BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Fellowship of American Bibliophilic Societies - ECPv6.17.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Fellowship of American Bibliophilic Societies X-ORIGINAL-URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Fellowship of American Bibliophilic Societies REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20250309T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20251102T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20260308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20261101T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20270314T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20271107T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20270314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20271107T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260803T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260803T181500 DTSTAMP:20260630T012245Z CREATED:20260630T012211Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260630T012245Z UID:3337-1785776400-1785780900@www.fabsocieties.org SUMMARY:Troublemaker: The Fierce\, Unruly Life of Jessica Mitford DESCRIPTION:Troublemaker tells the wild and unlikely story of Jessica Mitford\, fifth of the six famous Mitford Girls\, a British aristocrat-turned-American Communist\, famous for exposés like The American Way of Death; this biography brings her astonishing self-transformation to life with a riveting\, often hilarious account of trading wealth and status for a life of radical activism. \nWho could predict that a British aristocrat would so energize American antifascist and civil rights struggles that Time magazine would crown her “Queen of the Muckrakers”? Jessica Mitford\, always known as Decca\, was brought up by an eccentric English family to marry well and reproduce her wealth and privilege\, not to advocate for the rights of others. Her beautiful sisters have been subjects of books and movies dedicated to their naughty\, glamorous lives. Decca ran away to America to forge a rebel’s life. As this richly researched book details\, Decca broke the Mitford mold. Instead of settling for life as a professional Beauty\, she fought fascism in the Spanish Civil War\, became an American Communist and pioneered witty\, hugely popular journalism\, including her 1963 blockbuster The American Way of Death. Decca dedicated her life to social justice and proved herself an immensely effective ally\, but she also injected laughter into all her political work\, annoying some activists with her relentless antics but encouraging many others to find joy in the struggle. From famed baby doctor Benjamin Spock to best friend Maya Angelou\, her anti-authoritarian irreverence had a profound impact on American culture. \nA virtual presentation by Carla Kaplan\, author\, historian\, and Associate Professor\, English Department\, Yale University\, New Haven\, Connecticut. \nTo register\, click here. URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/troublemaker-the-fierce-unruly-life-of-jessica-mitford/ CATEGORIES:Book Club of California END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260803T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260803T200000 DTSTAMP:20260725T192050Z CREATED:20260725T192017Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260725T192050Z UID:3350-1785787200-1785787200@www.fabsocieties.org SUMMARY:Manuscript Mondays: Exploring Drugs in Art and Literature DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by The Manuscript Society \nManuscript Monday – A FREE Webinar provided by The Manuscript Society \nDate: Monday\, August 3 @ 8pm EST \nGuest Presenter: George Snook\, Educator and Vice President of The Manuscript Society \nHost: Gerald “Jay” Gaidmore\, The Manuscript Society \nA LIVE webinar with a Q&A with presenter George Snook \nTitle: Manuscript Mondays: The Lure of Oblivion – Exploring Drugs in Art and Literature \nOverview: \nPresenter George Snook will explore the collection of drug literature and artifacts that he has assembled since the mid-1960s. An impulse purchase of de Quincey’s English Opium Eater in a used bookstore in London sparked a lifelong interest in drugs and their influence on culture. This journey has led him to consider how drug experimentation has shaped literary and musical traditions\, criminal justice systems\, and the treatment of ethnic and cultural minorities. \nPresenter: George Snook: My earliest memories are of a succession of Boston and Cambridge apartments. My father was in medical school\, my mother was the breadwinner\, and I was in school at the age of two. After completing my MA in European History in 1975\, I began a career in teaching. In 2021\, at the age of seventy-one\, I retired. \nFor as long as I can remember\, I have loved the study of the past. My father and mother certainly encouraged this through their passion for travel and collecting. As a child\, much of what I read was historical fiction and biography; history was a grand adventure. Beyond the classroom\, I have indulged my interest in history in several ways. I have volunteered on archaeological digs in Europe; I have participated in medieval and Revolutionary War re-enactment groups; I have taken post-graduate courses in Arts History\, Criminology\, and literature; I have traveled whenever and wherever the means and opportunities presented themselves\, and I have collected rare books\, antiques\, and\, of course\, manuscripts. \nSince retiring\, my wife and I have purchased a rambling colonial farmhouse in Massachusetts\, and we split our time between it and our apartment in New York. I take blacksmithing and drawing classes\, garden\, and do what a bossy cattle dog\, two cats\, and an eight-year-old granddaughter tell me to do. \nTo register for this webinar