From Clay Tablet to Digital Tablet: The History of Jewish Books
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
Scarlet Letterpress’s Valentine’s Collaboration with RAHSA
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
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
The Scarlet Letterpress at New Jersey Makers’ Day 2026
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
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 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
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
Day of Performance: Something Printed This Way Comes
Puppets! Playbills! And Plenty of Performative Pandemonium! Professor Talley Murphy and the Murray-Hall Players will be performing Macbeth in and around Murray Hall. All are welcome– to perform, to witness, or to be made victims of the one-day regicidal celebration. To mark the event, the Scarlet Letterpress will be printing and distributing hand-made playbills, and … Read More