The Intimate Art of Altered Books with Phylis Brody
2022-09-22 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York)
Sponsored by Northern Ohio Bibliophilic Society
Sep 22, 7:00pm-8:30 New York/Eastern time
Phylis Brody is a life-long experimenter and doer of arts and crafts, including dimensional quilts and textiles, encaustic painting, assemblage, and altered books. In her words, “Each book is a small and intimate work of art that compels the viewer to pay attention and, hopefully, come away with a new perspective.” Join us as we learn from Phylis about altered books and see some spectacular examples of her art.
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For those of you who have not had the opportunity to view an Altered Book Show, Loganberry Books hosts one annually in May. These are truly amazing works of art.

Virtual Salon on Black Bibliography
2022-09-22 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York)
Presented by the Bibliographical Society of America
The June 2022 issue of the Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America (PBSA) is devoted to the traditions and futures of Black Bibliography. Join guest Editors Jacqueline Goldsby and Meredith McGill, together with authors and contributors to the volume, for a Virtual Salon on September 22, 2022 (7-8:30 p.m. ET)! Speakers include:
+Laura Helton, Assistant Professor of English and History at the University of Delaware
Samantha Sommers, Assistant Professor in Residence in the English Department at University of Connecticut
+Derrick Spires, Associate Professor of Literatures in English and affiliate faculty in American Studies, Visual Studies, and Media Studies at Cornell University
+Michael Winship, Iris Howard Regents Professor of English II (emeritus) at the University of Texas at Austin

Join them in a conversation led by Professors Goldsby and McGill to discuss and exchange ideas, and to share new developments and directions raised by the provocative essays and book reviews included in this volume.
Registration is free and open to all; closed captioning in English and ASL interpretation will be provided.

Read the Full Announcement: https://mailchi.mp/bibsocamer/bbp-salon-invite

Register: https://bit.ly/bsa-bbp-salon

Erin McGuirl (she/her/hers)
Executive Director
The Bibliographical Society of America
erin.mcguirl@bibsocamer.org
www.bibsocamer.org

Virtual Lecture on Photographer George Platt Lynes
2022-09-20 18:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York)
Sponsored by The Grolier Club

Allen Ellenzweig will speak on photographer George Lynes.
September 20, 6:00pm New York time

About this event

Virtual talk by Allen Ellenzweig, author of George Platt Lynes: The Daring Eye [Oxford]. Lynes (1907-1955) was the lover of, and collaborator with, Grolier Council member Monroe Wheeler, an exhibition curator and art book designer long affiliated with the Museum of Modern Art. Volumes from private collections and that of the Grolier Club will be on view.
This will be a live online event, and all attendees will receive an email with the link the day of the event. If you’ve not received a link by 9:00 am Eastern time, please check your spam folder.
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/grolier-club-virtual-lecture-on-george-lynes-tickets-391979199337?utm_source=eventbrite&utm_medium=email&utm_content=follow_notification&utm_campaign=following_published_event&utm_term=Grolier+Club+Virtual+Lecture+on+George+Lynes&aff=ebemoffollowpublishemail

Jane Austen Mondays at the Rosenbach Library and Museum begin September 19
2022-09-19 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York)
Presented by the Rosenback Library and Museum
Selected Mondays September-November, 7:00-8:30pm Eastern Time
“I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book!”
A continuation of our Sundays With … series, our new Austen Mondays series will focus on Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. Join us on Mondays from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. for an exciting adventure into this classic novel for 24 weeks beginning September 19.
For the first half hour of every episode host Edward G. Pettit will interview scholars and Janeites about all things Austen, then will lead a conversational annotation of a chapter or two of Pride and Prejudice. Together we’ll examine why and how Pride and Prejudice continues to be one of the most beloved books of readers everywhere. This program is FREE and held online.
Austen Mondays is sponsored by Lisa Washington
Register here: https://rosenbach.org/events/austen-mondays/?mc_cid=267b25c883&mc_eid=5c1f180f4c

