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SUMMARY:Citizen-Collectors in the Cultural Artifacts Ecosystem
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by the Book Club of California \nWhere do significant collections come from? They start when ordinary people develop a passion for a subject or object. They begin to add more items\, filling in gaps and improving examples they have. They become subject matter experts in a narrow field. Small collections grow into larger ones until eventually dealers and institutions get involved. Lincoln Cushing has worked as a professional archivist in university special collections as well as private archives\, and is now an “archival midwife” shepherding collections from private to public spheres. Cushing will share his experiences and explore how the processes and ethics of paper-based collections have evolved in the digital age. \nAn in-person and virtual presentation by Lincoln Cushing\, librarian\, archivist\, author\, and lecturer \nFor more information and to register\, click here.
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/citizen-collectors-in-the-cultural-artifacts-ecosystem/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250728T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250728T191500
DTSTAMP:20260421T002453
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LAST-MODIFIED:20250624T093200Z
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SUMMARY:Unholy Sensations: A Story of Sex\, Scandal\, and California’s First Cult Scare
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by The Book Club of California \nIn 1891\, a suffragist and social reformer named Alzire Chevaillier launched a moral crusade to destroy Fountaingrove\, a utopian spiritualist community in northern California. Chevaillier accused the colony’s leader\, the poet and prophet Thomas Lake Harris\, of perverting the teachings of the Bible to promote a “new sexology” that was “worse than Mormonism.” Media reports emphasized the presence of Japanese immigrant men at Fountaingrove\, raising racialized specters of miscegenation and moral contamination. The international scandal\, full of the sorts of salacious details prized by newspaper editors at the dawn of the era of yellow journalism\, would last more than a decade\, establishing Harris as the prototype for a new type of public menace-the “California cult leader.” \nUnholy Sensations takes a close-up look at the Fountaingrove scandal to examine religion\, gender\, sexuality\, and race in the Gilded Age from a fresh perspective. By showing that the term “cult” has always been a marker of race\, sexuality\, and religion\, Unholy Sensations reveals the limits of American freedom and the centrality of religion to the policing of whiteness\, family\, and nation. \nAn in-person and virtual presentation by Joshua Paddison\, author and Associate Professor of Instruction\, Texas State University \nTo register\, click here.
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/unholy-sensations-a-story-of-sex-scandal-and-californias-first-cult-scare/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250722T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250722T203000
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SUMMARY:FABS Living With Books Zoom: Book Boxes and Manuscripts in the Library
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by FABS \nJuly 22: Join the FABS Living With Books group for congenial discussion of the challenges and pleasures of home libraries. This month’s topics: (1) Clamshell and other book boxes; (2) Manuscripts in the library. Contact Jennifer Larson at info@fabsocieties.org
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/fabs-living-with-books-zoom-book-boxes-and-manuscripts-in-the-library/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250721T193000
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CREATED:20250712T132024Z
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SUMMARY:FABS Bindings Zoom: Aaron Pratt on Horn Books and Early Learning Materials
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by FABS \nAaron Pratt\, a curator at the Harry Ransom Center\, will show a clip on horn books and then turn to a discussion of early learning materials. All are welcome. \nContact: Jennifer Larson at info@fabsocieties.org
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/fabs-bindings-zoom-aaron-pratt-on-horn-books-and-early-learning-materials/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250721T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250721T181500
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SUMMARY:On Collecting the Imaginary
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by The Book Club of California. \nCurator Reid Byers will give a talk\, “Collecting the Imaginary (in which all will be revealed)\,” in conjunction with his Book Club exhibition\, “Imaginary Books: Lost\, Unfinished\, and Fictive Books Found Only in Other Books.” The talk will deal with the curious issues surrounding the acquisition of immaterial and imaginary items for collections. \nOn view at the Book Club through July 21\, 2025\, Reid’s exhibition is part conceptual art installation and part bibliophilic entertainment. It consists of a collection of books that do not really exist\, but represent an alternative library that encourages speculation on some of the major “what ifs” of bibliographic history. Included in the exhibit are a wide range of lost books that we know once actually existed but of which no examples now survive; unfinished books that were begun in some fashion but were never published; and fictive books that exist only in story and never had any physical form of existence\, but of which Reid has now created physical simulacra. \nA virtual presentation by Reid Byers\, author\, collector\, curator\, and president of the Baxter Society \nTo register\, click here. \n  \n 
