produced or print relevant products as well as NTS stock.
Lunchtime Talk Series, Wednesdays at 12.30pm
20 August. 'Making a Good Impression' Gen Harrison, Property Manager/Compositor, Robert Smail’s Printing Works
10 September. 'Meet the Archivists' Ian Riches, Archivist, the National Trust for Scotland and David Rudram, Honorary Archivist, Robert Smail’s Printing Works
24 September. 'Caring for Print Collections' Helen Creasey ACR (paper conservator)
15 October. 'Revealing hidden treasure: the work of a volunteer librarian'. Tom Hall, Volunteer Librarian, Haddo House.
22 October. 'A printer's journey'. Tim Honnor, Piccolo Press.
5 November at 1.30pm: note change of time. 'The Architecture of the Trust’s Libraries' Ian Gow, Chief Curator, the National Trust for Scotland
Talks are free of charge and are on a first come, first served basis. Places may be reserved in advance by contacting the Trust’s customer service centre on 0844 493 2100.
www.nts.org.uk
See also the BBC coverage at news.bbc.co.uk/1/scotland/south_of_scotland/7533017.stm

'Book Swap' Tuesday 1 April 2008, 11am-2.00pm, Venue: Adam House, 3 Chambers Street, Edinburgh TBC, Free drop-in event.
Publishing Scotland in collaboration with Edinburgh University and Edinburgh UNESCO City of Literature are hosting a massive Book Swap on 1 April 2008. Bring along a book you'd like to recommend and swap it for another. Scottish publishers will be donating books of all kinds to get the event started - children's, academic, history, outdoors, biography, novels. The event is free, so are the books, you just need to bring a book along!

www.publishingscotland.org

For a report see www.scotsman.com/books/Huge-book-
swap-marks-500.3924646.jp  Contact: Susanne Gilmour susanne.gilmour@publishingscotland.org

Wayzgoose: excursions, sports and socials in the printing industry.  The Library, Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, EH21 6UU. Tel: 0131 474 0000. 4 – 15 July. Scottish Archive of Print and Publishing History Records (SAPPHIRE )touring exhibition, recounting the vibrant community life of those who worked in the printing industry and associated trades in Scotland in the twentieth century.
www.sapphire.ac.uk

Small exhibition displaying horticultural/natural history books printed in Scotland. The earliest will be Hortus Medicus Edinburgensis (1683) which is believed to be the earliest ‘horticultural’ book printed in Scotland. 20A Inverleith Row, Edinburgh, EH3 5LR. May and June 2008. www.rbge.org.uk/whats-on/exhibitions
Contact: Jane Hutcheon j.hutcheon@rgbe.ac.uk

Printing and medicine: the impact of print on five centuries of western medicine. Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, 9 Queen Street  Edinburgh, EH2 1JQ. April - October 2008. Free exhibition at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh explores the impact of print on five centuries of Western medicine. It draws on the magnificent collection of the College Library, the first of its kind in Scotland. Some early printed medical works from the Library’s collections can be viewed in an online exhibition at
www.rcpe.ac.uk/library/exhibitions/print-medicine/index.php
Open Mondays to Fridays 10am-4.30pm, until 31 October 2008. See also Scotland and Medicine in Print website. Contact: Iain Milne

Written on the body. An exhibition at the Suregon's Hall Museum, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, Nicolson Street, Edinburgh, EH8 9DW. August-December 2008. Admission: £5/£3 (conc)  0131 527 1649 www.edinburgh.surgeonshall.museum
See also Scotland and Medicine in Print website. Contact: Dawn Kemp dawn.kemp@rcsed.ac.uk

Portraits of individuals linked to the printing trade on show. Autumn 2008. www.nationalgalleries.org 
Contact: Imogen Gibbon igibbon@nationalgalleries.org

5 Crichton’s Close, Canongate, Edinburgh EH8 8DT. Free access to the Library premises.  www.spl.org.uk
In a Different Light. Glimpses of the fleeting; language distilled to its essence; perception given breath on paper. Julie Johnstone creates minimal yet resonant works exploring the visual and linguistic nuances contained in short phrases. Her hand-bound books, cards and screen-prints pursue the beauty of the ephemeral, with a gentle and contemplative simplicity. An exhibition of new works from her Essence Press imprint. www.essencepress.co.uk  Saturday 19 April – Saturday 19 July 2008. Mon-Fri 11-6 pm, Sat 1-5 pm. Free.

