Today in Bristol Common Press printcamp, tried to master wood lettering using the workshop’s adage ⏰ Still struggling with the impression of that DON’T tho…

In the basement of the English department lives Bristol Common Press, a working historical print shop used to support teaching and research. Who wants to guess what lives in this bucket there?

Some of our recent June PRINTCAMP beauties! 🔥

Book launch: Letterpress printing: past present and future, Thursday 23 June. Many chapters, one is mine :) cphc.org.uk/events/2023/6/…

Keep an eye out for a BIG ANNOUNCEMENT from us tomorrow, as we do everything we can to save a vital 200-year old piece of printing history! There will even be the chance to get your hands on some of our recent printed beauties ✨

Our new postgrad intern Shauna made this heartwarming father’s day postcard feat. lines by Larkin.

Help us to SAVE THE ALBION! 📌 Bristol Common Press are fundraising to rescue our 200 year-old piece of printing history, the Albion Press! It’s in a very sorry state & your kind donations will help to bring its joys back to our students! Pls share widely! 📌crowdfunding.bristol.ac.uk/p/save-the-alb…

A rare and precious chance to get some rewards hand-printed in our very special Bristol Common Press! Or, if you're feeling flush, get your own hand-printing workshop!

Update: thanks to the talented @johnjoemctague, the patchy DON’T riddle has been solved! Bit of expert realignment & fine paper support have this looking 👌👌 This poster is just one of the many Bristol Common Press rewards if you pledge to SAVE THE ALBION! crowdfunding.bristol.ac.uk/p/save-the-alb…

TWO DAYS REMAINING to help us reach our target! We're so close - only a little way to go until we're able to SAVE THE ALBION & provide more resources for students. We're so grateful for all of your donations - it's meant so much to receive this support! 🔆 crowdfunding.bristol.ac.uk/p/save-the-alb…

ONLY HOURS LEFT TO DONATE! 🔆 With less than a day left in our campaign, please give what you can to help us to grow the workshop and provide more resources for our students. Every penny helps! crowdfunding.bristol.ac.uk/p/save-the-alb…

🌟A DAZZLING UPDATE 🌟We could not be happier to announce that we reached our fundraising target and a bit beyond! We are so incredibly grateful -- THANK YOU SO MUCH to all of you who supported us 🙌 It means so much! These funds will breathe new life into our beloved Albion!

JOBS! Deadline for both 31 July! 1) Lecturer in Literature 1500-1800 (teaching-focused, open-ended) bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/deta… 2) Lecturer in 20th- and 21st Century American Literature (teaching-focused, fixed term to 31 August 2024) bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/deta…

Where will we hang our bin bags now?! Huge thanks to @_theomiller for coming to collect the parts of our Albion and begin the restoration process, and huge thanks to everyone who donated to the crowdfunder to make this possible.

Folding up some test proofs of book project to send to collaborators (mainly so we can check that we are all printing with same margins etc). we’ve printed the same pages on each side of the sheet because we haven’t finished setting the ‘outer forme’ yet.