ABAA Virtual Book Fair: New York Edition
Sponsored by ABAA (FABS partner) May 4, 12:00pm-May 5, 8:00pm EDT This is the virtual component of the New York International Antiquarian Book Fair. Visit by clicking on this URL: abaa.org/vbf
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Virtual Panel Discussion on Exploration and Photography
Sponsored by The Grolier Club The panel will offer a conversation about Vittorio Sella and Wilfred Thesiger, explorers and photographers "At the Edge." A conversation between exhibition curator Dr. Roger Härtl and other experts about two explorers, authors and photographers “At The Edge.” Sella and Thesiger wandered the world at the crossroads of the age […]
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Loath to Print: The Reluctant Scientific Author 1500-1750
Sponsored by The Grolier Club Dr. Nicole Howard, Professor of History at Eastern Oregon University, will speak on her new book, Loath to Print: The Reluctant Scientific Author 1500-1750 (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2022). She will explore how, during the early modern era, some scientific authors disliked and distrusted the newly invented printing press, to […]
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Spencer Stuart on “12 Things to Know: Collectors Reflect”
Sponsored by The Book Club of California Collections advisor Spencer W. Stuart asked multi-decade dedicated collectors, “With 20/20 hindsight, what do you wish you had done, or known to do, when you started collecting?” This talk unpacks a compilation of the responses gleaned from these individuals into 12 salient points and elaborates on their meanings […]
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Chicago by Day and Night: The Pleasure Seeker’s Guide to the Paris of America
Sponsored by The Caxton Club We’re presenting a video of the April program for those who were unable to attend the program at ULCC. A live Q&A with the authors will follow. Chicago writers and historians Paul Durica and Bill Savage will take us on a journey through the Chicago of 1893 with their edition […]
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American Academy in Rome: The Pope at War
Patricia H. Labalme Friends of the Library Lecture (in person and Zoom) The Pope at War Tuesday, May 10, 2022 – 6:00pm CET Villa Aurelia Largo di Porta S. Pancrazio, 1 Rome, Italy 00153 A Friends of the Library Lecture on the topic of a new book, The Pope at War: The Secret History of […]
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Andrew Pettegree and Arthur der Weduwen on The Library: A Fragile History
Sponsored by The Caxton Club We regularly draw on speakers from libraries to tell us wondrous tales about remarkable collections. But who tells the libraries’ stories? Messrs. Pettegree and der Weduwen do, in their terrific book, The Library: A Fragile History (Basic Books, 2021). In it they address the real world challenges facing libraries … […]
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The spring issue of The Devil’s Artisan is now available
Publisher Tim Inkster's professional relationship with poet P. K. Page began in the spring of 1985 when Constance Rooke commissioned a broadside of P. K.'s poem ‘Deaf-Mute in a Pear Tree’ as a promotion for The Malahat Review. An anecdotal history of their many collaborations over the next two decades serves to highlight the gulf […]
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The Lewis & Clark Expedition and More at the Lewis & Clark College Libraries
Co-sponsored by The Book Club of Washington and The Himes & Duniway Society Online Sunday, May 15, 2 pm PDT Visit our website: www.bookclubofwashington.org Register for the event here: https://www.bookclubofwashington.org/events-1/explore-the-lewis-clark-expedition-and-more This virtual visit to Lewis & Clark College in Portland was prompted by the College having assembled the most comprehensive library of Lewis & Clark […]
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Russell Maret: “The Post-Typographic Private Press?”
Princeton University Library is delighted to invite you to the annual Gillett G. Griffin Memorial lecture with guest Russell Maret, book artist and letter designer. Monday, May 16, 2022 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time Via Zoom webinar or in-person: Room 138, Lewis Science Library Princeton University The British private press holds such a strong […]
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Sharing Our Desert’s LGBTQ+ History: How It All Began
Sponsored by the Book Club of California in association with Rare Books LA-Palm Springs Begun in 2019, the LGBTQ+ History & Archives of the Desert is dedicated to collecting, preserving and making accessible the LGBTQ+ History of the Greater Palm Springs Area. This presentation provides a brief overview of how and why the Archives began, […]
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Elizabeth DeBold, Folger Shakespeare Library: Brush Up Your Shakespeare
Sponsored by The Baltimore Bibliophiles Our next (Zoom) meeting is Wednesday, May 18, and features Elizabeth DeBold, Assistant Curator of Collections, Folger Shakespeare Library. Her topic is Brush Up Your Shakespeare: The Harmsworth Collection and other things you didn’t know about The Folger Shakespeare Library. Please feel free to forward this email Zoom invitation to […]