Sponsored by The Grolier Club Dec 7, 6:00-7:30pm Eastern time Join "Building the Book" curators Barbara Heritage and Ruth-Ellen St. Onge for a pre-recorded virtual tour of this important exhibition at the Grolier Club, followed by a live Q&A with the curators. Building the Book from the Ancient World to the Present Day offers a […]
Sponsored by The Caxton Club Dec 9, noon Central Time There’s an exhibit on at Stanford about The Handmade Book. Its location speaks volumes about benefactors who have helped to build the library. The exhibit is in the Peterson Gallery and Munger Rotunda, Cecil H. Green Library, Bing Wing. (Even if you knew the way, […]
Sponsored by The Book Club of California Dec 12, 6:00pm Pacific time ** The Fourth Kenneth Karmiole Endowed Lecture on the History of the Book Trade in California and the West ** Book trade historian Charles Nelson Johnson provides a fresh look at lesser-known Southern California antiquarian bookseller Alice Parsons Millard (1873-1938)—a role she inherited […]
Sponsored by The Grolier Club Tues Dec 13, 6:00pm-7:30pm Eastern time Canadian scholar Robin Vose is the author of The Index of Prohibited Books, Four Centuries of Struggle over Word and Image for the Greater Glory of God (Reaktion/U. of Chicago Press). He will lecture on his research for this first comprehensive history of four […]
Sponsored by The Baltimore Bibliophiles Olya Samilenko will speak on her book The Snow Goose Chronicles. A must read for anyone interested in the history of Ukraine, its life, and the fate of Ukrainian peasants during the Soviet period. In this work, Samilenko takes us on a fascinating ride through 20th century Ukraine and its […]
Sponsored by The Manuscript Society Jan 2, 8:00pm Eastern, 5:00pm Pacific We’ll open the 2023 New Year as a virtual gathering of friends and lively discussions. Get your camera & mic ready (if you wish) – We’ll ALL be live! Ask questions about collecting Share a short collecting story Discuss what’s new for 2023 at The […]
Sponsored by The Caxton Club Jan 13, 12:30 Central Time/1:30 Eastern Time Nick Wilding teaches a course at Rare Book School called "Forgeries, Facsimiles & Sophisticated Copies" and we’ll be attending for an hour or so as he talks about documents that delighted and then disappointed. To tell the story he draws a remarkable cast […]
Sponsored by The Grolier Club Jan 18, 6:00-7:30pm New York time Join this virtual webcast of curator Ellen G. K. Rubin in conversation with three collectors and practitioners on movable paper works Now on view at The Grolier Club, “Animated Advertising” features over 170 unique advertising objects from 200 years that demonstrate how animated and […]
Sponsored by The Baltimore Bibliophiles Jan 18, 7:00pm Eastern time via Zoom Josh Mann's specialties include Victorian Literature, Modern American literature, and Signed Books and Presentation Copies. He has lectured on the value of signatures and author associations, and is a books and manuscripts appraiser at ABAA book fairs. Although literature is the heart of B […]
Sponsored by The Caxton Club and Chicago Collections Consortium When/Where: 1/19/2023 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM CST via Zoom. January Daytime Program Join Librarian and Archivist Erin Bell as she shares an overview of Gerber Hart Library and Archives. Founded in 1981, Gerber/Hart’s collections focus on the culture and history of LGBTQ peoples and additional […]
Sponsored by The Ticknor Society On Friday, January 20th, at 6pm ET, The Ticknor Society will host "Ticknor Collecting Prize: Preparing Your Entry," a Zoom event open to all who are interested in, or even just curious about, how to craft a submission for this year's George and Anna Eliot Ticknor Book and Book Culture […]
Sponsored by The Baltimore Bibliophiles Sallie Lowenstein will speak on her experiences as author, illustrator, publisher and maker. Thursday, January 20, 2022. 7:00 pm Eastern Time via Zoom. To register contact Binnie Syril Braunstein at bsbgc@aol.com