Caxton Printers of Idaho: A Century of Publishing in the American West
Sponsored by The Book Club of California James H. Gipson founded Caxton Printers as a small print shop in rural Idaho over a century ago. During the following decades, Caxton […]
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Andrew Hui on Renaissance Libraries
Sponsored by The Grolier Club Join the Grolier Club as Andrew Hui, associate professor of humanities at Yale-NUS College, Singapore, will lecture on his new book, The Study: The Inner Life of Renaissance Libraries (Princeton), which […]
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Gwendolyn Brooks and the Formation of the Black Literary Canon
Sponsored by The Caxton Club December Midday Program Presented by the Caxton Club and Chicago Collections Consortium August 24, 1949: Annie Allen by Gwendolyn Brooks is published. It is her second volume […]
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FABS Handpress Era Zoom Group
Sponsored by FABS Join us this month as Dr. Gene Flamm discusses some variations among the incunable editions of the first illustrated work on anatomy – Ketham's Fasciculus medicinae, 1491-1500. […]
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Allie Alvis on Weird and Wonderful Treasures in the Winterthur Library
Sponsored by The Caxton Club December Midday Program A recent Caxton Club program unfolded like an English country house mystery: The Case of the Poison Pigments, in which the Winterthur Library […]
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Abraham Lincoln Virtual Exhibition Tour
Sponsored by The Grolier Club Join the Grolier Club for a video tour of the exhibition "Abraham Lincoln: His Life in Print" with curator Mazy Boroujerdi, followed by live online […]
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FABS 19th Century Zoom Group
Sponsored by FABS Join this congenial group for conversation on all things bookish and 19th century! For announcement and links to the monthly meetings, contact Jennifer Larson at info@fabsocieties.org
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FABS Handpress Era Zoom Group: John Windle on Pochoir Technique
Sponsored by FABS The Handpress Era Zoom group is hosting a talk by bookseller and William Blake expert John Windle, who will discuss the pochoir technique used at the Trianon […]
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Jennifer Larson on “Little Books and Big Ideas in the Handpress Era”
Sponsored by The Book Club of Detroit As soon as people in the West learned to print, they made little books. But what types of books were produced in very […]
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Morgan Swan on Penny Dreadfuls
Sponsored by The Caxton Club January Midday Program “It is, Sir, as I have said, a small college, and yet there are those who love it.” Daniel Webster Curl up […]
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Joel Silver on J. K. Lilly and the Lilly Library
Sponsored by The Manuscript Society Manuscript Mondays J.K. Lilly, Jr. and His Collecting of Manuscripts Special Date: January 13, 2025 8:00 PM Eastern Free, Live Webinar J.K. Lilly Jr. was […]
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FABS 19th Century Zoom Group
Sponsored by FABS Join us for convivial discussion of all things bookish and 19th century! Hosted by Bill Bryson and Richard Kopley. To get on the mailing list, contact Jennifer […]