Embracing the Ephemeral. A practical workshop with Julie Johnstone, editor of Essence Press. Exploring concepts of beauty, lightness and the ephemeral, this workshop will look at alternatives to the traditional book as a means to give physical context to individual poems and text pieces. Participants will be asked to submit several short text pieces in advance. Small book forms and cards will be created during the workshop, illustrating the use of desktop publishing software, inkjet printing, and hand-binding techniques. Numbers limited, booking essential. £15/£10. Saturday 14 June 2008, 10-1 pm (3 hours) 

The Space of the Page. Is the page a mere support for the poem, or can it be a space in itself, charged with possibility and implication? Taking Stéphane Mallarmé's Un Coup de Dés as a starting point, and looking at different approaches in the work of Charles Olson, Eugen Gomringer, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Edwin Morgan and others, this exhibition will draw on the Scottish Poetry Library's extensive twentieth century collections to explore how words can resonate within the space of the page. Curated by Thomas A Clark and Julie Johnstone. Friday 26 September – Saturday 20 December 2008. Mon-Fri 11-6 pm, Sat 1-5 pm. Free

By Leaves We Live: a celebration of art and poetry publishing. Saturday 27 September, 11-6 pm. Free. Join us for our lively and inspiring annual one-day fair at the Scottish Poetry Library. More exhibitors than ever before, and many new stalls. Stalls, displays and talks running throughout the day. Drop in to browse or buy, meet publishers, artists and poets from Scotland and beyond, and listen to talks on poetry and art publishing. For readers, writers, artists, designers, publishers, and anyone interested in books, printing and paper – all welcome. Exhibitors and stallholders will include: Artistsbooksonline.com; Isabell Buenz; The Caseroom Press; Andrew Eason; Essence Press; David Faithfull; Grażyna Fremi, Fremi books; The Fruitmarket Gallery Bookshop; Joanna Gibbs, Rag-and-Bone Shop Books; Thomas Gravemaker; Knucker Press; Caroline List; Mariscat Press; Alice Melvin; Moschatel Press; New Arcadian Press; Plain Edition; Roncadora Press; Anne Rook; Second Century Press, Edinburgh College of Art; Scottish Pamphlet Poetry; Shoestring Press; Stichill Marigold Press; Jenny Smith; Weproductions; Wild Hawthorn Press: the Archive of Ian Hamilton Finlay. Talks running throughout the day, lasting approximately 30 minutes unless otherwise noted (free, no need to book):
12.00 The Pleasure of Printing. Thomas Gravemaker talks about how he got involved in letterpress printing and the role it has played and is still playing in his professional life as a graphic designer.
1pm The Shared World of Reading, and the Book Artist. Books are the most trusted vessel for the voyage across time and space from oneself to another. Book artists use the promise of reading to help us encounter their work in particular ways. Andrew Eason explores the links between reader, artist and the book form.
2pm Different Methods, Different Results: Printing & Artists’ Books. Artists exhibiting at the fair discuss the important choice of printing method in the creation of their artists’ books. Several short informal talks with the chance to ask questions.
3.30pm  Word on the Street. Verbal and visual delights, and a love of letter press printing. Leonard McDermid talks about his Stichill Marigold Press.
4.30pm Mariscats and other Hats. Hamish Whyte talks about 25 years of Mariscat Press, and rounds our day off with a reading from his poetry.
Scottish Poetry Library, 5 Crichton's Close, Edinburgh, EH8 8DT. 0131 557 2876 www.spl.org.uk For more information, contact Julie Johnstone julie.johnstone@spl.org.uk

