Reader, Lover of Books — book, Glenn Goluska, 1981

The 1981 exhibition continued the celebration of Ontario’s private press and fine printing community begun three years earlier. While the first Reader, Lover of Books catalogue helped solidify a shared identity for the region’s printers, this second volume widened the lens – including fifty-seven additional items from thirteen presses, five of which had not been shown before: Abraxus Press, William Barker, Carl Dair, Dreadnaught, and Greyn Forest Press.

In both catalogues, Glenn Goluska’s typography offers a quiet echo of the tradition it carefully documents. The use of Cartier Roman – Carl Dair’s ambitious attempt to define a distinct Canadian typeface – reinforces the exhibitions’ broader intent: to root the book arts in both craft and place. – Rod McDonald