Join Sydney Shep, The Printer, at Wai-te-ata Press: Te Whare Tā o Wai-te-ata, Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington, (Rankine Brown Building | University Library, Kelburn Campus), for a tour and demonstration of our amazing letterpress and text technologies studio. View the only working collection of Chinese full-form heritage type in the southern hemisphere, plus our collection of unique printing presses, wood and metal types, and other typographic curiosities. Take a look at our website for more information: https://www.wgtn.ac.nz/wtapress‍ ‍

Sydney is Reader in Book History whose research focuses on the interdisciplinary study of transnational and cross-cultural book history and print culture in the contexts of the history of empire, history of technology, and the history of reading. She is also a practising letterpress printer, exhibiting book artist, and designer bookbinder who undertakes creative research commissions at Wai-te-ata Press.

Photo credit: Robert Cross. Provided and reproduced with permission from Sydney Shep