Now you can take a tour of the Coach House from the privacy of your own home.
The Magical Mystery Tour, the self-guided tour booklet of Coach House Press, is now available online from the Coach House website. Learn about a Linotype! Look around the Type Room! Sit (virtually) in the Magical Sleeper Chair!
As Coach House poet Matthew Tierney (The Hayflick Limit) and Coach House poetry editor Kevin Connolly (Revolver travel across the Atlantic provinces on a poetry tour, you can follow them on their highly entertaining book tour blog, 'Kevin & Matt's Excellent East Coast Adventure':
Toronto Culture is proud to present the 8th annual Doors Open Toronto - one weekend, once a year - when up to 150 buildings of architectural, historic, cultural and social significance open their doors to the public for a city-wide celebration.
The program allows visitors free access to properties that are either not usually open to the public, or would normally charge an entrance fee. Many locations have organized guided tours, displays and activities to enrich the visitor experience.
Coach House will, as of February 14, offer free digital downloads with the purchase of any print edition (provided, of course, the book currently exists in e-format). You buy one of our print books, the electronic book is yours for the taking.
Sounds great, but how does it work? One of two ways:
Coach House founder and master printer Stan Bevington is this year’s recipient of the Robert R. Reid lifetime achievement award for excellence in book art. The award is given annually by the Alcuin Society, a non-profit dedicated to preserving and celebrating Canadian contributions to print culture.
Previous Robert R. Reid recipients include former Coach House typesetter and designer Glenn Goluska.
In a two-part interview with Coach House founder and master printer Stan Bevington, Nigel Beale, from the Biblio File podcast, delves into the intriguing combination of factors that inspired Bevington's passion for print culture and took Coach House to the forefront of Canadian book design.
The interview is both a journey through the history of technologies and typefaces, as well as an advice manual for collectors seeking rare pieces of Canadiana.