Outlaw Printing: How Discontents, Troublemakers, Organizers, and Visionaries Published for Social Change
2022-09-19 18:00 - 19:15 (America/Los_Angeles)
Sponsored by The Book Club of California and The Northern California Chapter of the Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association of America
Sept. 19, 6:00pm-7:15pm Los Angeles/Pacific time
Every movement needs a voice, and ever since Gutenberg systematized the concept of movable type posters have been one of the media of choice for discontents, troublemakers, poets, organizers, and visionaries. Posters have served as the poor person’s pulpit for a very long time in this country. Benjamin Franklin’s network of print shops helped “stick it to the man” before this was even a country. When the rich and powerful control the major media, one could still find someone who knew how to put ink on paper to fire up a provocative and inflammatory message. These early broadsides – a single-sided newspaper sheets, usually (but not exclusively) featuring bold headlines and bold statements – were aptly named after the effect of a full row of cannon fire from a warship. Posters can make an impact.
In the US, there have been several moments when radical posters ruled. They were popular in the movement against slavery in the early 1800s, they were rediscovered in the 1930s when artists were hired by the Federal Arts Project. But after World War II they dropped off the radar for 20 years. The 1950s Cold War chill of McCarthy made such a medium too dangerous, and several paid the price. It may be hard to imagine now, but before 1964, the poster selection was bleak, mostly about travel, movies, or fine art. But four years later the range of subjects and styles had proliferated exponentially. Sex, drugs, rock and roll, and revolution could adorn your wall for only a few dollars.
Underground newspapers and comics advanced at the same time, as did radical poetry books and political tracts. This presentation explores the lively alternative West Coast publishing scene of the “long 1960s” and shows how that legacy continues to influence new generations of troublemakers.
An in-person and virtual presentation via Zoom by Lincoln Cushing, archivist and author
Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_tBA2TJ1FT3eMHkapRlW5Vg?mc_cid=e039041088&mc_eid=55809a2ee8

Jennifer Larson on Little Books and Big Ideas in the Seventeenth Century
2022-09-14 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York)
Sponsored by The Baxter Society.
On Zoom, Wed. Sept. 14 at 7:00pm Eastern Time
Jennifer Larson, Chair of FABS, will give an illustrated lecture on her collection of miniature and small format books printed in the 17th century, their relationship to the intellectual currents of the time, and the reasons for the production of tiny books. She will also explain “What’s New With FABS.”
Open to all members of FABS Societies. Send email to baxtersociety@gmail.com to request a link, which will be sent on the morning of the event.

Bookplate Collecting in America
2022-09-12 18:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Sponsored by The Book Club of California and The American Society of Bookplate Collectors & Designers
Sept. 12 , 6:00pm Los Angeles/Pacific time
A celebration of the centenary of organized bookplate collecting in the United States.
An in-person and virtual presentation via Zoom by William E. Butler, bibliophile, editor, and exlibrist.
Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_LElQfNxlRBOqAEuJxEl90A?mc_cid=e039041088&mc_eid=55809a2ee8

Finding Nura: Rediscovering an American Modernist from the Kendra and Allan Daniel Collection (Eric Carle Museum)
2022-09-12 12:00 - 13:30 (America/New_York)
Sponsored by The Grolier Club
Sept 12, 12:00-1:30 New York time
Zoom tour of this exhibition at the Eric Carle Museum.
About this event

A Zoom tour of “Finding Nura: Rediscovering an American Modernist from the Kendra and Allan Daniel Collection,” on display at the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art (Amherst, MA) through November 6, 2022. Drawn from the remarkable holdings of the Daniels, and curated by H. Nichols B. Clark, this exhibition re-establishes the reputation of long-forgotten but highly esteemed Nura Woodson Ulreich.
Known simply as “Nura,” this artist specialized in alluring and very individualized interpretations of childhood. Her modernist approach, acquired from her time in Paris in the 1920s, resulted in stylized images of children, whom she portrayed with animals, books, and musical instruments, but rare adults. Her figures are distinguished by their rounded forms, rosy cheeks, and wavy hair, shown in ethereal landscapes and indistinct interior settings. Nura’s compositions captured an essence of childhood imbued with innocence and enigma.
This will be a live online event, and all attendees will receive an email with the link the day of the event. If you’ve not received a link by 9:00 am Eastern time, please check your spam folder.
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/grolier-club-virtual-tour-of-book-art-exhibition-tickets-400092787297?aff=erelpanelorg
For those unable to join us for the session, the lecture will be recorded and made available a few weeks after the event on the Grolier Club’s Vimeo page: https://vimeo.com/user4535612.

