Black Archives as Sites and Symbols of Black Liberation
Sponsored by The Grolier Club Dr. Melanie Chambliss and Laurel Davis will speak on "Black Archives as Sites and Symbols of Black Liberation" About this event Two scholars will explore […]
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Typography Today with Russell Maret, Letter Designer and Book Artist
Sponsored by Northern Ohio Bibliophilic Society NOBS February Forum Online 7:30pm-9:00 pm EST Designing typefaces has undergone amazing changes since the 1450's when the first movable metal type was used. […]
The Bristol ‘Merlin’: From Treasure to Waste and Back Again
Sponsored by The Grolier Club In 2019, medieval manuscript fragments containing an Arthurian text surfaced unexpectedly at England's Bristol Central Library and made headlines. Seven folios of a 13th-century copy […]
Panel on the Revival of the Plain Wrapper Press
Sponsored by the Grolier Club Plain Wrapper Press Redux publisher Mark E. Fischer, with Grolier Club member, printer and designer Jerry Kelly, and Plain Wrapper Press printer/publisher Gabriel Rummonds, will […]
Stalin’s Library: A Dictator and his Books
Sponsored by The Grolier Club Geoffrey Roberts, History Professor Emeritus at University College Cork (Ireland) and a member of the Royal Irish Academy, will discuss his latest publication, Stalin's Library: […]
Archival Treasures of Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Sponsored by The Grolier Club Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) have rich archives documenting the faculty, students, staff, and often the surrounding Black communities, and scholarly and public awareness […]
Manuscript Mondays: What’s It Worth? Webinar
Sponsored by the Manuscript Society. Monday, March 7, 2022, 8:00pm-9:00pm EST “What’s it worth?” is the question professional appraisers are asked more than any other. This live, interactive webinar will […]
Dr. Mary Redfern on Japanese Scrolls and the Art of Storytelling
Sponsored by the Caxton Club Join us in the run up to St. Patrick’s Day as we visit the Chester Beatty library and museum in Dublin, where Dr. Mary Redfern […]
Vespasiano da Bisticci: The Bookseller of Florence
Sunday, March 13, 2022 2:00 PM | Zoom Webinar * Co-presented and co-hosted by the Book Club of Washington The Renaissance in Florence conjures images of beautiful frescoes and elegant […]
Kenneth Gloss on Collecting Rare Books and Manuscripts
Sponsored by FABS Sunday, March 13, 2022 4:00-6:00 PM Eastern Time | Zoom In our FABS Spring Online Event, Boston-based Brattle Book Shop proprietor/television appraiser Kenneth Gloss talks about some […]
Medieval Manuscript Culture and Production: A Webinar
Sponsored by The Book Club of California Explore the physical materials, production process, ownership, and readership of medieval manuscripts from 800-1500 in Western Europe in this online presentation. Participants will […]
Irvin J. Hunt on Dreaming the Present: Time, Aesthetics, and the Black Cooperative Movement
Sponsored by the Caxton Club What if instead of waking up and demanding of ourselves more self-care, we demanded systemic change? Irvin Hunt discusses a movement that was based on […]