Pickwick Independent Press

Our Third Second Saturday should be First on your list this weekend!
Prints & more at 536 Congress street 11-4pm !
3.14.2026

1 week from today we’ll be open for all sorts of reasons! Come pull a print, write a letter, shop for prints. Saturday 11-4, 536 Congress street, 2nd floor. Look for the decked out stool on our stoop.
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Free download! A Pickwick member designed this 11x17” whistle protocol poster - we’ve added it to our free downloads page (link in bio) and also updated the Hotline cards to reflect when to call vs. when to text. Again, if you don’t have the ability to print yourself, feel free to fill out the form on the downloads page and we can print some for you. Thanks to everyone who keeps sharing updated information, organizing on the ground, and showing up for our community. 🔥🧊

Have you ever been curious about what letterpress is all about? Do you want to send Valentines to your friends? We’ve got you covered! In this four hour workshop, you will learn how to design, typeset, and print a one color, 3x4” Valentine using our collection of lead type and fun cuts (aka little images).

Each participant will walk away with at least 40 prints! The singular ink color will be collectively decided and a variety of paper colors will be provided. This is a great workshop to begin to learn the basics of letterpress printing and how to print on our Vandercook cylinder press.

Date: Saturday, January 24th
Time: 12pm-4pm
Instructors: Pilar Nadal and Rachel Kobasa
Cost: $150
Maximum 6 participants

Link in bio!

We made a downloadable sheet with the hotline for reporting ICE activity in Maine on one side and the SALUTE acronym (helpful precise details to share when you observe ICE presence) on the back. Each sheet makes 12 cards - print it out, share it with your friends, neighbors, coworkers. Don’t have access to a printer? Fill out the form and we’ll hook you up with a stack. Link for download and form are in the linktree. Much appreciation to all of the incredible organizers working on the ground, maintaining the hotline, caring for our neighbors, running trainings, sharing information. Today (and every day) is a great day to donate to

Our first official Second Saturday of the year! The Corner store will be open 11-4 this Saturday, January 10th. Grab one of the last calendars and/or another printed treat. We love you!

Thanks to everyone who came out to the and this weekend! We had a blast spending time with each and everyone of you.
We also had a postcard writing station in our studio and today we get to stamp and send one hundred + postcards that y’all took the time to carefully craft messages to your reps!
THANK YOU! WE LOVE YOU!

LUNCH PACK POSTCARD PACK!
11 food themed postcards made by members of the shop to support organizations to address food insecurity in Maine :

Head to our website or come to the studio during the this weekend to grab your pack.

It’s this weekend!!! Come on through to shop and hang with us this weekend. Friday night will be DJ’d by the infamous and we’ll have our holiday best on all weekend long.

yeehaw! It’s live! Our 11th annual 2026 calendar is on the website and ready to be purchased. 14 of our members poured their hearts into this calendar and it is a beauty!!

This year we have two pricing options because as we all know, times are tough and we can use every single cent you can spend on this to keep this shop accessible to our members and community. THANK YOU!

Make your own letterpress printed holiday card!
Sunday November 23rd, 1-5 pm

Have you ever been curious about what letterpress is all about? Do you want to send holiday cards to your friends? We’ve got you covered!

In this four hour workshop, you will learn how to design, typeset, and print a one color, 4x6” holiday postcard using our collection of lead and wood type and fun cuts (aka little images).

Each participant will receive 50 prints of their own design from a collective sheet. The singular ink color will be collectively decided on and a variety of paper colors will be provided.

This is a great workshop to begin to learn the basics of letterpress printing and how to print on our Vandercook cylinder press!