PBSA is always open for submissions! Email [email protected] for info. ✒️📑📖

🚨 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 April (7 weeks away!) Learn more & apply today 👉 bibsocamer.org/events/funding-opportunities

📝Reviewed in PBSA: Kathy E. Ferguson's book, Letterpress Revolution: The Politics of Anarchist Print Culture 📖 Read Anna Regener's full review in the December 2025 issue of PBSA. Link in Bio 🔗 🔎 DOI: https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/738704 #BookReview #Bibliography

📝Reviewed in PBSA: Robert D. Hume's book, Paratext Printed with New English Plays, 1660–1700 📖 Read Nicholas D. Nace's full review in the December 2025 issue of PBSA. Link in Bio 🔗 🔎 DOI: https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/738702 #BookReview #Bibliography

📝Reviewed in PBSA: Michelle O’Callaghan's book, Crafting Poetry Anthologies in Renaissance England: Early Modern Cultures of Recreation 📖 Read Daniel Traister's full review in the December 2025 issue of PBSA. Link in Bio 🔗 🔎 DOI: https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/738703

📝Reviewed in PBSA: Arabic Printing for the Christians in Ottoman Lands: The East-European Connection, and Icons, Ornaments, and Other Charms of Christian Arabic Books: Second Volume of Collected Works of the TYPARABIC Project 📖 Read Elizabeth Savage's full review in the Dec 2025 issue. Link in Bio🔗

📝Reviewed in PBSA: Mitchell A. Codding and John O’Neill, eds., Treasures from the Hispanic Society Library: An Exhibition Curated by Mitchell A. Codding and John O’Neill 📖 Read Linde M. Brocato's full review in the December 2025 issue of PBSA. Link in Bio 🔗 #BookReview #Bibliography

📖 Reflections on Bibliographical Work: Notebook and/or Network: The Bibliographical Note in the Future 📖 Learn more in Amanda Watson's article in the December 2025 issue of PBSA. Read the full article in our latest issue: Link in Bio 🔗 🔍 DOI: https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/738883

📖 Reflections on Bibliographical Work: The Tabby Cat of Bibliography 📖 Learn more in Rhiannon Knol's article in the December 2025 issue of PBSA. Read the full article in our latest issue: Link in Bio 🔗 🔍 DOI: https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/738982

📖 Reflections on Bibliographical Work: The Bibliographical Note in the History of English Studies 📖 Learn more in Rachel Sagner Buurma and Laura Heffernan's article in the December 2025 issue of PBSA. Read the full article in our latest issue: Link in Bio 🔗

📖 Reflections on Bibliographical Work: The Emergence of the Bibliographical Note 📖 Learn more in @jsench.bsky.social's article in the December 2025 issue of PBSA. Read the full article in our latest issue: Link in Bio 🔗 🔍 DOI: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

📖 Reflections on Bibliographical Work: What Is a Bibliographical Note? 📖 Learn more in @wynkenhimself.bsky.social's article in the December 2025 issue of PBSA. Read the full article in our latest issue: Link in Bio 🔗 🔍 DOI: https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/738983

Join us on Thursday 22 January at 11am for an in person, guided tour of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture's centennial exhibition, 100: A Century of Collections, Community, and Creativity. Registration is required and limited to 20 participants - link in bio 🔗 #BibWeek26

📖 New Evidence in the Printing History of Louis Renard’s Poissons, ecrevisses et crabes 📖 Learn more in Justin Hanisch and Theodore W. Pietsch's Bibliographical Note in the December 2025 issue of PBSA. Read the full article in our latest issue: Link in Bio 🔗

Attend Clara Shaw's virtual presentation of her talk, "Printing for the People: The Neolith a Lithographic Magazine 1907-1908" on Thursday 15 January at 6:30pm Eastern! Clara is the 2026 D.F. McKenzie New Scholar and will also present at the 2026 BSA Annual Meeting on 23 January in NYC.

Attend Cassandra Gillig's virtual presentation of their talk, "I Have Stone Butch Blues: Tracing the Publication Lineage of a Trans Bestseller" on 14 January at 6:30pm Eastern! Cassandra is the 2026 Jacob Blanck New Scholar and will also present at the 2026 BSA Annual Meeting on 23 January in NYC.

Attend 2026 Malkin New Scholar @mindyzhang.bksy.social's virtual presentation of his talk, "Biblio-Internationalism: Chinese Rare Books and Transpacific Alliance between the National Library of Beiping and the Library of Congress" on 13 January at 6pm Eastern!

Attend the #BibWeek26 orientation session! Held online, our orientation session provides an overview of this mainstay in the book world, taking place at the end of January each year. Coming this year? Join us! Thinking about coming some time in the future? This is the great way to learn more!

📖 The Publishing History of The Water-Babies: A Description of the Macmillan Editions (1863–1928) 📖 Learn more in Jan Marten Ivo Klaver's article in the December 2025 issue of PBSA. Read the full article in our latest issue: Link in Bio🔗 🔍 DOI: https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/738485

Our annual party @nysoclib.bsky.social is an opportunity for members to gather in a historic library, catch up with old friends, and meet new ones! Meet your fellow members and learn more about our organizations and the many resources we have to offer to the broad community of book people.

📖 Bibliography after Empire: Documenting and Classifying Knowledge in the Tenth-Century Muslim World: The 2025 BSA Annual Meeting Keynote 📖 Learn more in Ahmed El Shamsy's article in the December 2025 issue of PBSA. Read the full article in our latest issue: Link in Bio 🔗

📘The December 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

Join us on  Wednesday 21 January at 2pm for an in person tour of the Hispanic Society Museum & Libraries exhibition - Spanish Style: Fashion Illuminated, 1550-1700 - led by the curator, Amanda Wunder! Registration is required and limited to 25 participants. #bibweek26

Returning to the 2026 Annual Meeting: morning workshops! This year's program will feature 3 synchronous panels, each featuring 3 presentations and a group Q&A.  Choose "Purloined Letters" on your Annual Meeting registration to hear Anne Peale share her research! #BibWeek26

Returning to the 2026 Annual Meeting: morning workshops! This year's program will feature 3 synchronous panels, each featuring 3 presentations and a group Q&A.  Choose "Mysterious Publication Histories" on your Annual Meeting registration to hear Tom Hillard share his research! #BibWeek26

Returning to the 2026 Annual Meeting: morning workshops! This year's program will feature 3 synchronous panels, each featuring 3 presentations and a group Q&A.  Choose "Bibliographical Lore" on your Annual Meeting registration to hear Lisa Fagin Davis share her research! @lisafdavis.bsky.social

Returning to the 2026 Annual Meeting: morning workshops! This year's program will feature 3 synchronous panels, each featuring 3 presentations and a group Q&A.  Choose "Mysterious Publication Histories" on your Annual Meeting registration to hear Meredith Ivey Santaus share her research! #BibWeek26

Returning to the 2026 Annual Meeting: morning workshops! This year's program will feature 3 synchronous panels, each featuring 3 presentations and a group Q&A.  Choose "Bibliographical Lore" on your Annual Meeting registration to hear Brandon Layton share his research! #BibWeek26

Returning to the 2026 Annual Meeting: morning workshops! This year's program will feature 3 synchronous panels, each featuring 3 presentations and a group Q&A.  Choose "Purloined Letters" on your Annual Meeting registration to hear Eric Rossborough and Nathan E. Bender share their research!

Returning to the 2026 Annual Meeting: morning workshops! This year's program will feature 3 synchronous panels, each featuring 3 presentations and a group Q&A.  Choose "Mysterious Publication Histories" on your Annual Meeting registration to hear Alexander Baert Young share his research! #BibWeek26

Returning to the 2026 Annual Meeting: morning workshops! This year's program will feature 3 synchronous panels, each featuring 3 presentations and a group Q&A.  Choose "Bibliographical Lore" on your Annual Meeting registration to hear Yueying Li share share his research! #BibWeek26

Returning to the 2026 Annual Meeting: morning workshops! This year's program will feature 3 synchronous panels, each followed by a Q&A. Choose "Purloined Letters" on your Annual Meeting registration to hear @iulillylibrary's Samantha Foster and @folgerlibrary's Erika Giddens share their research!

We are so proud of the 2026 New Scholars! Congratulations to Cassandra Gillig, Clara Shaw, and Mindi Zhang.  Can't make it to New York for their live presentations on 23 January 2026? Join us for virtual talks the week of 12 January (check back for exact dates/times and registration info).

Join us for #BibWeek26! And stay tuned for more information about our weeklong program. The 2026 Keynote lecture, "Erle Stanley Gardner and the Case of the Mexican Pirates" will be delivered by the @universityofga.bsky.social's @norabenedict.bsky.social  #bookstagram #bookhistory #bibliographyweek

Free and open to anyone attending the 47th Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair, hosted by! 📚✨ Join one of BSA's guided tours, where you'll meet esteemed BSA-member booksellers and delve into the art of book collecting. Newcomers are warmly welcome! @abaararebooks.bsky.social

PBSA is always open for submissions! Email [email protected] for info. ✒️📑📖

Step into the world of rare books and manuscripts at the 47th Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair! 📚✨ Join one of BSA's two exclusive guided tours, where you'll meet esteemed BSA-member booksellers and delve into the art of book collecting. Registration link in bio.

🚨 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: 3 November (2 weeks away!) Learn more & apply today 👉 bibsocamer.org/events/funding-opportunities

📝Reviewed in PBSA: Kate Ozment's book, The Hroswitha Club and the Impact of Women Book Collectors 📖 Read Emiko Obata Hastings's full review in the September 2025 issue of PBSA. Link in Bio 🔗 🔎 DOI: http://journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/737110 #BookReview #Bibliography

Join librarian and former Belle da Costa Greene curatorial fellow Erica Ciallela as we discuss iconic Black librarians, explore how each left a legacy, and see how current librarians build on their foundations. 📅 Date: Saturday 8 November 2025, 5pm 👥 Admission: Free & open to all in person (Boston)

📝Reviewed in PBSA: Ron Tyler's book, Texas Lithographs: A Century of History in Images 📖 Read Erika Piola's full review in the September 2025 issue of PBSA. Link in Bio 🔗 🔎 DOI: https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/737324 #BookReview #Bibliography

📝Reviewed in PBSA: Amy Gore's book, Book Anatomy: Body Politics and the Materiality of Indigenous Book History 📖 Read David Medina's full review in the September 2025 issue of PBSA. Link in Bio 🔗 🔎 DOI: https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/737109 #BookReview #Bibliography

📝Reviewed in PBSA: John Bidwell's book, The Declaration in Script and Print 📖 Read Joseph M. Adelman's full review in the September 2025 issue of PBSA. Link in Bio 🔗 🔎 DOI: https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/737106 #BookReview #Bibliography

📝Reviewed in PBSA: The Four Shakespeare Folios, 1623–2023: Copy, Print, Paper, Type — edited by Samuel V. Lemley 📖 Read Cyrus Mulready's full review in the September 2025 issue of PBSA. Link in Bio 🔗 🔎 DOI: https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/737321 #BookReview #Bibliography

📝Reviewed in PBSA: Rebecca Whiteley's book, Birth Figures: Early Modern Prints and the Pregnant Body 📖 Read Katherine Bergevin's full review in the September 2025 issue of PBSA. Link in Bio 🔗 🔎 DOI: https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/737107 #BookReview #Bibliography

📝Reviewed in PBSA: Sara J. Charles's book, The Medieval Scriptorium 📖 Read Michaela Morrow's full review in the September 2025 issue of PBSA. Link in Bio 🔗 🔎 DOI: https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/737323 #BookReview #Bibliography

📝Reviewed in PBSA: The Book by Design, edited by P. J. M. Marks and Stephen Parkin 📖 Read Anna Opryszko's full review in the September 2025 issue of PBSA. Link in Bio 🔗 🔎 DOI: https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/737322 #BookReview #Bibliography

🚨 Funding Alert! 🚨 Are you passionate about book history, bibliography, or book arts? Check out this funding opportunity to support events in your community! 📖✨ 📅 Deadline: 3 November – Don’t miss your chance to apply! Learn more & apply today 👉 bibsocamer.org/events/funding-opportunities

DEADLINE EXTENDED to 7 October! 📜Call for Proposals 🚨 The Events Planning Sub-Committee is seeking proposals for sessions centered on bibliographical mysteries to take place during BSA’s Annual Meeting in January 2026 View the full CfP and submission instructions: 🔗bit.ly/cfp-bib-mysteries2026

📖 A Closer Look at the Making of Barlow’s Aesop’s Fables 📖 Learn more in Lev Tsitrin's article in the September 2025 issue of *PBSA* Read the full article in our latest issue: Link in Bio🔗 🔍 DOI: https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/737072 #BookHistory #Bibliography #Bibliophiles