Free?

Novel Impressions is a project funded by the British Academy, providing free printing workshops for public audiences. It enables early career researchers, printers and curators to share eighteenth-century book history in fun ways with new people. Booking is required but all workshops are free, and everyone is welcome.

Workshops

26 November 2022: Thin Ice Press, York
‘Sexual Commerce and Corpulency’
Led by Charlotte Goodge (University of Kent) and Helen Smith (University of York and Thin Ice Press)
Booking available here.

27 and 28 May 2022: Bodleian Library, Oxford
‘The Making of Tristram Shandy‘
Led by Elizabeth Savage (IAS) and Alexandra Franklin (Bodleian Libraries) with Peter Lawrence (Society of Wood Engravers), marbler Louise Brockman, and printer Richard Lawrence
A recording of the hybrid lecture is available here. A blog describing the workshop can be read here.

25-26 March 2022: National Print Museum of Ireland, Dublin
‘Women in Manuscript, Medicine and Print: Weekend Workshop’ [fully booked]
Led by Ashleigh Blackwood (Northumbria University) and Mary Plunkett (National Print Museum)

12 March 2022: Robert Smail’s Printing Works, Innerleithen (National Trust for Scotland)
‘Novel First Impressions’
Led by Beth Brigham (Northumbria University) and Jack Conkie (National Trust for Scotland)
Booking available via eventbrite. Please note, this workshop is not suitable for anyone under the age of 14.

17-18 February 2022: Northern Print, Newcastle
‘Manuscript and Print’
Workshops with Hilton Primary Academy and Action Foundation
Led by Natasha Simonova (University of Oxford) and Helen Donley (Northern Print)

7 March 2020: Cherryburn (National Trust)
‘Pictures and Words’
Led by Carly Watson (University of Oxford) and Anna Darby (National Trust) with expert engraver Chris Daunt

Further info

Places on the workshops are limited. Booking information will be supplied above when available. For further information, feel free to email Helen Williams using the contact page from the menu.