Inspired by the industrial heritage of Cornwall, the theme of the 2026 CPHC/Print Networks Conference will be under the heading of Print, Printing and Industrial Heritage.
Provisional Programme is available here.
Booking is open. Prices includes all refreshments, lunch, a behind-the-scenes visit to Kresen Kernow, and a guided tour of the exhibition ‘Cornwall in Print’.
Two-day ticket (£55) here
Wednesday-only ticket (£30) here
Thursday-only ticket (£25) here
SPEAKERS
Ian Maxted (Independent Scholar) Printing and publishing of science and industry in the Southwest 1600-1800
Kathryn Conder (Independent Scholar) Henry Rogers and the Siege of Skewis
Charlotte Mackenzie (Independent Scholar) Local printing in Georgian Cornwall
Ian Alcock (Independent Scholar) Developments in interactive children’s books in early Victorian England
Lisa Peters (University of Chester) Victorian Newspapers and the Mining Industries of Cornwall and Swansea
Alastair Tinto (Independent Scholar) Danescombe Paper Mill, Calstock, Cornwall
Sallie Morris (Science Museum. London) Colour lithographs of Cornwall: the printing of railway company posters
David Osbaldestin (Birmingham City University) Walking through the industrial past of Nineteenth Century Birmingham
Georgina Grant (National Museums of Scotland) The importance of iron to the printing industry and its allied trades
Sue May (Independent Scholar) A partial solar eclipse in Turner’s line-engraving of Dudley, Worcestershire (1835)
Deborah Sutherland (Victoria & Albert Museum, London) The use of innovative materials and printing techniques in the early twentieth century
Rosie Smith (Birmingham City University) ‘One of the best works of the kind.’ How did the Coalbrookdale Company convey quality through their printed materials?
Juul Uilenreef (University of Glasgow) Letterheads as Industrial Archives: Visual Records of Maastricht’s Urban Landscape
Jay Kerslake (University of Leeds) ‘The living voice is mighty, but we were few’: trade union periodicals in early twentieth century Britain.
Getting to Redruth (map)
Trains: direct from London, Exeter, Bristol, Birmingham, Derby, Sheffield, Leeds, York, Durham, Newcastle, Edinburgh
Flights: To Newquay Airport from Belfast, Dublin, Manchester, London Gatwick, London Stansted, Manchester, Newcastle, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen
Car: The main road through Cornwall is the A30, which serves as the primary artery connecting Exeter to Penzance, and which runs through the centre of the county. The primary exit for Redruth from the A30 is Avers Junction, which connects to the A3047 and provides access to Redruth. There is onsite parking at Kresen Kernow.
Accommodation
Penventon Park Hotel, 0.3 miles from venue
The Inn For All Seasons, 0.8 miles from venue
Tricky's at The Tolgus Inn, 0.9 miles from venue
Bed & breakfast's can be found here.
More accommodation can be found in Truro (11 minutes on the rain to Redruth) Camborne (6 minutes on the train to Redruth) Penzance (27 minutes on the train to Redruth).
If arriving by car, then there are a host of beautiful coastal towns, villages, and hamlets close to Redruth to explore.
About Redruth | Visit Cornwall
Cornwall, known for its rugged and ancient landscape, is steeped in history, which provides it with a unique and distinctive identity. George Cheshire, printer and bookseller, perhaps introduced printing to Cornwall when he set up his press in Launceston in 1719. From then, printing gradually spread around the county and began flourishing in the latter half of the eighteenth century in response to Cornwall’s industrial and commercial development, and an increase in communication and travel.