Sponsored by the Baltimore Bibliophiles March 22, 7:00pm EST Professor emeritus at Goucher College Arnie Sanders will discuss the rare book collection there. To register, please contact Binnie Syril Braunstein: bsbgc@aol.com
Sponsored by Northern Ohio Bibliophilic Society Documenting Doc with Ron Hill Thursday, March 23rd, 7-8:30pm Eastern Ron Hill has been a book lover his whole life. He read Twenty-Thousand Leagues Under the Sea in third grade and The War of the Worlds in fifth grade. But, it was his first Doc Savage book in 1975, […]
Sponsored by The Grolier Club March 24, 9:00am-5:30pm EST Join us virtually for a full-day symposium in celebration of the "Pattern and Flow: A Golden Age of American Decorated Paper" exhibition, sponsored by the Thomas J. Watson Library, The Metropolitan Museum of Art. “Pattern and Flow” surveys for the first time the golden age of […]
Sponsored by The Caxton Society and the American Antiquarian Society Preregistration required via website. Would you like to attend? Click here to register. EVENT DETAILS: March Evening Program This presentation explores the appropriation, adaptation, and translation of the picture book Michaelmas Day or The Fate of Poor Molly Goosey. Originally issued by London publisher Dean & […]
Sponsored by The Manuscript Society Live, Free Webinar – Monday, Apr 3, 2023 8:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) “The Original Wikipedia: 18th Century Chinese Emperor Qianlong’s Siku Quanshu Project” Guest: Susan Lahey, MA, ISA CAPP Moderator: Brian Kathenes In 1772, Emperor Qianlong of China, a prolific poet, major art patron, and insatiable collector, […]
Sponsored by The Grolier Club April 4, 6:00-7:30pm Children’s voices - found in diaries, manuscript newspapers, and other child-authored texts - constitute essential evidence for a fuller history of the American past, illuminating how young people encountered and interpreted their worlds. While such texts are abundant, they are not easily discoverable in archives. American Antiquarian […]
Sponsored by The Grolier Club April 5, 6:00-7:30pm EST Join this Zoom event for a virtual pre-recorded tour of the "Pattern and Flow" exhibition followed by a live Q&A. “Pattern and Flow” surveys for the first time the golden age of American decorated paper, telling the story of 53 imaginative and innovative artists who, working […]
Sponsored by Northern Ohio Bibliophilic Society April 7 and April 8 at the John S. Knight Center in Akron. Friday: 3:00pm-8:30pm Saturday: 10:00am-4:00pm
The Ticknor Society in Boston will begin accepting submissions on March 1, 2023 for the Fourth Annual George and Anna Eliot Ticknor Book and Book Culture Collecting Prize, which was created to encourage and recognize those in New England who have been inspired to compile, curate, and own a book collection. The Prize awards $1000 […]
Sponsored by The Grolier Club Join Curator Eve Kahn for a pre-recorded virtual tour of "Zoe Anderson Norris, Queen of Bohemia," followed by a live Q&A. “To Fight for the Poor with My Pen: Zoe Anderson Norris, Queen of Bohemia,” runs in the 2nd-floor gallery of The Grolier Club through May 13, 2023. Norris (1860-1914) […]
Sponsored by the ABAA We are pleased to announce the ABAA is accepting entries for the 2023 National Collegiate Book Collecting Contest where more than $6,000 in prizes will be awarded to student collectors. The contest is open to all prizewinners of college contests, whether or not first prize, as well as to interested students […]