Greetings Alphabettes network, Alphabettes Soup contributors, and Alphabettes Soup mailing list subscribers,

FIRST THINGS FIRST: To celebrate Alphabettes.org’s 11th birthday, take 20% off your order of Alphabettes Soup at Bikini Books through Sept 30 (use code HBD20). Get it while it’s HOT 🔥

It’s been a few minutes since the first newsletter and we’ve had a lot cooking over the past few months. Here’s a recap:

Bettes in Berlin

In mid-June, Alphabettes Soup launched in Berlin with a lovely crowd at A—Z Presents. Thank you to Anja Lutz and all the authors and contributors who signed books and celebrated! What a crowd 💚

Alphabettes Take Manhattan

Towards the end of June, I presented “Care and Complexities: Recipes for Alphabettes Soup” at the always fantastic Typographics festival, hosted by Cooper Union. Missed it? That’s ok, watch here:

The next day, we headed west across Manhattan to the Type Directors Club headquarters to throw a party…for ourselves! And yes, there was a cake. A huge shoutout to all my co-conspirators (Joe Newton at the TDC, and ECS especially!) and to all the authors, contributors, and friends who showed up. My heart was very full ❤️

CDMX y Alphabettes!

At the end of August, Alphabettes Soup traveled to México City for a launch event at the very awesome Zamme Projects. Authors Sandra Morales, Sandra Garcia, and Daphne Martínez shared their work and articles and were joined by Soup-featured type designers and contributors. Thank you Meaghan and Sandras and Daphne for the photos 🖤

Bettes, Boston, Birthday.

On our official 11th birthday (September 10th!), we joined forces with Jesse Ragan and co-celebrated Alphabettes Soup with XYZ Type’s recent book, Identity Is Variable: Essays, Interviews, & Reflections on Identity and Typography at the delightful Katherine Small Gallery in Somerville, MA (if you’ve not been, you must!). We were joined by authors Dina Benbrahim and Dyana Weissman who helped share the soup with the Boston design community, including students and some folks you might have heard of. Happy 11th Birthday, Alphabettes 💙

Our next Alphabettes Soup event?

More Alphabettes Soup events are cooking! Want to host an event near you? Reach out and let’s make it happen!

Spotting the Soup in the Wild

Have you found the Soup in your local bookstore? Please share!

And in case you forgot…

🔥 One last reminder to order your copy of Alphabettes Soup at Bikini Books (20% off w/HBD20 code!) before you go to sleep tonight (or tomorrow, or yesterday…) 🔥

Until next time 😘💚,

xo Amy

Alphabettes Soup: Feminist Approaches to Type celebrates the Alphabettes network’s decade of typographic pot-banging and community building. Featuring articles, interviews, typefaces, and lettering by more than 250 women and gender-diverse individuals from around the world, this book is a potluck for challenging dominant narratives and inspiring future decentralized design networks.

Organized and edited by Amy Papaelias

Copy and line edited by Caren Litherland

Designed by Tereza Bettinardi

Published by Bikini Books, 2026