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Events from October 23, 2025 – April 25 – Initiative for the Book Events from October 23, 2025 – April 25 – Initiative for the Book

Printing Politics: a workshop and roundtable discussion

Murray Hall, Room 302

  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: … Read More

Halloween

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 … Read More

Valentine’s Day 2026

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

Rutgers Translation Studies Initiative in the Press

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

RIB at the Black Bibliography Project Conference

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 … Read More

2nd Annual Medieval Materiality Event: Medieval Ink

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

The Scarlet Letterpress at Rutgers Day 2026

Visit our Rutgers Day table at Voorhees Mall, and take home a bookmark or postcard! Join us in printing historical materials associated with Bram Stoker's 1894 Gothic novel Dracula. Sunday April 25th | 10:00 am - 4:00 pm English Department Tent | College Avenue, New Brunswick