Ed Papenfuse: The Enterprising Roach Family of Baltimore, 1819-1830

Sponsored by The Baltimore Bibliophiles A saga of marketing Books, Stationery, Musical instruments, Umbrellas, Printing, and Sign Painting, mixed with Millerites and fisticuffs with the Constabulary! Wednesday, October 20, 2021. 7:00 pm. Eastern Time on Zoom. To register contact Binnie Syril Braunstein at bsbgc@aol.com  

Olya Samilenko on Ukraine: Snow Goose Chronicles: How the Goose Became a Peacock

Sponsored by The Baltimore Bibliophiles Olya Samilenko will speak on her book The Snow Goose Chronicles. A must read for anyone interested in the history of Ukraine, its life, and the fate of Ukrainian peasants during the Soviet period. In this work, Samilenko takes us on a fascinating ride through 20th century Ukraine and its […]

Bookseller Josh Mann on Provenance and Association Copies

Sponsored by The Baltimore Bibliophiles Jan 18, 7:00pm Eastern time via Zoom Josh Mann's specialties include Victorian Literature, Modern American literature, and Signed Books and Presentation Copies. He has lectured on the value of signatures and author associations, and is a books and manuscripts appraiser at ABAA book fairs. Although literature is the heart of B […]

Novelist Susan King on Lady Macbeth

Sponsored by The Baltimore Bibliophiles Our Thursday, May 18 (ZOOM) program features novelist Susan King. She will tell us what motivated her to write a very different (from Shakespeare) version of Macbeth. The result was Lady Macbeth: A Novel. Please join us in hearing about a very different version of The Scottish Play. To register […]

Chris Needdham: Theft, Mutilation and Forgery–Terrible and True Tales of Book Crimes.

Sponsored by The Baltimore Bibliophiles Baltimore Bibliophiles is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: Chris Needham. Theft, Mutilation and Forgery--True Book Crimes @ the Baltimore Bibs Time: Oct 19, 2023 7:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88495057804?pwd=QStxZkM1Wm5UYlZ3ZThwZ3dqbEJEdz09 Meeting ID: 884 9505 7804 Passcode: 916571 --- One tap mobile +13092053325,,88495057804#,,,,*916571# […]

Max Beerbohm: The Price of Celebrity

Sponsored by The Baltimore Bibliophiles Our Tuesday, January 16 ZOOM program features Margaret D. Stetz and Mark Samuels Lasner on “Max Beerbohm: The Price of Celebrity” Margaret D. Stetz: “What Would Beerbohm Do?” Mark Samuels Lasner: “A Lifelong Attack of Maximania: Collecting Max Beerbohm” The time as usual is 7:00 pm Eastern time (US and […]

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 […]

Leslie Long on Book Designer Margaret Neilson Armstrong

Sponsored by the Baltimore Bibliophiles On Thursday, March 22nd, we will welcome Leslie Long, who works in the General Collections Conservation Section at the Library of Congress. Tying in with Women’s History Month, Leselie will introduce us to Margaret Neilson Armstrong, a 19th and early 20th-century American book cover designer, illustrator, and author. She is […]

Hidden Gems in Two American Austen Collections

Sponsored by The Baltimore Bibliophiles April 17, 2024, 7pm EDT via Zoom. "Hidden Gems in Two American Austen Collections." The Baltimore Bibliophiles will welcome Juliette Wells, professor of literary studies at Goucher College and the author of three histories of Austen's readers and fans, most recently A New Jane Austen: How Americans Brought Us the […]