In September of 2008, Barrister Books opened on the corner of Lawyers Row and Barristers Row in the heart of historic downtown Staunton. We are so grateful for your continuing support and patronage, even through these difficult times. We are looking forward to being here for many years to come. In celebration of our twelfth anniversary, we are giving away a set of two letterpress prints by printer, book artist and paper maker Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr.

Layers of color and bold type, letterpress printed on chip board, characterize Kennedy's challenge to each of us to be an active participant in conversations about equality, opportunity, race and the nature of craft.

Kennedy says of his efforts in establishing The Detroit Printing Plant: "What I want to do is have people help me create a model for sustainable industries built to human scale. I want others to explore this model so that they too can pass on your love and devotion of a craft. The Detroit Printing Plant is about sustainability: it's not about being so big that you have to maintain your bigness, it's about being just big enough that your craft can maintain you."

To take this set of wonderful prints home, all you have to do is come by Barrister Books and enter your name and email address in the drawing. We have framed the set of Kennedy prints in custom black lacquered wooden frames, so if you win, you'll take them home ready to hang. We'll draw the name of the winner on October 31, 2020 at 5:00 pm and let you know if you win.

To read more about Amos Paul Kennedy Jr. and see more of his work, visit his web site Kennedy Prints! and on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/kennedyprints/?hl=en and https://www.instagram.com/pile_of_bricks/?hl=en