Alex Johnson & James Oses on "Rooms of Their Own - Where Great Writers Write"
2022-09-09 12:00 (America/Chicago)
Sponsored by The Caxton Club
Sept 9, noon Chicago time
“Writing is the art of applying the ass to the seat.” – Dorothy Parker
A blunt assessment indeed … but Hemingway would not have stood for sitting while Proust would gladly have taken her injunction lying down. Where and how fifty writers wrote (and write) is the subject of Alex Johnson’s delightful prose and James Oses’s beautiful illustrations. Their book, Rooms of Their Own, brings to life the settings which inspired authors from Emily Dickinson to Haruki Murakami. Join us to step into rooms where visitors were often not welcome. (Steinbeck kept only a single chair in his office to discourage any but the briefest interruptions.) London-based Alex Johnson is a journalist and author whose work you may have seen in Fine Books & Collections, The Independent, and in popular blogs about garden offices and creative bookcase designs. Among his works is Book Towns – 45 Paradises of the Printed Word. Also joining us from London will be James Oses, whose captivating illustrations reveal the look and feel of each author’s workspace. He has created illustrations for Penguin Random House, Marks & Spencer, The Guardian, and a host of other clients. Make a date and then choose where you’ll watch this delightful glimpse into the rooms where it happened!
Register here: https://caxtonclub.org/event-4914464

A Mind in Exile: Thomas Mann in Princeton, featuring Stanley Corngold
2022-09-07 16:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York)
From the Friends of the Princeton University Library
A Mind in Exile: Thomas Mann in Princeton, featuring Stanley Corngold
Wednesday September 7:00 at 4:00pm Eastern time
On September 7, the Friends of Princeton University Library Small Talk series returns with Professor Stanley Corngold, an emeritus professor of German and Comparative Literature, and a discussion about Nobel Prize-winning author Thomas Mann’s pivotal time in Princeton. Mann fled Nazi Germany in September 1938, settling in Princeton, where, for nearly three years, he was stunningly productive as a novelist, university lecturer, and public intellectual. In Princeton, Mann exercised his “stupendous capacity for work” in a circle of friends, all highly accomplished exiles, including Hermann Broch, Albert Einstein, and Erich Kahler.
In this Small Talk, Professor Corngold will provide a vivid portrayal of this crucial station in Mann’s journey from arch-European conservative to liberal conservative to ardent social democrat.
Registration is required.
The talk is open to all via Zoom.
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Manuscript Society: Reading Marks on Silver Free Webinar
2022-09-06 20:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York)
Sponsored by The Manuscript Society

‘Reading’ Silver – How to identity those marks. Sterling or silverplate? Domestic or foreign?
Free – Live Webinar, Special Date – Tuesday, September 6, 2022

8:00 PM Eastern [one hour], Question and Answers at the End
Hosted by Brian Kathenes
Great Grandmother’s Silver. Now it is your silver, and you don’t know anything about it. What is its value? How is it valued? What do those marks mean on the base?
Appraiser Leon Caster, ISA CAPP, will share a brief, understandable, and entertaining guide to help you tell whether something is silver, silverplate, or something else. Discover how easy it is to identify both domestic and foreign silver, and decipher marks used by makers. You don’t have to be a silversmith to get it.
Guest: Leon Caster, ISA CAPP
Leon is a lifelong appraiser having been almost literally born in the antique and auction business in northern New Jersey. After gaining educational degrees (B.A. and M.T.S.) he joined the family firm in Branchville in 1974 as auction manager and appraiser. A few years later he joined the International Society of Appraisers at their inception. He quickly became accredited with both ISA and AAA (Appraisers Association of America) receiving his certification in Antiques & Residential Contents.
He has held almost every position within ISA including being one of the original board members, chair of the Foundation for Appraisal Education, and Director of Education. In the past, hehas been an Adjunct Professor at Centenary College (University) and for the University of Washington. He is currently a USPAP (Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice) certified instructor and teaches classes, webinars, and seminars across the US.
Currently, he is Senior Partner of National Appraisal Consultants. His specialty is ever expanding from the mundane to the unusual and weird. His expertise has been used by the Canadian Cultural Property Export Review Board, the Department of US Homeland Security, the FBI, US Marshall’s Service, and provides appraisals on a regular basis that go before the IRS, the US Federal and State Courts, and insurance arbitration umpires.
Leon enjoys sharing his knowledge and likes to make it enjoyable and understandable. He co-hosted the lively and entertaining “Value This with Brian and Leon” – a nationally syndicated public radio antiques and collectibles radio talk show.
Link to register: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/4506431294785604619

