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Jason Dewinetz is a writer, publisher, designer & typographer living in Victoria, BC, Canada.

 

Recent News (Nov 2009)

Much has unfolded since the last update to this site, so I'm not quite sure where to start. Production has wrapped up on 2 of 3 titles from Greenboathouse Press, a number of freelance jobs for UofA Press, ELS Editions, and the Victorian Review have finished up, the Alcuin Wayzgoose has come and gone, and yet another academic term is winding down. The Christmas break will be used up printing the last of this year's Greenboathouse projects, before beginning work on two new books planned for 2010. Stay tuned for more detailed info on all of this when I have a chance to do a real update...

 

Typophiles Luncheon at the National Arts Club, NYC

Earlier this year I was invited by the Typophiles to speak at their summer luncheon at the National Arts Club in NYC. The topic was contemporary fine press publishing in Western Canada, and in addition to focusing on Jan & Crispin Elsted of the Barbarian Press, Jim Rimmer of the Pine Tree Press, and Rollin Milroy of Heavenly Monkey, there was a chance to introduce my own early efforts with Greenboathouse Press.

 

Book Design (2008)

On other fronts, Bringhurst has been kind enough to include my work in his recent overview of Canadian books, The Surface of Meaning: Books and Book Design in Canada.

 

Academic & Misc.

The new Diploma in Writing & Publishing is well into its second year, and in addition to restoring this 1908 Pearl, 5 other presses are now in the process of restoration towards setting up a pretty serious print shop at Okanagan College..