The Centre for the History of the Book is planning a series of seminars. www.hss.ed.ac.uk/chb/  Email: chb@ed.ac.uk  Contact Bill Bell b.bell@ed.ac.uk

Website featuring the Aberdeen Breviary of 1510.
http://www.lib.ed.ac.uk/resources/collections/
specdivision/ch200803.shtml
Contact: Dr Joseph Marshall joseph.marshall@ed.ac.uk

An electric shock of delight: Walter Scott and the Waverley novels. Free exhibition centred on Sir Walter Scott and the Waverley Press at the Writers Museum. Lady Stair’s Close, Edinburgh, EH1 2PA. 19 July 2008 – 3 January 2009. Monday-Saturday: 10am-5pm, and all Sundays in August from 12-5pm. Download further information here. 
Contact: Elaine Greig elaine.greig@edinburgh.gov.uk

Winter Warmth returns with an exhibition to mark the 500th anniversary of print in Scotland, 1 November 2008 - 3 January 2009. The exhibition will be showcasing the diverse aspects of contemporary print-making and the use of printing in applied arts and crafts, and includes work from 56 artists.  All work is for sale and available to take away. The Park Gallery & Large Gallery, Callendar House. Free admission. Callendar House open: Mon-Sat: 10am-5pm; Last admissions: 4pm.  Park Gallery: Mon-Sat: 10am-4pm.
At the same time Callendar House has a series of specially-constructed areas which take visitors back in time to the early 19th century, to see a printmakers, grocers, clock makers and working Georgian kitchen. Our printmaker can be seen in the workshop on a working printing press. Callendar Park, Falkirk, FK1 1YR, tel: 01324 503789
artsandcrafts@falkirk.gov.uk www.falkirk.gov.uk/cultural

Mitchell Treasure of the Month for April 2008: Blind Harry’s Wallace. The earliest Scottish printing to be found in the Mitchell library, which consists of 12 fragmentary pages of Henry the Minstrel’s poem on William Wallace printed by Chepman and Myllar in 1508. Mitchell Library, North Street, Glasgow G3 7DN.
The Herald 225 years, 1783-2008: a celebration of Scotland’s leading quality newspaper. August-September, Admission free. Main Hall, Mitchell Library, North Street, Glasgow G3 7DN.
Guid, Black Prent: the Mitchell celebrates 500 years of Printing in Scotland. From Chapbooks to Dabbities - a rare glimpse of Scotland’s past in print. August- December. Admission Free
Old Glasgow Room, Mitchell Library, North Street, Glasgow G3 7DN.
There will also be a programme of events associated with these exhibitions:
Jila Peacock. Painting Persian Poetry. Thursday 21 August 6.00pm. Admission free. Moir Room, Mitchell Library, North Street, Glasgow G3 7DN.
Karen Cunningham. Should Auld Acquaintance be Forgot. Thursday 28 August 6.00pm. Admission free. Old Glasgow Room, Mitchell Library, North Street, Glasgow G3 7DN
Adam McNaughtan opens the Poet’s Box. Thursday 4 September. Admission free. Old Glasgow Room, Mitchell Library, North Street, Glasgow G3 7DN.
Ralph MacLean. Foulis and Ruddiman: the changing face of printing in the Scottish Enlightenment. Thursday 11 September. Admission free. Old Glasgow Room, Mitchell Library, North Street, Glasgow G3 7DN.
Elspeth Lamb. Nagasawa Cantrips. Date to be confirmed. Please check www.csglasgow.org for details.
Activities for children:
City Wide Family Quiz celebrating 500 years of printing with prizes to be won. Download an entry form here.
Design a Book Plate: Get arty in the Mitchell – prizes to be won and an opportunity to have your work displayed in the Mitchell. Download an entry form here.
For further information on any of the above please check www.csglasgow.org
Contact Marion Beaton Marion.beaton@csglasgow.org