"International Escapades of a Book Lover" with Professor Art Seto
2022-08-28 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Sponsored by The Book Club of Washington
Online Sunday, August 28, 1 p.m. Los Angeles time
Register for this event on our website: www.bookclubofwashington.org
Professor Art Seto will introduce us to some of the museums, libraries and other book and printing centers that he has been motivated to experience by his fifty-year love of print and books. His academic career has taken him to conferences all over the world, where he constantly discovers new bookish opportunities. He will highlight visits to such institutions as the Gutenberg Museum in Mainz, Germany, The Getty Museum, The Huntington Library, The Library of Congress, the Folger Shakespeare Library, and other select venues across the USA, Canada, and Asia.
Art Seto
Professor Seto’s love of print began during two years of graphic arts classes in high school, where he was fortunate to have after-school access to the printing shop. This early exposure was followed by 23 years working full time in the printing industry, beginning with an indentured bindery apprenticeship.
For the past 17 years, Associate Professor Art Seto has been teaching bookbinding, letterpress printing and other courses at the Graphic Communications Management program at Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University). In addition to teaching, and researching and disseminating scholarly information on print and book topics, Professor Seto is a hands-on practitioner as a letterpress printer and book artist. His related research interests are in the areas of historical and modern street literature, chapbooks, and zines.

Scores & More with Andria Hoy, Cleveland Orchestra Archivist
2022-08-25 19:00 (America/New_York)
Sponsored by Northern Ohio Bibliophilic Society
Thursday, August 25, 7-8:30 pm Eastern Time
Ta dum. Hands clapping for Franz Welzer-Most approaching the Director’s podium.
Join us for a behind-the-scenes peek into the Archives of the Cleveland Orchestra as Archivist Andria Hoy shares stories about the scores, photos, programs, and objects that reside inside Severance Hall.
We will be meeting in person with the option of attending via zoom. Masks required.
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A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words
2022-08-22 17:00 - 18:30 (America/Los_Angeles)
Sponsored by The Book Club of California
A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words
5:00 PM – 6:30 PM Los Angeles time | A live online via Zoom and in-person event
Join us in-person or online via Zoom to view seldom seen photographs from the Book Club archives and help us identify the members and guests pictured at various events.

Register to attend the virtual presentation on Zoom

On Collecting and Legacy with Spencer Stuart
2022-08-14 14:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Sponsored by The Book Club of Washington
Register for this event on our website: www.bookclubofwashington.org
August 14, 2:00pm Los Angeles time
Collectors are custodians. The materials that make up their collections are, in most cases, temporarily orbiting around the ideas that ground the collection.
“On Collecting and Legacy” deals directly with late stage collecting and available strategies for those considering “what’s next” for their collections based on the contents, intentions, and timeframes available.
This presentation will explore when one is ‘ready’ to consider these questions and what one must do to prepare for the process. Below are links to three short articles to read prior to attending the presentation.
On Legacy: What Time Affords
On Legacy: Redistributions
On Legacy: Conclusion
Spencer W. Stuart
Spencer W. Stuart provides advisory services to private collectors as well as institutions aiding in the design and execution of collection development, inventories, catalogues and collection appraisals as well as deaccession strategies.
Spencer Stuart holds a master’s degree in the History of Art from the Courtauld Institute in London, England (recipient of the Director’s Award). Upon graduation he took a position with Bonhams Auctioneers where he worked closely with the North American Rare Books and Manuscripts department in Toronto and New York.
Spencer is an alumnus of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminars and completed course work through the Rare Book School (University of Virginia).
In concert with his advising, Spencer is an active writer and lecturer on histories of the printed word for a variety of publications including The Book Collector, Manuscripts, and Amphora as well as occasionally with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Radio: http://spencerwstuart.ca/media/

Manuscript Monday – Virtual Beach Party – You Ask!
2022-08-01 20:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York)
Sponsored by The Manuscript Society
Aug 1, 8:00pm-9:00pm EDT
Manuscript Monday – You lead the Discussion and ask the Questions
Hosted by: Brian Kathenes
It’s our Manuscript Monday Virtual Summer Beach Party!
We’ll open it up to a virtual gathering of friends, lively discussion, and a show and tell. Members of other FABS societies and the public are welcome to register and learn more about The Manuscript Society.
Get your camera & mic ready (if you wish) – We’ll ALL be live!
Show us a favorite item in your collection
Ask questions about collecting
Share a short collecting story
Discuss what’s new in the auction market.
Looking for a specific item? Let us know.
And find out what’s new at The Manuscript Society
Or just hang out and enjoy a virtual cocktail on the virtual Manuscript Society Beach.
REGISTRATION LINK: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/2157927233929088013

