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  • A Black Bibliophile Tradition in Philadelphia

    Sponsored by The Grolier Club Jordan Ross will explore the collecting habits of African American bibliophiles in Philadelphia during the 19th and early 20th centuries. Bibliophiles and organizations examined will include William Still, Robert Purvis, Robert Adger, William Bolivar, and the American Negro Historical Society of Philadelphia. To register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-lecture-a-black-bibliophile-tradition-in-philadelphia-tickets-1661331470149?aff=ebdsoporgprofile

  • Sara Charles on The Medieval Scriptorium – Making Books in the Middle Ages

    Sponsored by The Caxton Club. Have you stretched an animal skin lately? Prepared its surface to accept ink? Collected oak galls to make ink? Scribed? Added rubrics and colored initials? How about applied gesso and then adhered gold to it? Painstakingly painted on vellum? Our guest Sara Charles has. To paraphrase the movie Pulp Fiction, she […]

  • Johannes Gutenberg: A Biography in Books

    Sponsored by the Book Club of Washington. Author Eric Marshall White will share his fresh insights into Gutenberg's life and accomplishments, including correctives to old legends and conjectures. Dr. White's presentation about his recently published book Johannes Gutenberg: A Biography in Books will focus on what we really know about Gutenberg and how we know […]

  • Manuscript Mondays: Dr. Deborah Parker on Belle da Costa Greene’s Travels in Europe

    Sponsored by The Manuscript Society Manuscript Monday - A FREE Webinar provided by The Manuscript Society Date: Monday, Nov. 17, 8pm EST Guest Presenter: Dr. Deborah Parker Host: Gerald “Jay” Gaidmore, The Manuscript Society Pre-recorded presentation followed by a LIVE Q & A with Dr. Deborah Parker. Title: A Sensuous Education: Belle da Costa Greene’s […]

  • Raffaella della Olga on her exhibition “Typescripts”

    Sponsored by The Grolier Club About this event Italian-born, Paris-based artist Raffaella della Olga will speak with Clark Art Institute curator and historian Robert Wiesenberger about her works on view in the exhibition "Typescripts" opening Nov. 22. Raffaella della Olga (b. 1967) uses modified typewriters and multicolor ink ribbons on various materials—including tracing paper, photo paper, […]

  • David Kraemer on Jews as Citizens of the World

    Sponsored by The Grolier Club Prof. David Kraemer will explore what the books produced by Jewish communities through the ages teach us about their experiences in various diasporas. Jews have lived in homes around the world from antiquity to the present. What do the books they produced and what they said in those books teach […]

  • FABS Bindings Zoom Group: Nora Epstein of the Newberry Library

    Sponsored by FABS Presentations and discussion on the art and craft of bookbindings. Nora Epstein of the Newberry Library will speak, highlightinh some of the remarkable bindings that have made their way into the Newberry’s extraordinary collections. While exploring items such as a medieval tacketed binding and a 16c. girdle book, we will also discuss […]

  • FABS 19th Century Zoom Group

    Sponsored by FABS Join the FABS 19th Century group on Zoom for congenial discussion of all things bibliophilic and 19th century. Contact Jennifer Larson at info@fabsocieties.org.

  • FABS Living With Books Zoom Group

    Sponsored by FABS Join us and host Reid Byers to discuss the delights and challenges of the private library. This month's topics: (1) How do we care for archives and manuscripts? (2) Ornamenta Biblioteca: What things other than books do we collect? Contact Jennifer Larson at info@fabsocieties.org

  • New Discoveries About Winston Churchill’s Autobiography

    Sponsored by The Grolier Club Dr. Gary L. Stiles, collector and Grolier member, will discuss his latest book, A Prelude to Immortality: Winston Churchill’s ‘My Early Life' (Unicorn Publishing), which sheds light on why and how Churchill came to write an autobiography that has had global impact. The book has been continuously in print for more than […]

  • Gabe Henry on Enough Is Enuf – Our Failed Attempts to Make English Eezier to Spell

    Sponsored by The Caxton Club. There is no vaccine. It can strike anyone. The chief occupant of the White House. A famous author. A lexicographer. A steel magnate. When it takes hold the mania begins to fester and then erupts in a messianic drive to invent a new communications method that will require everyone in […]

  • Fashions on Paper: The Words of Regency Dress

    Sponsored by The Grolier Club Dr. Hilary Davidson looks at the words of fashion in use during Austen’s adult life. This lecture is in conjunction with the "Paper Jane: 250 Years of Austen" exhibit at the Grolier Club. How did Jane Austen, her contemporaries, and their fashion media describe clothing, and what did they mean […]