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The Bibliographical Society of America @bibsocamer.bsky.social · 18h
Next week, members of the Stillwell Legacy Society are invited an evening with renowned collector and bookseller Justin Schiller. Want to join us? Become a member of the Legacy Society through planned giving—it’s easier than you think! bit.ly/bsa-stillwell-society
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The Bibliographical Society of America @bibsocamer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🏆The 2027 Fellowships application is now open and accepting submissions! BSA funds a number of fellowships annually to promote inquiry and research in books and other textual artifacts in both traditional and emerging formats. Application deadline is 1 December 2026. 🔗https://bit.ly/bsa-fellowships
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The Bibliographical Society of America @bibsocamer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Deadline extended until 7 October! The Events Planning Committee seeks proposals for sessions centered on the tools and methodologies of bibliographical work, to take place during BSA’s Annual Meeting in January 2027 View the full CfP and submission instructions: 🔗https://bit.ly/cfp-tools-trade-27
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The Bibliographical Society of America @bibsocamer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We are proud to partner with organizations like the University of Chicago Press to bring our members meaningful benefits, discounts, and exclusive opportunities! Join/renew to access 🔗 bit.ly/bsa-join-now The BSA membership year begins on 1 October and ends on 30 September for all members.
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The Bibliographical Society of America @bibsocamer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The BSA Events Sponsorship Committee is pleased to support this joint conference of The Recovering the US Hispanic Literary Heritage Program (Recovery) and the Association for Documentary Editing (ADE). Go to 🔗https://bit.ly/record-keepers26 to learn more and register for this in-person conference.
White text on a copper background. Promotional graphic for “Record Keepers of Nation,” held October 8–10 in person in Houston, Texas; registration required. Top half features a black and white people of two individuals, one wearing a jacket and tie and the other a top featuring a leaf pattern, sitting at a table reading printed material. Neither of their faces are visible.Text-only announcement describing a conference theme, Hispanic literary heritage programs, and registration information. Copper text on a white background.
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The Bibliographical Society of America @bibsocamer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Last Call! Our custom letterpress notebooks are almost gone. Get yours today for just $25 and support BSA's programming. 🔗 bit.ly/journals26
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The Bibliographical Society of America @bibsocamer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The BSA seeks a diverse and inclusive roster of volunteers, and we welcome self-nominations from members of this community to contribute to our mission. BSA Committee Service is open to people at all stages of BSA membership and is a great way to get more involved! bit.ly/bsa-volunteer-2030
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The Bibliographical Society of America @bibsocamer.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The BSA Liaisons Committee is pleased to support the 2026 American Printing History Association's 2026 Conference "Revolution in Print." Go to 🔗 bit.ly/ahpa26 🔗 to learn more and register for this in-person conference at UPenn's Kislak Center for Special Collections.
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The Bibliographical Society of America @bibsocamer.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Deadline approaching: 1 October! The Events Planning Committee seeks proposals for sessions centered on the tools and methodologies of bibliographical work, to take place during BSA’s Annual Meeting in January 2027 View the full CfP and submission instructions: 🔗https://bit.ly/cfp-tools-trade-27
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The Bibliographical Society of America @bibsocamer.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The deadline for the 2027 BSA-Rare Book School Fellowship is 1 November! If you are considering attending an RBS course for the first time in 2027, apply for this scholarship to get your tuition covered plus a housing/travel stipend. 🔗bibsocamer.org/fellowships-and-awards/scholarships
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The Bibliographical Society of America @bibsocamer.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The Society works hard to bring to life our vision of a broader, more inclusive, and exciting bibliographical community: if you are interested in texts as artifacts, you belong here.  🔗https://bit.ly/bsa-join-now The BSA membership year begins on 1 October and ends on 30 September for all members.
