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Author, journalist and media scholar Jeff Jarvis is coming to Haverhill for a celebration of his new book, “Hot Type: The Magnificent Machine That Gave Birth to Mass Media and Drove Mark Twain Mad.”
In Hot Type, Jarvis tells the story of the Linotype, the groundbreaking typesetting machine that upended more than 400 years of setting type by hand. He also explores the people behind the technology—including Mark Twain, whose fascination with a competing typesetting machine led to one of the most disastrous investments of his life.
Historic New England Center and the Museum of Printing plan a day of exploration Saturday, Oct. 10, between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. It begins at Historic New England Center, 143 Essex St., Haverhill, with coffee and conversation with Jarvis, followed at 10:30 by a Hot Type lecture, question and answer time and book signing. Books will be available for purchase.
After a lunch break, attendees continue at 1:30 to the Museum of Printing, 15 Thornton Ave., Haverhill, for live Linotype demonstrations with Jarvis and the museum’s Linotype expert, Chris Bradford.
The morning program at The Historic New England Center is free and open to the public, with advance registration required online here due to limited availability. The live Linotype demonstration at the Museum of Printing is $15 or $10 for children and seniors. Other discounts are available at the Museum of Printing front desk.
“Hot Type: The Magnificent Machine That Gave Birth to Mass Media and Drove Mark Twain Mad” was published last month by Bloomsbury.