Sponsored by The Grolier Club Join Curator Eve Kahn for a pre-recorded virtual tour of “Zoe Anderson Norris, Queen of Bohemia,” followed by a live Q&A. “To Fight for the Poor with My Pen: Zoe Anderson Norris, Queen of Bohemia,” runs in the 2nd-floor gallery of The Grolier Club through […]
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Sponsored by The Ticknor Society March 21 6:00pm EST For our March 21st meeting, all members and friends of The Ticknor Society are invited to join in an online, interactive conversation from “The Collector’s Corner.” Over fifty years ago, while in high school, Tim Weiskel began acquiring, reading and re-reading […]
Sponsored by The Book Club of California 6:00 PM – 7:15PM Pacific In-person and virtual presentation 5:30 PM Pacific – Reception 6:00 PM Pacific – Program The late 19th century has been labelled the “Baedeker Era” after the famous series of compact, bright-red travel guides published simultaneously in German, English, […]
On Feb 8, 2023, FABS member societies from opposite ends of the continent gathered via Zoom for “The Nation Bracketed,” a joint quadragennial celebration. “Forty is a fine and promising number and it bodes well for the future of the clubs and the Republic of Books to which we all […]
Sponsored by The Grolier Club April 4, 6:00-7:30pm Children’s voices – found in diaries, manuscript newspapers, and other child-authored texts – constitute essential evidence for a fuller history of the American past, illuminating how young people encountered and interpreted their worlds. While such texts are abundant, they are not easily […]
Sponsored by The Grolier Club April 5, 6:00-7:30pm EST Join this Zoom event for a virtual pre-recorded tour of the “Pattern and Flow” exhibition followed by a live Q&A. “Pattern and Flow” surveys for the first time the golden age of American decorated paper, telling the story of 53 imaginative […]
Sponsored by The Grolier Club March 24, 9:00am-5:30pm EST Join us virtually for a full-day symposium in celebration of the “Pattern and Flow: A Golden Age of American Decorated Paper” exhibition, sponsored by the Thomas J. Watson Library, The Metropolitan Museum of Art. “Pattern and Flow” surveys for the first […]
Sponsored by The Caxton Club March 10, 12:00pm Central Time Join us as Sara Schliep draws back the curtains to reveal the intriguing story of the Folger Shakespeare Library’s past and future. You may already know about its founders, Henry and Emily, but Sara will introduce you to more characters, […]
Sponsored by The Grolier Club Feb 15, 6:30-8:00pm EST Throughout the first half of the 20th century, a literature for Yiddish-speaking children flourished on four continents. A traveling rabbi shares his Sabbath with a friendly lion; an engraved olive branch traces a century-long arc of exile and repatriation to the […]
Sponsored by The Grolier Club Fri March 17, 12:00-1:00pm EST British antiquarian bookseller Oliver Darkshire will read from and discuss his book “Once Upon a Tome: The Misadventures of a Rare Bookseller” in this virtual event. As a young man, Darkshire entered Henry Sotheran Ltd. to interview for what he […]