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The Bibliographical Society of America@bibsocamer· 12h

📜Call for Proposals 🚨 The Events Planning Sub-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· 2d

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· 7d

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. 🔗 https://bit.ly/journals26

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The Bibliographical Society of America@bibsocamer· 14d

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· 29d

📝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: https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/741429 #BookReview #Bibliography

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The Bibliographical Society of America@bibsocamer· Jul 13

📝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· Jul 10

📝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: https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/741485 #BookReview #Bibliography

The Bibliographical Society of America@bibsocamer· Jul 8

📝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: https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/741511 #BookReview

The Bibliographical Society of America@bibsocamer· Jul 6

📝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: https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/741427 #BookReview #Bibliography

The Bibliographical Society of America@bibsocamer· Jul 3

📝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: https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/741428 #BookReview #Bibliography

The Bibliographical Society of America@bibsocamer· Jul 1

📝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: https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/741484

The Bibliographical Society of America@bibsocamer· Jun 29

📖 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: https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/741579

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The Bibliographical Society of America@bibsocamer· Jun 26

📖 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: https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/741326

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The Bibliographical Society of America@bibsocamer· Jun 24

📖 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: https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/741328

The Bibliographical Society of America@bibsocamer· Jun 23

🚨 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· Jun 22

📘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. https://bit.ly/bsa-membership-benefits

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The Bibliographical Society of America@bibsocamer· Jun 18

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· Jun 16

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· Jun 3

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· May 26

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

The Bibliographical Society of America@bibsocamer· May 22

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: https://bit.ly/tinker2learn

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The Bibliographical Society of America@bibsocamer· May 21

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. 🔗 https://bibsocamer.org/donate

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The Bibliographical Society of America@bibsocamer· May 15

PBSA is always open for submissions! Email pbsa@bibsocamer.org for info. ✒️📑📖

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The Bibliographical Society of America@bibsocamer· May 14

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· May 13

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. 🔗 https://bibsocamer.org/donate

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The Bibliographical Society of America@bibsocamer· May 11

📝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: https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/740107 #BookReview #Bibliography

The Bibliographical Society of America@bibsocamer· May 8

📝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: https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/740106

The Bibliographical Society of America@bibsocamer· May 7

🚨 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· May 6

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· May 5

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🔗