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 both new binders and professionals and is open to binders around the world. We invite you to participate!
The Near North Editors meet on the first Tuesday of every month (except for months with holidays around that time, in which case look out for special updates). This month's meeting will be held via Zoom. This event is free and open to all editors.
How to Promote Your Published Book, Chapter or Blog Using Social Media Diana Concoff Morgan, Whole Heart Marketing Wondering how you can best use social media to promote your book and writing? Curious about what’s working now for authors, at different stages of the publication process? Join Diana Concoff Morgan of Whole Heart Marketing for […]
Swing by the Mischief Zine Fair at Letterform Archive to celebrate the closing weekend of Subscription to Mischief. Join us for a day of graffiti zines, flick trades, and your last chance to get a curator’s tour from Sp.One (Greg Lamarche) and Chino BYI (David Villorente). Local shops, creators, and collectors will be selling new and rare […]
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 […]
Greet the New Year with your PubWest colleagues - let's talk Resolutions and Conference! Open to all PubWest members and guests, our Roundtables are not recorded.
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. Logged in members can find the invitation here.
MWA NorCal CPA Maura Matera will be giving a Zoom seminar on tax issues for authors. If you have any specific issues that you want Maura to cover, please let Claire Johnson know.
Join us for our "Editors Helping Editors" meeting. Bring your problems, big and small, as well as your thinking caps. We'll work together to solve event-goers quandaries and questions, which could range from common questions like how to find clients in a particular field (say academic editing) to more situation-specific issues like why a particular […]
Refresh and rejuvenate your body, mind, spirit, and attitude with our second annual New Year Wellness and Renewal program. The program will feature Dr. Dacher Keltner, Professor of Psychology at UC Berkeley and author of Awe: The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How It Can Transform Your Life, and Dr. Aric Prather, co-director of UCSF’s […]
The Hroswitha Club was a bibliographic society whose members were all women. Why? Well, it certainly couldn’t have been because when this women’s-only bibliographic society was formed during the 1940s, women with a passion for books, book collecting, and book arts weren’t permitted to join organizations such as New York’s Grolier Club or a similarly […]
Opening Reception, Spiral Making and Pedagogical Exploration (1:00-2:00 pm) Explore the art of pedagogy and spiral your way into transformative teaching! Engage in hands-on activities that will leave you inspired and ready to create meaningful connections in your classroom. Book Talk/Q&A: Do Your Lessons Love Your Students? (2:00-3:00 pm) Dive into a thought-provoking discussion as we pore […]
Do you want to level up your publishing career? Are you looking to launch your publishing career, move into a leadership position, or return to work after an extended leave? Do you have a vision for making the publishing industry more diverse, accessible, and inclusive? If your answer is an enthusiastic yes, you may be […]
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.
Mechanics' Institute is proud to welcome GM Sam Shankland for a special author talk and book signing event in the Chess Room on Tuesday, January 16 at 5:30 pm. Sam Shankland is an American Chess Grandmaster and the 2018 US Chess Champion. He is a 10 year veteran on the US Olympic Team, a two-time Olympiad […]
The Cambridge University Library recently purchased a previously unknown notebook kept by Isaac Newton’s chamber-fellow, John Wickins, in the years around 1680. It is possible to identify the contents of the notebook as being previously unknown compositions and correspondence of Isaac Newton, which shed light on many aspects of his work and his engagement with […]
TBD who leads the meeting. We're meeting virtually on Zoom. BABA meets the third Wednesday evening of each month via Zoom. Members share books, work in progress and information about book events and resources.
