Events Search and Views Navigation

Event Views Navigation

Today

  • FABS 19th Century Zoom

    Sponsored by FABS July 18: 19th Century Group (third Thursday of the month). Congenial conversation on all things 19th-century and bookish. You are welcome!

  • Hardly Harmless Drudgery: Landmarks in English Lexicography

    Sponsored by The Grolier Club Join us for a Virtual Tour and Curator Q&A Join the Grolier Club for a pre-recorded video walk-through of the "Hardly Harmless Drudgery" exhibition followed by a live Q&A via Zoom with the show's co-curators, Bryan Garner and Jack Lynch. This public exhibition is on view at the Grolier Club through July […]

  • FABS Living With Books Zoom: Disaster Preparation and How Do You Photograph Your Books?

    Sponsored by FABS July 23: Living With Books (fourth Tuesday of the month). Hosted by Reid Byers. All the pleasures and paraphernalia of home libraries! The discussion topics this month are Disaster Preparation and How Do You Photograph Your Books?. To get on the list for this group and receive links, contact Jennifer Larson at info@fabsocieties.org

  • Miniature Book Society Conclave

    Miniature Book Society Book Fair Aug 25 2024 Los Angeles Omni Hotel 12-5pm. Free Admission and Open to the Public. The Miniature Book Society will hold their 40th annual Grand Conclave (a weekend conference) on Friday–Sunday Aug 23-25 at the Omni Los Angeles Hotel at California Plaza. Featuring speakers, presentations, field trips, a Silent Auction and […]

  • Manuscript Mondays: Caring for Your Manuscript Collection

    Sponsored by The Manuscript Society Free, Live, Webinar Monday, August 5, 2024, 8:00PM Eastern Time Presenter: Rebecca Elder, Elder Cultural Preservation Join us for a live presentation to learn more about properly caring for your manuscript collection. Experienced cultural heritage preservation consultant, Rebecca Elder will lead us through the physical aspects of paper documents, as […]

  • Black Woman on Board: Claudia Hampton, the California State University, and the Fight to Save Affirmative Action

    Sponsored by The Book Club of California Black Woman on Board: Claudia Hampton, the California State University, and the Fight to Save Affirmative Action examines the leadership strategies that Black women educators have employed as influential power brokers in predominantly white colleges and universities in the United States. Author Donna J. Nicol tells the extraordinary story […]

  • FABS 19th Century Zoom Group

    Sponsored by FABS Aug 15: 19th Century Group (third Thursday of the month). Congenial conversation on all things 19th-century and bookish. You are welcome! To join the list contact Jennifer Larson at info@fabsocieties.org

  • The Alcott Family — Lessons from the 19th Century

    Sponsored by The Book Club of California Progressive school founder, collector and bibliophile Kent Bicknell will present on his Alcott Family Collection, winner of a recent prize from the New England-based Ticknor Society. Built around the lives and work of Louisa May Alcott (Little Women), her talented sister, the artist May Alcott Nieriker, and her […]

  • FABS Zoom: Madison Good on Bookbinder Margaret Neilson Armstrong

    Sponsored by FABS Join FABS's Bindings Zoom group for a presentation and discussion with Madison Good about bookbinder Margaret Neilson Armstrong (1867-1944). Madison will talk about Margaret Armstrong's background and design career during the Art Nouveau period in America. The presentation will focus on Armstrong's work as a designer of commercial bindings. Madison Good is […]

  • Fabulous Fore-Edge Paintings with Wendy Wasman

    Sponsored by NOBS (Northeast Ohio Bibliophilic Society) Thursday, August 22, 7-8:30pm What are fore-edge paintings? Join NOBS Board member and Loganberry Books rare books specialist Wendy Wasman to learn all about fore-edge paintings. You’ll see some amazing examples of these hidden treasures! We will meet at Loganberry Books at 7:00 PM or, if you prefer, […]

  • American Burial Ground: A New History of the Overland Trail

    Sponsored by The Book Club of California In popular mythology, the Overland Trail is typically a triumphant tale, with plucky easterners crossing the Plains in caravans of covered wagons. But not everyone reached Oregon and California. Some 6,600 migrants perished along the way and were buried where they fell, often on Indigenous land. As historian […]