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NBSS Student Exhibition
North Bennet Street School’s annual student exhibition is on view until May 28 at the site of the Old Corner Bookstore, corner of Washington and School Street (Downtown Crossing) in Boston. The New...
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New England Chapter News
A few items to share… The Upcoming Chapter Exhibition: Sales of the set book for the upcoming exhibition have apparently been steady. Don’t wait to order your copy from the limited run available for...
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Annual Meeting
Annual Meeting of the New England Chapter 6:00pm on Thursday, July 1, 2010 The Independent Union Square, Somerville, MA RSVP to Jeff Altepeter After a great deal of back and forth we have settled on an...
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Islamic Bindings
Islamic Bindings: A Conservator’s Perspective on Form and Function An Ilustrated lecture by Katherine Beaty Schlesinger Library, Cambridge MA July 28, 2010. 6:00 PM Another installment in our series...
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Odyssey 2010
Deena Schnitman’s pastepapers, Jesse Meyer’s parchment… these are just a couple of our members and friends in the vendor room at the Odyssey Calligraphy Conference at Stonehill College at the end of...
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Book Conservation Workshops
Many New England Chapter members have expressed interest in book repair and conservation workshops so we want to draw your attention to just a couple of the upcoming study opportunities in the region....
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Standards Scholarships
GBW Seminar on Standards of Excellence in Hand Bookbinding. Tucson, Arizona. October 14-16, 2010. The Seminar on Standards of Excellence in Hand Bookbinding is the annual Guild of Book Workers...
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Preservation of Books at the Folger Shakespeare Library
The Preservation of Books at the Folger Shakespeare Library A Lecture by Renate Mesmer North Bennet Street School Boston, MA August 12, 2010. 6:00pm Renate Mesmer will speak about a variety of...
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Workshops
From our friends at North Bennet Street School: Second Chance at Conservation workshop A couple of spots have just opened up in Renate Mesmer’s workshop, “Tips and Tricks for Book and Paper...
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Conference
The annual conference of the Guild of Book Workers, with the grand title of “The Seminar on Standards of Excellence in Hand Bookbinding” probably sounds a little daunting to those not familiar with the...
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Intermediate- Advanced Bookbinding Classes
There are a few upcoming study opportunities in the New England region especially for those of you with some experience. We draw your attention to the following courses with two fantastic binders and...
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Bookbinding Tools and Equipment
Sam Ellenport of Harcourt Bindery passes along a tip about some used equipment for sale by Mekatronics. You can check out what they have to offer by scrolling down to the “antiques” section at:...
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Upcoming in New England
We want to bring your attention to a few upcoming events in the neighborhood that may be of interest to chapter members. From The Ticknor Society: Katherine Wolff discusses Boston’s Early Bibliophiles...
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Dominic Riley Artist Talk
The New England Chapter of GBW will co-sponsor with North Bennet Street School another installment in our lecture series. This artist talk features the entertaining and talented Dominic Riley while he...
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Cuala Press Seminar
Another upcoming event of interest to New England Chapter members from Barbara Hebard at Burns Library: Boston College, John J. Burns Library 140 Commonwealth Ave, Chestnut Hill, MA November 8, 2010...
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Wooden Book Boards
Our friend Jeff Peachey was just in Boston teaching his sharpening workshop to the students at North Bennet Street School. Jeff mentioned that there is still space in his upcoming workshop on wooden...
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Reminder of Dominic Riley Artist Talk
Design Matters: the creation of contemporary fine leather bindings An Artist Talk by Dominic Riley North Bennet Street School, Boston Thursday, October 21, 2010 6:00-8:00 pm With the advent of the Arts...
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GBW Membership
The Guild of Book Workers has just added online membership application and renewal! Now it is easier than ever to join and renew– no more excuses! https://www.guildofbookworkers.org/members/index.php...
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Marking Time in New England
Thanks to the generous support of Dartmouth College Library and the Dartmouth Book Arts Program, New Hampshire is the next stop on the national tour of The Guild of Book Workers member exhibition,...
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Boston Antiquarian Book Fair
As you almost certainly are aware, The 34th annual Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair takes place the weekend of November 12-14, 2010. We would like to make sure you are aware of a few of the...
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