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The Bibliographical Society of America @bibsocamer.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
PBSA is always open for submissions! Email pbsa@bibsocamer.org for info. ✒️📑📖
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The Bibliographical Society of America @bibsocamer.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
🚨Our Give $25 Drive ends in just a few hours. Please consider donating to our new travel fund to help more people attend the annual meeting in January. All donations are tax-deductible and very much appreciated! Link to donate in bio!🔗 bit.ly/2027-give25
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The Bibliographical Society of America @bibsocamer.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Please consider a contribution that will help subsidize travel to the Annual Meeting for BSA members in need. Bibliography Week and the Annual Meeting are a highlight of the year, so we hope you'll pitch in a little to help someone else enjoy the experience, too. bit.ly/2027-give25
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The Bibliographical Society of America @bibsocamer.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
We're launching a new initiative to help more members attend the Annual Meeting in January. If everyone seeing this post gave just $25, we could help with transportation costs for dozens of people--this year and beyond!  Link in bio! 🔗https://bit.ly/2027-give25
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The Bibliographical Society of America @bibsocamer.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
The Publications Committee is pleased to announce the Book Support Award, a three-year pilot program meant to encourage and prepare for publication new book projects in the field of bibliography! Learn more, including application instructions, at the link below. 🔗https://bit.ly/bsa-book-support
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The Bibliographical Society of America @bibsocamer.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
🚨 Funding Alert! 🚨 Are you passionate about book history, bibliography, or book arts? Submit your proposal today for financial support for an event in your community! 📖✨ 📅 Deadline: 2 November for events between February and May 2027 Learn more & apply 👉 bibsocamer.org/events/funding-opportunities
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The Bibliographical Society of America @bibsocamer.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
🚨One month left to apply to the 2027 New Scholars Program!🚨 Each year, three New Scholars receive a cash award of $1,000, a $500 travel stipend and the opportunity to present their work.  BSA membership is not required for New Scholars Program applicants. Link in bio to apply by 16 September 2026.
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The Bibliographical Society of America @bibsocamer.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
📜Call for Proposals 🚨 The Events Planning Committee is seeking proposals for sessions centered on the tools and methodologies of bibliographical work, to take place during BSA’s Annual Meeting in January 2027. View the full CfP and submission instructions: 🔗https://bit.ly/cfp-tools-trade-27
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The Bibliographical Society of America @bibsocamer.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
We are excited to share that Dana Katz, recipient of a 2026 BSA Short Term Fellowship, has also been awarded a prestigious research fellowship from the American Trust for the British Library (ATBL)! Learn more about Dana and her project by swiping through the images.
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The Bibliographical Society of America @bibsocamer.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
By popular demand! The custom letterpress notebooks from our Spring Sprint Fundraiser were such a hit that we wanted to make more available. A limited number is now up for grabs, so style up your school year and support BSA's programming. Get yours today for just $25. 🔗 bit.ly/journals26
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The Bibliographical Society of America @bibsocamer.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
The submission deadline is just 2 weeks away for the Mitchell Prize for research on British serials! 📖🏆 Awarded every three years, the prize brings a cash award 💵of $1,000 and a year’s membership in the Society. Link to learn more and submit in bio 🔗
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The Bibliographical Society of America @bibsocamer.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
📝Reviewed in PBSA: Élika Ortega's book, Binding Media: Hybrid Print-Digital Literature from Across the Americas 📖 Read Indica Mattson's full review in the June 2026 issue of PBSA. Link in Bio 🔗 🔎 DOI: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.10… #BookReview #Bibliography
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The Bibliographical Society of America @bibsocamer.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
📝Reviewed in PBSA: Deborah Parker's book, Becoming Belle da Costa Greene: A Visionary Librarian Through Her Letters, and Erica Ciallela and Philip Parker, eds., Belle da Costa Greene: A Librarian’s Legacy 📖 Read Dorothy Berry's full review in the June 2026 issue of PBSA. Link in Bio 🔗
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The Bibliographical Society of America @bibsocamer.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
📝Reviewed in PBSA: Vanessa Warne's book, By Touch Alone: Blindness and Reading in Nineteenth-Century Culture 📖 Read Amanda Stuckey's full review in the June 2026 issue of PBSA. Link in Bio 🔗 🔎 DOI: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.10… #BookReview #Bibliography
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The Bibliographical Society of America @bibsocamer.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
📝Reviewed in PBSA: Rebecca Romney's book, Jane Austen’s Bookshelf: A Rare Book Collector’s Quest to Find the Women Writers Who Shaped a Legend 📖 Read Stuart Bennett's full review in the June 2026 issue of PBSA. Link in Bio 🔗 🔎 DOI: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.10… #BookReview
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The Bibliographical Society of America @bibsocamer.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
