Printmaking and Linocut Print Books
- Michelle Hughes
- Feb 19, 2020
- 3 min read
Updated: Dec 18, 2025
A selection of my favourite printmaking, craft, art, nature writing books and magazines.
See a curated selection of my favourite printmaking, art and nature writing books in my Bookshop.org shop.
Best linocut print books
Printing Birds and Wildlife in Linocut
by Michelle Hughes
Published by The Crowood Press
This spring, I’m proud to launch my new book. Printing Birds and Wildlife in Linocut is now available to pre-order. I encourage you to support independent bookshops wherever possible. Pre-order through my Bookshop.org online shop or your local independent bookshop
The book is also available via Waterstones and other major booksellers.
Estimated publication date: 24th February 2026.
Linocut for Artists and Designers
by Nick Morely. Published by The Crowood Press.
Nick Morely's book, Linocut for Artists and Designers, is perfect as a beginner's guide to linocut printing. I've also found it extremely useful to re-read and use as a reference as my work has developed over the years.
Linocut and Reduction Printmaking
By Laura Boswell. Published by The Crowood Press.
Linocut. A Creative Guide to Making Beautiful Prints
By Sam Marshall. Published by Herbert Press and Bloomsbury Publishing.
Linocut. Learn in a Weekend
by Nick Morely. Published by Skittledog.
Best printmaking books
Expressive Printmaking
By Mary Dalton. Published by The Crowood Press.
A step-by-step book with inspiration for more experimental printmaking.
Best stamping books
Making an Impression - Designing and creating artful stamps
by Gennie D Zlatkis. Published by Lark
Making an Impression is about stamping onto home accessories and cards. It has step-by-step instructions for stamping onto different materials, such as paper, fabric and terracotta. Hand-carved stamps are made using easy carve lino or erasers. The book has 20 craft projects you can try at home.
Fresh Prints - 25 easy and enticing print projects to make at home
by Christine Leech. Published by Quadrille
Fresh Prints is a stamping-based book with craft project ideas for home accessories, clothing and accessories.
Best printmaking books for inspiration
Angie Lewin - Plants and Places
Published by Merrill
Angie Lewin - Plants and Places features stunning linocut and woodblock prints inspired by nature. She's one of my favourite printmakers and one of the artists who inspired me to take up printmaking.
British Prints from the Machine Age - Rhythms of Modern Life 1914- 1939
Published by Thames and Hudson
British Prints from the Machine Age documents the history of this era of this style of printmaking from the First World War to the outbreak of the Second World War. It features linocuts, woodcuts, etchings, and lithographs by artists such as Sybil Andrews, Claude Flight, and Cyril E. Power. I've always loved this era of art and printmaking.
The Life and Art of Clifford Webb
By Simon Brett. Published by Little Toller.
The Life and Art of Clifford Webb is full of his life's work as a printmaker. It includes linocut and woodblock print.
Anita Klein linocuts
Published by The Fine Art Partnership
I love Anita Klein's style of linocut prints. This is a catalogue from one of her exhibitions.
Best Printmaking Magazines
Pressing Matters - Celebrating modern Printmaking
Pressing Matters magazine is an inspiring magazine that celebrates modern printmaking from around the world.
My favourite magazines
The Simple Things
The Simple Things is a beautiful, useful and fun, independent magazine about taking time to live well.
Best Nature Writing Books
See a curated selection of my favourite nature writing books in my Bookshop.org shop.
I'll add to this list when I discover new books and resources.
Michelle
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About the author
Michelle Hughes is a North Yorkshire landscape artist. Much of her work depicts the Yorkshire landscape and Yorkshire coast, including the Yorkshire Dales and North York Moors.
Michelle loves exploring the British countryside by bike or on foot, camera in hand, capturing ideas for her next prints. Back in her garden studio, Michelle creates simple but stylised silhouettes based on her photographs, and hand carves these shapes into lino. She hand prints with an etching press, using oil-based inks to create tonal blocks of colour.
Michelle’s original linocut prints are limited editions.
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