Sponsored by The Baltimore Bibliophiles Cassie Brand, Curator of Rare Books at Washington University Libraries in St. Louis will present a talk to The Baltimore Bibliophiles. Her topic is: "From Treasure Room to Reading Room: The History of Special Collections." The ZOOM program begins at 7:00 pm eastern (US and Canada). The program will be […]
Sponsored by The Book Club of Detroit Kenneth Gloss, internationally known rare book specialist, appraiser, and proprietor of Boston's famed Brattle Book Shop, will give a virtual presentation for The Book Club of Detroit on Thursday, February 22, 7:00 pm EST, via Zoom. This event is free of charge and open to the public (but […]
FABS Special Interest Group: Binding 26 February, 2024 7:30pm eastern / 6:30pm midwest / 5:30pm mountain / 4:30pm pacific (*please note that this program has been moved due to the holiday the week prior*) SOPHIA S.W. BOGLE :: BOOK RESTORATION UNVEILED Join FABS members interested in Bindings for a Presentation and Discussion with Sophia S.W. […]
Sponsored by FABS A new FABS group on Living with Books will hold its first meeting this month. Hosted by The Private Library author Reid Byers, this group will meet on Zoom, on the fourth Tuesday of each month. Discussions will cover acquisition, cataloging and photographing collections, home libraries, book furniture, conservation and storage, and […]
Sponsored by The Book Club of Washington Dating from 1853, the Washington State Library is the state's oldest cultural institution, preserving for decades items not duplicated elsewhere that hold the answers to so many questions about the past. Come along on our virtual guided tour of this research playground! Register here: https://www.bookclubofwashington.org/events-1/a-history-and-virtual-tour-of-the-collections-of-the-washington-state-library
Sponsored by The Book Club of California Active between 1957 and 1972, The Situationist International (S.I.) was a revolutionary alliance of artists, intellectuals, architects and political theorists that is hailed as the “last avant-garde” of the 20th century. One of the organization’s core concepts is that of détournement, which can be understood as the subversion […]
Sponsored by The Caxton Club Lieutenant Lorenzo Lorain is remembered in part by some historians as the first officer from Oregon to be wounded in the Civil War. But we’ll be learning about another, unique first. Lorain undertook to photograph Native peoples who lived along the Oregon coast. The images he made between 1857 and […]
Sponsored by The Book Club of California When the more than 18 million visitors poured into the Panama-Pacific International Exposition (PPIE) in San Francisco in 1915, they encountered a vision of the world born out of San Francisco’s particular local political and social climate. By seeking to please various constituent groups ranging from the government […]
Sponsored by FABS All are welcome to join us for an hour of presentations and discussion of printed books and other materials before 1800. The Handpress Group meets the second Monday of each month. In honor of Women's History Month, the March session features Elizabeth Canning discussing A Narrative of the Life of Charlotte Charke […]
Sponsored by The Miniature Book Society The Miniature Book Society presents the next in their zoom series on March 17 at 8am PST, 11am EST. Members Pat Pistner and Dr. Arno Gschwendtner will be talking about commissioned book bindings and will showcase examples from their personal collections. The talk is open to MBS members, but […]
Sponsored by The Book Club of California An essential piece in California Studies, Redemptive Dreams: Engaging Kevin Starr’s California offers the first critical engagement with the vision of California’s most ambitious interpreter. While Starr’s multifaceted and polymathic vision of California offered a unique gaze—synthesizing central features, big themes, and incredible problems with the propitious golden […]
Sponsored by FABS The FABS Bindings Zoom Group is a lively group of book artisans, curators and collectors who meet the third Monday of the month to discuss aspects of book binding from all periods. All are welcome to participate! This month we feature Brian Beidler on "Making the Tools of the Trade," the manufacture […]