visit: \nWebinar Registration – Zoom URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/manuscript-mondays-exploring-drugs-in-art-and-literature/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260810T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260810T191500 DTSTAMP:20260630T012729Z CREATED:20260630T012657Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260630T012729Z UID:3339-1786384800-1786389300@www.fabsocieties.org SUMMARY:Eugene O’Neill and Long Day’s Journey Into Night at Tao House—a California Story DESCRIPTION:Few people realize that Eugene O’Neill’s Long Day’s Journey Into Night\, which won the 1956 Pulitzer Prize\, was written in California in 1939-41. After winning the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1936\, O’Neill and his third wife\, the actress Carlotta Monterey\, built Tao House just outside Danville\, California. Realizing that his writing career was coming to an end\, due to illness\, he needed to find a way—literally\, the tao—to write the most personal and difficult plays he had ever attempted\, also including The Iceman Cometh and A Touch of the Poet. \nTao House was inspired by Chinese principles\, which his California-born wife helped to implement in an effort to create a setting that was conducive to his writing these consummate works. It also reflects the Spanish colonial history of California. William Davies King’s new book argues that Long Day’s Journey\, O’Neill’s most deeply autobiographical play\, emerges from the tao of that house and could only have been written then and there—in that convergence of Irish\, Spanish\, and Chinese cultures and on the verge of World War II. \nKing’s book adopts an unusual form\, using the diaries of Eugene and Carlotta\, to suggest that the play might be read as a product of a marriage that was soon to go haywire but for a brief moment allowed for the creation of a work of genius\, which was\, in effect\, the genius of Tao House. Long Day’s Journey was only published and produced after O’Neill’s death\, thirteen years it was written\, but it has been performed many times worldwide by the finest actors\, and it remains the quintessential American play. Tao House has been a National Historic Site\, maintained by the National Park Service\, for fifty years. Professor King will take us into the site and into the play and into the marriage\, and he will show us many items from his extensive collection of photographs and documents of Eugene and Carlotta O’Neill. \nAn in-person and virtual presentation by William Davies King\, author\, editor\, scholar\, and Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Theater and Dance\, University of California Santa Barbara\, California. \nTo. register\, click here. URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/eugene-oneill-and-long-days-journey-into-night-at-tao-house-a-california-story/ LOCATION:Book Club of California CATEGORIES:Book Club of California END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260810T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260810T203000 DTSTAMP:20260725T192559Z CREATED:20260725T192559Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260725T192559Z UID:3352-1786390200-1786393800@www.fabsocieties.org SUMMARY:FABS Handpress Era Zoom: Humanist Gifts of Plutarch Texts to Queen Mary I DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by FABS \nAugust 10 FABS Handpress Era Group: “Humanist Gifts of Plutarch Texts to Queen Mary I” with historian Valerie Schutte. Mary Tudor has always enjoyed a reputation of having received a humanist education. Of the antique texts associated with Mary\, the ancient Greek philosopher Plutarch stands out. Mary was advised to follow many of Plutarch’s precepts\, and received dedications of three Plutarch translations. This talk will look at the role of Plutarch in Mary’s education and in the Tudor court. To receive a link contact Jennifer Larson at info@fabsocieties.org. \nValerie Schutte is a historian of Tudor England\, with a particular focus on royal women and book history. She has published three monographs:Mary I and the Art of Book Dedications: Royal Women\, Power\, and Persuasion (2015); Princesses Mary and Elizabeth Tudor and the Gift Book Exchange (2021); and Anne of Cleves: The Historical and Cultural Legacy of a Queen\, which was just published with Routledge in July 2026. She has edited or co-edited seven volumes on Mary I\, Shakespeare\, and queenship. She consulted on the recent Six Lives exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in London. Valerie is currently editing volumes on Tudor myths\, Mary I and humanism\, adaptations of the Tudors\, and the Tudors represented in public and heritage sites. She is currently working on a short form monograph on Queen Mary I’s self-fashioning through the use of her coronation ring. URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/fabs-handpress-era-zoom-humanist-gifts-of-plutarch-texts-to-queen-mary-i/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260817T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260817T181500 DTSTAMP:20260630T013649Z CREATED:20260630T013110Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260630T013649Z UID:3341-1786986000-1786990500@www.fabsocieties.org SUMMARY:California Eden: Heritage Landscapes of the Golden State DESCRIPTION:For many people\, the concept of landscape is associated with gardens\, especially estate gardens. California Eden reaches far beyond the elite circle of private estates; this book highlights a wide range of landscapes from the professional to the vernacular and delves deep into the cultural and historical significance of these landscapes\, revealing the untold stories of the people who have inhabited and shaped them over the centuries. \nCo-editors Christine Edstrom O’Hara and