Adam Smyth on The Book-Makers: A History of the Book in Eighteen Lives
Sponsored by the Caxton Club. May Midday Program From the aptly named Wynkyn de Worde to creators of Zines, Adam Smyth unspools the story of books by illuminating the lives […]
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FABS Handpress Era Zoom: Ebay and Catawiki Discussion
Sponsored by FABS This month we try out a new discussion format with the topic “Ebay and Catawiki: The Good, The Bad and the Ugly.” We’ll discuss the pros and […]
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Larry McMurtry’s Runaways: The Story of Larry McMurtry’s Collection of Books by Women Travelers
Book Club of CaliforniaSponsored by The Book Club of California In 1960 the aspiring Texas writer Larry McMurtry enrolled in Stanford University with a fellowship in the Stegner creative writing program. Along with […]
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Paul Muldoon and Kevin Young Poetry Reading
Sponsored by The Grolier Club Paul Muldoon and Kevin Young will read a selection of poems by the leading poets of the Irish Literary Renaissance and their successors. Paul Muldoon […]
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FABS 19th Century Zoom Group
Sponsored by FABS Join your host Bill Bryson and this congenial group for discussion of all things bibliophilic and nineteenth- century. To receive a link and join the mailing list, […]
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The Irish Literary Revival: Then and Now
Sponsored by The Grolier Club With R. F. Foster, Belinda McKeon, Fintan O’Toole and James Pethica R. F. Foster, Belinda McKeon, Fintan O’Toole and James Pethica come together for a […]
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FABS Living With Books Zoom Group
Sponsored by FABS Join your host Reid Byers (author of The Private Library) and the gang for discussion of the joys and challenges of the home library. To join the […]
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Jessica Mitford and Her Sisters, In Print
Sponsored by The Grolier Club Lecture with Carla Kaplan Acclaimed biographer Carla Kaplan, author of Troublemaker: The Fierce, Unruly Life of Jessica Mitford (HarperCollins), will explore the print and manuscript culture of […]
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Picturing the Big Shop: Photos of the U.S. Government Publishing Office, 1900-1980
Sponsored by NOBS Join NOBS as we welcome George Barnum, librarian and former Agency Historian at the Government Publishing Office (GPO). His presentation will focus on his 2017 book, Picturing […]
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Performing Chinatown: Hollywood, Tourism, and the Making of a Chinese American Community
Book Club of CaliforniaSponsored by The Book Club of California In 1938, China City opened near downtown Los Angeles. Featuring a recreation of the House of Wang set from MGM’s The Good Earth, […]
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Tomorrow is Another Day: Bestselling Novels of the Great Depression Era
Book Club of CaliforniaSponsored by The Book Club of California As a counterpart to research on the 1930s that has focused on liberal and radical writers calling for social revolution, David Welky offers […]
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LGBTQ+ in Print: Panel Discussion
Sponsored by The Grolier Club With Charlotte Priddle, Dr. Miranda Garno Rossa, Elyssa Maxx Goodman, & Chris Hammer How have members of the LGBTQ+ community, throughout centuries, left record on […]