Smithson to Smithsonian: The Legacy of James Smithson. A Panel Discussion
2022-07-27 17:00 (America/New_York)
Sponsored by the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives
Join the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives for a free virtual panel discussion.
Wed July 27, 5:00 ET
Over the course of 175 years, the Smithsonian has grown to encompass 21 museums and nearly a dozen research centers—becoming a global organization working across history, culture, and science. How a stranger’s legacy became the world’s largest museum and research complex is a story full of surprising twists and turns of fate. What do we know about the Smithsonian’s mysterious founder, a man who left his fortune to the United States, a country he never visited?
To celebrate the launch of our 175th-anniversary online exhibition, Smithson to Smithsonian, we’ll explore the life and legacy of founder James Smithson with a panel of experts.
Featuring:
Heather Ewing, Author of The Lost World of James Smithson: Science, Revolution, and the Birth of the Smithsonian and Associate Dean, New York Studio School
Leslie Overstreet, Curator of Natural-History Rare Books, Smithsonian Libraries and Archives
Richard Stamm, Curator of Smithsonian Castle Collection, Smithsonian Institution
Steven Turner, Author of The Science of James Smithson and Curator Emeritus, National Museum of American History
Please join us online on Wednesday, July 27 at 5 pm ET. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the program.
Register here: https://smithsonian.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_fWiomUflTGq_VfDcvzwmAg

At Home Together: The Quarantine Public Library (Artists' Books)
2022-07-25 17:00 - 18:15 (America/Los_Angeles)
Sponsored by The Book Club of California
At Home, Together: The Quarantine Public Library
Monday, July 25, 2022, 5-6:15 PM
Online presentation via Zoom
Quarantine Public Library is a repository of one-page books made by artists, free for anyone to download, print and assemble—to keep or give away. Tracy Honn and Katie Garth launched the project in July 2020 in response to the loss of public space and institutional art access during the ongoing global health crisis. The site has connected new audiences across the world to books by more than 200 artists, writers, poets, and scholars. By provoking joyful interactions with printed artwork, QPL has worked to disrupt pervasive feelings of isolation during this pandemic.
More information is here: https://www.quarantinepubliclibrary.com
Tracy and Katie will discuss their collaborative project, and talk about its origins; their approach; collection curation; QPL’s reception, and some of its outcomes.
A live online presentation by Katie Garth, print-based artist, and Tracy Honn, printing history educator, curator, and letterpress printer
Register to watch the Live Stream on Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_5cGKl_xUQwewsn04iAioaQ

Virtual Tour: Howard Iron Works Printing Museum Oakville, Ontario, Canada
2022-07-24 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Sponsored by The Book Club of Washington
Sunday, July 24, 1 pm Pacific Time
“The most powerful machine ever developed by man was not the nuclear reactor nor the computer. It was the Printing press, without which neither would have seen the light of day”—Nick Howard.
The Howard Iron Works Museum and Restoration facility was founded by Nick and Liana Howard to realize their dream of creating a museum of printing history focusing on machinery from 1830 to 1950. This is possibly the largest collection of hand iron presses in the world. Each piece represents a key building block in the advancement of printing processes. The Howard Iron Works website www.howardironworks.org contains a wealth of information on the museum’s contents.
The collection features an impressive selection of iron presses, cylinders, platens and bindery equipment. Upon acquisition, all equipment is completely disassembled, repaired, and finished to “as new” condition. The Howards have also assembled an extensive collection of vintage printing-related books and technical and trade journals.
“The printing press itself is inanimate until someone locks up a chase full of type. Then, words and illustrations come alive”—Howard Iron Works website.
Book Club of Washington website
Register here: https://www.bookclubofwashington.org/events-1/howard-iron-works-printing-museum-virtual-tour

Leonard Marcus: You Can't Say That!: Writers for Young People Talk About Censorship, Free Expression, and the Stories They Have to Tell
2022-07-20 19:00 (America/New_York)
Sponsored by The Baltimore Bibliophiles
Wed July 20 at 7:00pm Eastern time
What happens when freedom of expression comes under threat? In frank and wide-ranging interviews, historian and critic Leonard S. Marcus probed the experience of thirteen leading authors of books for young people for his book You Can’t Say That!: Writers for Young People Talk About Censorship, Free Expression, and the Stories They Have to Tell.
Register for this Zoom event by contacting Binnie Syril Braunstein at bsbgc@aol.com.