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/on-collecting-the-imaginary/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250717T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250717T203000
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CREATED:20250626T165957Z
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SUMMARY:FABS 19th Century Group
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by FABS \nThe FABS 19th Century Zoom Group meets for convivial conversation about all things bookish and 19th century! You are invited. Contact Jennifer Larson at info@fabsocieties.org
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/fabs-19th-century-group-4/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250714T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250714T203000
DTSTAMP:20260421T002453
CREATED:20250626T165818Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250626T165835Z
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SUMMARY:FABS Handpress Group: John Windle and David Levy
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by FABS \nFABS Handpress Era Group will meet at 7:30pm EST on Zoom for an hour of talk about printed items before 1800. John Windle will speak on the intriguing topic “Adana to Vandercook” and David Levy will discuss two acquisitions from the latest Ricky Jay sale\, dealing with two eighteenth-century pamphlets on Hoyle. Contact Jennifer Larson (info@fabsocieties.org)
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/fabs-handpress-group/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250714T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250714T191500
DTSTAMP:20260421T002453
CREATED:20250624T091235Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250624T091357Z
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SUMMARY:Freedom to Discriminate: How Realtors Conspired to Segregate Housing and Divide America
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by the Book Club of California. \nFreedom to Discriminate shows the connection between two defining features of modern America that are rarely thought of together: the creation of residential segregation in every city in the country\, and of a conservative counter-idea of American freedom in the 1960s – of freedom without regard to the rights of others — that has shifted America more and more to the right ever since. \nBoth were 20th century inventions\, as invented as the airplane. Both were designed to divide Americans. Both were created by a private business organization – the nation’s realtors — to sell homes and maintain their business practices. Like so many innovations\, California was at the center of these changes\, from the country’s first all-white neighborhood in Berkeley\, to realtors’ successful 1964 state constitutional amendment to authorize segregation that shaped the rise of Ronald Reagan. \nConfidential documents from leaders of the real estate industry show how they constructed what have become many of our most intractable divides today – not only geographic\, but social\, economic and ideological. Far from impacting only those it excluded\, residential segregation dramatically reshaped the country for all Americans\, the neighborhoods where we live\, and the beliefs that drive our enormous polarization today. This story shows the power of distinguishing two opposite ideas of American freedom: exclusive freedom that belongs only to yourself and those like you as your private property and that uses the language of libertarianism to enforce community conformity\, versus inclusive freedom that belongs to the country as a whole and thus equally to all. \nAn in-person and virtual presentation by Gene Slater\, author and founding principal of CSG Advisors \nTo register for the online event\, click here.
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/freedom-to-discriminate-how-realtors-conspired-to-segregate-housing-and-divide-america/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250707T200000
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SUMMARY:Manuscript Mondays: New York Stories
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by The Manuscript Society \nManuscript Mondays\nNew York Stories in Manuscript: \nAnthony Janszoon van Salee and Samuel Jones \nMonday\, July 7\, 2025\, 8:00 PM Eastern \nFree Live Webinar \nPresenter: Peter Klarnet \nHost: Gerald “Jay” Gaidmore \nFrom its founding in 1625\, New York City has always been a place of diverse peoples and opinions. Peter will explore stories of two individuals who exemplify the city’s diversity as revealed through two manuscripts: Anthony Janszoon van Salee (1607-1676)\, believed to be the first Muslim to settle in what is now the United States\, and Samuel Jones (1734-1819) a former Loyalist who was a key figure in New York State’s ratification of the Constitution. \nRegistration: \nhttps://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_2CWgy6DjS-acPFzpRbJUKA \n(You will receive an email confirmation of registration.) \nPresenter Peter Klarnet is the current Vice President of The Manuscript Society. He has been a trustee since 2018. \nPeter joined Christies in 2016 after 20 years of working with manuscript Americana\, spending the first portion of his career cataloging for\, and later managing\, a Connecticut auction house specializing in historical autographs. In 2005 he left that firm to pursue opportunities as a consultant\, agent and dealer. Although his primary interests center on early America\, especially the American Revolution and Early Republic\, Peter has appraised\, cataloged and sold a wide range of material from the 17th to the 20th centuries. Since joining Christie’s\, Peter has worked with many important collections including the papers of the Marquis de Chastellux\, The Private Collection of President and Mrs. Reagan\, The Findlay-Wright Papers\, the Roger Judd Collection of American Historical Autographs\, the