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A Printer in Vernon: Making Fine Press Books in the Okanagan Valley

Abstract:

Jason will discuss the work he does through his Greenboathouse Press, where, for more than 20 years, he has cast his own metal type, designed, letterpress printed, and bound fine press books of poetry and typographic reference. He'll also discuss his peripheral activities as a freelance book designer, and how all of this relates back to his teaching at OC.

Bio:Jason Dewinetz is a writer, typographer, printer, publisher, and educator living and working in the Okanagan Valley. For more than 25 years Jason has operated Greenboathouse Press, designing, letterpress-printing, and binding fine press editions of poetry and typographic reference. His books have received numerous Alcuin Awards for Excellence in Book Design in Canada, and have been exhibited and held in private and institutional collections in more than a dozen countries.
 In addition to his efforts at Greenboathouse Press, his printed works have been included in a variety of international collaborative projects and exhibits such as Gibralter Edition's Harry Duncan portfolio All Along the Fence, and the CODEX Foundation's Art of the Edge of the Abyss. He is a current board member and past North American Chair of the Fine Press Book Association.
 Jason has also worked as a freelance book designer & typographer for publishers across Canada and the US, including Nawakum Press, Éditions Lucie Lambert, Conversation Tree Press, and Suntup Editions, as well as a range of Canadian trade publishers. For more than 20 years he has taught typography & design at Okanagan College, where he has established a letterpress studio allowing students to get away from their screens and work with real type.
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