Tour: Route 3 Press & Wapsipinicon Almanac
Isabella Myers
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Left, Tim Fay demonstrates the Linotype. Right, a brass Linotype mat. (Isabella Myers)
Friday, October 26 Hosted by Route 3 Press proprietor Tim Fay
Tim Fay welcomed us into his shop in Anamosa, IA where he prints the Wapsipinicon Almanac. He’s been producing this 160-page, letterpress-printed publication featuring essays, fiction, and reviews since 1988. Before we arrived, Fay was working on the 25th and final volume of the Almanac (published bi-annually in the 1990s). While he plans to continue printing under the Route 3 name, as he’s done since 1977, from here on he’ll focus on smaller projects. [Read more]