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Richard Danne goes airborne with “Stars” launch!

Letterform Archive 2325 Third St Floor 4R, San Francisco, CA, United States

This event, produced by AIGA/SF, features an expansive visual presentation by Richard Danne with projects from his stellar new book: “Shooting for the Stars,” a six-decade celebration of timeless design. The book’s 248 colorful pages include successful programs / projects which have stood the test of time – for diverse clients like NASA to FIT; Paramount to […]

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BOOK TALK: “On Parchment” with author Bruce Holsinger

San Francisco Center for the Book 375 Rhode Island Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

SFCB is excited to host author Bruce Holsinger as he shares stories from his latest book "On Parchment: Animals, Archives, and the Making of Culture from Herodotus to the Digital Age".

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Workshop: Boost Your Book Sales: Elevating Author Visibility through Email Marketing

Zoom CA, United States

This engaging workshop is for authors across genres—from children’s storytellers to non-fiction experts and fiction writers. This session focuses on leveraging the power of email marketing to increase your visibility and drive book sales. You’ll learn how to craft compelling lead magnets that capture interest, as well as strategies for effective collaboration that can open […]

Python for Visual Designers

Zoom CA, United States

Learn the basics of Python in the free MacOS application DrawBot. Create and animate vector art, set type with code, and save your sketches as vector and raster images, videos, and .pdfs. As designers, we use tools to help complete our work but often don't consider how these tools can box us into certain processes […]

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Reception: The Magic of Marbling Exhibit

American Bookbinders Museum

Meet the artist! Pietro Accardi will demonstrate and discuss marbling at a special reception celebrating The Magic of Marbling, Unique by Design. This special exhibit explores the patterns, history and magic of marbling. Celebrated marbler, Pietro Accardi, will share his passion for marbling, his love of teaching, and his comprehensive knowledge of the art form with […]

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PubWest Boot Camp 2024: New In Publishing

Zoom CA, United States

AGENDA DETAILS Visit the Boot Camp website for full details and updates on the agenda. REGISTER TODAY Are you in your first 5 years of working in the Book Publishing industry? Join us on Monday, September 23 for this Virtual Boot Camp. Learn about different areas in publishing, plus network with your peers and the PubWest circle of […]

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Women’s Book History and the Knowledge Revolution

The Book Club of California 312 Sutter Street Ste 500, San Francisco, CA, United States

The fields of book history and bibliography are having a cultural reckoning. The Women in Book History Bibliography (womensbookhistory.org) has acted as an impetus for championing the “lost” histories of women in the book trades and as a tool for arguing for further recovery work. Still in progress, the bibliography currently consists of over 2000 […]

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Writing Concisely

Zoom CA, United States

Want to get results with more powerful, persuasive content and communications? This fun, hands-on workshop will help you streamline the writing process, steer clear of common pitfalls, drive traffic and sales, and meet deadlines and performance targets. You’ll learn how to Organize to save time and highlight main points Use fewer words to communicate your […]

Persuasive Data Graphics

Letterform Archive 2325 Third St Floor 4R, San Francisco, CA, United States

Data graphics are magical. Come learn how to make pictures that can help us discover and discuss otherwise invisible phenomena. We will dissect the elements that make data graphics spectacular, ranging from choosing effective visual metaphors to picturing uncertainty and the subtle art of color-encoding. We will critique and we will make. Our emphasis will […]

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How to Get a Book Deal

Zoom CA, United States

GET A BOOK DEAL WITH A PUBLISHER There’s the book you want to write and the book a publisher – and readers – will buy: Are they the same book? Literary agents receive 1500+ manuscripts a month. Publishers receive 10,000+ manuscripts a year. If you want to get a publishing deal and more readers, you’ve got to know what publishers (and readers) […]

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Sacramento Latino Book & Family Festival

Sacramento City College 3835 Freeport Boulevard, Sacramento, United States

These events are FREE and include author meet and greets, workshops, book readings, dance performances, arts, and craft activities, and exhibitors.  Estos eventos son GRATIS y incluyen firma de libros por autores, talleres, lectura de libros, danzas, arte y manualidades, y exhibidores.