📝Reviewed in PBSA: Kate Loveman's book, The Strange History of Samuel Pepys’s Diary 📖 Read David A. Brewer's full review in the June 2026 issue of PBSA. Link in Bio 🔗 🔎 DOI: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.10… #BookReview #Bibliography
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The Bibliographical Society of America @bibsocamer.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
📝Reviewed in PBSA: Mark Alan Mattes, ed., Handwriting in Early America: A Media History 📖 Read Tracy Floreani's full review in the June 2026 issue of PBSA. Link in Bio 🔗 🔎 DOI: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.10… #BookReview #Bibliography
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The Bibliographical Society of America @bibsocamer.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
📝Reviewed in PBSA: Renske A. Hoff's book, Involving Readers: Practices of Reading, Use, and Interaction in Early Modern Dutch Bibles (1522–1546) 📖 Read Christopher Peppel's full review in the June 2026 issue of PBSA. Link in Bio🔗 🔎 DOI: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.10…
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The Bibliographical Society of America @bibsocamer.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
📖 How Comparative Studies of East Asia’s Bibliographical Traditions Could Transform Our History of the Book and History of Knowledge📖 Learn more in Wiebke Denecke's Reflection in the June 2026 issue of PBSA. Link to latest issue in Bio 🔗 🔍 DOI: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.10…
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The Bibliographical Society of America @bibsocamer.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
📖 Printing the Waldseemüller 1507 and 1516 World Maps 📖 Learn more in Domenico Bertoloni Meli's article in the June 2026 issue of PBSA. Read the full article in our latest issue: Link in Bio 🔗 🔍 DOI: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.10…
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The Bibliographical Society of America @bibsocamer.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
📖 An “Authentick” Life of Sally Salisbury: The Implication of Edmund Curll, Thomas Payne, and Other Booksellers 📖 Learn more in Pat Rogers's article in the June 2026 issue of PBSA. Read the full article in our latest issue: Link in Bio 🔗 🔍 DOI: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.10…
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The Bibliographical Society of America @bibsocamer.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
🚨 Funding Alert! 🚨 Are you passionate about book history, bibliography, or book arts? Submit your proposal today for financial support for upcoming events in your community! 📖✨ 📅 Deadline: 1 July (1 week away!) Learn more & apply today 👉 bibsocamer.org/events/funding-opportunities
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The Bibliographical Society of America @bibsocamer.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
📘The June issue of PBSA is here! Members and subscribers keep an eye on your mailbox 📬 and don't forget you can access the electronic edition right now! All BSA members get PBSA for free - Link in Bio to join today or login to access the digital edition. bit.ly/bsa-membership-benefits
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The Bibliographical Society of America @bibsocamer.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
We are proud to once again co-sponsor the American Antiquarian Society's annual James Russell Wiggins Lecture, delivered this year by Phillip Round. Join AAS next Thursday, 24 June, at 7pm Eastern, either in person or virtually! 🔗Registration links in bio
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The Bibliographical Society of America @bibsocamer.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
The 2027 New Scholars application is now open! Each year, three New Scholars receive a cash award of $1,000, a $500 travel stipend and the opportunity to present their work. Apply by 16 September 2026. BSA membership is not required for New Scholars Program applicants. Link in bio to learn more.
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The Bibliographical Society of America @bibsocamer.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Attending the Rare Books and Manuscripts Section conference later this month? Don’t miss the virtual BSA panel on June 25th organized by BSA-RBMS Liaison Jose Guerrero and featuring BSA Secretary Meghan Constantinou! 🔗 Link to register in bio #RBMS2026
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The Bibliographical Society of America @bibsocamer.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Double Your Impact until 31 May! We're just $4,791 away from our goal, and for the next 6 days each donation goes twice as far. Thanks to matching pledges by the BSA Council in Memory of Joan M. Friedman, every dollar you donate will be matched 1:1, up to $6,000. 🔗 bibsocamer.org/donate
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The Bibliographical Society of America @bibsocamer.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Couldn't join us for last week's webinar with 2025 Justin G. Schiller Prize winner Elizabeth Hoiem? The recording is now available on the BSA YouTube channel! Access the video here: bit.ly/tinker2learn
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The Bibliographical Society of America @bibsocamer.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Double Your Impact until 31 May! We're just $5,000 away from our goal, and for the next 10 days each donation goes twice as far. Thanks to matching pledges by the BSA Council in Memory of Joan M. Friedman, every dollar you donate will be matched 1:1, up to $6,000.  🔗 bibsocamer.org/donate
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The Bibliographical Society of America @bibsocamer.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
PBSA is always open for submissions! Email pbsa@bibsocamer.org for info. ✒️📑📖
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The Bibliographical Society of America @bibsocamer.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
The BSA Events Committee is pleased to support this hybrid conference. The event brings into conversation specialists in archives, libraries and museums, with scholars of medieval records and early modern books. 🔗Link to learn more and register for in person or virtual attendance in bio.
