June 2023

I got my copy of the portfolio edition of Words of Fire, fantastically dedicated to me by Neil and Bill, wow, I am so pleased with the way it came out, thanks Rich! When Rich was putting the materials together he wanted a cloth bound cover for the book and a suedel-lined slipcase, when they were made he found that the cloth and the suedel rubbed and made the movement of the portfolio out of the case stiff. He added a ribbon which, when you pull it, negated the stiffness and it flows out like water! The lucky ones who got the portfolio and lovely handmade prints of each poem and the unique, 1 of 40, signed silkscreen prints by Bill will be getting them next week, they start shipping out Monday! I can’t post a video at the same time as the photos, Facebook won’t let me, unless I do it from a phone, so I have loaded a vid showing the action of the new ribbon in the comments.

Repost from Praveenna Reads and Quills, Words of Fire Neil Gaiman published by Arete Editions

Hot metal typesetting in Monotype Bembo by Effra Press

Letterpress printed on Bockingford watercolour paper by Hand and Eye

Bound by Rich Tong at Ludlow Bookbinders

So glad I managed to get a copy. Such a beautiful edition. Have read this quite a few times already since receiving it