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SUMMARY:FABS 19th Century Zoom Group
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by FABS \nJoin this congenial and informal discussion of all things bibliophilic and nineteenth-century with your host Bill Bryson. Meets the third Thursday of the month. \nFor a link to this month’s meeting\, contact Jennifer Larson (info@fabsocieties.org)
URL:https://www.fabsocieties.org/event/fabs-19th-century-zoom-group-18/
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SUMMARY:FABS Bindings Zoom: "Singing Bindings" From the Dibner Library at the Smithsonian
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by FABS \nJoin Lilla Vekerdy\, Head & Curator of Special Collections at the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives\, to view and hear about the “Singing Bindings” of The Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology. These unique bindings feature fragments of medieval music manuscripts as covers of Renaissance books. Working with them\, has revealed many fascinating discoveries regarding both book-binding and music. \nThe zoom program will take place on April 20 at 4:30 PM Pacific Time. It is free to attend. Contact Jennifer Larson (info@fabsocieties.org) for a link.
URL:https://www.fabsocieties.org/event/fabs-bindings-zoom-singing-bindings-from-the-dibner-library-at-the-smithsonian/
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SUMMARY:Digital Literary Redlining: African American Anthologies\, Digital Humanities\, and the Canon
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by the Book Club of California. \nThough canon concerns seem to be a relic of 1990s academia\, we are\, once again\, at a historical moment when there is resistance to teaching texts by writers of color and texts that deal with race\, ethnicity and gender. At the same time\, algorithmic bias scholars are locating systemic bias encoded into systems from policing software to housing software. Bringing these divergent areas together\, Amy E. Earhart examines how technological and institutional infrastructures construct and deconstruct race\, ethnicity and gender identities. \nFocusing on two central infrastructures\, the database\, a commonly used technological infrastructure in the digital humanities\, and the anthology\, a scholarly and pedagogical infrastructure\, Earhart considers how such seemingly naturalized infrastructures impact the representation and modeling of identity. The Digital Literary Redlining draws upon the building and use of DALA\, a collection of almost 100 years of generalist American and African American literature anthologies\, constructed to investigate questions of identity and representation in literary anthologies and\, by extension\, the larger literary canon. The resulting examination\, and its rigorous discussion of how identities are created and recreated within Black literary histories\, has important implications for contemporary cultural and political debates about canon formation\, literary scholarship\, and the bias embedded in technological infrastructures. \nA virtual presentation by Amy E. Earhart\, author and Associate Professor\, Department of English\, Texas A&M University. \nTo register\, click here.
URL:https://www.fabsocieties.org/event/digital-literary-redlining-african-american-anthologies-digital-humanities-and-the-canon/
CATEGORIES:Book Club of California
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SUMMARY:Ranger of the Lost Art - Rediscovering the WPA Poster Art of our National Parks
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by The Book Club of Washington \nDoug Leen is a retired dentist and seasonal park ranger. He started his company\, Ranger Doug’s Enterprises in 1993\, with a goal of bringing back into print the striking posters created by the WPA in the 1930s and 40s. \nWatch the Book Club of Washington events page for an opportunity to register for the online portion of this event.
URL:https://www.fabsocieties.org/event/ranger-of-the-lost-art-rediscovering-the-wpa-poster-art-of-our-national-parks/
CATEGORIES:Book Club of Washington
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SUMMARY:FABS Living With Books: Book Cartoons and Jokes/Advice to Younger Bibliophiles
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by FABS \nJoin this congenial group hosted by Reid Byers for conversation about the joys and challenges of home libraries. This month’s topics: \n\n1. Book Cartoons and Jokes\n\n2. What Advice might you offer to  younger bibliophiles from your experience as a book collector?\n\nTo receive a link\, contact Jennifer Larson (info@fabsocieties.org)
URL:https://www.fabsocieties.org/event/fabs-living-with-books-book-cartoons-and-jokes-advice-to-younger-bibliophiles/
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SUMMARY:The Irish Literary Renaissance
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by The Grolier Club \n\n\nWith Colm Tóibín \n\n\n\n\nAward winning Irish novelist and critic Colm Tóibín will trace the legacy of the Irish Literacy Renaissance through successive generations of Irish writers. \nRegister here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-lecture-the-irish-literary-renaissance-tickets-1981942212510?aff=ebdsoporgprofile
URL:https://www.fabsocieties.org/event/the-irish-literary-renaissance/
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SUMMARY:Adam Smyth on The Book-Makers: A History of the Book in Eighteen Lives
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by the Caxton Club. \nMay Midday Program \n \nFrom the aptly named Wynkyn de Worde to creators of Zines\, Adam Smyth unspools the story of books by illuminating the lives of eighteen fascinating characters. Entertaining\, enlightening\, engaging\, and alliterative\, his book puts a fresh perspective on some familiar names while introducing others you may not be familiar with. \nDid Benjamin Franklin eat paper in order to increase the amount of fiber in his diet? Did William Wildgoose lead a campaign to outlaw quill pens out of deference to his namesake? While those intriguing questions aren’t actually addressed in Smyth’s terrific book\, he does use the broadest range of historical sources to revive and describe the sounds\, the smells\, and the atmosphere of the development of printing to reveal new perspectives on even the most well-trodden ground. \nSmyth is a professor of English literature and the history of the book at Oxford’s Balliol College. He may seem familiar to regular midday program viewers\, because other speakers have quoted him in their talks and because he is much in demand as a lecturer and learned guest in programs available online. \nMake a little history of your own and register for the May Midday today – click here!
URL:https://www.fabsocieties.org/event/adam-smyth-on-the-book-makers-a-history-of-the-book-in-eighteen-lives/
CATEGORIES:Caxton Club
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SUMMARY:Tim White on Cookbook Author Isabella Beeton
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by The Book Collectors’ Society of Australia \nJune 13: Book Collectors’ Society of Australia – Meeting on Saturday 13 June 2026 at 2PM Sydney time (10 pm Friday 12 June\, New York time). \nTim White from Books for Cooks (https://www.booksforcooks.com.au) will speak about Mrs Isabella Beeton\, the famous cook and writer of recipe books.  As she died quite young it will include a bit about her fame after she passed.  We will be holding an in-person meeting at Sydney University as well as a ZOOM meeting.  Please email hjgoldsmith@bigpond.com for the link to the meeting if you would like to join.
URL:https://www.fabsocieties.org/event/tim-white-on-cookbook-author-isabella-beeton/
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