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In a solar powered bush shed on the south coast of New South Wales is a collection of hand-operated printing presses of the kind that introduced the first information revolution in the 15th century.

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On Oct. 22, 1857, Alpheus W. Russell stood in a cramped office in what passed then for downtown Santa Rosa, gave a good hard turn to a crank and rolled out the first issue of what would later become ...

In collaboration with Johannesburg’s Keyes Art Mile, The Artists’ Press is shining a light on South Africa’s rich history of ...

In this century, it doesn't take long to type out a page of text and print it out on a sheet of paper. But two hundred years ago, printing required a lot more effort. There are plenty of printers in ...

Writing has existed since the 4th Century BC. However, its evolution beyond a basic counting method into a structured language was the preserve of religious institutions and the ruling elite. Books ...