NewsKalela Williams Named New Director of Virginia’s Center for the Book
Virginia Humanities announced today that Kalela Williams is serving as the new Director of the Virginia Center for the Book. The Virginia Center for the Book, an affiliate of the …
EventPerfect Binding: publishing, politics, & creative practice
Perfect Binding: publishing, politics, & creative practice A POETRY READING & CONVERSATIONSponsored by UVA Arts Council Friday // November 11th // 6 PM Virginia Center for the Book @ the Jefferson School Nicole Cecilia Delgado of La …
EventJoin us on October 27th for this year’s edition of our Raucous Auction
Save the date for this year’s edition of our Raucous Auction the Book Bash We’ll gather on Thursday, October 27, 2022, at 6:00 in Virginia Humanities’ Lemon Lounge. In addition …
EventWayzgoose and .918 Day Celebration
Members, friends, and those interested in our work are invited to our Wayzgoose celebration on the afternoon of Sunday, September 18, 2022 (1-4 PM). This year, our annual gathering will coincide with another “printer’s holiday” Type-High Day (the height of American & British type is .918 inches).
EventDrum Leaf Binding with Jane Freeman
Drum Leaf Binding is an innovative binding that opens flat with no stitching to interrupt images or text that cross the fold of the page.
NewsGreat Reads 2022
The National Book Festival’s Great Reads List for kids shares stories representing each state’s literary heritage. This year’s book for Virginia, ‘Manatee’s Best Friend,’ comes from Virginia resident Sylvia Liu, a 2022 featured author from our Virginia Festival of the Book!
EventStiff Leaf Binding with Jane Freeman
Stiff leaf binding is a rigid no-sew bookbinding method in which folded sheets of paper are glued back-to-back to form a satisfyingly solid little book. Think children’s board books!This binding …
EventJosef Beery Demonstrates the Book Beetle
The BookBeetle will join the Print-O-Rama exhibition to be held at the Smithsonian Museum of American History (1200 Constitution Avenue, NW) on Thursday, 11 August. As part of the exhibition, …
NewsRoute 1 Reads
Need some summer reading suggestions? Route 1 Reads is a road trip-inspired reading list from state Centers for the Book along Route 1, which runs from Ft. Kent, Maine, to Key West, Florida.
NewsBook Arts Membership – July 2022 through June 2023
We are now offering multiple levels of Book Arts membership • Book Arts Membership – $50/yr (The Book Arts Enthusiast)• Book Arts Family Membership – $75/yr• Studio Membership – $120/yr …
EventJournal Memory Book Workshop w/Lana Lambert
Create your own custom photo album or memory book while also learning good bookbinding techniques to preserve and present your mementos.
EventTwo-Needle Coptic Bookbinding
Coptic binding is the oldest form of a book (a “codex”) in Western culture. In its modern form, it has a hardcover and an open spine that reveals decorative binding stitching.
