The History West Midlands website will be closing on 30 June. There is still time to explore the many articles, short films and podcasts about the history of the region. See online #book shop for clearance sale! historywm.com

Family photo: the Small Performances research team and Advisory Board at the School of Jewellery, Birmingham, this week, before getting down to business.

New exhibition in London on Susan Shaw, founder of the Type Archive. cphc.org.uk/updates/2025/5…

Call for contributions: The Edinburgh History of the Radical Press: The Religious Press. Series Editors: Ian Cawood and David Finkelstein. cphc.org.uk/updates/2025/5…

For those interested in bookbinding, this looks like a lovely course at Hereford Cathedral. cphc.org.uk/updates/2025/5…

Speaker announced for the Association of European Printing Museums conference in Birmingham, in September. Hope to see some of you there. cphc.org.uk/events/2025/9/…

You know it makes sense. ☺️

I am talking about Gutenberg and early type-manufacture (and The Catholicon) in Oxford on Thursday evening. If anyone would like a zoom link it will be available from the Society's Secretary (contact via the website). #OxfordBibliographicalSociety

At our university, in a bid to save money, at least one Professor has been instructed to give a day a week of their time to managing health and safety in their School. What an insult and a waste of academic talent, and surely puts people at risk.

A box full of 3D printed Baskerville punches made by Small Performances team members in the School of Jewellery, Birmingham - and re arranged as Punch Henge!

Jenny Uglow: ‘A Year with Gilbert White’. Summer Weinrebe Lecture. Tuesday 17 June 2025. University of Birmingham. This lecture series brings together thinking about place with some of the most exciting current work in biography and life-writing. more.bham.ac.uk/artsofplace/ar…

Just 1/50th of the people leaving BCU today.

A triumphant appearance at the Norwich Independent Book and Zine Fair last week. Many keepsakes were printed, new friends were made, and even a few zines created ... Thanks to Gill Renouf, Florence Okoye and Paul W. Nash (Paul W. Nash) for manning the stall.

The next History Series evening at the MarxMemorialLibrary looks at the Wapping Dispute & Printworker Organisation. The event is both hybrid and free. cphc.org.uk/updates/2025/6…

Ann Field in today’s Morning Star plugs this evening’s event on the Wapping Dispute and Printworker Organisation joint with GFTU Educational Trust at the Marx Memorial Library at 7pm morningstaronline.co.uk/article/long-w…

If you are in Birmingham, do drop in a take a look.

There is still time to register for the BBTI Workshop in Birmingham. It's free but only a few places left. Led by Giles Bergel, the workshop will explore new uses of the BBTI dataset while also provide an historical overview of how it came to be. cphc.org.uk/events/2025/7/…

'From Provincial to Regional A conference in memory of Peter Isaac and John Hinks', 23-24 July, @winterbournehouse.bsky.social. A few tickets remaining, £95 for two days. A bargain. See here for the great lineup of speakers and link to booking: cphc.org.uk/events/2025/7/…

Thanks to the generosity of the Bibliographical Society we still have two subsidised tickets for postgraduate attendance at the forthcoming Print Networks conference. eventbrite.co.uk/e/print-networ…

If you were hoping to come to the Association of European Printing Museums conference in Birmingham you may be disappointed as we are now fully booked. To those who already have tickets we look forward to welcoming you Winterbourne HG in September, to those who missed out, sorry