Print Poetry Workshop / January Books

In this workshop, join poet and printmaker Becca Drake in making your own January book to take away and cherish throughout the winter months. A January book is a book for the new year. It is a small and thoughtful thing, a pocket-sized book object, and a little touchstone of quiet. At the beginning of the workshop, you will choose from one of two themes: darkness, and light. You will get to print your chosen theme on the front of your blank book, using an Adana tabletop press. For the rest of the workshop, you will fill your book with darkness or light, using a mixture of writing by hand, relief print, and collage. Becca will guide you with experimental poetry exercises, fresh from the press! No poetry experience is needed. This is a hands-on workshop – expect ink, mess, and fun.

Becca Drake is a poet, researcher, and editor at House Martin Press. Her debut pamphlet Unstill Landscapes is published with the award-winning Guillemot Press. Her poems have appeared in Propel magazine, Reliquiae, Black Bough, and Fly on the Wall, among others. As well as writing poetry, Becca prints poetry books using traditional craft methods of letterpress printing and bookbinding.

Host or Publisher House Martin Press