Sponsored by The Grolier Club Maria Georgopoulou on the latest discoveries of how the Gennadius Library in Athens came to be. With highlights including early editions of Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey and a laurel wreath belonging to Lord Byron, the Library sheds light on Hellenism, Greece, and neighboring civilizations from […]
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Sponsored by The Grolier Club UMass Amherst professor and recent Grolier Helfand fellow Joe Black will speak on early modern women’s libraries. Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-lecture-the-private-libraries-of-early-modern-british-women-tickets-719347607057?aff=ebdsoporgprofile
Sponsored by FABS Next meeting: October 19 The 19th Century special interest group will meet the third Thursday of the month from 4:30-5:30pm Pacific/7:30-8:30pm Eastern. This SIG offers “a broad look at the 19th Century bibliophilic world; presentations and discussion for collectors, scholars, creatives and other book professionals.” To register, […]
Sponsored by FABS Interested in the early age of print? Join us on Zoom! Members of this group show and discuss examples of “printed books and other printed works created before ca. 1800.” For the meeting of October 9: Elizabeth Canning: “The Worst Fate Bookes Have”: How Margaret Cavendish Shaped […]
Sponsored by FABS 16 October, 2023 7:30-8:50pm eastern / 6:30-7:50pm midwest / 5:30-6:50pm mountain / 4:30-5:50pm pacific ANATOMY OF A BOOK/BINDINGS FROM A PERUVIAN PENITENTIARY Join FABS members interested in Bindings for a discussion about the Anatomy of a Book with lang ingalls, and about bindings that were created in […]
Sponsored by The Baxter Society Free and open to the public via Zoom. To register contact: baxtersociety@gmail.com Nicholas Basbanes, NEH Public Scholar and beloved author of A Gentle Madness: Bibliophiles, Bibliomanes and the Eternal Passion for Books and On Paper: The Everything of its Two-Thousand-Year History, will speak on his […]
Sponsored by The Baxter Society Rachel Church will speak about her artist’s book The Women of Windy Hill, which commemorates the creation of a self-published cookbook during the pandemic. To register for this talk, contact: baxtersociety@gmail.com From Rachel’s website: In 2021, the Women’s Group of the North Vienna United Methodist […]
By Enrique Vazquez An overview of notable titles. Listening Point was the primary inspiration for the collection. The Boundary Water Canoe Area (BWCA) is a protected chain-of-lakes spanning over one million acres along the Minnesota-Canada border. It was here that my family brought me to camp at a young age, […]
Sponsored by Northern Ohio Bibliophilic Society Thursday, September 21st, 7-8:30pm EST, free and open to the public. Join us for a very special Forum featuring artist Lisa Meek. Lisa Meek creates extraordinarily beautiful botanical sculptures from the pages of books. Incorporating the language of flowers and topical books, these works […]
Sponsored by The Book Club of California Monday Sept. 11, 6:00 PM – 7:15 PM Pacific In-person and virtual presentation 5:30 PM Pacific – Reception 6:00 PM Pacific – Program Diane Power Zimmerman will share highlights from her book Nut Tree: From a California Ranch to a Design, Food, and […]