Book Expo America 2008
More than 120 Educational Sessions – Designed to address topics of interest to all segments of the industry. Most sessions are free with event registration.
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| - Comics | - Digital |
| - Educators | - Green |
| - Library | - Translations |
| - General | - And More |
The New England Chapter of the Guild of Book Workers is pleased to present an illustrated lecture by Mindy Dubansky on book designer Alice C. Morse (1863-1961).
In 1997, Dubansky, librarian and conservator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, discovered a trove of cover designs by Morse in a storage area at the Museum. Like her contemporaries Sarah Wyman Whitman and Margaret Armstrong, Morse designed wonderful bindings, emblematic of the American Decorative Arts Movement. Over a ten-year period, Dubansky collected 80 published books designed by Morse and recently, curated a exhibit on Morse’s life and work at the Grolier Club. She has written a book about Morse, The
Proper Decoration of Book Covers: The Life and Work of Alice C. Morse.
Please join us to hear a delightful speaker describe her findings about an important designer from an exciting period of book publishing. The talk will talk place Thursday, May 8th at the Schlesinger Library at 6
pm. Free and open to the public. Books will be available for sale.
Directions can be found at the library’s website:
“The 2007 American Printing History Association’s J. Ben Lieberman Memorial Lecture, on April 17, 2008 (held late), featured the distinguished book binding historian Sue Allen at the Grolier Club, speaking on “A Doubly Fascinating Book: Hawthorne’s Wonder Book Illustrated by Walter Crane.”
Not just a day, but a whole year.
“The National Year of Reading has announced a groundbreaking new initiative for libraries, the first national ‘Join A Library Day’ on Saturday 26th April 2008.
Supported by all libraries across England, the day is part of the National Year of Reading’s year-long campaign to encourage parents, children and young people to join their local library.
For the first time ever, the National Year of Reading and the Society of Chief Librarians have developed a universal library membership form – a simple form that can be used to join any library in England. The form will be distributed through a supplement in The Daily Mirror, through First News (the children’s newspaper) and through local and regional press. The membership form will also be available to download at www.yearofreading.org.uk.”
April 27, 2008 is being celebrated in Kensington, Maryland with a book festival.
“April twenty-third (the festival is on the nearest Sunday) is a symbolic day in world literature. Declared as International Day of the Book by UNESCO in 1995, this celebration of books and literature draws it’s inspiration from a Catalan tradition, the Festival of the Rose.
Legend has it that Saint George, Patron Saint of Catalonia and international knight-errant, slew a dragon about to devour a beautiful Catalan princess. From the dragon’s blood sprouted a rosebush, from which the hero plucked the prettiest rose for the princess. Hence the traditional Rose Festival celebrated in Barcelona since the Middle Ages to honor chivalry and love. In 1923, this lover’s “festa” became even more poetic when it merged with “el dia del llibre”, or The Day of the Book, to mark the nearly simultaneous deaths of Miguel de Cervantes and William Shakespeare, the two giants of literary history, on April 23, 1616.
On this day in Barcelona, bookstalls and street festivities run the length of the picturesque La Rambla, the old city’s main boulevard and, according to the Spanish author Garcia Lorca, “the only street in the world which I wish would never end”.
The Town of Kensington, Kensington Literary Group, and the Pauli Bellet Foundation Catalan Library, invite you to celebrate this wonderful day on Howard Ave, our “La Rambla”.”
The Grolier Club, 47 East 60th Street, New York, NY Thursday April 17, 2008, 6 p.m.
“A Doubly Fascinating Book: Hawthorne’s Wonder Book Illustrated by Walter Crane”
For Immediate Release
THE AMERICAN PRINTING HISTORY ASSOCIATION is pleased to announce that distinguished historian of 19th-century American book covers, Sue Allen, will deliver the 2007 Lieberman Lecture at the Grolier Club of New York on Thursday April 17, 2008 at 6 p.m. Sue will speak on “A Doubly Fascinating Book: Hawthorne’s Wonder Book Illustrated by Walter Crane.” A reception will follow the lecture.
Sue Allen is the foremost historian of 19th-century American book covers. Since the 1970s she has extensively studied these bindings, from the early adoption of cloth as a substitute for leather until the dominance of the book jacket around 1910. Her research has encompassed the materials used and the technologies employed in case binding, and she has identified many individual designers and styles. Since 1983 Sue has taught a perennially popular class on this topic at Rare Book School. Her research, lectures, writings, and exhibitions have raised awareness and appreciation of American book designers’ art. Her insight and enthusiasm have activated librarians, conservators, and collectors to help ensure that these items are saved for posterity. In 1999 she received the annual award of the American Printing History Association for her contributions to printing history.
In a little red house called Tanglewood in Lenox, Massachusetts, Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote a book very different from his recent Scarlet Letter and House of the Seven Gables—a sunny retelling of six Greek myths, entitled A Wonder Book for Girls and Boys. Forty years later, in the 1890s, the English illustrator Walter Crane visited America and was invited by Boston publisher Houghton Mifflin to illustrate any book of his choice on their remarkable backlist. He chose the Wonder Book. There is much to wonder about its publication history. Join APHA to honor Sue Allen as the 2007 J. Ben Lieberman Memorial Laureate as she unravels a story sure to intrigue all.
The lecture will take place on April 17, 2008, at 6 p.m. at the Grolier Club, 47 East 60th Street (between Park Avenue and Madison Avenue) in New York City. A reception will follow the lecture. The event is co-sponsored by the Grolier Club, and is free and open to the public. For more information visit the APHA website.
Are you a bibliophile?
Help is available.
The staff of Oak Knoll-specialists in “books about books”-will be offering a workshop for those interested in collecting books. Bring a book you would like to know more about, and obtain practice using the essential print and online resources for learning about books. The workshop will be tailored to the interests of those who participate.
When: Saturday, May 3, 2008, 9am - noon
Where: 310 Delaware Street, New Castle, DE 19720
Cost: $15
Registration required; deadline 4/25/08 (limited to 10 participants)
To register call 800-996-2556 or e-mail <mailto:kelly@oakknoll.com>
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