Printing roadshow, sponsored by Heidelberg UK, at Glasgow Metropolitan College, 60 North Hanover Street, G1 2BP, Thursday 3 April, 9.45am-5pm.  Free demonstration of a modern lithographic printing press, printing souvenir posters to take away. www.glasgowmet.ac.uk

Glasgow Metropolitan College, the only college in Scotland providing Printing education, is planning a series of exhibitions celebrating 500 Years of Printing in Scotland.  The exhibition will be shown in the foyer of the college located at North Hanover Street, Glasgow during their student’s exhibition week commencing 2 June.
The exhibition will comprise of a number of exhibits of students work with a Printing theme.
HND Photography will show a series of images produced from their visits to 3 Glasgow based Printing companies:  John McCormick & Co, John Watson & Co Ltd, Bell & Bain.
HND Journalism students will contribute a narrative upon the print media.
HND Digital Media for Design & Print students will show corporate imaging and promotional material for the event.
HND Television students intend to produce a short film with a central theme of the modern printing industry.
HND Multimedia students will produce a website on Print.
www.glasgowmet.ac.uk/500yearsofprinting.aspx

Out of Print will feature the works of the research cluster of the same name at GSA. 24th March - 19th April 2008. Atrium Gallery, GSA, Foulis Building, 167 Renfrew Street Glasgow G3 6RQ.  The title of the show “Out of Print” refers to the ways in which emerging technologies have challenged practice and how practice has, in turn, adapted through interrogation and reflection.
The scope of the work from the five contributors moves from the typographic elements and traditions of letterpress through comic books, landscape photography and international graphic foraging, through to the interface between digital media, optics and colour theory.
Edwin Pickstone works as Artist in Residence at GSA exploring the value of letterpress technology as it exists today. Working with broken and outdated metal type from the dump bin, Pickstone produces non-conformist structures which acknowledge the strict traditions of ink, leading and setting whilst exploring another set of innovative aesthetics.

By contrast are the visionary landscapes born of time as both content and process found in the works of Andy Stark whose work is photographically generated and “Embrace the idiosyncrasies of both the traditional and digital print.”
The non-genre comic work of illustrator Marc Baines, is further explored through autographic silk-screens and simple offsets. Biographical narrative and folk traditions navigated through the print surface, its physical presence and immediacy of process.
Steve Rigley collages and montages fragments from discarded sheets found within print works worldwide. These found elements act as catalyst for another complex intellectual journey which explores the process of printing as a metaphor for cultural exchange.
Artist Paul Stickley looks to extend the scope of print through representing the immersive colour experience of his installations in a series of digital prints, each derived through an iterative process of photography and projection. www.gsa.ac.uk
Contact: Steve Rigley s.rigley@gsa.ac.uk

Making our (Book) Marks: a beginner’s course to create personalised designs for our own book collections.  This course, run in collaboration with the Glasgow Print Studio, will look at the ways readers have, throughout history, put their personal stamp on their favourite books.  Printed ‘ex libris’ or book plates are often small, beautiful decorative inserts that mark books as belonging to us. They can include mottos, symbols or illustrations that hold a significance for the owner. Working with an experienced printmaker, participants will be shown how to design and print their own individual ex-libris. Start date: August 2008. For further details, contact:  Glasgow Women's Library, 81 Parnie Street, Glasgow, G1 5RH. Tel: 0141 552 8345  Email: info@womenslibrary.org.uk www.womenslibrary.org.uk
www.gpsart.co.uk/index.htm
Contact: Sue John sue.john@womenslibrary.org.uk

Scottish imprints from the College Library. Medical, botanical and local history books will be on display in the College Library. Free admission. 12 May - 23 May 2008. Launch evening 9 May 2008 7-9pm with a demonstration of book restoration by Jim Vallance at 7.30pm. College Library, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, 232-242 St Vincent Street, Glasgow, G2 5RJ. www.rcpsg.ac.uk/FellowsandMembers/Library%20Services/

Pages/mem_splibcourses.aspx
Contact Carol Parry carol.parry@rcpsg.ac.uk

A display of work by Glasgow School of Art's Designer in Residence for Letterpress, Edwin Pickstone in the Victorian Bar of the Tron Theatre, 63 Trongate, Glasgow, G1 5LS. To find the Tron, see www.tron.co.uk/