This coffee chat centers people who work as editors and are living with disability and/or chronic illness. It is open to everyone. The idea was partly inspired by an active peer group currently hosted by the Society of Authors (https://www.societyofauthors.org/Groups/Authors-Disabilities-Illnesses-Network). Group agreements that will be open for discussion at the start of the chat: * […]
A Lunch and Learn Discussion with Brenda Knight. Unable to attend? No worries. Register anyway and receive the replay! Would you like to know how publishers think? Learn all about it here! From the outside, book publishing can seem mysterious, but from the inside, it is really quite simple. Publishing veteran Brenda Knight will teach you how […]
Join us as Andrea Batts-Latson, a seasoned design professional, showcases the dynamic and user-friendly capabilities of Adobe Express, an invaluable tool for designers at all levels, including those accustomed to the robust features of InDesign. Andrea will guide us through the intuitive, template-driven design approach of Adobe Express. She'll demonstrate how you can significantly reduce […]
Many authors struggle with how to use social media authentically and effectively. Maybe you feel overwhelmed or confused, or you just don’t know where to start or what is the highest and best use of your time. And then, by the time you figure it out, it’s changed! It’s like herding cats! Join us for […]
Please join us for our traditional beginning-of-the-year genre roundtable meeting, featuring virtual tables (breakout rooms) where editors can discuss their work in literary fiction, genre fiction (including mystery, SFF, etc.), memoir/biography/poetry, self-help and health/fitness, expositional nonfiction (business, journalism, academic, technical, science), and cookbooks. This event is free to attend and open to all editors, guests, and/or members […]
Is 2024 the year you are going to finish your novel or non-fiction book, get an agent, or step up your marketing? Join goal strategist Debra Eckerling, author of Your Goal Guide, on January 25 at 12pm PT, for a Lunch ‘N Learn to set writing goals for 2024. Whether you are an author trying to […]
Are you a technical editor, or interested in learning about technical editing? Join a friendly discussion of editing in technical fields. This event is free to attend and open to all editors.
In her seminal 1971 essay, Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists? (link is external)Art historian Linda Nochlin examines the conditions of art-making that have prevented women and BIPOC artists from achieving the status of artistic “greatness” that has long been exclusively reserved for white male artists. Written at the height of the second-wave Feminist movement […]
Join bookbinder–and marbler–Deborah V. Thomson of Echo Art Bindery for a look at marbling techniques on fine bindings. Deborah has a diploma in fine binding from the American Academy of Bookbinding where she studied with Don Glaister, Peter Geraty and Monique Lallier. She learned marbling with Regina St. John of Chena River Marblers. In this […]
Letterpress print your own broadside on the Book Club’s Colombian hand press with Li Jiang, Lemoncheese Press. A limited number of broadsides will be printed. Registration required.
Join Supadu as we discuss how to build an active online community and our tips for successful direct and social media marketing campaigns and title engagement. From books clubs to video promotions to enriched product pages, we will explore how you can make sure your titles are discovered and engaged with.
The Tenth Annual Rancho Mirage Writers Festival will be January 31–February 2, 2024. The Rancho Mirage Writers Festival is a world-class gathering of the finest writers who contribute to the intellectual vitality of our time. The City of Rancho Mirage, California, welcomes 60 authors and 1,000 readers from around the globe to the Rancho […]
with Kel Troughton During this 10-week online workshop, which meets on Wednesday evenings from January 31–April 10 (no class on February 21), you will create your own original typefaces as you gain an understanding of the methodologies and software used to produce high-quality digital type. The primary goal of this workshop is to show […]
For this Lunar New Year celebration, we welcome back renowned Bay Area author Maxine Hong Kingston, historian and former parade director David Lei, educator Linda Lei, and Executive Director of the Center for Asian American Media (CAAM), Stephen Gong. They will talk about how Lunar New Year has been celebrated in San Francisco, share memories […]
Parchelle Tashi, Founder, The Author’s Leverage In this session, discover the art of harnessing the stage to amplify your author impact. We’ll delve into the world of public speaking and explore how it can be your secret weapon for building authority, forging personal connections with readers, and unlocking a treasure trove of opportunities. Whether you’re […]
Join us at the Rockridge Branch Meeting Room for our Annual Meet and Greet. Mingle with members over potluck, then participate in a workshop to learn techniques to engage your audience and maximize sales at your next book reading. Maureen Studer has been performing, directing, writing or otherwise engaged in theatre for over four decades. […]
Join us at the Rockridge Branch Meeting Room for our Annual Meet and Greet. Mingle with members over potluck, then participate in a workshop to learn techniques to engage your audience and maximize sales at your next book reading. Maureen Studer has been performing, directing, writing or otherwise engaged in theatre for over four decades. […]
The CODEX Foundation announces the 9th International Biennial Book Art Fair & Symposium, The fair & symposium endeavors to bring to the attention of the public the importance and value of the book arts and their essential role in transmitting cultural history. This event supports and facilitates collaboration across the globe between artists, scholars, curators, and […]