Bay Area Women in Publishing is proud to launch the Robin Seaman Award, which offers cash grants to women and non-binary people in the Bay Area to support their professional growth, as well as efforts to make the publishing industry more diverse and inclusive. Join us for a lively info session to learn more about […]
Dig into overlooked design history and get a sneak peek at Letterform Archive’s forthcoming research hub on women in metal type. Ever wonder who originally designed your favorite typefaces? Many of the fonts we use today (such as Futura, Helvetica, Baskerville) originated in the metal type era (late 1800s to 1950s) when hot metal typesetting […]
Mujeres Hispanas y Tipografía (Hispanic Women and Typography) celebrates the talents and contributions of Hispanic women to design and typography. Showcasing four individual projects created by Laura Meseguer, Marina Garone, Sandra García, Dafne Martínez, and Jimena Gamio, this publication targets tangible topics, such as educational systems, endangered indigenous languages, and calligraphy. Lavinia Lascaris and Ximena […]
Embrace the power of pride and diversity! Join us as we commemorate LGBTQIA+ Month at the innovative, queer-owned Temescal Brewing. With its avant-garde ambiance, ample seating options, and mouthwatering food trucks, this venue sets the stage for a night of visionary conversations and meaningful connections. Let's raise a glass, alcoholic or non-alcoholic, and create a wave […]
Join us at the new Clio's book bar in Oakland for a discussion about the stories we're not supposed to tell—because either women of color aren't supposed to tell the stories of white men, or because we hold our family secrets dear, or because society tells us we are not supposed to feel what we […]
with author Selby Wynn Schwartz in conversation with Professor Loretta Stec Join Selby Wynn Schwartz in conversation with Professor Loretta Stec on her debut novel After Sappho, an invigorating tale of women whose narratives converge and splinter as they forge queer identities and claim the right to their own lives.
Learn about the Robin Seaman Award at our virtual info session on Tuesday, December 12th from 5:30–6:30 pm PST via Zoom. BAWiP is excited for our second year of the Robin Seaman Award. Launched earlier this year, the Robin Seaman Award supports women and non-binary people in the Bay Area in advancing their publishing […]
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 […]
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 author Monika Zgustova in conversation with translator and writer Sabrina Jaszi on Zgustova's new novel, A Revolver to Carry at Night - a captivating, nuanced portrait of the life of Véra Nabokov, who dedicated herself to advancing her husband Vladimir Nabokov's writing career, playing a vital role in the creation of his greatest works. Véra Nabokov […]
Novelist Louisa Treger once called biographical fiction "the lie through with truth can emerge." In the third of our "How They Did It" series, we'll hear from four talented novelists who have blended fact with their fiction, with dazzling results. Novelist Jasmin Darznik, who has written biographical fiction about Iranian poet Forugh Farrokhzad and photographer Dorothea […]