A Collection of Early English Books: Reading in the Age of Shakespeare
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Introduction to Modern Type Design
with Kel Troughton Design your own original typeface in 10 weeks! During this 10-week online course (meeting on Monday evenings from October 2-December 11—no meeting on November 20), 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 […]
Open Set 2025 Competition & Exhibition
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!
Intro to Bookbinding – L2
Instructor: Lang Ingalls This course is designed for students who have taken L1 Bookbinding and are ready to further develop skills and explore materials. Students will sew a textblock, making the Millimeter Binding with hooked endsheets. The class will cover the importance of bookblock preparation, the principles of a rounded spine, top-edge coloring, hand-sewn […]
A Collection of Early English Books: Reading in the Age of Shakespeare
A Collection of Early English Books: Reading in the Age of Shakespeare
Paul Chrzanowski’s presentation explores “books that Shakespeare might have read.” He donated his collection of nearly 150 early English books to the UCLA William Andrews Clark Memorial Library. The earliest printed work is Cordyal of the four last and final things, a book printed in 1479 by William Caxton, England’s first printer. The donation includes […]
Writing a Memoir That is More Than a Memoir
Writing a Memoir That is More Than a Memoir
A Lunch and Learn Discussion with Nita Sweeney. Unable to attend? No worries. Register anyway and receive the replay! If you’ve been around the memoir scene for very long, you’ve no doubt heard “Memoirs don’t sell.” As with any myth, there’s more that’s false about that statement than true. A more accurate statement is “Some […]