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Celebrating 2020 Vision & SFCB’s Design Binding Intensive Students

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

This event celebrates the conclusion of SFCB's month-long Design Binding Intensive workshop, which took place in July 2022. Workshop instructor Dominic Riley will give a brief talk; this year's student cohort will share their completed fine bindings and stories related to creating their individual works of art.  2020 was the one-hundredth anniversary of the Society of […]

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The Traveling Lounge: Monthly Meetup for Designers

Nuna Health 370 Townsend Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

Join us live and in-person—no Zoom link included. The Traveling Lounge is a monthly meetup for designers offering opportunities to get together and network at various locations throughout the entire Bay Area. Whether you are looking to expand your connections, find inspiration among your peers, or bounce ideas off like-minded people, join us to reconnect […]

Free
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Life’s Greatest Questions: A Journey into Jewish Mystical Thought through Film and Story

Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life 2121 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA, United States

Mira Z Amiras’s book Malkah’s Notebook: A Journey into the Mystical Aleph-Bet is a riveting, meditative volume enriched with beautiful artwork on every page by artist and scribe Josh Baum. At this immersive event, attendees will accompany Malkah on her profound journey, as Amiras introduces Malkah’s story through a conversation about her book as well […]

$12
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The Art of the Rewrite: Bashing Your Manuscript into Place

Facebook Live CA, United States

The Mystery Writers of America NorCal chapter presents on Facebook Live: Laurie R. King on “The Art of the Rewrite: Bashing Your Manuscript into Place.”

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Writing with constraints: Free your creativity

Zoom CA, United States

With Kimberly Lee For a creative twist, some prose writers impose unique conditions on their work as they craft a piece. Dr. Seuss wrote Green Eggs and Ham on a bet: that he couldn’t write an entire book using only 50 words. Here’s another dare: Write about a trek through the desert without using the words […]

$75
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Bay Area Book Artists (BABA) session

Veterans Memorial Senior Center 1455 Madison Ave, Redwood City, CA, United States

The BABA Sunday Session is a hands-on workshop led by a BABA member, usually on the first Sunday of the month from noon to 4 pm. A minimal fee (usually between $10-$25) covers instructor’s prep and materials and a contribution to BABA. A gathering of BABA members to show their work for the year, bring […]

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Hand Bookbinders of California Gallery Tour

San Francisco Public Library Book Arts 100 Larkin Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

Enjoy a gallery tour of the HBC50 exhibition with master bookbinders: Dominic Riley, Michael Burke and Coleen Curry. Skylight Gallery - 6th Floor San Francisco Main Library

Free
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Editors of Color Coffee Hour

Zoom CA, United States

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 […]

Free
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The Surprising Legacy of Alice Parsons Millard: Antiquarian Bookseller & Champion of Beauty and Taste

Book Club of California

Book trade historian Charles Nelson Johnson provides a fresh look at lesser-known Southern California antiquarian bookseller Alice Parsons Millard (1873-1938)—a role she inherited as much as chose—and her activities as she courageously maneuvered her way through the decidedly male dominated trade in 1920s-1930s Europe and the United States; her personal challenges, creative business innovations and […]

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Developmental Editing Happy Hour

Zoom CA, United States

Are you a developmental editor, or interested in developmental editing? Join us for an informal chat about this fun and fascinating variety of editing. This event is free to attend and open to all editors. The host is Rudy Leon. Note: Registration will close at 8 p.m. PST on the day before the meeting. Members will still […]

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PubWest Publishers Roundtable

Zoom CA, United States

We are excited to bring back monthly Publishers Roundtables, designed to offer a chance to engage in open-forum discussions on the ever-changing landscape of publishing. Everyone is welcome, including publishers, associates, and staff at all levels. Please note this PubWest session will not be recorded in order for participants to feel comfortable interacting openly and […]

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