60 seconds with Imprint Digital Jo Francis Thursday, April 29, 2021
Keith Sutherland started the firm that became Imprint Digital in 1972 when he was “thrown out of university for failing to do any work on my Masters’ degree”. This was because he was also organising a major campaign for a charity which needed a lot of printed material “so I leased a little Gestetner offset press. Once the campaign was over I had to take on commercial work just to pay the lease!”
Where are you based?
Imprint Digital has moved half a dozen times. After offset, I moved into academic publishing and then digital printing. Our first digital press (bought around 1990) was an HP LaserJet rigged up in the spare room of a country cottage. We then moved to a converted farm building on an equestrian centre in the Devon countryside and then (at the peak of Covid lockdown) into a purpose-built factory
Costa winner lauds benefits of UK printing Jo Francis Monday, March 15, 2021
The publisher of the winning book in the Costa Book Awards extolled the benefits of printing in the UK on Radio 4’s You & Yours programme last week, including a shout-out for long-term supplier Imprint Digital.
Costa winner: We always print in the UK, so we didn’t have any supply chain issues
The
Mermaid of Black Conch, by Monique Roffey, won the Costa Novel award and then carried off the overall Book of the Year. It is published by Leeds-based independent publisher Peepal Tree Press, which specialises in Caribbean and black British fiction, poetry and non-fiction.
Multimedia Journalist for RTÉ Entertainment
International Women s Day celebrates the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. It also marks a call to action for accelerating gender equality. We ve rounded up six trailblazing female Irish artists who continue to inspire, encourage and make their mark on women s rights every day.
Denise Chaila
Fast-rising Limerick star Denise Chaila has been making waves in the music industry since the release of her infectiously catchy chart-topping hit single,
Chaila, which was released last summer.
Just mere months later, her powerful debut album,
Go Bravely, lit up the music scene, with many praising the talented artist for her flowing lyrics covering themes of identity, belonging and sexism.