Sponsored by The Book Club of California You might not know the name Tyrus Wong, but you probably know some of the images he created, including scenes from the beloved Disney classic Bambi. Yet when he came to this country as a child, Tyrus was an illegal immigrant locked up in an offshore detention center. How […]
Sponsored by The Book Club of California. Information graphics transform data into compelling visual narratives, illuminating insights that might otherwise remain hidden. From the earliest printed charts and maps to today’s innovative designs, these visuals bridge art and science, helping us engage with complex phenomena. Often featured within books—whether rare historical volumes or contemporary publications—information […]
Sponsored by The Caxton Club May Midday Program Join Caxton Club members and Ian Gadd, Professor in English Literature, Bath Spa University, UK, for his talk on the "History of the Stationers Company." Watch the Caxton Club website for registration information. This is a hybrid event.
Sponsored by The Book Club of California. Nora May French and Carrie Sterling arrive at Carmel-by-the-Sea at the turn of the twentieth century with dramatically different ambitions. Nora, a stunning, brilliant, impulsive writer in her early twenties, seeks artistic recognition and Bohemian refuge among the most celebrated counterculturalists of the era. Carrie, long-suffering wife of […]
Club member Richard Kopley, Distinguished Professor of English, Emeritus, at Penn State DuBois, and recipient of a Lifetime Achievement and Service Award from the Poe Studies Association, will be in conversation with Grolier Club Council member Susan Jaffe Tane, a preeminent collector of Poe's writings and artifacts, about his new critical biography, Edgar Allan Poe: […]
Sponsored by FABS oin us for convivial conversation about all things bookish and 19th century! We meet the third Thursday of the month. For links and announcements, contact Jennifer Larson (info@fabsocieties.org)
Sponsored by FABS Bindings: The Bindings Interest Group hosts discussions and presentations that share collections and information on bookbindings of all periods. Topics include, but are not limited to, history, design and aesthetics, innovation, materials and craft techniques. To receive announcements and links, contact Jennifer Larson (info@fabsocieties.org)
Sponsored by FABS Join the FABS Living With Books group for congenial discussion of the challenges and pleasures of home libraries. To join the list, please contact Jennifer Larson at info@fabsocieties.org
Sponsored by The Book Club of California. Edward Gorey’s creations as a book artist are distinctive: sparse, oblique story lines paired with intricate, oblique drawings. Yet even his most ardent fans may not know that the author-illustrator of The Beastly Baby, The Doubtful Guest, and The Curious Sofa also directed these and dozens of unpublished texts on stages from […]
Sponsored by The Book Club of California. The Oscar Lewis Awards were established by the Book Club of California in 1994 in honor of Oscar Lewis (1893-1992), author, historian, and club secretary. Join us as we recognize this year’s honorees for their contributions to the Book Arts and to Western History. This is an in-person […]
Sponsored by the Caxton Club. June Midday Program Join the Caxton Club and Joseph Hone for his presentation on "The Book Forger." Watch the Caxton Club website for registration information.
Sponsored by the Caxton Club. Let us clue you in. Composer Jerome Kern of Showboat and “The Way You Look Tonight” fame was an amazing book collector. And kern is going to figure prominently into the remarkable story you’ll be hearing … but it will be kern not Kern, for the composer in this tale was no […]