Sponsored by FABS Join us for convivial conversation about all things bookish and 19th century! We meet on the third Thursday of the month, 4:30-5:30pm Pacific/7:30-8:30pm Eastern. To receive announcements and links, contact Jennifer Larson (info@fabsocieties.org).
Sponsored by FABS Hosted by The Private Library author Reid Byers, this group meets on Zoom, on the fourth Tuesday of each month. Discussions will cover acquisition, cataloging and photographing collections, home libraries, book furniture, conservation and storage, and much more. All are welcome to participate. This month's topics: Real and Dream Libraries Redux - […]
Sponsored by FABS In the Cover of Darkness: Three Works from the Press of Isaiah Thomas. This year represents the 250th Anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord. While our nation celebrates that momentous event, few will be celebrating another significant event that happened three days earlier. On April 16, 1775, Revolutionary patriot and […]
Sponsored by FABS Join us for convivial conversation about all things bookish and 19th century! We meet the third Thursday of the month. For links and announcements, contact Jennifer Larson (info@fabsocieties.org)
Sponsored by FABS FABS Special Interest Group: Binding April 21, 2025 7:30pm eastern / 6:30pm midwest / 5:30pm mountain / 4:30pm pacific BRENDA GALLAGHER :: THE USE OF TYPOGRAPHY IN BESPOKE BINDINGS Join FABS members interested in Bindings for a Presentation and Discussion with Brenda Gallagher on using typography as design in fine bindings. […]
Sponsored by FABS Bindings: The Bindings Interest Group hosts discussions and presentations that share collections and information on bookbindings of all periods. Topics include, but are not limited to, history, design and aesthetics, innovation, materials and craft techniques. To receive announcements and links, contact Jennifer Larson (info@fabsocieties.org)
Sponsored by FABS Join us and host Reid Byers (author of The Private Library) for convivial conversation on the pleasures and challenges of home libraries: acquisition; cataloging and photographing of collection materials; home libraries; book furniture; conservation and storage, etc. THIS MONTH's TOPICS: Books we have kept for sentimental reasons, and how to choose art […]
Sponsored by FABS oin us for convivial conversation about all things bookish and 19th century! We meet the third Thursday of the month. For links and announcements, contact Jennifer Larson (info@fabsocieties.org)
Sponsored by FABS Sol Rébora: Chaucer and Tomorrow's Past Join us for a discussion with binder Sol Rébora about binding William Morris's Chaucer, highlighting the balance between client expectations, conservation principles and contemporary bookbinding. The presentation will include models, process photos and a video of the finished work along with insights into the philosophy of […]
Sponsored by FABS Join the FABS Living With Books group for congenial discussion of the challenges and pleasures of home libraries. To join the list, please contact Jennifer Larson at info@fabsocieties.org
Sponsored by FABS June 9: FABS Handpress Era Group will meet at 7:30pm EST on Zoom for an hour of talk about printed items before 1800. Dr. Eugene Flamm will speak on “Putative Provenance: Martin Lister as a Bibliophilic Iterist” regarding a volume perhaps given by Lister to the Earl of Portland, with additional discussion […]
Sponsored by FABS Join us on Zoom for a talk by Karen Hanmer on the Biblio Tech models, reverse-engineered historic and modern binding structures. See them here: https://karenhanmer.com/gallery/p/bibliotech Note the one-time date change to the second Monday of the month. To receive a link and join the bindings Zoom group, contact Jennifer Larson (info@fabsocieties.org)