Sponsored by FABS Join this congenial group hosted by Reid Byers for conversation about the joys and challenges of home libraries. This month's topics: 1. Book Cartoons and Jokes 2. What Advice might you offer to younger bibliophiles from your experience as a book collector? To receive a link, contact Jennifer Larson (info@fabsocieties.org)
Sponsored by The Book Club of California The American Sunday paper of the 1890s transformed the daily edition with inserts and supplements of all shapes and sizes. Each asked readers to do more than read, but to interact with the materiality of the paper as a form of leisure. The Sunday paper became so large […]
Sponsored by The Grolier Club With Colm Tóibín Award winning Irish novelist and critic Colm Tóibín will trace the legacy of the Irish Literacy Renaissance through successive generations of Irish writers. Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-lecture-the-irish-literary-renaissance-tickets-1981942212510?aff=ebdsoporgprofile
Sponsored by The Grolier Club Ann Charters, Holly George-Warren, Joyce Johnson, and Regina Weinreich Kerouac scholars Ann Charters, Joyce Johnson, Holly George-Warren, and Regina Weinreich will discuss their experiences with, and thoughts on, Jack Kerouac. The four panel members are all noted Kerouac scholars and biographers. Ann Charters and Joyce Johnson knew Kerouac personally and […]
Sponsored by The Caxton Club May Evening Program Japanese color prints and woodblock-printed books are beloved as works of art and literature. Less attention has been paid to those woodblock-printed images of the Meiji era (1868–1912) which purported to depict the news, especially events of the First Sino-Japanese (1894–95) and Russo-Japanese (1904–05) Wars. This […]
Sponsored by the Caxton Club. May Midday Program From the aptly named Wynkyn de Worde to creators of Zines, Adam Smyth unspools the story of books by illuminating the lives of eighteen fascinating characters. Entertaining, enlightening, engaging, and alliterative, his book puts a fresh perspective on some familiar names while introducing others you may not […]
Sponsored by FABS This month we try out a new discussion format with the topic “Ebay and Catawiki: The Good, The Bad and the Ugly.” We’ll discuss the pros and cons of these online auction platforms for collectors of Handpress Era materials. If you use them, what are your search strategies? Have you ever regretted […]
Sponsored by The Manuscript Society Manuscript Monday - A FREE Webinar provided by The Manuscript Society Date: Monday, May 11 @ 8pm EST Guest Presenter: Barrye Brown, Curator of Manuscripts, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library Host: Gerald “Jay” Gaidmore, The Manuscript Society A live presentation followed by a […]
Sponsored by The Book Club of California In 1960 the aspiring Texas writer Larry McMurtry enrolled in Stanford University with a fellowship in the Stegner creative writing program. Along with his studies, McMurtry became immersed in the world of antiquarian and used bookshops that flourished during that time in the San Francisco Bay Area, and […]
Sponsored by The Grolier Club Paul Muldoon and Kevin Young will read a selection of poems by the leading poets of the Irish Literary Renaissance and their successors. Paul Muldoon and Grolier Club member, Kevin Young will read a selection of poems by the leading poets of the Irish Literary Renaissance and their successors, as […]
Sponsored by FABS Bookbinding models replicate book structures to show us how a book operates. They range from practical to experimental and may reproduce bookbinding techniques from various eras and cultures. Model-making has been a research and instructional method in the Libraries’ Conservation Lab since its inception in the mid-1980s. Today, the Book Model Collection […]
Sponsored by FABS Join your host Bill Bryson and this congenial group for discussion of all things bibliophilic and nineteenth- century. To receive a link and join the mailing list, contact Jennifer Larson (info@fabsocieties.org).