Brandon Millan
International Liveryman
I’m often asked why Americans join the Stationers’ Company. For me, I felt a shared responsibility in the preservation of one of the world’s remarkable cultural landmarks—one that belongs to all of us.
Together with its gardens and archive at Ave Maria Lane, Stationers’ Hall—the most historically intact Livery Hall in the City of London and home of the Stationers’ Register—embodies our collective and irreplaceable heritage. It stands as a universal symbol of recorded knowledge, linking scribes, printers, publishers, and even modern filmmakers as custodians of the cultural record.
The first time many of us enter the Court Room is when we are made Freemen of the Company. Hanging in the alcove behind the Master Stationer is Benjamin West’s Alfred the Great Dividing His Loaf with a Pilgrim. As I looked upon this painting by the “American Raphael,” I was reminded of the Company’s stewardship of Stationers’ Hall—holding it, and these treasures, in trust for the world’s citizenry.
International membership
The Stationers’ Company welcomes applications from people who live and work outside of the UK within the Communication and Content industries. We have a growing membership in North America and in Europe, who are actively engaged in the Stationers community.
We encourage those interested in membership to get in touch to explore how they might most easily learn about the Company and go through the membership procedure.
All members pay a one-off fee (or fine) on becoming a freeman and on becoming a liveryman. An annual subscription (or ‘Quarterage’) is paid by all members, which goes towards the cost of running the Company. Details of the fees and fines can be found here
All members pay a one-off fee (or fine) on becoming a freeman and on becoming a liveryman. An annual subscription (or ‘Quarterage’) is paid by all members, which goes towards the cost of running the Company. Details of the fees and fines can be found here