Louisiana Purchase Collection of A. J. Tullock\, The Collection of Lee Bouvier Radziwill\, The Private Collection of William S. Reese\, The Birth of Wikipedia\, The Papers of Richard N. Goodwin\, and most recently\, DJ Kool Herc and the Birth of Hip Hop and The Collection of André Leon Talley. Some of Peter’s more prominent auction records include the sale of the Albert Einstein God Letter\, bringing $2.89 million—a world record for an Einstein letter at auction; the unique Ionic Original disc of Bob Dylan’s “Blowin’ in the Wind” (£1.48m); and most recently the Arizona Spike: one of four presentation spikes presented at the ceremony marking the completion of the transcontinental railroad in 1869 ($2.22m). \n \nPeter holds a B.A. in History from Antioch College\, and a M.A. in History from the University of Delaware with a certificate in museum studies. He has curated several exhibits including a major exhibition at Federal Hall in New York celebrating the bicentennial. \n  \n 
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/manuscript-mondays-new-york-stories/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250624T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250624T203000
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CREATED:20250523T175051Z
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SUMMARY:FABS Living With Books Zoom Group
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by FABS \nJune 24: Join the FABS Living With Books group and your host Reid Byers for congenial discussion of the challenges and pleasures of home libraries. Contact Jennifer Larson at info@fabsocieties.org \n 
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/fabs-living-with-books-zoom-group-7/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250622T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250622T150000
DTSTAMP:20260421T002453
CREATED:20250601T055829Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250601T055959Z
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SUMMARY:Plain Wrapper Press: A Half-Century of Fine Press Publishing and Printing
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by the Book Club of Washington. \nA special opportunity to learn about the exquisite publications of Plain Wrapper Press Redux from its founder Mark E. Fischer. \nTo register\, click here. \n 
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/plain-wrapper-press-a-half-century-of-fine-press-publishing-and-printing/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250619T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250619T203000
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SUMMARY:FABS 19th Century Zoom Group
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by FABS \nJune 19: The FABS 19th Century Zoom Group meets monthly for convivial conversation about all things bookish and 19th century! You are invited. Contact Jennifer Larson at info@fabsocieties.org
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/fabs-19th-century-zoom-group-12/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250616T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250616T181500
DTSTAMP:20260421T002453
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SUMMARY:Writing about San Francisco in the 1930s
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by The Book Club of California. \nAuthor and historian Robert Cherny is the author of seven monographs\, co-author of two monographs and of college-level textbooks in US history and California history\, co-editor of two anthologies\, and author of some forty articles in journals or anthologies. Nearly all of his published work deals in some way with the post-Civil War history of the western US\, and much of it deals with San Francisco and California. \nCherny will discuss how his research agenda changed in the mid-1980s\, when he began to focus on the 1930s in San Francisco. That change began when he agreed to write a biography of Harry Bridges\, the often controversial leader of what is now the International Longshore and Warehouse Union\, a union active in all the Pacific Coast states and British Columbia. He will talk about how this research\, and some subsequent extensions\, eventually led to several journal articles and four books Victor Arnautoff and the Politics of Art (2017)\, Harry Bridges: Labor Radical\, Labor Legend (2023)\, San Francisco Reds: Communists in the Bay Area\, 1919-1958 (2024)\, and The Coit Tower Murals: New Deal Art and Political Controversy in San Francisco (2024). His forthcoming book summarizes the history of San Francisco from the arrival of the first humans to the present. \nCherny will spend a good portion of his lecture on The Coit Tower Murals\, beginning with the context\, then the artists at work\, the murals\, and the subsequent controversies about those and other New Deal murals in the city. \nA virtual presentation by Robert W. Cherny\, author\, scholar\, professor emeritus of history at San Francisco State University. \nTo register\, click here. \n 
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/writing-about-san-francisco-in-the-1930s/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250613T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250613T130000
DTSTAMP:20260421T002453
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SUMMARY:Joseph Hone on The Book Forger
