Johannes Gutenberg printed the first book, the Gutenberg Bible, around 1455. Over 500 years later, his invention still shapes how we communicate. But what did his press look like? How was it made? And how did it work? To relaunch the IES Annual Lecture in the History of the Book, this event gives participants the rare opportunity to learn how Alan May (Reading) and Martin Andrews (Reading) reverse-engineered and rebuilt Gutenberg's invention, and then stand in Gutenberg's footsteps to print a take-away keepsake themselves on the replica Gutenberg Press. Raphaële Mouren (Warburg) will respond. The event is followed by a wine reception and keepsake printing at the Gutenberg Press, and it coincides with an exhibition of fifteenth-century books at Senate House Library.