• High Spirits: The Legacy Bars of San Francisco

    Sponsored by the Book Club of California Community, heritage, architecture—oh yes, and stiff pours: these are the hallmarks of San Francisco’s Legacy Bars. High Spirits leads readers on a neighborhood-by-neighborhood […]

  • The Role of Manuscripts in Numismatic Literature & Research

    Sponsored by The Manuscript Society Date: Monday, Sept. 8, 8pm EST Guest Presenter: Leonard Augsburger, Newman Numismatic Portal, Washington University in St. Louis Host: Gerald “Jay” Gaidmore Title: The Role […]

  • Elyse Graham on Book and Dagger

    Sponsored by the Caxton Club. Remember why we chose you for this assignment. You’re a reader. September 12 is the day all your training is put to the test. The […]

  • FABS Bindings Zoom Group: The Allure of Limp Paper Bindings

    Sponsored by FABS Join us for presentations and discussions of the craft of bookbinding. To receive links and announcements, email Jennifer Larson at info@fabsocieties.org This month: Suzanne Moore on the […]

  • FABS 19th Century Zoom Group

    Sponsored by FABS Join us for congenial discussion of all things 19th century and bibliophilic! To receive links and announcements, write Jennifer Larson at info@fabsocieties.org

  • FABS Living With Books

    Sponsored by FABS All the pleasures and challenges of the private library: book furniture, bookmarks, catalogues, conservation, and much more. Join us for congenial discussion each month. Hosted by Reid […]

  • Collecting Shakespeare’s First Folio in America

    Sponsored by The Grolier Club This talk by David Alan Richards, Grolier Club member (and former Council member), will cover centuries of Shakespeare's First Folios arriving in America. The first […]

  • Encrypted Books – Mysteries that Fill Hundreds of Pages

    Book Club of California

    Sponsored by The Book Club of California. The lecturers have studied about 120 books that are entirely or partially encrypted. In this talk, they introduce the most fascinating ones. This […]

  • Manuscript Mondays: The Spanish Illuminated Manuscript

    Sponsored by The Manuscript Society The Special Collections and University Archives at Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) is home to more than 20,000 volumes of rare books and incunabula, dating […]