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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
Sponsored by FABS The FABS Living With Books Zoom Group, hosted by Reid Byers, invites you to their lively monthly discussion of home libraries, with all their pleasures and paraphernalia. Recent discussions have included cataloging, lighting, photographing books, bookmarks, and much more. This month: best library shelving vs. actual shelving; dual-purpose bookrooms. NOTE change of […]
Sponsored by FABS The FABS Handpress Group will host a presentation by John Bidwell, Curator Emeritus at the Morgan Library & Museum. Bernardin de Saint-Pierre’s Paul et Virginie was a bestseller during the Romantic era. One of its bibliographers counted 269 editions published between 1789 and 1962. Bidwell will describe the 1795 first edition of the English […]
Sponsored by The Manuscript Society From Field Notes to Book: Editing for Publication Three Stages of Artist Paul Kane’s Western Travel Narrative, 1845–1848 Manuscript Mondays – Free – Live Webinar Special Date – Monday, September 9, 2024 8:00 PM Eastern Presenter: Dr. Ian S. MacLaren Artist Paul Kane (1810–1871) traveled by canoe and boat from the […]
Sponsored by The Caxton Club When/Where: FRI 9/13/2024 12:00PM CT/1:00PM ET. Zoom presentation is free and open to all. Preregistration required via website. ULCC live attendance–Zoom presentation and optional lunch ($35) following. Reservations required by 12PM CT 9/11/24. Seating limit is 24. Would you like to attend? Click here to register. EVENT DETAILS: September Midday Program […]