Sponsored by FABS Fourth Tuesday of the month, 4:00-5:30pm Pacific/7:00-8:30pm Eastern Join the Zoom group that meets monthly to discuss the pleasures and challenges of home libraries. This month's topics are "bad" home libraries and sound/silence/music in libraries. To be added to the mailing list please contact Jennifer Larson at info@fabsocieties.org
Sponsored by FABS Join us this month as Dr. Gene Flamm discusses some variations among the incunable editions of the first illustrated work on anatomy – Ketham's Fasciculus medicinae, 1491-1500. To get on the mailing list for this group and receive links, contact Jennifer Larson at info@fabsocieties.org
Sponsored by The Caxton Club December Midday Program A recent Caxton Club program unfolded like an English country house mystery: The Case of the Poison Pigments, in which the Winterthur Library played a vital detecting role. New to Inspector Winterthur? Well, imagine a 175-room house nestled into a remarkable thousand-acre estate. It was brought to life […]
Sponsored by The Grolier Club Join the Grolier Club for a video tour of the exhibition "Abraham Lincoln: His Life in Print" with curator Mazy Boroujerdi, followed by live online Q&A. Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-exhibition-tour-qa-abraham-lincoln-his-life-in-print-tickets-1044332595907?aff=ebdsoporgprofile
Sponsored by FABS Join this congenial group for conversation on all things bookish and 19th century! For announcement and links to the monthly meetings, contact Jennifer Larson at info@fabsocieties.org
Sponsored by FABS The Handpress Era Zoom group is hosting a talk by bookseller and William Blake expert John Windle, who will discuss the pochoir technique used at the Trianon Press to create extraordinary facsimiles of works by Blake and others. Join us! Contact Jennifer: info@fabsocieties.org
Sponsored by The Manuscript Society Manuscript Mondays J.K. Lilly, Jr. and His Collecting of Manuscripts Special Date: January 13, 2025 8:00 PM Eastern Free, Live Webinar J.K. Lilly Jr. was a visionary, a keen businessman with a generous spirit and one of Lilly Endowment’s three founders. He built extensive collections of coins, stamps, books and manuscripts, […]
Sponsored by FABS Join us for convivial discussion of all things bookish and 19th century! Hosted by Bill Bryson and Richard Kopley. To get on the mailing list, contact Jennifer Larson: info@fabsocieties.org
Sponsored by The Caxton Club January Evening Program The John Cage Collection held in the library at Northwestern University is a major research collection concerning the life and work of one of the most important artists of the 20th Century. Cage’s use of indeterminacy, electronics, silence, and other innovations created a lasting and profound impact […]
Sponsored by FABS Join us for conversation on all the delights and challenges of home libraries, hosted by Reid Byers. This month's discussion topics: 1. Categorization - your personal book divisions 2. Four feet of books on a three foot shelf - making room for new books To join the mailing list and receive links, […]
Sponsored by FABS Join us for convivial discussion of books and other materials printed before 1800. This month's topic is "My favorite acquisition of 2024"! No presentation required; just hold it up and talk for up to 5 minutes. To join this group contact Jennifer Larson at info@fabsocieties.org
Sponsored by The Grolier Club Curator Reid Byers gives a livestreamed talk called "Collecting the Imaginary (in which all will be revealed)" related to his Grolier Club member's exhibition: Imaginary Books: Lost, Unwritten, and Fictive Books Found Only in Other Books . The show runs in the Grolier Club's second-floor Gallery through February 15, 2025. Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-exhibition-lecture-reid-beyers-on-collecting-the-imaginary-tickets-1027823195847?aff=ebdssbdestsearch Note: This […]