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  • Jennifer Gunter King and Nick Twemlow on Literary Collections through Relationships: The Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library at Emory University

    Sponsored by The Caxton Club The Rose Library at Emory University is the home of inspiring and deeply compelling poetry and literature collections that feature the papers, materials, and books of Flannery O’Connor, Alice Walker, Seamus Heaney, Ted Hughes, Natasha Trethewey, Salman Rushdie, and many more writers whose works have helped shape global cultural discourse […]

  • April Oettinger: Innovations in Teaching the History of the Book in the Liberal Arts Classroom

    Sponsored by the Baltimore Bibliophiles. Professor April Oettinger of Goucher College will speak on "Innovations in Teaching the History of the Book in the Liberal Arts Classroom," based on her presentation to the Renaissance Society of America annual meeting, at Marsh’s Library in Dublin, Ireland. Prof. Oettinger will share innovative strategies discussed at the Dublin […]

  • ABAA New York International Antiquarian Book Fair

    Sponsored by The Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (FABS partner) April 21-24 Park Avenue Armory 643 Park Avenue, New York Between 66/67 Streets Universally referred to as the world’s finest antiquarian book fair, the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America's (ABAA) New York International Antiquarian Book Fair (NYIABF), produced by Sanford L. Smith + Associates is […]

  • The Manhattan Antique Book, Paper, and Fine Press Book Fair (In Person)

    This is the original Shadow Show directly across from the ABAA Antiquarian Book Fair at the New York State Armory. Here we present exceptional exhibitors from throughout the United States, Europe, The United Kingdom, and Asia - many of whom are members of ABAA, ILAB, ESA, PADA, SNEAB, MABA, and other professional groups - with […]

  • Manhattan Fine Press Book Fair

    Church of St. Vincent Ferrer, 869 Lexington Ave at 66th Street Saturday April 23, from 10 AM to 5 PM. The Manhattan Fine Press Book Fair is back!! Please join us on Saturday, April 23, 2022 for a gathering of fine press, private press, and artist book practitioners. The Fine Press Book Association is happy […]

  • A Rebel’s Outcry: Biography of Issei Civil Rights Leader Sei Fujii (1882-1954)

    Sponsored by The Book Club of California "A Rebel’s Outcry: Biography of Issei Civil Rights Leader Sei Fujii (1882-1954)" is an illustrated biography and detailed look into the life of Japanese American civil rights leader Sei Fujii, known for overturning the California Alien Land Law in 1952 and founding the Japanese American newspaper Kashu Mainichi […]

  • American Eighteenth-Century Women Printers

    Sponsored by The Grolier Club Graphic designer and letterpress printer Professor Sarah McCoy will lecture on the lively, tumultuous lives of Colonial women printers, who were backbones of their families and communities. Words that they printed and disseminated, amid triumphs and hardships, helped shape the culture and freedoms of the early colonial world. Dr. McCoy […]

  • The Richness of Rare Books for Knowledge, Use, and Delight: Collections of the Herb Society of America with Amy Dawson, Librarian and Archivist

    Sponsored by NOBS Welcome spring by joining librarian, archivist, and educator Amy E. Dawson for a discussion of a collection of rare herbals and guidebooks owned by The Herb Society of America, located in Kirtland, Ohio. Learn more about The Society, which is dedicated to promoting the knowledge, use, and delight of herbs through educational […]

  • Grolier Club Virtual Tour of the San Francisco Center for the Book

    Sponsored by The Grolier Club Kathy Walkup will offer a behind-the-scenes tour of an artists' books exhibition at the San Francisco Center for the Book. A virtual tour of Possibilities: When artists’ books were young, a show at the San Francisco Center for the Book, will be led by Grolier member Kathleen Walkup. In the […]

  • On Auctions, presented by Spencer Stuart

    Sponsored by The Book Club of Washington Online Sunday, May 1, 2 pm PDT Visit our website: www.bookclubofwashington.org Register for the event here: https://www.bookclubofwashington.org/events-1/sold-on-auctions-by-spencer-w-stuart Collections Advisor Spencer Stuart will discuss his ongoing analysis of the "Lockdown Auction Landscape" and the structural impact it is having on rare book and print markets. In light of these changes, […]

  • Spencer Stuart on The Life Cycle of a Collection

    Sponsored by The Manuscript Society Manuscript Monday – The Life Cycle of Collections Monday, May 2, 2022 8:00 PM Eastern The Lifecycle of Collections and the Collectors Who Build Them Join Collections Advisor, Spencer W. Stuart, as he discusses the life cycle of collections and the collectors who build them. Moderated by Manuscript Monday host, […]

  • In Person Event: Laurence Cotton on Frederick Law Olmstead: Designing America

    Sponsored by The Caxton Club and The Union League Club of Chicago The year 2022 marks the 200th birthday of Frederick Law Olmsted, landscape designer for the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago’s Jackson Park and designer of Riverside, Illinois. Please join us as we welcome public historian, Laurence Cotton who will talk about the national […]