Nick Fry on "Tycoons: Men, Money and Monuments"
2022-07-20 13:00 - 14:30 (America/New_York)
Sponsored by The Grolier Club
Nick Fry will give an online lecture on “Tycoons: Men, Money and Monuments.”
A Zoom talk by Nicholas Fry, curator of “Travelers, Tracks and Tycoons,” on “Tycoons: Men, Money and Monuments.” Offered in connection with the exhibition “Travelers, Tracks and Tycoons: The Railroad in American Legend and Life,” curated by the St. Louis Mercantile Library, and running in the Grolier Club’s ground-floor exhibition hall through July 30, 2022. This will be a live online event, and all attendees will receive an email with the link the day of the event. If you’ve not received a link by 9:00 am Eastern time, please check your spam folder. For those unable to join us for the session, the lecture will be recorded and made available a few weeks after the event on the Grolier Club’s Vimeo page: https://vimeo.com/user4535612.
Register on the Grolier Club Eventbrite page:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/grolier-club-virtual-lecture-on-railroad-tycoons-tickets-340097309207?utm_source=eventbrite&utm_medium=email&utm_content=follow_notification&utm_campaign=following_published_event&utm_term=Grolier+Club+Virtual+Lecture+on+Railroad+Tycoons&aff=ebemoffollowpublishemail

The Global Library Project: World Libraries in Photographs
2022-07-18 17:00 - 18:15 (America/Los_Angeles)
Sponsored by The Book Club of California
The Global Library Project
Monday, July 18, 2022, 6-7:15 PM
In-Person event & Livestream to Zoom
After 18 years of photographing libraries throughout the United States, Robert Dawson and Ellen Manchester took what they had learned and applied it to a global perspective. In 2016, they photographed more than 80 libraries in Northern and Eastern Europe, as well as in Ukraine and Moscow. Their journey took them from a library in the infamous refugee camp “the Jungle” in Calais, France, to Holocaust-haunted former synagogues turned into libraries in Poland, to libraries close to the hot war in eastern Ukraine, and finally, to a Russian State Library for young adults in Moscow. In 2018-2019, on a Fulbright Fellowship, Dawson and Manchester photographed libraries throughout Greece, Italy, and Israel.
The Global Library Project investigates the role of public and private libraries in communities throughout the world. It is the subject of an exhibition currently on display at the San Francisco Public Library.
An in-person and virtual presentation via Zoom by Robert Dawson, photographer, and Ellen Manchester, independent curator
Register to watch the Live Stream on Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_86ql_iSqSUev-IYCxfGDzw

Aeschylus' The Suppliants: Theatre of War Project on Ukraine
2022-07-16 13:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York)
The Suppliants Project: Ukraine
July 16, 2022
8:00pm – 10:00pm Kyiv
1:00 – 3:00pm EDT
The Suppliants Project: Ukraine presents live, dramatic readings of Aeschylus’ play The Suppliants on Zoom—featuring professional actors and a chorus of Ukrainian citizens—to help frame global discussions about the War in Ukraine and the unique challenges now faced by the people of Ukraine and those who support them. Using a 2,500-year-old text as catalyst for a powerful, international discussion, The Suppliants Project: Ukraine will amplify and humanize the voices and perspectives of Ukrainian citizens, refugees, soldiers, immigrants, politicians, activists, and artists who will participate in the performance and discussion on their personal devices on Zoom from locations within Ukraine and in neighboring countries.
The Suppliants is an ancient Greek play about a group of refugees who seek asylum in the city of Argos from forced marriage and violence. The play not only depicts the struggle of these refugees to cross a border into safety, but also the internal struggle within the country that ultimately receives them, as its citizens wrestle with how best to address the crisis at their border and whether to go to war on behalf of the refugees seeking their protection.
Featuring performances by Oscar Isaac (Star Wars), Willem Dafoe (Spider-Man), David Strathairn (Nomadland), Kira Meshcherska (The City Was There, Amo, Track), Dmytro Zaleskyi (Doctor, Psychiatrist, Analyst, Head of the Mobile Medical Center, Ukrainian Territorial Defense), Lyudmila Yankina (Human Rights Defender, Humanitarian Volunteer, ZMINA Human Rights Center, Ukraine), Olena Martynenko (Communication Manager, Good Bread bakery, Kyiv), Tatiana Tolpezhnikov, (PhD in Economics, Refugee from Mariupol, Ukraine) and Roman Tolpezhnikov (Associate Professor & Dean, Mariupol State University, Refugee from Mariupol, Ukraine).
The event will be captioned in English and Ukrainian, and audio interpreted in Ukrainian.
The event will be co-facilitated by Bryan Doerries and Oksana Yakushko.
Support for our digital programming is provided, in part, by the Mellon Foundation.

