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Recent News from the Press

Events and announcements from the Petrarch Press.

Thank You Oak Knoll Book Lovers

Oak Knoll Fest 2006. BACK FROM THE BEAUTIFUL fall days and crisp air of New England, we had a wonderful time at Oak Knoll. It was great to reconnect with David Vickers, of the Gregynog Press in Wales, and we were grateful to finally meet Wesley Tanner of Passim Editions in person, after extended email dialog. He was very knowledgeable and became something of a mentor for us. (Thank you Wesley!) There were many creative new books exhibited and we got to catch up with several old friends over a pint at the local tavern after the show. More…

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Returning to New Castle in October

Oak Knoll Fest 2005. Our second showing at Oak Knoll is coming up soon. The Petrarch Press will be exhibiting again at this East Coast fine-press book fair in old New Castle, Delaware on Saturday and Sunday, October 7th and 8th, 2006. We are looking forward to seeing the many friends we met last year, including David Vickers of Gregynog Press who invited us out to visit the beautiful Gregynog Hall estate in Wales. This year we will bring along new staff to experience the show and enjoy the beauty of this charming New England colonial town. Come meet us there so we can catch you up on all the new happenings at the Press, including our upcoming publication of The Gospel According to Philip.

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Announcing our Next Publication

The Petrarch Press is pleased to announce our second major publication, The Gospel According to Philip. The expected publication date of December 1st, 2006 means you can give a copy to all your near and dear ones for the holidays. Contact us for a special pre-publication price. This edition will be hand set and printed on our nineteenth-century Albion handpress, with 12 copies printed on sheepskin parchment, and 100 copies printed on dampened handmade paper. We will model it after the first book issued by Peter Bishop’s Petrarch Press twenty years ago, The Gospel According to Thomas. Both ‘gospels’ form part of the extensive ‘Nag Hammadi Library’, a group of papyrus codices discovered in 1945 near the Egyptian village of Nag Hammadi, close to Abydos and Luxor. Its references to Mary Magdalene as Jesus’ companion and its exploration of the mystical sacrament of the “Bridal Chamber” shed a modern light on the suppressed traditions of the early Gnostics.

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