EP : 30 Marnie Parsons

Running the Goat Books & Broadsides is as unique as its owner. Marnie Parsons started by making hand-crafted books and broadsides. She describes that as a true labour of love – love for the work being published, and also love for the book or broadside as an aesthetic object. Each aspect of the ancient craft involves intimate hands-on engagement, including setting the type letter by letter, printing it page by page, and binding. “It’s this kind of freedom,” she says, “that makes small presses cutting edge, free to be idiosyncratic and experimental without worrying about the conventions and assumptions that inhibit mainstream presses.” In talking to her about her passion for historic printing processes, it also becomes obvious that it’s not the best model to reach mainstream markets which is why her company has also focused on the children’s book market in Canada, the United States and now England. But one thing remains true to both her historic and modern printing passions; her children’s books offer beautiful language, wonderful illustrations and are finely designed and printed. I hope you’ll enjoy our discussion as much as I did. Marnie Parsons, Publisher www.runningthegoat.com https://runningthegoat.com/virtual-book-launch-footsteps-in-bay-de-verde/ https://runningthegoat.com/story-of-the-dance/ https://youtu.be/gE1H6unlLqE http://www.irishloop.nf.ca/home/tors_cove.htm https://www.heritage.nf.ca/articles/society/traditional-dance.php www.kathryntaylor.ca www.facebook.com/kathryntaylormedia www.youtube.com/kathryntaylortv