In which Anna and Judith travel back to the dark and worrying world of 1930s’ London. Expect purpose-driven publishing, bold marketing and a rousing rebel song.
Will a horrified publisher, desperate to prevent an impending war, find a way to get vital information to the masses?
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In which Anna and Judith travel back to a world of secrets in Victorian London. Expect multiplatform publishing, debates about access to knowledge, a found-poem performance and a marvellous trick.
When Angelo Lewis writes a book about his boyhood love, some readers are so outraged they wish him dead…
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In which Anna and Judith travel back to the degenerate world of Eighteenth-century London. Expect, user-focused content and design, a performance in rhyming verse and a little gin.
When Elizabeth Blackwell’s husband ends up in a debtor’s prison, she thinks writing and illustrating her own book will save the day, but it’s a mammoth task.
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In which Anna and Judith uncover a publishing innovation that promised to spark a revolution – but didn’t. Expect the spectre of automation, invisible women, union disputes, rock-star pianists and a new take on the sound of typesetting. The Anatomy of Sleep was the first book ever typeset by machine. By the time of the second…
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In which Anna and Judith travel to Antarctica to embark on the greatest possible adventure: publishing a book! Expect cold, dark and dismal weather, the printing press from hell and the stench of seal blubber – all wrapped up in tasty petit-pois endpapers. Aurora Australis was the first book ever written, printed and bound…
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The pianotype was an elegant Victorian machine, which promised to revolutionise typography and literature. But why has no-one heard of it? LINKSYou can view the 1842 edition of ‘The Anatomy of Sleep’ by Dr Edward Binns online at the Internet Archive. You can see pictures of the Pianotype machine in Anna’s blog post for…
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