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by the Caxton Club. \nJune Midday Program \n \nJoin the Caxton Club and Joseph Hone for his presentation on “The Book Forger.” \nLet us clue you in. \nComposer Jerome Kern of Showboat and “The Way You Look Tonight” fame was an amazing book collector. And kern is going to figure prominently into the remarkable story you’ll be hearing … but it will be kern not Kern\, for the composer in this tale was no musician. \nInstead he was every bit a Wise man who conducted a daring swindle that caught eager bibliophiles in a net of fraud and deceit … bibliophiles who included a prominent Caxtonian. Here’s a tantalizing hint: there’s a Ransom note that says Wise materials are being held in Austin\, Texas. Talk about footprints — some fourteen feet are involved! Someone did a lot of boxing. \nAnother scrap of a clue about the forgery: a sonnet is on it. \nMore riddles than solutions. What we need is a clever Englishman to play Sherlock to our Watson. Ah! We’ve got one: Joseph Hone. \nDr. Hone is a reader in literature and book history at Newcastle University. With degrees from Oxford and Exeter he is much published. The Book Forger is his fourth bofok — and it’s the genuine article. \nIt’s elementary. If you enjoy true crime stories in which the only red is the blushing of all those who were taken in\, and if your appetite was whetted by Tom Danneberg’s terrific review of the The Book Forger in the March/April Caxtonian\, then you’ll want to forge ahead and register for this program today! \nLive attendance and optional lunch \nView Zoom program on eighth floor\, Steel Room\, Union League Club. Presentation begins at 12:00 PM CT. Optional lunch immediately following in the fourth floor Rendezvous. $35 includes non-alcoholic beverage\, a cup of soup\, and your choice of sandwich\, salad\, or hot entree\, tax\, and tip. \nZoom presentation is free and open to all. \nZoom begins at 12:00PM CT/1:00 PM ET. Preregistration required via website. \nPlease forward this notice to anyone who may find it of interest. \nEven if you can’t attend at the scheduled time\, if you’re interested\, please register. After the program\, we’ll send an email to all registrants\, asking if you’d like a link to the complete recording. That way you can see the program even if you couldn’t attend live\, ran into technical issues\, or simply wanted to watch it again. \nTo register\, click here.
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/joseph-hone-on-the-book-forger/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250609T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250609T193000
DTSTAMP:20260421T002453
CREATED:20250530T163621Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250530T163621Z
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SUMMARY:FABS Bindings Group: Karen Hanmer on the Biblio Tech models
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by FABS \nJoin us on Zoom for a talk by Karen Hanmer on the Biblio Tech models\, reverse-engineered historic and modern binding structures. See them here: https://karenhanmer.com/gallery/p/bibliotech \nNote the one-time date change to the second Monday of the month. \nTo receive a link and join the bindings Zoom group\, contact Jennifer Larson (info@fabsocieties.org)
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/fabs-bindings-group-karen-hanmer-on-the-biblio-tech-models/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250609T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250609T193000
DTSTAMP:20260421T002453
CREATED:20250523T174824Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250523T174824Z
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SUMMARY:FABS Handpress: Dr. Eugene Flamm on Martin Lister
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by FABS \nJune 9: FABS Handpress Era Group will meet at 7:30pm EST on Zoom for an hour of talk about printed items before 1800. Dr. Eugene Flamm will speak on “Putative Provenance: Martin Lister as a Bibliophilic Iterist” regarding a volume perhaps given by Lister to the Earl of Portland\, with additional discussion of two Earls of Essex. (Contact Jennifer Larson at info@fabsocieties.org)
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/fabs-handpress-dr-eugene-flamm-on-martin-lister/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250609T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250609T191500
DTSTAMP:20260421T002453
CREATED:20250325T162733Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250325T163001Z
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SUMMARY:2025 Oscar Lewis Awards
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by The Book Club of California. \nThe Oscar Lewis Awards were established by the Book Club of California in 1994 in honor of Oscar Lewis (1893-1992)\, author\, historian\, and club secretary. Join us as we recognize this year’s honorees for their contributions to the Book Arts and to Western History. This is an in-person and virtual event. \nTo register\, click here.
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/2025-oscar-lewis-awards/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250602T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250602T191500
DTSTAMP:20260421T002453
CREATED:20250325T162305Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250325T163229Z
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SUMMARY:From Page to Stage and Back: The Theatrical Adventures of Writer and Illustrator Edward Gorey
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by The Book Club of California. \nEdward Gorey’s creations as a book artist are distinctive: sparse\, oblique story lines paired with intricate\, oblique drawings. Yet even his most ardent fans may not know that the author-illustrator of The Beastly Baby\, The Doubtful Guest\, and The Curious Sofa also directed these and dozens of unpublished texts on stages from Cape Cod to Los Angeles. Gorey’s comrade-in-arts Carol Verburg helped make it happen. Now\, with privileged access to his archives\, she’s chronicled her friend’s underground career as a dramatist in The Theatrical Adventures of Edward Gorey. Verburg will talk about some of the hidden gems Gorey transformed from script to manuscript and vice versa\, and how his lifelong curiosity about form was shaped by his experiments with collaboration. \n An in-person and virtual presentation by Carol J. Verburg\, playwright\, theatre director\, and author. \nTo register\, click here.
