Fine Books News: Recent

A life-size bronze of writer Sylvia Townsend Warner has been unveiled in Dorchester her home county…
Decorations and holiday trees inspired by poems, traditional tales, and children’s books are on…
Auctions
New York—Swann Galleries’ auction of 19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings on March 13 offered an especially grand selection of original works by some of the greatest artists of the last 200 years.
News
Amherst, MA — The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art is pleased to announce the 2018 Carle Honors Honorees, to be awarded at Guastavino's in New York City on Thursday, September 27, 2018. The 13th annual gala and fundraiser will honor those who have played an instrumental role in making picture…
Current Events & Trends
Nobody ever says "men artists." Females in the creative arts, however, are often described as women painters, women cartoonists, or women illustrators. Why not just call them artists, illustrators, or cartoonists?     
Auctions
PBA Galleries will offer The Voice of Truth by Mormon founder Joseph Smith and two early letters written by civil rights leader Martin Luther King on Thursday, March 22nd.
Exhibit
Amherst, MA -- In 1970, Eric Carle published The Tiny Seed, which chronicles the life cycle of a plant across the four seasons. It was the first of many stories he would illustrate about the wonders of nature at all times of year. The Art of Eric Carle: Seasons celebrates five decades of Carle's…
Fairs
Pausing only to put our snowshoes and extra warm jumpers away, Marcia and I went to the airport to go to the SELAC fair (Salon européen du livre ancien et de la gravure de Colmar).      Colmar is a very nice little town in Alsace, just inside France. The border is so close that in…
News
Minnesota Center for Book Arts (MCBA) is pleased to announce the next participant in our Artist-in-Residence program:  Kelly Taylor Mitchell. Project summary and artist bio:
Auctions
London-Christie’s will present Einstein and Family: Letters and Portraits, an online sale open for bidding from 2 to 9 May 2018.
Auctions
New York—On March 8, Swann Galleries held an auction of Early Printed, Medical, Scientific & Travel Books, coinciding with the opening of Rare Book Week in New York City.
Bright Young Librarians
Our Bright Young Librarians series continues today with Isabel Planton, Public Services Librarian at the Lilly Library at Indiana University in Bloomington: