Brandie Herrell at Friesens

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It's Wednesday, so let's go way back to 1986, where Ray Friesen (left) and Ted Friesen (centre, with the shovel) were breaking ground for the expansion of what is now our Printers Way facility.

The facility expanded west to what was once the yard of the original Elmwood School.

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Printing your next book on an inkjet press? A few smart image tweaks can make a big difference. Our latest blog shares simple tips to help your files print their best.

Read the full story on our blog: https://www.friesens.com/blog/optimizing-images-for-inkjet

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Why do some books just feel better in your hands? It’s not by accident. From paper weight to binding to trim size, every detail plays a role in the reading experience.

Read the full blog on our website to see what goes into making a book feel just right: https://www.friesens.com/blog/why-some-books-just-feel-right

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"One ringy-dingy...two ringy-dingy..."

It's Wednesday, so let's go back to an unknown date (probably in the 1950s) where a young employee is being trained to work the switchboard at Friesens.

Do you know who any of these ladies are? Let us know in the comments!

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Available now: Poetry’s Abracadabra: Essays on Michael Longley, edited by Meg Tyler. Learn more and order your copy on our website: https://wfupress.wfu.edu/books/poetrys-abracadabra-essays-on-michael-longley/

Poetry’s Abracadabra offers a full appraisal of Michael Longley’s poetic achievement, from his earliest work in the 1960s to the late collections published before his death in 2025. Written by leading poets and scholars of contemporary Irish poetry, this collection of ten essays reveals new insights into Longley’s thirteen collections as well as his prose, interviews, and archival material. The essays in this volume explore his drafting process and dedicatory poems, his pastoral considerations of Western Ireland and eco-poetics, his various inspirations, from Philip Larkin to American women poets, and his masterful interpretations of Virgil and Homer. Placing Longley’s career in the context of his Belfast contemporaries as well as the wider scope of contemporary poetry, this book confirms Donald Hall’s assessment of Michael Longley as one of the great poets “whose work will endure while the English language does.”

Edited by Meg Tyler. Essays by Fran Brearton, Alan Gillis, Stephen Harrison, Hugh Haughton, Maria Johnston, Peter McDonald, Richard Rankin Russell, Meg Tyler, Rosanna Warren, and David Wheatley.

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A great cookbook should be able to stand up to splattered countertops and flour-covered fingers. In our latest blog, Friesens Sales Representative Jorge Rocha shares how smart paper, cover, and binding choices make all the difference between a book that looks good and one that truly lasts.

https://www.friesens.com/blog/cookbooks-that-survive-kitchens

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