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The Bibliographical Society of America @bibsocamer.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Thanks to a generous matching gift pledged by the BSA Council in Memory of Joan M. Friedman, every dollar you donate will be matched 1:1, up to $6,000. This means your contribution goes twice as far in supporting the future of bibliography. 🔗 bibsocamer.org/donate
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The Bibliographical Society of America @bibsocamer.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
📝Reviewed in PBSA: Glyn Davis and Laura Guy's book, Queer Print in Europe 📖 Read Malcolm Noble's full review in the March 2026 issue of PBSA. Link in Bio 🔗 🔎 DOI: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.10… #BookReview #Bibliography
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The Bibliographical Society of America @bibsocamer.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
📝Reviewed in PBSA: Margaret Morgan Grasselli and Elizabeth Savage's book, Printing Colour 1700–1830: Histories, Techniques, Functions, and Receptions 📖 Read Finch Collins's full review in the March 2026 issue of PBSA. Link in Bio 🔗 🔎 DOI: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.10…
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The Bibliographical Society of America @bibsocamer.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
🚨 Funding Alert! 🚨 Are you passionate about book history, bibliography, or book arts? Submit your proposal today for financial support for upcoming events in your community! 📖✨ 📅 Deadline: 1 July (11 weeks away!) Learn more & apply today 👉 bibsocamer.org/events/funding-opportunities
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The Bibliographical Society of America @bibsocamer.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
We are excited to share this update from recipient of the 2025 Reese Fellowship for American Bibliography and the History of the Book in the Americas, Mitchell Edwards! Learn more about his project, Movement Literatures in the Postwar U.S. Literary Field, by swiping through the images.
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The Bibliographical Society of America @bibsocamer.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
One Week Away! Join us for a special virtual event as part of our 2026 Spring Sprint! Dr. Elizabeth Massa Hoiem, winner of the 2025 Justin G. Schiller Prize, will be interviewed by Laura E. Wasowicz, Curator of Children’s Literature at the American Antiquarian Society. Register via link in bio🔗
A set of vintage books and an illustration with event details for a virtual event titled "Tinkering to Learn."

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12 May, 5pm Eastern "Tinkering to Learn" A Spring Sprint Online Event Registration required!The image features text on a white background promoting a virtual event titled "Tinkering to Learn: Books, Toys, and Other Object Lessons in British Culture." The text is presented in a mix of black and pink fonts. Key information includes the involvement of Elizabeth Massa Hoiem and Laura E. Wasowicz, as well as the moderation by BSA President John McQuillen. The event is part of the 2026 Spring Sprint fundraiser, and registration is encouraged.Black background with a grayscale portrait of Elizabeth Hoiem in a black suit jacket with a beaded necklace with white text below naming her as the winner of the 2025 Schiller Prize and author of "The Education of Things."Black background with a grayscale photo of Laura Wasowicz with short white hair wearing glasses and a blue-purple scarf, standing in front of a blurred floral background with white text below naming her as the Curator of Children's Literature, American Antiquarian Society and 2025 Schiller Prize Chair.
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The Bibliographical Society of America @bibsocamer.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
📝Reviewed in PBSA: Andrew Hui's book, The Study: The Inner Life of Renaissance Libraries 📖 Read Alice Wickenden's full review in the March 2026 issue of PBSA. Link in Bio 🔗 🔎 DOI: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.10… #BookReview #Bibliography
Black headline text on a lime green background with information about an article in a recent issue of The Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America, with an image of the cover of the book reviewed situated on a black field.Black text on a lime green background. Quote from the book review with information about the reviewer at the bottom.
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The Bibliographical Society of America @bibsocamer.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Just 10 days left to claim one of our limited-edition letterpress notebooks! These notebooks, specially commissioned to celebrate our commitment to the book as both a craft and an object of study, are a special thank you to the first 50 people who contribute $125 or more before 11 May.
The image features two spiral-bound notebooks positioned diagonally against a black background with a bright pink border. The left notebook is white with the text "The Bibliographical Society of America" printed vertically along the side. The right notebook is light purple with the embossed title "Bibliocurious" across the cover. Below the notebooks, against a black background, are bold, white texts promoting a fundraiser. Pink text on a white background announcing a spring fundraising appeal for the Bibliographical Society of America, including different ways to donate.
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