Sponsored by FABS August 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 […]
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Sponsored by FABS August 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. 24 August 2026 (note new date)7:30pm eastern / 6:30pm midwest / 5:30pm mountain / 4:30pm pacific INSIYA […]
Sponsored by FABS August 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 […]
Sponsored by FABS Join this congenial group for conversation about all things bibliophilic and 19th-century! We meet monthly on the third Thursday. To be added to the list for links, contact Jennifer Larson: info@fabsocieties.org
Sponsored by FABS On July 28 join your host Reid Byers and the gang for another lively discussion about Living With Books. Our topics this month: (1) “Prints, Paintings, and Decorations in the Library” and (2) “Reading Equipment.” For a link please contact Jennifer Larson at info@fabsocieties.org
Sponsored by FABS Dr. Stephanie Stillo, Chief, Rare Books and Special Collection Division at the Library of Congress will show us some of the recently acquired bindings in the collection. The Library of Congress actively adds artists’ books, fine and design bindings, and other treasures to the collection. July 20, […]
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! […]
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. […]
Sponsored by FABS Bookbinding models replicate book structures to show us how a book operates. They range from practical to experimental and may reproduce bookbinding techniques from various eras and cultures. Model-making has been a research and instructional method in the Libraries’ Conservation Lab since its inception in the mid-1980s. […]
Sponsored by FABS This month we try out a new discussion format with the topic “Ebay and Catawiki: The Good, The Bad and the Ugly.” We’ll discuss the pros and cons of these online auction platforms for collectors of Handpress Era materials. If you use them, what are your search […]