Lambeth Palace Library Through Five Centuries
2022-07-11 18:00 - 19:15 (America/Los_Angeles)
Sponsored by The Bibliographical Society of America and The Book Club of California
“Lambeth Palace Library Through Five Centuries”
Monday, July 11, 2022, 6:00 – 7:15 pm Pacific Time
Speaker: Giles Mandelbrote, Librarian and Archivist of Lambeth Palace Library
Located in Central London on the banks of the Thames, Lambeth Palace Library is the historic library of the Archbishops of Canterbury and the national library and archive of the Church of England. Founded in 1610, its internationally important collections include medieval illuminated manuscripts from the 9th century onwards and early printed books, the archbishops’ personal libraries and many heterodox books that they confiscated, as well as extensive archival holdings up to the present. In 2021, the Library opened in a purpose-built new library building. Mr. Mandelbrote’s illustrated talk will look at the history of the collections and the people associated with them, while exploring some changing ideas of what a library is for. Before coming to the Lambeth Palace Library in February 2010, Giles worked for almost 15 years at the British Library as one of the curators responsible for the national collection of books printed in Britain during the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries. He is a scholar of 16th-century English religious printing, and of the use of libraries in the defense of religious orthodoxy by the Reformation archbishops of Canterbury, leaders of the Church of England; and has edited and co-edited numerous books in the fields of book history, the book trade, libraries and printing, including Out of Print and into Profit: A History of the Rare and Secondhand Book Trade in Britain in the 20th Century; Owners, Annotators and the Signs of Reading; The Cambridge History of Libraries in Britain and Ireland; and Against the Law: Crime, Sharp Practice, and the Control of Print.
Virtual registration here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_dFZ-HZB_TU6uBQ1SukrabQ

Dead Letter Office Photos: The Civil War’s Lost Sentiments
2022-07-05 20:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York)
Sponsored by The Manuscript Society
Free Live Webinar – Hosted by Brian Kathenes with guest Melissa A. Winn, director of photography for HistoryNet
Tuesday, July 5, 2022 (special date)
8PM Eastern Time
Dead Letter Office Photos: The Civil War’s Lost Sentiments
During the Civil War years, hundreds of thousands of young soldiers wrote letters home. The soldiers, often poorly educated, had never even addressed a letter. The recipient’s name and address on the envelopes were undecipherable. Sweeping changes to postage requirements and the interruption of mail in the seceded states also heavily impacted the delivery of letters. Those letters that could not be delivered were processed by the Dead Letter Office.

Many of these letters contained photos of the soldiers. By the end of the conflict, thousands of photos remained undelivered. They lingered in a photo album of sorts in a Post Office storeroom. There was little hope of finding their destination. Then Third Postmaster General Alexander Zevely arrived on the scene. He served from 1859-1869 and came up with an innovative idea. He ordered the photos be displayed in the Dead Letter Office Museum.
For the next fifty years, after the war, the employees of the Dead Letter Office went to extraordinary efforts to return these images to a rightful recipient. Melissa Winn will share photos of her collection of Dead Letter Office images and tell the touching story of these interrupted sentiments and the noble efforts by many to send them home.
Register here: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/1948881485303274512
The Manuscript Society page for this event: https://manuscript.org/event/civil-war-photos-dead-letter-office-manuscript-monday/

Spectacle of Grief: Public Funerals and Memory in the Civil War Era
2022-06-30 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York)
American Antiquarian Society
“Spectacle of Grief: Public Funerals and Memory in the Civil War Era”
Thursday, June 30, 2022, 2:00 – 3:00 pm ET
Speaker: Author Sarah J. Purcell, Professor of History at Grinnell College, Iowa.
Information and Registration: https://www.americanantiquarian.org/virtual-book-talk-spectacle-grief-public-funerals-and-memory-civil-war-era
Professor Purcell’s latest book examines how the public and often large-scale funerals of major figures from the Civil War era shaped public memories of the war, allowed a diverse set of people to contribute to changing American national identities, and set patterns for mourning culture and Civil War commemoration. After 1865, public funerals for such luminaries as Robert E. Lee, Charles Sumner, Frederick Douglass and Winnie Davis elaborated on these patterns and fostered public debate about the meanings of war, Reconstruction, race, and gender.

