The core intro zines in this series are finished but awaiting publication in the academic journal special issue that peer-reviewed them. Jump past to see other letterpress-related zines I’ve already published, or watch this page or my social media to hear when the zines become available to read or print for free: @literaturegeek.bsky.social on Bluesky or @literature__geek with two underscores on Instagram.

Zines completed, awaiting 2026 journal publication for release

1. Brioche #1: Vandercookin’ for All Types & Sorts: An intro to typesetting, makeready, & printing your 1st print on a Vandercook press by Amanda Wyatt Visconti
2. Brioche #2: Just my type: finding, buying, or making your 1st letterpress type by Amanda Wyatt Visconti
3. Brioche #3: My First Press: Accessing or buying a press for letterpress printing by Amanda Wyatt Visconti
4. Brioche #4: Moveable Text Art Now!: (What am I trying to impress?) (Do I even need a printing press?) by Amanda Wyatt Visconti

Good letterpress luck??

Could the type zine lead to a Surprise Press? Who can say!!!

Forthcoming zines

5. (DRAFTED) When the press rollers just right: calibrating roller height on the Vandercook printing press (Letterpress for All! Brioche #5)
6. (ROUGH DRAFTED) Rainbow Rolls: How to print with gradient inks! (aka split fountains; for Vandercook & cylinder presses) (Letterpress for All! Brioche #6)
7. (ROUGH DRAFTED) Loaded Letterpress: How I plan complex broadsides (Letterpress for All! Brioche #7)
8. (ROUGH DRAFTED) Tidy Tympans: How to change the tympan on a Vandercook Universal Press (Letterpress for All! Brioche #8)

Other free letterpress zines I’ve made

These aren’t in the peer-reviewed set of 4 “Letterpress for all!” series zines, but are still letterpress-related:

• Absolute Units of Letterpress: Plus Rad Measurement Facts by Amanda Wyatt Visconti & Shane Lin. (Zine Bakery Bakeshop #5)
• Queer Book History by Amanda Wyatt Visconti; Alex Wingate; Nicole Infanta Keller & Cait Coker; & the SHARP Queer Book History 2025 Bibliography Team. (Zine Bakery Bakeshop #4)
• “BookLab Time Machine (“Very Drafty V1!”) by Amanda Wyatt Visconti. (Zine Bakery Biscuit #3)
• Look!! Here’s your unusual letterpress blocks invitation to joy: a collage mini-zine by Amanda Wyatt Visconti. (Zine Bakery Hand Pie #1)