In Aedibus Academicis: the Glasgow University Press. A small display highlighting the contribution that Glasgow University has made to Scottish print culture in the Special Collections showcase: Glasgow University Library, Hillhead Street, Glasgow, G12 8QE, Level 12. special.lib.gla.ac.uk/general/events.html#display From mid May until the end of August. For opening hours see: special.lib.gla.ac.uk/general/hours.html 
A web exhibition (with the same title) has been created, exploring in more depth the work of printers associated and appointed by the University of Glasgow, from the first book printed in Glasgow by George Anderson in 1638 through to the last Glasgow University Press, the Maclehose Company. special@gla.ac.uk
special.lib.gla.ac.uk/exhibns/gupress/gupresshome.html
Contact: Julie Gardham J.Gardham@lib.gla.ac.uk

Clò Trom  - Gaelic Printing in the Highlands, 1778-1901 or Clò Trom - Clò-bhualadh sa Ghàidhlig air a’ Ghàidhealtachd, 1778-1901. Exhibition at Inverness Library on books printed in Inverness and other Highland towns in Gaelic (and English), also covering the output of Charles Fraser Mackintosh, who died in 1901 and was a prolific local historian and Gaelic speaker.  Summer 2008 in Inverness Library, Farraline Park, Inverness, IV1 1NH.  The exhibition will also be available as a ‘Virtual Exhibition’ on the Am Baile website: www.ambaile.org.uk
Contact Norman Newton Norman.Newton@highland.gov.uk

Read all about it: the National Library of Scotland's newspaper exhibition. 17 May – 6 June 2008. Elgin Library, Cooper Park, Elgin, Moray, IV30 1HS www.moray.gov.uk/moray_standard/page_1435.html

From Pen to Print - to Pixels, the Scottish Records Association's Annual Conference, will be held in Perth Concert Hall on Friday 21 November.
The conference focuses on the records relating to printing and publishing in Scotland. This year celebrates 500 years of printing in Scotland and the conference will explore what records there are relating to the industry, where they are and the uses to which they can be put. The conference will be chaired by Professor Alistair McCleery, Co-Director of the Scottish Archive of Printing and Publishing History and Records (SAPPHIRE).
Papers are encouraged from those working with original sources relating to the publishing and printing industries in Scotland. To submit a title and abstract of no more than 300 words (deadline 4 July 2008), or for further details, contact Carol Parry email: carol.parry@rcpsg.ac.uk  Further details and a booking form are available to download from www.scottishrecordsassociation.org/conferences.htm

Printing in Perth Exhibition on the local printers/publishers the Morison family in the A K Bell Library during March 2008. Entry is free of charge, open 9.30- 5 Monday Wednesday and Friday, 9.30 – 8pm Tuesdays and Thursdays and 9.30 – 4pm Saturdays. A K Bell Library, York Place, Perth, PH2 8EP.
On Thursday 28 February at 2pm, Sara Ann Kelly, Local Studies Librarian, will give an hour-long talk to the Friends of the Archive, on 'Local Studies and 500 years of printing'. A K Bell Library Theatre. £2 to non-members.
www.pkc.gov.uk/libraries
Contact Sara Ann Kelly SAKelly@pkc.gov.uk

Read all about it, National Library Newspaper exhibition at the A K Bell Library. 12 June to 31 July 2008. Entry is free of charge, open 9.30- 5 Monday Wednesday and Friday, 9.30 – 8pm Tuesdays and Thursdays and 9.30 – 4pm Saturdays.A K Bell Library, York Place, Perth, PH2 8EP. www.pkc.gov.uk/libraries
Contact Sara Ann Kelly SAKelly@pkc.gov.uk

'Press Here' – a small traditional letterpress workshop using the same hand-set lead type process that Andrew Myllar brought to Scotland and which survived largely unchanged in principle for nearly the full 500 years since then. Visitors are welcome to call in and see the process in action, handle some of the tools and materials, and possibly even make a print themselves. The workshop uses largely 20th century equipment (including some typecasting machines). So if you want to find out what a Stereotype, a Fudge Box, a Hell Box, or a Slug are, or why your computer offers you ‘Times New Roman’ and measures its size in ‘points’, call in and satisfy your curiosity.

