Meet the Kenji
December 21, 2024
Come meet Kenji Nakayama of Need Signs? Will Paint! as he’ll be here with a fresh batch of beautiful practice sheets and handsome tote bags. Learn more »
Events
Type Specimen Super Sale
Coming soon
Printed type specimens are useful things—especially when they’re old. We’re getting ready to offer lots of them for not a lot. As usual, there’ll also be some rare specimens peppered throughout the shop. Stay tuned. Learn more »
Past Events
December! Pop-up! Fair! With Kelli Anderson!
December 14, 2024
Who doesn’t love a fair in December? End everyone loves a pop-up. And what about Kelli Anderson? We’ll have all three when Kelli comes up from New York with a trainload of books and cheer. Learn more »
Meet the Owner
December 8, 2024
Have you ever wondered who’s responsible for everything that goes on at Katherine Small Gallery? That person is The Owner. Come in and say hello as The Owner comes in to answer questions and show of rarities from The Back. Learn more »
“Graphics and New Technology,” 1981 (2025)
December 5, 2024
David Reinfurt and Robert Wiesenberger delivered our thirty-fourth Standing-Room Only Lecture. Their topic and title could not have been better: “‘Graphics and New Technology’ 1981 (2025).” Learn more »
Boston Bookstores: A Free Map Giveaway
November 16, 2024
Boston-based graphic designer Livia Lemgruber produced a map of independent bookstores in Boston + Cambridge + Somerville. We invited Livia to give out copies for free. Learn more »
Modern Pioneers in Typography and Design: Inge Druckrey in Conversation with Tobias Frere‑Jones
November 10, 2024
Our thirty-third Standing-Room Only Lecture had chairs—and Tobias Frere-Jones interviewing Inge Druckrey about her new book, Modern Pioneers in Typography and Design. Learn more »
HERE: Where the Black Designers Are. An Evening with Cheryl D. Holmes-Miller
November 8, 2024
Cheryl D. Holmes-Miller delivered our thirty-second Standing-Room Only Lecture. Her topic and title could not have been better: “HERE: Where the Black Designers Are.” Learn more »
Barry Moser’s Wood Engraving: The Boston Book Launch
October 27, 2024
We reintroduced Barry Moser’s Wood Engraving to Greater Boston and the greater world as both Barry and a selection of his books and prints were present for a book launch party without further formalities. Learn more »
Yard Sale 2024
October 6, 2024
Sometimes it’s time to let things go. That time was Sunday, October 6, when we put out for cheap all sorts of good and kinda-good stuff for a yard sale. Learn more »
Deepcuts: 36 Small Things You Didn’t Know about Helena Bochoráková-Dittrichová
September 19, 2024
Kelly Rene Bullard delivered our thirty-first Standing-Room Only Lecture. Her topic and title could not have been better: “Deepcuts: 36 Small Things You Didn’t Know about Helena Bochořáková-Dittrichová.” Learn more »
Typographics Book Fair 2024
June 14–16, 2024
We’ll leave on a midnight train to NYC so we can exhibit at the Typographics book fair at Cooper Union on June 14 and 15 and 16. Packed your bags and meet us there. Learn more »
With My Little Eye: Warnings for the Homefront
April 17, 2024
Tim Medland delivered our thirtieth Standing-Room Only Lecture. His topic and title could not have been better: “With My Little Eye: Warnings for the Homefront.” Learn more »
Schoolgirls at War: French Propaganda Posters from World War I
April 16, 2024
Angelina Lippert delivered our twenty-ninth Standing-Room Only Lecture. Her topic and title could not have been better: “Schoolgirls at War: French Propaganda Posters from World War I.” Learn more »
Signed, Sealed, Delivered: The Party
April 7, 2024
Celebrate envelopes and the people who address them and a show about envelopes addressed and mailed by type designers and notable graphic designers. Learn more »
Seven Exceedingly Short Talks in New York City
March 27, 2024
Calling all New Yorkers! Our Visiting Curator, spoke at a Typophiles Luncheon in your fair city. His topic and title could not have been better: “Seven Exceedingly Short Talks.” Learn more »
Norman Ives at 101 + 1 Day: A Giveaway
March 24, 2024
On March 23, Norman Ives would have turned 101-years-old. On March 24, we celebrated this important designer, printer, and artist by giving away copies of Norman Ives: Constructions & Reconstructions. Learn more »
Looking Good on Paper: American Women and Soviet Print Culture in the 1930s
March 21, 2024
Morgan Forde delivered our twenty-eighth Standing-Room Only Lecture. Her topic and title could not have been better: “Looking Good on Paper: American Women and Soviet Print Culture in the 1930s.” Learn more »
Strikethrough: Typographic Messages of Protest
March 7, 2024
Silas Munro will delivered our twenty-seventh Standing-Room Only Lecture. His topic and title could not have been better: “Strikethrough: Typographic Messages of Protest.” Learn more »
Letters from Outside the Bubble
January 25, 2024
Nina Stössinger delivered our twenty-sixth Standing-Room Only Lecture. Her topic and title could not have been better: “Letters from Outside the Bubble.” Learn more »
Hi-Rise Holiday Bazaar 2023
December 3, 2023
We walked up to Observatory Hill in Cambridge with a box of books and a face full of cheer to participate in the Hi-Rise Bread Company Holiday Bazaar. Learn more »
Boston Art Book Fair 2023
November 10–12, 2023
We crossed the river for the Boston Art Book Fair. Presented by the Boston Center for the Arts and Bodega, the fair was a great place to pick up affordable books by artists and designers from all over the country. Learn more »
Paul Rand: A Designer’s Eye. The Boston Book Launch
November 2, 2023
We introduced Paul Rand: A Designer’s Eye to Greater Boston and the greater world as both editor JP Williams and a selection of Rand designs were present for a book launch party without further formalities. Learn more »
Stenciled Books as a Domestic Printing Art in 18th-Century France
October 30, 2023
Meghan Constantinou delivered our twenty-fifth Standing-Room Only Lecture. Her topic and title could not have been better: “Stenciled Books as a Domestic Printing Art in 18th-Century France.” Learn more »