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/from-page-to-stage-and-back-the-theatrical-adventures-of-writer-and-illustrator-edward-gorey/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250527T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250527T203000
DTSTAMP:20260421T002453
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SUMMARY:FABS Living With Books Zoom Group
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by FABS \nJoin the FABS Living With Books group for congenial discussion of the challenges and pleasures of home libraries. \nTo join the list\, please contact Jennifer Larson at info@fabsocieties.org
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/fabs-living-with-books-zoom-group-6/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250519T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250519T193000
DTSTAMP:20260421T002453
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SUMMARY:FABS Bindings Zoom Group: Saul Rébora on Binding Morris's Chaucer
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by FABS \nSol Rébora: Chaucer and Tomorrow’s Past \nJoin us for a discussion with binder Sol Rébora about binding William Morris’s Chaucer\, highlighting the balance between client expectations\, conservation principles and contemporary bookbinding. The presentation will include models\, process photos and a video of the finished work along with insights into the philosophy of Tomorrow’s Past. \nBindings: The Bindings Interest Group hosts discussions and presentations that share collections and information on bookbindings of all periods. Topics include\, but are not limited to\, history\, design and aesthetics\, innovation\, materials and craft techniques. \nTo receive announcements and links\, contact Jennifer Larson (info@fabsocieties.org)
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/fabs-bindings-zoom-group-6/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250515T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250515T193000
DTSTAMP:20260421T002453
CREATED:20250425T140321Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250425T140640Z
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SUMMARY:FABS 19th Century Zoom Group
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by FABS \noin us for convivial conversation about all things bookish and 19th century! We meet the third Thursday of the month. \nFor links and announcements\, contact Jennifer Larson (info@fabsocieties.org)
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/fabs-19th-century-zoom-group-11/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250512T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250512T200000
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SUMMARY:Richard Kopley & Susan Jaffe Tane on Edgar Allan Poe
DESCRIPTION:  \n\n\nClub member Richard Kopley\, Distinguished Professor of English\, Emeritus\, at Penn State DuBois\, and recipient of a Lifetime Achievement and Service Award from the Poe Studies Association\, will be in conversation with Grolier Club Council member Susan Jaffe Tane\, a preeminent collector of Poe’s writings and artifacts\, about his new critical biography\, Edgar Allan Poe: A Life”(University of Virginia Press). \nThis is a Virtual Lecture available on Youtube. Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-lecture-richard-kopley-susan-jaffe-tane-on-edgar-allan-poe-tickets-1274320199019?aff=ebdsoporgprofile \n\n\n\n\nSupport \nWe appreciate your interest in the Grolier Club’s programming on the art and history of the book. For over 130 years we have offered our exhibitions and lectures to the public\, free of charge. If you have enjoyed these offerings\, and would like to support that tradition\, and help ensure that it continues\, please consider making a tax-deductible donation to the Grolier Club.
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/richard-kopley-susan-jaffe-tane-on-edgar-allan-poe/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250512T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250512T191500
DTSTAMP:20260421T002453
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SUMMARY:The Gilded Edge: Two Audacious Women and the Cyanide Love Triangle that Shook America
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by The Book Club of California. \nNora May French and Carrie Sterling arrive at Carmel-by-the-Sea at the turn of the twentieth century with dramatically different ambitions. Nora\, a stunning\, brilliant\, impulsive writer in her early twenties\, seeks artistic recognition and Bohemian refuge among the most celebrated counterculturalists of the era. Carrie\, long-suffering wife of real estate developer George Sterling\, wants the opposite: a semblance of the stability she thought her advantageous marriage would offer\, threatened now that her philandering husband has taken to writing poetry. \nAfter her second abortion\, Nora finds herself in a desperate situation but is rescued by an invitation to stay with the Sterlings. To Carrie’s dismay\, George and the arrestingly beautiful poetess fall instantly into an affair. The ensuing love triangle\, which ultimately ends with the deaths of all three\, is more than just a wild love story and a fascinating forgotten chapter. It questions why Nora May—in her day a revered poet whose nationally reported suicide gruesomely inspired youths across the country to take their own lives\, with her verses in their pockets no less—has been rendered obscure by literary history. It depicts America at a turning point\, as the Gilded Age groans in its death throes and young people\, particularly women\, look toward a brighter\, more egalitarian future. In an unfortunately familiar development\, this vision proves to be a mirage. But women’s rage at the scam redefines American progressivism forever. \nA virtual presentation by Catherine Prendergast\, literary scholar\, author\, and professor emerita\, University of Illinois\, Urbana-Champaign. \nTo register\, click here.
