As an editor, have you test-driven any artificial intelligence (AI) technology programs yet? Or maybe you've already jumped in and are refining your opinion about the value of using AI tech applications in your editorial work? Do you view AI as a threat or a tool...or maybe as both? Please join us when Erin Servais, […]
William Addison Dwiggins (1880–1956) was among the most influential and innovative designers of his generation. A master calligrapher, type designer, illustrator, private press printer, and a pioneer of advertising, magazine, and book design, Dwiggins was the quintessential maker — fabricating his own tools, mastering traditional skills, inventing new techniques, and experimenting with design in a wide […]
September's virtual studio tour guest is artist, teacher, and storyteller Molly C. Meng in Portsmouth, NH.
Join bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize finalist Tommy Orange in conversation with Heyday publisher Steve Wasserman in Mechanics’ Institute’s historic library space.
The Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA) is a not-for-profit membership organization serving and leading the independent publishing community through advocacy, education, and tools for success. With over 3,600 members, IBPA is the largest publishing trade association in the U.S. IBPA makes it easier for independent book publishers and self-published authors to navigate the sometimes intimidating […]
McCracken Poston Jr., a criminal defense attorney and former state legislator in the Georgia House of Representatives, will share his expertise in writing true crime stories and authentic courtroom scenes. Poston gained national attention for his handling of several notable cases that were featured on CNN Presents, Dateline NBC, A&E’s American Justice, and Forensic Files. […]
Vinnie Hansen, Heather Haven, Leslie Karst & Laurie R. King (m) will talk about how they work, how they got started, and what a person needs today to make it in the mystery world. At the Dr. Martin Luther King Library, 150 E. San Fernando St., Room 255.
Are you an Editor of Color? Would you like to meet up with your fellow Editors of Color in a welcoming, intimate, online setting? Jesi Vega, recent president of the Northwest Editors Guild and a Puerto Rican Jew from the Bronx, hosts a monthly Zoom coffee hour for editors who identify as Black, Indigenous, or Person of […]
Join us for an engaging event with your fellow PubWest members, featuring special guests Klaus Krogh and Andreas Stobberup from 2K/Denmark, the developers of Sustainable Typesetting®. For the past 37 years, 2K/Denmark has been a market leader in type design, book design, and typesetting for Bibles. Two years ago, they extended their expertise to the broader publishing […]
The Far North Editors meet every second Wednesday from 11:15am to 12:45pm. Traditionally they meet in Mount Vernon, WA, but currently their meetings are entirely online. If you are interested in joining them online, please register for free via the button below.
An essential piece in California Studies, Redemptive Dreams: Engaging Kevin Starr’s California offers the first critical engagement with the vision of California’s most ambitious interpreter. While Starr’s multifaceted and polymathic vision of California offered a unique gaze—synthesizing central features, big themes, and incredible problems with the propitious golden dream—his eight-volume California Dream series, along with several other books and […]
Join the Women's National Book Association and Mechanics' Institute for a writers' panel on imagining new worlds and futures through fiction.