The American Printing History Association is currently accepting applications for the position of editor of its flagship publication, Printing History. The journal is published in print twice a year. This is a part-time position which pays the editor a stipend of $5,000 per year and has a term limit of five years. [Read more]

Sometimes, what the sideline reporter cooks up is more interesting than the football game being broadcast. Hopefully, that’s not the case here. Instead, consider this “the rest of the story,”—behind-the-scenes information on the book Making Printers’ Type: Man’s 500 Year Quest to Develop Better Methods, which I published in 2020. [Read more]

APHA welcomes UCLA Distinguished Professor of Bibliographic Studies, critical author on art and design, and dynamic exponent of the 20th and 21st century artists’ book movement to the editorial committee of Printing History.  [Read more]

APHA members will soon receive Printing History 34. Managing Editor editor, and APHA’s Vice President for Publications, Josef Beery shepherded this 76-page issue and was ably advised by the Editorial Committee: Johanna Drucker, Sam Lemley, Paul Shaw, and Irene Tichenor. [Read more]

The scanning of  APHA’s Newsletter Archive is complete, and all issues are available to the public. The newsletter was published for members from 1974 to 2013. It featured accounts of APHA activities, announcements of upcoming events, reports from regional chapters, and miscellaneous news items of interest to members.

San Francisco had long been an entryway for those seeking opportunities in the West. By the turn of the twentieth century, San Francisco was a center for “bohemian” creativity. Metaphorically, local bookman Paul Elder was an avid gardener when the California Arts and Crafts Movement emerged celebrating the state’s distinctive biome. [Read more]

You are cordially invited to our annual meeting on Saturday, January 27, 2024, 2 p.m. (EST) to conduct APHA’s business and celebrate excellence in printing history. [Read more]

The American Printing History Association is pleased to introduce members who have agreed to serve as officers and Trustees on the APHA board. This dynamic group of talented people will grow our organization and keep APHA thriving. We’re excited they are joining us.

The Nominating Committee
E. Haven Hawley, Chair
 Richard Minsky; Robert McCament; James Ascher; and Hosea Baskin

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Dear APHA member and friend,

You are cordially invited to our annual meeting on Saturday, January 27, 2024, at 2 p.m. (EST) to conduct APHA’s business and celebrate excellence in printing history. For the first time since the pandemic, our 2024 annual meeting will take place in-person in New York City, at the end of “Bibliography Week” as had been our custom for decades. We will meet at the Center for Book Arts in Manhattan (28 West 27th Street, 3rd  Floor), which like APHA will be celebrating its fiftieth anniversary in 2024. We are very excited about this collaboration with the CBA! [Read more]

APHA is accepting applications for the 2024 Mark Samuels Lasner Fellowship in Printing History. This award of up to $2,000 is available for research in any area of the history of printing, including all the arts and technologies relevant to printing, the book arts, and letter forms. [Read more]