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A first-of-its-kind, bilingual exhibition at the NYPL will showcase Puerto Rican life and culture…
V&A East Storehouse opens its doors on September 13 to the David Bowie Centre and the singer's…
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Bonhams Skinner's Fine Books & Rare Manuscripts auction on January 23 will present an exceptional range of material including important historical documents, a group of first editions of Ian Fleming's James Bond novels, a significant collection of literature and ephemera…
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The Caxton Club Grant Committee has met to select the recipients of the 2022-23 Caxton Club Grants. Committee members Hannah Batsel, Martha Chiplis, Paul Gehl, Diane Stillwell Weinberg, Jackie Vossler, and Committee Chair Eileen Madden selected the recipients of this year’s grants.
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The number of independent bookshops in membership of the Booksellers Association in the UK and Ireland has grown for the sixth consecutive year, marking a decade of growth following over 20 years of decline, the Booksellers Association has announced.  
Book Fairs
Tropic Bound - South Florida’s first international biennial artists’ book fair - arrives this spring at the Miami Design District. This vibrant event will showcase the unique artistic genre known as 'artists’ books'. These complex creations bridge the worlds of art, craft, and literature: telling…
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Memories of the Fab Four come to Sworders this month. The Design sale on January 17 includes autographs of all four members of The Beatles taken in January 1965 at the Hammersmith Odeon. The vendor is the nephew of the writer and broadcaster Ludovic Kennedy and his wife the ballerina Moira Shearer…
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The Grolier Club in New York City - America’s oldest and largest society for bibliophiles - will celebrate visionary contemporary American artists who revolutionized and re-energized the creative legacy of paper arts. Pattern and Flow: A Golden Age of American Decorated Paper, 1960s to 2000s…
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RR Auction's first sale of 2023 brings the 'golden age' of the American gangster to the forefront, featuring remarkable items chronicling the lives and times of notorious figures like Al Capone, John Dillinger, Bonnie Parker, and Clyde Barrow.
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Thanks to a Museums for America Grant awarded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), seven Clemens-original objects in The Mark Twain House & Museum’s collection have undergone professional conservation treatment at the Williamstown Art Conservation and Preservation Center.…
Auctions
Christie's Books & Manuscripts Department is pleased to present a fine selection of material highlighting both important science and Americana.
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Join us for the 2023 D. F. McKenzie Memorial Lecture, by Professor Tom Mole, author of the best-selling publication The Secret Life of Books. As new media radically changes our experience of books, this illustrated lecture draws on a wide range of examples to explore all the things we do with books…