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15/05/2026

Always enjoyable to get a chance to show some of my previous editions - both my own and commissioned work - in one place… for those who may be in London until Sunday, these will be available to see in the Saatchi Gallery for Firsts London.

14/05/2026

If you’re in London, come and visit the Press, on show at the Saatchi Gallery, Sloane Square until close of Sunday, for Firsts London

On show are, amongst other editions, the latest working proofs for THE BEAUTY OF BYRNE, due to complete this Summer. A lot of colour printing to enjoy.

09/02/2026

Fantastic opening weekend at CODEX 2026 in California, USA. A perfect blend of old friends & subscribers, new faces and an amazing cadre of fellow exhibitors! The CODEX Foundation

30/01/2026

COUNTDOWN TO CODEX… looking forward to seeing everyone at the annual Codex Book Art Fair in one week… St James Park Press at TABLE 35.

Artificial Intelligence says that, “Spiritually, the number 35 signifies using inner wisdom for transformation through clear, powerful speech, representing a state of divine guidance through change, blending creativity and freedom”.

I’m pretty sure that sums up the magic that is the St James Park Press!

22/01/2026

LONDON. An original poem by Martin Robinson. The composition is influenced by the rhythm in W.B.Yeats 'The Lake Isle of Innisfree' and the imagery of Guillaume Apollinaire in 'Zone'.

Landscape, [32] pages, 21 X 29cm, printed for THE BERRYHILL PRESS, between 2024 and 2025.

Handset in display size and 14-point Koch Neuland (kindly loaned from Nomad Letterpress) and printed in black and red on Hanhnemuhle cream (light yellow) laid paper.

Illustration by Ralph Steadman (done at the author's request in 1981 but never used). “Ralph Steadman (born 1936) is a British artist and cartoonist known for his provocative, often grotesque, illustrations frequently featuring spatters and splotches of ink and for his collaboration with American author and journalist Hunter S. Thompson”. “Steadman’s work shares several key personality traits: a troubled relationship with sanity, an anarchic sense of humour, and at its core an unquestionable integrity. Steadman’s wry illustrations are both entirely surreal and endearingly honest.”

Sewn into Lotka wrappers, handmade in Nepal, with printed label on Barcham Green Bodleian paper, superimposed upon the front cover.

One of just 55 copies. A handful of these available directly from the St James Park Press. £150 plus p&p. Soon to be made available on the Press’s Webshop (work in progress!)

15/01/2026

The title page for the EPHEMERA 2015-2025 boxed collection is now printed, from wood type, on Conqueror Blanc Cotton soft white 300gsm paper. The ephemera will be mounted on Keaykolour Grey Fog Virgin Pulp 300gsm paper. Accompanying each item will be text printed (letterpress) on a separate sheet; and the whole collection housed in a specially made solander box. Each sheet measure 485mm x 330mm, the large size being to accommodate the largest of the ephemeral items. NOW FULLY SUBSCRIBED.

08/01/2026

METAL will soon be available for sale online, on a planned webshop. Produced as the first of a series of type catalogues (the next being Wood Type), this is in part a showcase of historic typefaces - many being rare antique types, and in part a bibliographic record of the holdings of the Press (as used in the various editions to date printed at the Press).

This book features over 200 primarily foundry typefaces, across 27 pages of specimens, in a dozen type sizes, all the way up to 120pt! Printed on Zerkall wavy laid (19 x 25cm), and Japanese stab bound in a specially commissioned blue handmade paper from India. Limited to 50 copies, each £150 plus p&p.

The specimens are laid out in A-Z style lines, interspersed with lists of inks found around the Press’ print-room (printed in 7 colours), papers used in the Press’ edition of 1984, and the names of typefaces.

01/01/2026

Happy New Year! I hope everyone rings out the wild bells and rings in the nobler modes of life, for the year ahead.

There’s a lot happening in 2026 as the press marks over a decade of printing:

THE BEAUTY OF BYRNE is slowly (very slowly) drawing to a finish… with the story of Homer’s Cyclops or ONE-EYED GIANT going on the press as soon as it does. A lavish PARADISE LOST prospectus will also be in preparation to showcase the upcoming edition.

This month I plan to add a ‘shop’ to my website, with a limited number of smaller works - printed alongside the larger subscribed editions - for sale, including: METAL, a catalogue of all the metal type held at the Press; EPHEMERA 2015-2025, a large boxed edition of only 7 copies, collecting all the Press ephemera together from the first decade of the Press, with some extra bits going in; as well as some commissioned works, including a bundle of six CHESTNUT PRESS publications printed at the Press between 2019 to date, including the newest work finished only weeks ago; a BERRYHILL PRESS edition featuring original art by Ralph Steadman (longtime collaborator with Hunter S. Thompson); original children’s literature from the BEST DOG PRESS, and more.

As the newly appointed BODLEIAN PRINTER-IN-RESIDENCE, I will also be finalising two smaller editions through the Bodleian in Oxford, both mixing together Risographic artwork with letterpress printing, under the banner of the ‘St James Park Press at the Bodleian’… photos will follow as work progresses.

And in February, I will be travelling to showcase work at the 10th CODEX Book Art Fair & Symposium - so hope to see anyone who can make it there!

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