Week of Events
Letter Quest
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 online workshop that runs for three Wednesdays in a row, starting on September 13, Kelcey Gray will guide you through twenty-six letter-making prompts, like revealing […]
Thinking With Your Hands
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 October 4), you'll learn how letters can be drawn in many different ways. Cyrus Highsmith’s approach is based on the importance of white space and […]
Read For Filth: A 24-Hour Celebration Of Banned Books
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, let's come together to celebrate stories that bring us together. Read For Filth will be a grand affirmation of queer joy and a resounding rejection […]
From the Bench of Mary Bruno :: Bruno Press
From the Bench of Mary Bruno :: Bruno Press
Welcome to From the Bench, SFCB's series of short studio tours with friends near and far. From favorite tools to works in progress, you never know what you'll learn about from these amazing artists. This month we'll chat with artist and printer Mary Bruno of Bruno Press in St. Joseph, Minnesota. For 20 years, Mary […]
Virtual Lecture: Kenneth Gloss on a Bookseller’s Improbable Finds
Virtual Lecture: Kenneth Gloss on a Bookseller’s Improbable Finds
Kenneth Gloss, a rare book specialist and appraiser who runs the Brattle Book Shop in Boston and appears on national TV shows (including Antiques Roadshow), will speak on "improbable finds" of his decades-long career. As he describes the surprises he's experienced while bookselling: “one day you find yourself drinking from Thomas Jefferson’s coffee service, and […]
Hybrid Salon Series 43: Modular: Claiming Typographic Trancestors in the Archive
Hybrid Salon Series 43: Modular: Claiming Typographic Trancestors in the Archive
with sair goetz Modular letter systems of the Archive through the lens of transgender liberation. Modular type systems are the cult classic of the typography and lettering worlds. This lecture hopes to introduce you to an approach to forming letters that you may have never known you wanted. Join Collections Programming Manager and time-based artist, […]
Podcasters as Promotional Partners
Podcasters as Promotional Partners
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 and readers. With podcasts on every topic, authors can find listeners no matter their genre, topic, or perspective. One podcast can mean thousands of listeners […]
Sisters In Crime: Marketing and Publicity Powerhouse
Sisters In Crime: Marketing and Publicity Powerhouse
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 Authors on the Air and the owner of the Authors on the Air Global Radio Network, an international digital media company whose content is available […]
AI and the Future of Literature
AI and the Future of Literature
The tech and literary worlds converge as ZYZZYVA Editor-in-Chief Oscar Villalon moderates a panel of Silicon Valley technologists and authors on how AI will change our writing process. Would literature and writers be automated, or will AI mainly be an assistive tool? What issues are present in both the training and use of AI in writing? With Raiya Kind (Google), Jessica Powell (Audioshake), […]