Self-Publishing Workshop
Layout and Design
Saturday, July 15
2:00pm - 4:00pm
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2023-07-15 14:00:00
2023-07-15 16:00:00
America/Chicago
Self-Publishing Workshop
Want to publish your own book? Learn the how-to’s of book design. This workshop will cover page design, text and image sequence, book layout, and cover design.
Nora Navra Library - Meeting Room
Nora Navra Library
Meeting RoomWant to publish your own book? Learn the how-to’s of book design. This workshop will cover page design, text and image sequence, book layout, and cover design.
This workshop will cover all the tools needed to make your book design sing.
Topics will include:
- The history of book design, starting from the first published books in 1450
- Page design, including margin size, paragraph shape, typography, and fonts
- Text and image sequencing and preparation for book layout
- Free, online programs that can be used to make a book layout
- Cover design
The staff from Paper Machine will conduct this workshop. Paper Machine is Antenna’s printshop and book bindery in the Lower Ninth Ward. They are committed to making publishing and the book arts accessible to the Gulf South’s cultural contributors and cultural bearers, providing tools for printing and bookbinding, and providing opportunities for self-publishing and community partnerships.
Attendees will have a chance to win a copy of Creative Self-Publishing: ALLi’s Guide to Independent Publishing for Authors and Poets
Sponsored by Friends of the New Orleans Public Library.
Nora Navra Library
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About the branch
Nora Navra Library, originally called Branch Nine, opened in two temporary locations during 1946. The original permanent 2,500-square-foot building, located at 1902 St. Bernard Avenue, was dedicated as the Nora Navra Library on May 2, 1954. Branch Nine and Nora Navra Library served the people of the Seventh Ward continuously for 69 years until it was destroyed by the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The destroyed building was demolished in 2017, and construction began on a new one. The celebration of the new 7,800 square foot building, held on Friday, August 24 and Saturday, August 25, 2018, marked the official reopening of all six of the Libraries that were damaged beyond repair by Hurricane Katrina.