Library of America Live: Fiddler on the Roof
2022-06-29 18:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York)
“Fiddler on the Roof” on Stage and Screen: The Surprising Journey of a Great American Musical
Wednesday, June 29, 2022, 6:00 – 7:00 pm EDT
Speakers: Actors Rosalind Harris and Steven Skybell, and writer Michael Sragow; moderator Laurence Maslon, editor of LOA’s collection American Musicals
Information and Registration here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fiddler-on-the-roof-on-stage-and-screen-registration-365863797467?aff=eventspage
Since 1964, “Fiddler on the Roof,” one of the most popular Broadway musicals of all time, has captivated audiences in new forms, including Norman Jewison’s brilliant film adaption, and a recent acclaimed Yiddish-language off-Broadway production. In this live conversation presented online, you will hear from Harris, who played daughter Tzeitel on Broadway and in the 1971 movie; Skybell, Tevye in the 2019 Yiddish production; and Sragow, co-writer and co-producer of the new documentary “Fiddler’s Journey to the Big Screen.” No charge, but registration required.

Nick Fry: "Tracks: Images Documenting the Building of the Railroads."
2022-06-29 18:00 (America/New_York)
Sponsored by The Grolier Club

Nick Fry will give an online lecture on “Tracks: Images Documenting the Building of the Railroads.”

About this event

Nicholas Fry, curator of “Travelers, Tracks and Tycoons,” will speak on “Tracks: Images Documenting the Building of the Railroads.” His presentation will show the portrayal of railroad construction and workers in graphics from woodcuts to modern photographs. Offered in connection with the exhibition “Travelers, Tracks and Tycoons: The Railroad in American Legend and Life,” curated by the St. Louis Mercantile Library, and running in the Grolier Club’s ground-floor exhibition hall through July 30, 2022.
This will be a live online event, and all attendees will receive an email with the link the day of the event. If you’ve not received a link by 9:00 am Eastern time, please check your spam folder.
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/grolier-club-virtual-lecture-on-building-the-railroads-tickets-331977522707?utm_source=eventbrite&utm_medium=email&utm_content=follow_notification&utm_campaign=following_published_event&utm_term=Grolier+Club+Virtual+Lecture+on+Building+the+Railroads&aff=ebemoffollowpublishemail

NOBS Forum: Celebrating James Joyce's Ulysses 100th Birthday with Bill Kennedy
2022-06-23 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York)
Sponsored by Northern Ohio Bibliophilic Society
Thursday, June 23rd, 7-8:30 pm
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the publication of James Joyce’s masterpiece, Ulysses. Join Bill Kennedy, Irish music show host and former organizer of Nighttown’s Ulysses read-a-thon, which was held annually on Bloomsday (June 16), and NOBS to talk about one of the greatest novels of all times. Even though we won’t be meeting on Bloomsday, we can still raise a glass of whiskey or Guinness (metaphorically or literally, depending if we are meeting via Zoom or live) and toast to this most profound/confusing/challenging/add-your-own-adjective-here piece of literature.
This will be our first meeting in person after 2+ plus long years with also the opportunity to attend virtually. Note the time change (to accommodate Loganberry’s store hours).
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Visual Poetry Exhibition at The Book Club of California
2022-06-20 18:00 - 19:15 (America/Los_Angeles)
Sponsored by The Book Club of California
June 20, 6:00 PM – 7:15 PM Los Angeles time | In-Person exhibition opening and Livestream on Zoom
Poets, scribes, and printers throughout history have taken advantage of the fact that poetry is both a visual and a verbal art. From the collection of the Book Club of California, this exhibit looks at some of these multi-sensory works from the earliest known shaped poems, over twenty-three thousand years old, up to modern experiments in textual design.
Exhibition Opening with remarks by Elizabeth Newsom, librarian, Book Club of California
Register here to watch the livestream on Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_PzN87eadSxGvzBZvnFUSaQ?mc_cid=4a9a504b7b&mc_eid=55809a2ee8
* Exhibition on view June 20 through September 2, 2022
