The Alcuin Society

Amphora Magazine

Amphora Issue 145No. 145 February 2007

In This Issue

Getting Something Ink-ish Going

Alcuin member Marnie Parsons reports on the first St John's wayzgoose.

FEATURE INSERT: Moveable Types

A new 'zine by Kara Sievewright, celebrating the history of itinerant printers.

Celebrating the Magic of Jim Rimmer

The book arts community fêtes Vancouver's master of all things letterpress, Jim Rimmer.

In Praise of Blackletter

Marlene Chan takes a brief look at blackletter's history, with an eye toward its role in contemporary calligraphy.

Departments

Letters
News & Notes

John Pass summoned to Ottawa ; Fox Run ran; Vancouver writers' & readers' festival; Alcuin prints!; Jim Rimmer remembers Paul Hayden Duensing.

Trends in Collecting

The ScotiaBank Giller Prize

Linked: Bonefolder e-journal.

Open access ejournal for bookbinding.

The Royal Pick

Selections of note from recent catalogues.

Ex Libris

Selections from the world of bookplate art.

Bookselling

Jim Lorson remains an old-school proponent of California's long tradition of bookselling and collecting.

Book Reviews

The Romance of Libraries, Randolph Caldecott: His Books and Illustrations for Young Readers


Cover art by Ryan Mah (image) & Scott Polzen (wood type).