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/the-gilded-edge-two-audacious-women-and-the-cyanide-love-triangle-that-shook-america/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250509T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250509T130000
DTSTAMP:20260421T002453
CREATED:20250318T031401Z
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SUMMARY:Ian Gadd On A History of the Stationers Company
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by The Caxton Club \nMay Midday Program \n \nJoin Caxton Club members and Ian Gadd\, Professor in English Literature\, Bath Spa University\, UK\, for his talk on the “History of the Stationers Company.” \nWell\, here comes another of those Johnny-come-lately organizations that seem to pop up now and then. The Worshipful Company of Stationers in the City of London didn’t even get going until 1403 and wasn’t recognized with a royal charter until 1557. Practically yesterday. \nYet somehow this ragtag group of limners\, bookbinders\, booksellers\, and text writers seemed to make a go of it. They came up with this strange idea of a “copyright” and were early adopters of those new fangled moveable types. \nNot sure that there’s enough “English literature” produced since the fifteenth century to weave into a bookish tale\, but our speaker\, Dr. Ian Gadd from Bath Spa University will give it a go in a generously illustrated presentation about the History of the Stationers’ Company — of which he is a freeman. \nThough he was educated at Oxford and the University of Edinburgh he speaks enough American to be a faculty member of Virginia’s Rare Book School. He was editor of the first volume of The History of Oxford University Press and is general editor of the Cambridge Edition of the Works of Jonathan Swift. \nSo don’t be stationary! Get moving and register today to join us at the Union League Club or to slip into this hot bubble Bath of a program at the Caxton Zoom Spa. (Towels not provided.) \nTo register\, click here\, This is a hybrid event. \n 
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/ian-gadd-on-a-history-of-the-stationers-company/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250505T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250505T191500
DTSTAMP:20260421T002453
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SUMMARY:Information-Graphic Masterpieces: Designing Data Stories
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by The Book Club of California. \nInformation graphics transform data into compelling visual narratives\, illuminating insights that might otherwise remain hidden. From the earliest printed charts and maps to today’s innovative designs\, these visuals bridge art and science\, helping us engage with complex phenomena. Often featured within books—whether rare historical volumes or contemporary publications—information graphics elevate how we understand the world around us. \nThe presentation explores extraordinary examples of these visual tools\, spanning from rare Enlightenment works to monumental statistical atlases. Alongside examining their unique aesthetic flourishes\, this talk delves into the stories behind their creation and highlights key contributions from California. Many of the discussed publications will be on display for in-person attendees\, showcasing the remarkable craftsmanship and vision that bring data to life. \nAn in-person and virtual presentation by RJ Andrews\, author of Info We Trust\, series editor of Information Graphic Visionaries\, and consulting data storyteller. \nTo register\, click here.
