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Kenneth W. Rendell on “Hidden Themes in Collecting”

Sponsored by The Grolier Club The second annual Kenneth W. Rendell Lecture on the Importance of Historical Letters and Documents. Grolier member Kenneth W. Rendell will speak on "Hidden Themes in Collecting: What I Discovered About My Own Collecting." This program will be live webcast. Registration here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-lecture-kenneth-w-rendell-on-hidden-themes-in-collecting-tickets-796214989467?aff=ebdsoporgprofile If you are a Grolier Club member, […]

George Fletcher: Judging a Book by Its Cover: Bookbindings from the Collections of the Grolier Club, 1470s-2020

Sponsored by The Grolier Club H. George Fletcher, Curator of "Judging a Book by Its Cover: Bookbindings from the Collections of the Grolier Club, 1470s-2020," will lecture on the Club's collection of fine and historic bookbindings in conjunction with Bibliography Week. This lecture will be live webcast. Registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-lecture-annual-bibliography-week-lecture-tickets-796218158947?aff=ebdsoporgprofile If you are a Grolier Club […]

Virtual Exhibition Tour and Q&A: Jeffrey Johnson on “Whodunit?”

Sponsored by The Grolier Club Free and Open to the Public; virtual tour Feb 5, 6:00pm -7:30pm Eastern Time Whodunit? Key Books in Detective Fiction features selections from Grolier Club member Jeffrey Johnson’s more than 400-piece collection of detective novels from the nineteenth and early twentieth century. The exhibition highlights more than 90 early examples of […]

Rebecca Rego Barry: “The Vanishing of Carolyn Wells” [mystery fiction and more]

Sponsored by The Grolier Club Whodunit, you ask? Carolyn Wells—82 times between 1909 and 1942. Yet she is all but unknown today, unless it’s for her bibliomystery classic, Murder in the Bookshop (1936). In the early 20th century, she was an immensely popular author, excelling at country house and locked-room novels of detection and becoming one of […]

The Life, Motto, and Library of William Walker (1570-1642), Vicar of Chiswick

Co-presented and co-hosted by The Book Club of California, The Bibliographical Society of America and the American Trust for the British Library. Feb 12, 6:00pm Pacific Time An in-person and virtual presentation by Alan H. Nelson, Professor Emeritus, Department of English, University of California, Berkeley Zoom registration: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_759LIhnbSYGbxvT3eh4DjQ Approximately twenty-five printed books and ten manuscripts […]

FABS Handpress Era Group

Sponsored by FABS The Handpress Era group meets for presentations and discussion of printed books and materials before 1800. This month features presentations by FABS Chair Jennifer Larson (a 16th century New Testament with hand-colored woodcuts) and Dr. David Wolf. We meet the second Monday of the month for one hour at 4:30pm Pacific, 6:30 […]

FABS 19th Century Group

Sponsored by FABS Join us for an hour of convivial discussion about all things 1800s and bibliophilic! Contact Jennifer at info@fabsocieties.org for a link. The 19th Century group meets the third Thursday of the month at 7:30pm Eastern, 4:30pm Pacific.  

From Treasure Room to Reading Room: The History of Special Collections

Sponsored by The Baltimore Bibliophiles Cassie Brand, Curator of Rare Books at Washington University Libraries in St. Louis will present a talk to The Baltimore Bibliophiles. Her topic is: "From Treasure Room to Reading Room: The History of Special Collections." The ZOOM program begins at 7:00 pm eastern (US and Canada). The program will be […]

Virtual Talk by Ken Gloss of Boston’s famed Brattle Book Shop

Sponsored by The Book Club of Detroit Kenneth Gloss, internationally known rare book specialist, appraiser, and proprietor of Boston's famed Brattle Book Shop, will give a virtual presentation for The Book Club of Detroit on Thursday, February 22, 7:00 pm EST, via Zoom. This event is free of charge and open to the public (but […]

A History and Virtual Tour of the Collections of the Washington State Library

Sponsored by The Book Club of Washington Dating from 1853, the Washington State Library is the state's oldest cultural institution, preserving for decades items not duplicated elsewhere that hold the answers to so many questions about the past. Come along on our virtual guided tour of this research playground! Register here: https://www.bookclubofwashington.org/events-1/a-history-and-virtual-tour-of-the-collections-of-the-washington-state-library

Empress San Francisco: The Pacific Rim, The Great West, and California at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition

Sponsored by The Book Club of California When the more than 18 million visitors poured into the Panama-Pacific International Exposition (PPIE) in San Francisco in 1915, they encountered a vision of the world born out of San Francisco’s particular local political and social climate. By seeking to please various constituent groups ranging from the government […]

FABS Handpress Era Zoom Group

Sponsored by FABS All are welcome to join us for an hour of presentations and discussion of printed books and other materials before 1800. The Handpress Group meets the second Monday of each month. In honor of Women's History Month, the March session features Elizabeth Canning discussing A Narrative of the Life of Charlotte Charke […]