Speakeasy Press

12/12/2021

Mary, Queen of Scots used a complicated “letterlocking” process to conceal the secrets of the last letter she wrote before she was beheaded, researchers have discovered. Written in French on 8 February 1587 to Henry III, king of France from her prison cell, the letter sees Mary write that she ha...

04/04/2021

New edition of book, including a SpeakEasy Press broadside

I'm so excited to announce the new edition of the Celebrate People's History book! The culmination o...

03/07/2020

Virginia mulberry

02/15/2020

Edgeworthia aka gampi is blooming!

Fragrant blooms opening on this paperbush (Edgeworthia chrysantha ‘Akabana’)

11/17/2019

“New” Double Yankee cases from John Barrett

10/23/2019

I’ve accepted I appreciate any ligature, even if it’s sans serif.

10/18/2019

Tororo aoi roots for next spring’s Penland class. A formation aid used in papermaking.

10/04/2019

Describes process of papermaking and paper recycling.

As we turn our backs on single-use plastic, paper is seen as a more sustainable alternative. But is it?

08/11/2019

08/11/2019

A bookmaking collective in San Cristobal de las Casas is helping keep the Tzotzil language alive.

07/08/2019

Getting organized in new studio.

04/02/2019

I’m thankful to Virginia Humanities for their support of the Cherokee/Tsalagi work. Video is of a talk I gave there today.

03/28/2019

Connecting People and Ideas

12/27/2018

“If you have a hand and you can write, you can hand-letter,” said the co-founder of the Unofficial Hand Lettering Society of Silver Spring.