Avalon Region

Running the Goat, Books and Broadsides

A bookstore/working letterpress printshop, with vintage presses including an 1830s iron hand press. Extensive collection of wood & metal type. Experience how books used to be made – and sometimes still are! The shop area features cards, prints, and handmade books by variety of Newfoundland and Labrador-based printers, including Running the Goat. It also carries a thoughtfully curated selection of commercially printed books, with a specialization in local publications and fine children's books.