Sponsored by the Grolier Club Curator Glen Miranker will offer a pre-recorded guided tour of his “Sherlock Holmes in 221 Objects” exhibition, open in our ground floor gallery January 12 – April 16, 2022. The tour will be followed by a live Q&A. All attendees will receive an email with […]
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Sponsored by The Grolier Club Geoffrey Roberts, History Professor Emeritus at University College Cork (Ireland) and a member of the Royal Irish Academy, will discuss his latest publication, Stalin’s Library: A Dictator and his Books (Yale University Press, 2022). Stalin was a surprisingly learned bookworm, as he analyzed and refracted […]
Sponsored by The Grolier Club Dr. Melanie Chambliss and Laurel Davis will speak on “Black Archives as Sites and Symbols of Black Liberation” About this event Two scholars will explore recent discoveries about how Black community libraries, activists and bibliophiles have preserved and advocated for deeper understanding of Black history. […]
Sponsored by The Grolier Club Curator Glen S. Miranker will give a lecture on “Arthur Conan Doyle at 35,” offered in connection with our “Sherlock Holmes in 221 Objects” exhibition, open in our ground floor gallery January 12 – April 16, 2022. This will be a live online event, and […]
The original concept behind FABS was for member societies to welcome each other at their events. The Book Club of California carried on this tradition in February 2022 by hosting a reception at the 54th California International Book Fair in Oakland. Guests from FABS societies included members of The Caxton […]
Sponsored by Northern Ohio Bibliophilic Society. March 24, 7:30 PM 8:45 PM EST via Zoom Join Herb Ascherman on an illuminating journey into his experiences as Cleveland’s most prominent portrait photographer. Since opening his portrait studio in 1975, Herb has photographed international leaders such as Henry Kissinger and Presidents Carter, […]
Sponsored by FABS Sunday, March 13, 2022 4:00-6:00 PM Eastern Time | Zoom In our FABS Spring Online Event, Boston-based Brattle Book Shop proprietor/television appraiser Kenneth Gloss talks about some of his favorite finds and describes some of the joys of “the hunt.” He explains what makes books and manuscripts […]
Sponsored by the Book Club of California As our Valentine’s Day gift to you, the entire library of Book Club of California recorded talks and presentations—more than 80 videos—will be available to view on our YouTube Channel during the month of February. Share the love by inviting friends and family […]
by Jennifer Larson Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray. 2021. The Personal Librarian. New York: Random House. Heidi Ardizzone. 2007. An Illuminated Life: Belle da Costa Greene’s Journey from Prejudice to Privilege. New York: W. W. Norton and Co. In The Personal Librarian, authors Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray […]