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The Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration in London has announced its winter programme of…
The Raab Collection has acquired and is offering for sale a letter from Thomas Jefferson to…
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The National Library of Scotland will host its first ever dual-language exhibition this year in celebration of the work of John Francis Campbell – a 19th-century figure who took it upon himself to save Gaelic folktales at risk of dying out. Or in Gaelic: Bidh Leabharlann Nàiseanta na h-Alba a’…
Auctions
Two collectible Silver Age comic books will make an auction appearance at Hake’s when it launches its 2023 auction season with a March 21-22 offering of more than 1,900 lots from 200+ collector categories. 
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The U.S. Postal Service is celebrating the life and legacy of Toni Morrison with the issue of a new stamp.
Educational Programs
Happening for the first time in person since 2019 The History of the Book in Antebellum America returns to Rare Book School.
Auctions
A market-fresh copy of the first world atlas compiled by an Englishman comes for sale at Chiswick Auctions on March 16. John Speed’s A Prospect of the most famous Parts of the World bound together with The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine comes for sale by family descent with…
Auctions
Heritage Auctions presents its first major Disney event of 2023, The Art of Disneyland: From Stagecoaches to Monorails... and More! on March 25 and 26 with 850 lots and a huge range of items from Disney's theme parks, plus work by veteran artists Kevin Kidney and Jody Daily, two legendary Disney…
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A letter written by King Charles III to his poorly ‘granny’ in 1955 when he was only six years old has been discovered in a loft, together with a copy of the Queen’s 1956 Christmas speech. It will go under the hammer at Hansons Auctioneers on March 7 with other unique royal items.
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The Folger Shakespeare Library is celebrating Shakespeare and the 400th anniversary of the printing of the First Folio during the entire month of April 2023, with Searching for Shakespeare: Celebrating 400 Years of Shakespeare’s First Folio in partnership with DC Public Library.
Book Fairs
Flamingo Eventz celebrates Rare Book Week in New York City with the 15th Anniversary Show of The Manhattan Vintage Book, Ephemera, & Fine Press Book Fair. It is known as The Shadow Show because it is held in conjunction with, and directly across the street from, the well-known New York…
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The seventh annual Honey & Wax Book Collecting Prize, awarded for an outstanding book collection built by a woman aged 30 or younger, anywhere in the United States, comes with a cash award of $1,000.