Bibliography Week
Sponsored by The Bibliographical Society of America, The Grolier Club and others Jan 23-27 From Eric Holzenberg on the Grolier Club website: BIBLIOGRAPHY WEEK happens each year at the end […]
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Booksellers’ Bibliography Week Showcase Mini-Antiquarian Book Fair
Sponsored by the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America Booksellers' Showcase, In Person Jan 25, 10:30 am-4:00 pm. At the French Institute / Alliance Française, 22 E 60th St, New York. […]
Virtual Panel: Freedom and the Press before Freedom of the Press: Tools, Data, and Methods for Researching Secret Printing
Sponsored by The Grolier Club Jan 25, 2:30-3:30 Eastern time A panel of Carnegie Mellon scientists and scholars - Christopher N. Warren, Max G'Sell, and Grolier Club member Samuel Lemley […]
John Blew on Chicago Artist Miklos Gaspar’s 1935 Mural Cycle in the Boys Club Room of the Union League Club of Chicago
Sponsored by The Caxton Club 6:30pm CT, 7:30pm EST The 1930s were the “golden age” of mural art in the United States. In 1935, Chicago artist Miklos Gaspar was commissioned […]
The 2023 New Scholars Program, BSA Annual Meeting and Keynote by Dr. Kelly Wisecup, “Toward a Bibliography of Birchbark Books”
Sponsored by The Bibliographical Society of America Friday, January 27 – 2pm-6pm Eastern | In-Person at Convene, 5:30 5th Ave. & Online The 2023 Annual Meeting and New Scholars Program […]
NYAM Aristotle’s Masterpiece: Reflecting On The Material Text
Sponsored by the New York Academy of Medicine Aristotle's Masterpiece, first published in 1684, was a steady seller into the 20th century, advising readers about sex and babies. Over the […]
Identifying and Valuing Classic Animation Art
Sponsored by The Manuscript Society Presenter: Melanie Smith – Live Free Webinar with Moderator Brian Kathenes This fascinating and exciting live-stream presentation describes the intricate process of creating classic animation […]
Teri Edelstein on Feeding the Art Deco Spirit
Sponsored by The Caxton Club and the Chicago Art Deco Society Feb 7, 6:30pm Central Time A central aspect of the culture and lifestyle of the 1920s and ’30s was […]
Ride ’m Cowboy: Randal Brandt on Western Fiction at UC-Berkeley’s Bancroft Library
Sponsored by The Caxton Club Saddle up as we ride along with a couple of Berkeley grads who became two of the most prolific and successful writers of popular fiction […]
Virtual Lecture: “Betye Saar: Heart of a Wanderer”
Sponsored by The Grolier Club Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum curator Diana Seave Greenwald will discuss renowned contemporary artist Betye Saar and the book Greenwald recently edited, Betye Saar: Heart of […]
Deadline to Sign Up for The Manuscript Society’s Rome Libraries Tour (Open to all Members of FABS Societies)
Sponsored by the Manuscript Society OPEN TO ALL MEMBERS OF FABS SOCIETIES The Great Libraries of Rome: October 22 – 30, 2023 The Manuscript Society in conjunction with International Seminars […]
Miriam Udel: When Yiddish Felt Young
Sponsored by The Grolier Club Feb 15, 6:30-8:00pm EST Throughout the first half of the 20th century, a literature for Yiddish-speaking children flourished on four continents. A traveling rabbi shares […]