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  • Virtual Exhibition Tour and Curator Q&A: “Imaginary Books”

    Sponsored by The Grolier Club Curator Reid Byers gives a pre-recorded video walkthrough tour of his Grolier Club member's exhibition: Imaginary Books: Lost, Unwritten, and Fictive Books Found Only in Other Books followed by a live online Q&A. The show runs in the Grolier Club's second-floor Gallery through February 15, 2025. Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-exhibition-tour-and-curator-qa-imaginary-books-tickets-1027819314237?aff=ebdssbdestsearch Part bibliophilic entertainment and […]

  • Jonathan Senchyne on The Salisbury Club: Buffalo Bibliophiles

    Sponsored by the Caxton Club. February Midday Program Jonathan Senchyne, Associate Professor & Director, Center for the History of Print and Digital Culture, University of Wisconsin – Madison Oh we’re gonna shuffle-uffle-uffle off to Buffalo. You won’t have to navigate the crowds at Grand Central Station to shuffle off to Buffalo. Just click a Zoom […]

  • The Man Beneath the Paint: California Impressionist Tilden Daken

    Sponsored by The Book Club of California The untold, multifaceted story of one of the most adventurous and prolific landscape painters of the American West. California Impressionist Tilden Daken (1876–1935), famous in his day, painted in every California state park and national park in the West—from the redwood forests to the High Sierra—and beneath the […]

  • FABS Living With Books Zoom Group

    Sponsored by FABS Hosted by The Private Library author Reid Byers, this group meets 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 much more. All are welcome to participate. THIS MONTH’S TOPICS: starting a library from scratch; book […]

  • Mothers and Fathers of the Digital Archive: The Endangered Archives Programme in Iquitos, Peru

    Sponsored by The Book Club of California Across North American and European imaginaries, the Amazon River Basin has figured as both a region rich in “natural resources” ready for the taking, and, consequently, a geography of lands and peoples in need of saving. Both Amazonian exploration and salvation have been characterized by a hyper-masculine discourse […]

  • FABS Handpress Era Zoom: “Mandeville in the 21st Century”

    Sponsored by FABS March 10, 2025 4:30pm Pacific/6:30 Central/7:30pm EST The next meeting of the FABS Handpress Era Zoom group features Dr. Martha Driver’s talk “Mandeville in the 21st Century.” Prof. Driver will discuss The Travels of Sir John Mandeville with illustrations from Medieval manuscripts, handpress-era printed works, and a 21st century fine press example. Martha Westcott Driver, PhD, […]

  • Reid Byers on Imaginary Books

    Sponsored by The Baltimore Bibliophiles Join The Baltimore Bibs and curator Reid Byers for a discussion of his Grolier Club exhibition “Imaginary Books:Lost, Unfinished and Fictive Works from the Collection Of Reid Byers.” For a link contact Binnie Syril Braunstein, bsbgc@aol.com

  • Paul F. Gehl on Bob Middleton, The Designer-Craftsman Par Excellence

    Sponsored by The Caxton Club March Midday Program Robert Hunter Middleton (1898-1985) was a Caxton Club stalwart for half a century. He is now remembered primarily as a pioneer in the revival of the great engraver on wood, Thomas Bewick. In his own day, however, Middleton was best known as the prolific designer of types […]

  • Dr. David Wolf on Pioneers of 20th Century Hematology

    Sponsored by the Bay Area History of Medicine Society with The Grolier Club The Bay Area History of Medicine Society and the Grolier Club of New York will hold their annual joint lecture and dinner meeting at the UCSF Library, Wednesday March 12, 2025. "Pioneers in 20th-Century Hematology featuring Drs. Janet Vaughan and George Minot." […]

  • Oren Margolis on Aldus Manutius

    Sponsored by the Caxton Club. March Midday Program Dr. Oren Margolis, associate professor of Renaissance Studies at the University of East Anglia in Norwich “So, are you going out with that Aldus guy again?” “I don’t know. Not sure I like that type.” Aldus. Aldine Press. Italics. Octavo. All immensely influential in the history of […]

  • Imaginary Books: Lost, Unfinished, and Fictive Works Found Only in Other Books

    Sponsored by The Book Club of California A cross between a book exhibition and a conceptual art installation, this exhibition consists of a collection of books that do not really exist. Curated by Reid Byers, the exhibition includes approximately 100 books and associated arealia from his collection—all simulacra created with a team of printers, bookbinders, […]

  • FABS Bindings Group: Lang Ingalls on Design Bindings From Across the Pond

    Sponsored by FABS FABS Bindings Zoom Group: Join us for a presentation and discussion by Lang Ingalls on design bindings from European makers. Lang will show several bindings with visually engaging elements. Attendees are invited to share interesting bindings of their own. To receive a link and join the mailing list for this group, contact […]