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/information-graphic-masterpieces-designing-data-stories/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250428T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250428T191500
DTSTAMP:20260421T002453
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SUMMARY:Background Artist: The Life and Work of Tyrus Wong
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by The Book Club of California \nYou might not know the name Tyrus Wong\, but you probably know some of the images he created\, including scenes from the beloved Disney classic Bambi. Yet when he came to this country as a child\, Tyrus was an illegal immigrant locked up in an offshore detention center. How did he go on to a long and prosperous career drawing animation cels\, storyboards\, and greeting cards that shaped the American imagination? \nBackground Artist shares the inspiring story of Tyrus Wong’s remarkable 106-year life and showcases his wide array of creative work\, from the paintings and fine art prints he made working for Roosevelt’s Works Progress Administration to the unique handmade kites he designed and flew on the Santa Monica beach. It tells how he came to the United States as a ten-year-old boy in 1920\, at a time when the Chinese Exclusion Act barred him from legal citizenship. Yet it also shows how Wong found American communities that welcomed him and nurtured his artistic talent. Covering everything from his work as a studio sketch artist for Warner Bros. to the best-selling Christmas cards he designed for Hallmark and other greeting card companies\, this book celebrates a multi-talented Asian American artist and pioneer. \nAn in-person and virtual presentation by Karen Fang\, film scholar\, cultural critic\, author\, and professor\, Department of English\, University of Houston. \nTo register\, click here. \n\n\n 
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/background-artist-the-life-and-work-of-tyrus-wong/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250427T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250427T153000
DTSTAMP:20260421T002453
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LAST-MODIFIED:20250412T025530Z
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SUMMARY:Death of a Bookman: The Publishing Misadventures of Charles Rideal
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by the Book Club of Washington \nThe Annual Meeting encompasses a brief business meeting followed by a special presentation. A keepsake created for the occasion will also be featured and light refreshments served. The business portion includes electing officers\, approving new board members\, and presenting the Monroe Award and student book collecting awards. \nThis year’s speaker is Dr. Solveig C. Robinson\, who will be presenting “Death of a Bookman: The Publishing Misadventures of Charles Rideal”. \nIn January 1900\, the New York Times reported that Charles Rideal\, Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and a “[man] of ideas and enterprise\,” had established the Abbey Press to publish “fine and high-class works.” Not quite 30 years later\, the paper reported Rideal was dead in federal custody. What had happened? \nThis talk will trace the publishing misadventures of Rideal (1858–1929)\, an author and publisher on both sides of the Atlantic. Active in London in the 1890s\, he conducted two small publishing houses and served as editor of a range of periodicals\, from a leading nursing journal to magazines dedicated to palm-reading and lady bicyclists. And then\, under shadowy circumstances\, he abandoned London and decamped to New York\, where he began to recreate the literary world he had left behind. Initially successful\, Rideal’s new life also took a terrible turn\, leading to arson\, assault\, fraud\, and ultimately death in prison. \nDr. Solveig C. Robinson is an Associate Professor of English at Pacific Lutheran University and has been the Director of the Publishing & Printing Arts Program at PLU since 2001. She is the author of The Book in Society: An Introduction to Print Culture (2014) and A Serious Occupation: Literary Criticism by Victorian Women Writers (2003) and numerous peer-reviewed and invited articles.  \nFor more information and to register\, follow this link: https://www.bookclubofwashington.org/events-1/annual-meeting-with-presentation-by-solveig-c-robinson \n  \n 
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/death-of-a-bookman-the-publishing-misadventures-of-charles-rideal/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250422T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250422T203000
DTSTAMP:20260421T002453
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SUMMARY:Living With Books FABS Zoom Group
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by FABS \nJoin us and host Reid Byers (author of The Private Library) for convivial conversation on the pleasures and challenges of home libraries: acquisition; cataloging and photographing of collection materials; home libraries; book furniture; conservation and storage\, etc. \nTHIS MONTH’s TOPICS: Books we have kept for sentimental reasons\, and how to choose art for your library \nTo receive links and announcements for this group contact Jennifer Larson (info@fabsocieties.org)
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/living-with-books-fabs-zoom-group/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250421T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250421T203000
DTSTAMP:20260421T002453
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SUMMARY:FABS Bindings Zoom Group
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by FABS \nBindings: The Bindings Interest Group hosts discussions and presentations that share collections and information on bookbindings of all periods. Topics include\, but are not limited to\, history\, design and aesthetics\, innovation\, materials and craft techniques. \nTo receive announcements and links\, contact Jennifer Larson (info@fabsocieties.org)
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/fabs-bindings-zoom-group-4/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250421T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250421T193000
DTSTAMP:20260421T002453
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SUMMARY:FABS Bindings Zoom Group:
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by FABS \nFABS Special Interest Group: Binding \nApril 21\, 2025 \n7:30pm eastern / 6:30pm midwest / 5:30pm mountain / 4:30pm pacific \nBRENDA GALLAGHER :: THE USE OF TYPOGRAPHY IN BESPOKE BINDINGS   \nJoin FABS members interested in Bindings for a Presentation and Discussion \nwith Brenda Gallagher on using typography as design in fine bindings. \nBrenda’s presentation will start the meeting\, \nwith time afterwards for discussion and questions. \nThis program is on Zoom; it will not be recorded. \n~ The FABS Special Interest Group: Binding meets every third Monday of the month ~ \nTo receive links and announcements\, contact Jennifer Larson at info@fabsocieties.org
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/fabs-bindings-zoom-group-5/
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