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Ink, Patience & Pixels: Why Calligraphy Matters Now | The Book & Beyond

In this episode of The Book & Beyond, host Caoimhe Howell explores the profound psychological and philosophical shift that occurs when we move from digital typing to traditional calligraphy. This conversation is designed for creatives, writers, filmmakers, and anyone feeling overwhelmed by the frictionless efficiency of modern technology. Caoimhe shares her personal journey of picking up a dip pen and iron-gall ink not as an aesthetic hobby, but as a radical act of resistance against the 'backspace culture' that sanitizes our mistakes and erases the physical evidence of our effort. She argues…

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