Call for typed contributions

I received the following announcement. —Richard

Don’t just stuff your short poems and typed prose in a drawer—PUBLISH them in 3 SIMPLE STEPS!

CALLING ALL TYPEWRITER ENTHUSIASTS—you now have a chance to publish in 3 easy steps!
1. Type on a 4x6 lined card
2. Snap a photo
3. Email to the administrators at archivehumanitas.com for a chance to publish in the “4x6 Guestbook” section. See submission guidelines.

- Jeffrey Lucas II. Author/Administrator

Two Phoenix type-ins on December 8

This is a landmark in the rise of typewriter culture: enough interest that there can be two (no doubt successful) type-ins in the same metropolitan area at the same time!

Cold Hard Type: call for submissions to a new project

PDF version of this call for submissions

Follow this link for updated information
 

Phoenix & Bremerton type-ins, Nov. 11 & 18

... and don't forget the Nov. 3 type-in in Columbus, OH (see previous post).

Columbus, Ohio type-in November 3

On Paper, 737 North High Street, Columbus

Typewriter event in Auburn, CA, Oct. 27

This event at the Auburn State Theater, 985 Lincoln Way in Auburn (near Sacramento) is the brainchild of Gary Moffat, who welcomes questions at gm50wpm@gmail.com.

Starting at 4 pm, there will be an exhibit of over 50 vintage typewriters. You can try many of them, and possibly win one by participating in a typing test and a 10-word story contest. A few will be for sale. At 6 pm, Richard Polt will be interviewed by Gary and local TV news anchor Edie Lambert. The typosphere's favorite cult film, California Typewriter, follows at 7. Tickets can be purchased here for $25.

 Watch this brief video for Gary Moffat's personal invitation to the event:


Here is the Facebook page for the event.

Tons of typewriters in "Can You Ever Forgive Me?"

Learn more here.

Typewriter typefaces — a talk by María Ramos Silva

Typeface designer María Ramos Silva refers to blogs from the typosphere in her informative 20-minute presentation on typewriter typeface designs. Video here.

Top ways to promote the Typewriter Insurgency

Some great ideas from Linda Smith ...

Utrecht, Netherlands type-in Sept. 23

Austin type-in Sept. 8

Boston area type-out September 15

Typewriters thrive in Toronto

Read all about it.

And don't forget the QWERTY Festival in Massachusetts this Saturday!

July & August events! Swindon, Ann Arbor, Fairfax, Haverhill

Four events to put on your calendar:

1. July 14 type-in in Swindon, England:

2. August 4 type-in in Ann Arbor, Michigan, at Literati Bookstore 

(home of Notes from a Public Typewriter)

3. August 5 collectors' meet-up in Fairfax, Virginia:

4. August 11 QWERTY Festival at the Museum of Printing in Haverhill, Massachusetts.

More information here.

Connecticut type-in June 23

Backspace Westport

Typewriter Day events 2018! Phoenix, Traverse City ...

Who's celebrating Typewriter Day, June 23?

We know of two type-ins for the occasion, one on June 23 in Traverse City, Michigan and one the next day in Phoenix, Arizona. What else do you all have planned?

Think big in Philly

Live in the Philadelphia area? Check out phillytypewriter.com's new course on typewriter repair, starting May 16 or May 26. They're also working on getting 2000 (!) typewriters into public places in Philly. Think big!

More type-ins & type-outs! Portland ME, Grand Rapids MI, Traverse City MI

Evanston, IL type-in May 19

Cleveland type-in April 7

New book: Notes from a Public Typewriter

"When Michael Gustafson and his wife Hilary opened Literati Bookstore in Ann Arbor, Michigan, they put out a typewriter for anyone to use. They had no idea what to expect. Would people ask metaphysical questions? Write mean things? Pour their souls onto the page? Yes, no, and did they ever. Every day, people of all ages sit down at the public typewriter."



More information here.



Visit Literati Bookstore!

Two new typewriter shops run by women

Backspace, in Westport, Connecticut, is run by Karin Kessler.

And W.P.M., in Philadelphia, is run by Pamela Rogow.

Philly Typewriter is in the news

Being Jack Kerouac

iamjack.art

L. A. type-in February 9

Western Pennsylvania type-in January 20

Announced by Marty Rice: There will be a type-in Saturday, January 20, at Lakeside Community Church, 1006 Rowena Drive, Ebensburg, Pennsylvania. Noon to 1 p.m. Paper, envelopes, stamps and SNACKS will be provided. (As well as typewriters.) The theme is "Love Letter Type-In" in prep for Valentine's Day. Write a Love Letter to a special someone! Contact Phone is: 814-472-4672.

John Mayer precipitates a typewritten avalanche

Popular singer-songwriter John Mayer (shown here in "California Typewriter") has just given typewriter shops a big shot in the arm.

On January 10, he posted this message on social media:



The post currently has 9,300 reactions and 1,266 comments on Facebook. On Instagram, it has 95,297 likes and 4,849 comments.

The typosphere salutes Mr. Mayer for fostering thoughtful communication and typewriter sales. We are one step closer to the revival of quality typewriter manufacturing!

Jan. 20 type-in in Chandler, Arizona