Admission free, but please phone 01828 628001 in advance to arrange a visit. Open almost every Monday. Most times can be accommodated, but the workshop will be closed on Sundays and throughout August. Parking space and disabled access.
Contact: John Easson Easson@quartopress.fsnet.co.uk

Innerpeffray Library is Scotland's oldest free public lending library founded by 1680, with a school, by David Drummond, 3rd Lord Madertie. The present building dates from 1762 and the scope of the collections is vast. Of the 3000 titles in the collections printed before 1810, the earliest dates from 1502. The 3 Volume Atlas Novus of 1638 shows every known continent and every established settlement in New and Old World, and  shares space with little books on hunting (1611) and fishing (1555). There works by Newton on colours and gravity, an early description of Hudson's Bay and Anson's Voyage of 1740, and books on animals, birds and plants from Barbados to Drummond Castle Gardens. To celebrate the 500 the anniversary of printing in Scotland the Library will show selected items from all five centuries, including a huge tome printed in 1681, by David Lindsay of Edinburgh and Perth, Laws of Parliament from King James the First to King Charles the Second, and a little book The Laws & Acts made in the First Parliament of our Most High and Dread Sovereign James VII, printed by Perth's first printer Robert Fairbairn in 1731.
Please note that in November and December, the Library will be open by appointment only to groups. Innerpeffray Library, Crieff, Perthshire, PH7 3RF. Tel: 01764 652819. www.innerpeffraylibrary.co.uk/index.htm

'Printing': a display of items of local printing and some printing artefacts. 25 July - 23 October. Shetland Museum and Archives, Hay's Dock, Hay's Dock, Lerwick, Shetland, ZE1 0WP www.shetland-museum.org.uk/

The Special Collections Department of St Andrews University Library will mark the 500th anniversary of printing by mounting an exhibition exploring the history of printing in Fife. Exhibits will range from the first book printed in St Andrews in 1552 to the products of a contemporary private press. A programme of events and activities will accompany the exhibition. 10 October - 18 December 2008, Gateway Galleries, North Haugh, St Andrews, KY16 9SS. Monday-Friday 9.00-17.30, Saturday and Sunday 10.00-17.00. Entrance free. For more information email speccoll@st-andrews.ac.uk  www.st-andrews.ac.uk/specialcollections/
Contact: Elizabeth Henderson eah10@st-andrews.ac.uk

Publishing Scotland: Eneas Mackay, Stirling 1 December 2007-16 April 2008. This exhibition is planned to coincide with the 500th anniversary of printing in Scotland by the press of Chepman and Myllar. Stirling Smith Art Gallery & Museum, Dumbarton Road, Stirling, FK8 2RQ.
The exhibition focuses on the story of the press of Eneas Mackay, father and son, which operated in Stirling c1880-1943 and became the Stirling Observer Press.  It features the Smiths’ own collection, with that of private collector Stewart Campbell. A booklet, The story of Eneas Mackay, Stirling is available from the Art Gallery and Museum Shop, price £2.50.
Events programme includes:
The Dickens Book Group. 11am each Wednesday. 16 January – 27 February 2008.
Lecture series: 12 noon every Thursday in the Lecture Theatre
Tickets: £6 (including a soup and sandwich lunch). Series ticket for all eight talks: £42.00. 17 January - 6 March.
www.smithartgallery.demon.co.uk/exhibitions.html
Contact: Dr Elspeth King Elspeth.King@smithartgallery.demon.co.uk

A printing workshop is planned by the Centre for Publishing Studies at the University of Stirling, FK9 4LA.
Contact: Andrew Wheatcroft ajmw1@stir.ac.uk