Our first celebration of the printing press's equivalent of pi day: Type-High Day! Join us in printing handmade postcards on the day that celebrates metal type technology and leave with your own memorabilia. Thursday September 18th | 11:00 am - 1:00 pm In front of Murray Hall | College Avenue, New Brunswick
Please join the Rutgers Initiative for the Book and Scarlet Letterpress for a multi-modal exploration of the relation between print and political action: Printing Politics Thursday, October 23 2:00-5:00pm: poster printing and zine making workshop 5:30-7:00pm: roundtable discussion with artists, art workers, and scholars on the role of print media in their diverse practices. … Read More
Our second annual Halloween printing event! Join us in printing handmade postcards and Halloween memorabilia to celebrate the autumnal festivities! Friday October 31st | 10:00 am - 4:00 pm In front of Murray Hall | College Avenue, New Brunswick
What is a Jewish book? How has it evolved from antiquity to the present? Join us to explore how Jewish ideas have been transferred over the centuries--from oral traditions to handwritten manuscripts, from printed books to computer code. RSVP required. Register online at BildnerCenter.Rutgers.edu. Monday December 8th | 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Virtual
Our first ever collaboration with the Rutgers Art History Student Association--printing for Valentine's Day! Join us in printing handmade linocuts and memorabilia to celebrate the festivities! Friday February 11th | 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm Room 309 Murray Hall | College Avenue, New Brunswick
Our second annual Valentine's Day printing event! Join us in printing handmade cards and memorabilia to celebrate the festivities! Friday February 13th | 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm Room 309 Murray Hall | College Avenue, New Brunswick
The Translation Studies Initiative and the Scarlet Letterpress welcome all Rutgers translators to set type and print a translation. Please join Professor Sean Silver and friends, who will help translators set type and print translations. Thursday March 26th | 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm Room 309 Murray Hall | College Avenue, New Brunswick
The Letterpress is going mobile! Join us at the Piscataway Public Library, introducing some not-yet-obsolete technology at their annual Makers' Day celebration. Visit and print a poem or a postcard! Saturday March 28th | 11:00 am - 3:00 pm Piscataway Public Library
The Black Bibliography Project, a digital humanities initiative that aims to revitalize descriptive bibliography for African American literary studies, is hosting a conference at Rutgers from April 9-10. The proceedings will include two printing workshops at the Scarlet Letterpress and a panel presentation by a Book Initiative graduate fellow, Mitchell Edwards. Please register here if … Read More
Join the Rutgers Book Initiative, the Early English Reading Group, and the Medieval and Renaissance Colloquium for our Second Annual Medieval Materiality Event! Come learn how to make medieval ink and hear live readings of Old and Middle English literature! The Scarlet Letterpress will demonstrate how to make medieval inks: black, blue, and red (and … Read More