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Open Set 2025 Competition & Exhibition

American Academy of Bookbinding

The OPEN • SET 2025 Competition & Exhibition is an event in the United States featuring finely crafted bookbindings.  Sponsored by the American Academy of Bookbinding, it is designed to encourage […]

Gold Tooling

American Academy of Bookbinding

at the American Academy of Bookbinding taught by Don Glaister Learn the fundamental techniques and practices of gold tooling. Transform drawn designs on paper to sparkling designs in gold on […]

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Letter Quest

Zoom CA

with Kelcey Gray Go on an alphabetic adventure with designer, educator, and author of Let’s Make Letters!, Kelcey Gray.   Are you seeking more adventurous ways of letter-making? During this […]

Introduction to Modern Type Design

Zoom CA

with Kel Troughton Design your own original typeface in 10 weeks! During this 10-week online course (meeting on Monday evenings from October 2-December 11—no meeting on November 20), you will […]

The Flexible Mirror: Contemporary Book Design Online Workshop

Zoom CA

with Kevin Barrett Kane, Emma Christine Hall   Learn the fundamentals of book design from seasoned pros, including layout, typesetting, cover design, and manufacturing. During this three-week online workshop (Tuesdays […]

Thinking With Your Hands

Zoom CA

with Cyrus Highsmith This hands-on workshop helps you explore different ways of drawing, making, and seeing letters. In this two-week workshop (two Wednesdays and Thursdays in a row, starting on […]

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Podcasters as Promotional Partners

Zoom CA

Melody Ann Owen speaking about how to work with podcasters as promotional partners   Podcasting is an exciting and still growing medium and an excellent way to connect with partners […]

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Sisters In Crime: Marketing and Publicity Powerhouse

Zoom CA

Each chapter of SinC has the unique ability to wiggle the social media algorithm to increase visibility for their own book launches. Find out how. Pam Stack is the host of […]

Read For Filth: A 24-Hour Celebration Of Banned Books

Fabulosa Books 489 Castro Street, San Francisco

Fabulosa Books announces Read For Filth, a 24 hour celebration of queer literature in the Castro. At a moment when LGBTQIA+ books are under attack and anti-gay harassment is spiking, […]

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The Right to Read

San Francisco Public Library, Koret Auditorium

The current fervor around book banning might feel like something that's happening elsewhere, but its stifling effects have hit writers right here at home. As part of Banned Books Week, a […]

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Tips & Tricks for Developing Design Ideas

Zoom CA

Join us on Saturday, October 7, for the first of two virtual lectures with designer and book artist Brenda Gallagher. This first will cover generating design ideas for bookbinding. A […]

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Carmen Boullosa: The Book of Eve

Medicine for Nightmares 3036 24th Street, San Francisco

What if everything they’ve told us about the Garden of Eden was wrong? Faced with what appears to be an apocryphal manuscript containing ten books and 91 chapters, Eve decides […]

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Eddie Muller

House of Shields 39 New Montgomery Street, San Francisco

Mystery Month kicks off with a special event with Eddie Muller, the Czar of Noir. In collaboration with Mystery Writers of America, Eddie Muller, author of Dark City: The Lost World […]