Susan Chamberlin bring together these voices from the landscape architecture community to discuss and present the history of both rural and urban landscapes and how they shape (and are shaped by) nature and the people who design them. Entries highlight famous and beloved estate gardens but also more frequently overlooked landscapes such as shopping malls\, streetscapes\, sports venues\, and vernacular sites. \nCovering a range of places from a military installation on the California-Mexico border\, to the campus of Stanford University\, and the Japanese American gardens of San Diego\, California Eden speaks to design as well as the challenges of historic preservation of these-often ephemeral places. \nA virtual presentation by Susan Chamberlin\, author\, editor\, landscape historian\, and licensed landscape architect and Christine Edstrom O’Hara\, author and Professor of Landscape Architecture\, Cal Poly\, San Luis Obispo\, California \nTo register\, click here. URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/california-eden-heritage-landscapes-of-the-golden-state/ LOCATION:Book Club of California CATEGORIES:Book Club of California END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260817T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260817T193000 DTSTAMP:20260725T192915Z CREATED:20260725T192700Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260725T192915Z UID:3354-1786995000-1786995000@www.fabsocieties.org SUMMARY:FABS Bindings Zoom Group DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by FABS \nAugust 17 FABS Bindings Group: This group devoted to the art\, craft and history of bookbinding meets monthly on Zoom. To join their mailing list\, contact Jennifer Larson at info@fabsocieties.org. URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/fabs-bindings-zoom-group-9/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260824T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260824T181500 DTSTAMP:20260630T013815Z CREATED:20260630T013542Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260630T013815Z UID:3343-1787590800-1787595300@www.fabsocieties.org SUMMARY:Out of the Gutters: How California Comix Saved Comics DESCRIPTION:Out of the Gutters: Obscenity\, Censorship\, and Transgression\, edited by Jorge J. Santos and Patrick S. Lawrence\, explores US comics that have been challenged for their boundary-breaking content. Covering well-known underground figures like R. Crumb and Charles Burns\, newcomers such as C. Spike Trotman and Emil Ferris\, and mainstream creators including Chris Claremont and Archie Goodwin\, the collection dives into the market economics of transgression\, historical representations of graphic violence\, the ever-changing meaning of pornography\, sex-positive comics by BIPOC authors\, and queerness in pop-culture mega-properties. Comics have long been and continue to be a subject of moral panics\, but instead of targeting raw sex like Crumb’s counter-culture provocations in the last century\, censors now focus on affirmations of nonheteronormative identity even where sex isn’t prominent\, as in Maia Kobabe’s Gender Queer. And while violence is a constant in comics\, stories that acknowledge nationalist violence\, such as Art Spiegelman’s Maus and the innovative Blazing Combat\, have also been blacklisted. \nCome join Professors Lawrence and Santos to discuss how comics creators resisted these censorship paradigms from their outset and how these transgressors paved the way for contemporary comics culture in both narrative and publishing terms. We will especially highlight California counterculture’s special role in saving comic books from bland irrelevance. Learn how the implementation of the Comics Code Authority and the censorship paradigm established by 1973’s Miller v California nearly vanquished the comic book industry altogether\, as well as how stalwart industry creators\, such as Archie Goodwin of Warren Publishing and the outrageously crude members of the Comix movement\, boldly resisted\, either seeking ways around the censorship apparatus or deliberately thumbing their noses at it. Come learn how San Francisco became a hot bed of anticensorship attitudes through the history of the comic book and the graphic novel while we consider what lessons we may learn from 20th century censorship to face 21st century challenges. \nA virtual presentation by Jorge J. Santos Jr.\, author\, editor\, and Associate Professor\, Multi-Ethnic Literature of the US\, College of the Holy Cross\, Worchester\, Massachusetts and Patrick S. Lawrence\, author\, editor\, and Professor of English\, University of South Carolina\, Lancaster. \nTo register\, click here. URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/out-of-the-gutters-how-california-comix-saved-comics/ LOCATION:Book Club of California CATEGORIES:Book Club of California END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260825T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260825T203000 DTSTAMP:20260725T193208Z CREATED:20260725T193208Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260725T193208Z UID:3358-1787684400-1787689800@www.fabsocieties.org SUMMARY:FABS Living With Books Group: Bibliophilic Media Online/ Boundaries in Our Collections DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by FABS \nAugust 25 FABS Living With Books Group. Join us and host Reid Byers to discuss the delights and challenges of the private library. Our topics this month: 1. Bibliophilic Zooms\, podcasts\, Youtubes\, & TV documentaries; 2. How we have set boundaries in collections? In libraries? Contact Jennifer Larson at info@fabsocieties.org. URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/fabs-living-with-books-group-bibliophilic-media-online-boundaries-in-our-collections/ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR