Living With Books FABS Zoom Group
Sponsored by FABS Join us and host Reid Byers (author of The Private Library) for convivial conversation on the pleasures and challenges of home libraries: acquisition; cataloging and photographing of […]
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Death of a Bookman: The Publishing Misadventures of Charles Rideal
Sponsored by the Book Club of Washington The Annual Meeting encompasses a brief business meeting followed by a special presentation. A keepsake created for the occasion will also be featured […]
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Background Artist: The Life and Work of Tyrus Wong
Sponsored by The Book Club of California You might not know the name Tyrus Wong, but you probably know some of the images he created, including scenes from the beloved […]
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Information-Graphic Masterpieces: Designing Data Stories
Sponsored by The Book Club of California. Information graphics transform data into compelling visual narratives, illuminating insights that might otherwise remain hidden. From the earliest printed charts and maps to […]
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Ian Gadd On A History of the Stationers Company
Sponsored by The Caxton Club May Midday Program Join Caxton Club members and Ian Gadd, Professor in English Literature, Bath Spa University, UK, for his talk on the "History of […]
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The Gilded Edge: Two Audacious Women and the Cyanide Love Triangle that Shook America
Sponsored by The Book Club of California. Nora May French and Carrie Sterling arrive at Carmel-by-the-Sea at the turn of the twentieth century with dramatically different ambitions. Nora, a stunning, […]
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Richard Kopley & Susan Jaffe Tane on Edgar Allan Poe
Club member Richard Kopley, Distinguished Professor of English, Emeritus, at Penn State DuBois, and recipient of a Lifetime Achievement and Service Award from the Poe Studies Association, will be […]
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FABS 19th Century Zoom Group
Sponsored by FABS oin us for convivial conversation about all things bookish and 19th century! We meet the third Thursday of the month. For links and announcements, contact Jennifer Larson […]
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FABS Bindings Zoom Group: Saul Rébora on Binding Morris’s Chaucer
Sponsored by FABS Sol Rébora: Chaucer and Tomorrow's Past Join us for a discussion with binder Sol Rébora about binding William Morris's Chaucer, highlighting the balance between client expectations, conservation […]
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FABS Living With Books Zoom Group
Sponsored by FABS Join the FABS Living With Books group for congenial discussion of the challenges and pleasures of home libraries. To join the list, please contact Jennifer Larson at […]
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From Page to Stage and Back: The Theatrical Adventures of Writer and Illustrator Edward Gorey
Sponsored by The Book Club of California. Edward Gorey’s creations as a book artist are distinctive: sparse, oblique story lines paired with intricate, oblique drawings. Yet even his most ardent […]
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2025 Oscar Lewis Awards
Sponsored by The Book Club of California. The Oscar Lewis Awards were established by the Book Club of California in 1994 in honor of Oscar Lewis (1893-1992), author, historian, and […]