Sponsored by The Grolier Club Overview with Curator Susan Gosin and Tricia Wright Presented in conjunction with Pioneers in Hand Papermaking: 50 Years of Innovation at Dieu Donné In celebration of Dieu Donné’s 50 years of making innovative handmade paper art with contemporary artists, Susan Gosin, co-founder of Dieu Donné, will talk about her newly […]
Sponsored by The Western Reserve Historical Society, The Northern Ohio Bibliophilic Society, The Rowfant Club, Charles W. Chesnutt Digital Archive, The Cuyahoga County Public Library, and the Cleveland Public Library. The Second Charles W. Chesnutt Symposium Saturday, September 26, 2026 8:00 AM through 5:30 PM At the Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio Registration Fee: […]
From 1890 to 1990, American book art color reproduction printing went through a series of revolutionary technological changes, not only in how books looked, but who could afford them. Visually Impressive shows these technological changes using examples of American books that reveal the changing artistic aesthetic reflected in the evolving color printing process. Exhibition opening with […]
Sponsored by The Grolier Club Overview Curator Cynthia Nourse Thompson, Artist Lesley Dill, Poet Tom Sleigh, and Printer Peter Kruty Presented in conjunction with Pioneers in Hand Papermaking: 50 Years of Innovation at Dieu Donné Curator Cynthia Nourse Thompson will speak with artist Lesley Dill, poet Tom Sleigh, and printer Peter Kruty, who collaborated, along with […]
The experiences of Mexicans who were living in California when it was annexed by the United States is a crucial element of the history of the American Southwest. These Californios, as they called themselves, made California diverse and multi-cultural from the moment it became part of the United States. The Vallejos of Sonoma were one […]
October Midday Program Here’s a little quiz: Who was the second person to walk on the moon? What is Milorad Čavić’s distinction? Are you ready to Buzz in and name Buzz Aldrin as the second human being to step down onto the lunar surface? Or did you think of the one one-hundredth of a second […]
Sponsored by FABS GABBY COOKSEY :: Extra-Dimensional Books Join FABS members interested in Bindings for a Presentation and Discussion with Gabby Cooksey, Fine Binder and Bookmaker. Gabby will be showcasing her tattooed bindings, a process she began in earnest in 2021. She will discuss how she tattoos on leather, examples of her work using this […]
Manuscript Monday - A FREE Webinar provided by The Manuscript Society Date: Monday, October 12 @ 8pm EST Guest Presenter: Jeffrey Rovenpor, owner of Caroliniana Rare Books Host: Gerald “Jay” Gaidmore, The Manuscript Society Presentation is pre-recorded with a LIVE Q&A to follow with presenter Jeffrey Rovenpor Title: Vernacular Archives Overview: Jeffrey Rovenpor of Caroliniana […]
Sponsored by The Grolier Club Overview with Beverly Adams, Kevin Saliou, Éric Walbecq, and Caroline Weber Presented by ANOTHER SPACE at the Grolier Club, We Are All Ducassians brings together scholars and curators to explore the enduring legacy of Isidore Ducasse, better known as the Comte de Lautréamont (b. 1846 Montevideo, Uruguay – d. 1870 Paris, France), […]
What does it take to bring a remarkable book into the world? Join the co-publishers of Transit Books for a behind-the-scenes conversation about the role of award-winning, nonprofit publishing—from discovering singular voices and acquiring international literature to editing, designing, translating, producing, and championing books that find devoted readers around the world. Founded in 2015 in […]
How we grow, harvest, distribute, and consume food is bound up with how we use (and abuse) environmental resources, and how we achieve (or undermine) collective well-being. In North Stars of Emancipation, Antonio Roman-Alcalá finds in the radical experiments of new food movements the seeds of a world liberated from old, extractive systems, where a more […]
Sponsored by NOBS Oct 22, 7:00pm-8:30pm Eastern Join us for a Forum that is sure to have you swooning! Julie Blitz has been reading romance novels since age 11 when she stole her grandmother’s Danielle Steel novels off her bookshelf. In the 40 years since, she has read many thousands of romance novels, joined romance […]