When I am near my 1910 Chandler & Price platen press (currently resident in California) I print broadsides, chapbooks, and assorted ephemera. I apprenticed to the late Lester Lloyd, the longtime foreman of the Mackenzie & Harris type foundry in San Francisco, and to James & Carolyn Robertson at the Yolla Bolly Press.
"A bravura debut" -- Kirkus (starred review)
Passion, betrayal, the shock of a new technology: My debut novel Gutenberg's Apprentice tells the story of the struggle to make the world's first printed book, the Gutenberg Bible. more....
Books, apps, literature and the arts: my reviews and articles for The Economist's Books and Arts section and its online culture blog, Prospero, deal in multiple ways with the written word. more....