FABS 19th Century Zoom Group
Sponsored by FABS Join this congenial and informal discussion of all things bibliophilic and nineteenth-century with your host Bill Bryson. Meets the third Thursday of the month. For a link […]
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FABS Bindings Zoom: “Singing Bindings” From the Dibner Library at the Smithsonian
Sponsored by FABS Join Lilla Vekerdy, Head & Curator of Special Collections at the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives, to view and hear about the "Singing Bindings" of The Dibner Library […]
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Digital Literary Redlining: African American Anthologies, Digital Humanities, and the Canon
Sponsored by the Book Club of California. Though canon concerns seem to be a relic of 1990s academia, we are, once again, at a historical moment when there is resistance […]
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Ranger of the Lost Art – Rediscovering the WPA Poster Art of our National Parks
Sponsored by The Book Club of Washington Doug Leen is a retired dentist and seasonal park ranger. He started his company, Ranger Doug's Enterprises in 1993, with a goal of […]
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FABS Living With Books: Book Cartoons and Jokes/Advice to Younger Bibliophiles
Sponsored by FABS Join this congenial group hosted by Reid Byers for conversation about the joys and challenges of home libraries. This month's topics: 1. Book Cartoons and Jokes 2. […]
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The Sunday Paper: A Media History
Book Club of CaliforniaSponsored by The Book Club of California The American Sunday paper of the 1890s transformed the daily edition with inserts and supplements of all shapes and sizes. Each asked readers […]
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The Irish Literary Renaissance
Sponsored by The Grolier Club With Colm Tóibín Award winning Irish novelist and critic Colm Tóibín will trace the legacy of the Irish Literacy Renaissance through successive generations of Irish […]
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Librarians and Artists on Jack Kerouac
Sponsored by The Grolier Club Randy Gue, Michael Inman, Elizabeth Ott, and Carolyn Vega A lively panel discussion with members of the NYPL's Berg and Emory's Rose Library, which both […]
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Symposium on Jack Kerouac
Sponsored by The Grolier Club Ann Charters, Holly George-Warren, Joyce Johnson, and Regina Weinreich Kerouac scholars Ann Charters, Joyce Johnson, Holly George-Warren, and Regina Weinreich will discuss their experiences with, […]
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Chelsea Foxwell and Brooklyn Zhao on Fact and Fiction: Picturing the News in Japanese Woodblock Prints from the Collection of Anthony J. Mourek
Caxton ClubSponsored by The Caxton Club May Evening Program Japanese color prints and woodblock-printed books are beloved as works of art and literature. Less attention has been paid to those […]
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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 […]