I am one of the speakers at this exclusive book launch with accompanying talks and exhibition.

Four years of student work, countless hours of dedication by Nicholas Jeeves and myself finally coming to fruition…excited is too small a word! Currently working on a small run of exclusive letterpress covers for some of the hardback copies…😆

The Swedenborg Society, Ruskin Arts Publications, Anglia Ruskin University and The Blake Society are delighted to present 'Auguries of Innocence: First Experiences of Letterpress'. An exclusive book launch with accompanying talks and exhibition at Swedenborg House on Monday 22 May 2023, 6.30 pm - 9.30 pm (Doors open 6.00 pm). FREE (but booking required.)

Each year from 2014 to 2018, graphic design students at Cambridge School of Art, ARU, were assigned a brief: to typeset and print in letterpress a couplet from William Blake’s ‘Auguries of Innocence’. None of them had used letterpress before. A selection of their prints is now collected in a unique visual edition of ‘Auguries of Innocence’—comprising the printed poem in its entirety. I have written an essay called ‘The shock of the old’ about introducing letterpress to undergraduates more comfortable in a digital world. There are also essays by editor and project director Nicholas Jeeves, and Blake scholar Sibylle Erle.

The softcover version can be ordered by clicking here