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 hold substantial repositories of Jack Kerouac material. Carolyn Vega and Michael Inman from NYPL and Elizabeth Ott and Randy Gue from Emory all have a […]
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Sponsored by The Book Club of California In 1938, China City opened near downtown Los Angeles. Featuring a recreation of the House of Wang set from MGM’s The Good Earth, this new Chinatown employed many of the same Chinese Americans who performed as background extras in the 1937 film. Chinatown and Hollywood represented the two […] |
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Sponsored by The Book Club of California As a counterpart to research on the 1930s that has focused on liberal and radical writers calling for social revolution, David Welky offers this eloquent study of how mainstream print culture shaped and disseminated a message affirming conservative middle-class values and assuring its readers that holding to these […]
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Sponsored by FABS The Handpress-Era Zoom Group meets monthly for presentations and discussion of materials printed before 1800. All are welcome! June 8, 7:30-8:30pm EST: Jennifer Larson “The House of Elzevier's Tiniest Books.” Past FABS Chair Jennifer Larson presents a capsule history of the Elzeviers, one of the premier printing firms of the Dutch Golden […] |
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Sponsored by The Grolier Club With Charlotte Priddle, Dr. Miranda Garno Rossa, Elyssa Maxx Goodman, & Chris Hammer How have members of the LGBTQ+ community, throughout centuries, left record on the printed or handwritten page, or glaring absences? Where do we look today for their traces, and what are best practices for interpretation? A panel […] |
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Sponsored by the Caxton Club June Midday Program Young Lochinvar is come out of the west … which is great, because that leaves plenty of room for us to head to Seattle to enjoy a virtual visit to the University of Washington’s superb book arts collection, which includes historical and modern pieces encompassing all aspects […] Sponsored by The Book Collectors' Society of Australia June 13: Book Collectors' Society of Australia - Meeting on Saturday 13 June 2026 at 2PM Sydney time (10 pm Friday 12 June, New York time). Tim White presents "Meet Mrs. Beeton." Tim White from Books for Cooks (https://www.booksforcooks.com.au) will speak about Mrs Isabella Beeton, author of […] |
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Sponsored by FABS June 15, Monday at 4 pm Pacific Time. For a link contact Jennifer at info@fabsocieties.org Chicago book artist Karen Hanmer began processing, dyeing, and binding with fish parchment as a covid lockdown distraction. In the six years since, it has become a large part of her practice. In this month’s presentation she […] |
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Sponsored by The Grolier Club An evening of Traditional Irish Music featuring Cashel Blake Day-Lewis, Ursula Garry, Matt Stapleton Isaac Alderson Join the Grolier Club and the Irish Arts Center for a special Bloomsday, June 16th, evening of traditional Irish music, featuring Cashel Blake Day-Lewis on fiddle, Ursula Garry on flute, Matt Stapleton on guitar, and Isaac Alderson on the uilleann pipes. We look forward to an […] |
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1 event,Sponsored by FABS This congenial Zoom group moderated by Bill Bryson and Richard Kopley meets monthly to discuss all things bookish and 19th century! We hope you will join us. For a link contact Jennifer Larson info@fabsocieties.org |
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Sponsored by FABS Hosted on Zoom by Reid Byers, author of The Private Library, this discussion-based group focuses on the joys and challenges of the home library. This month's topics: 1. Books that Opened Up a New World for Us 2. Reading in Bed We hope you will join us! For a link contact Jennifer […] |
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Sponsored by The Grolier Club This play covers the five days in which the 1916 Rebels occupied the GPO after proclaiming an independent Irish Republic. First performed inside the General Post Office on O’Connell Street in Dublin during the 2016 commemoration of the Easter Rising, this play covers the five days in which the 1916 […] |
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