2012 Events Calendar

Saturday, May 19, 2012
A Visit to Ken Rendell’s World War II Museum, Natick, MA

Ten years ago, Ticknor members were able to see Ken Rendell’s vast collection of World War II material at his museum. In honor of the 10th anniversary of the Ticknor Society, Ken has invited us back for our 2012 annual meeting.  http://www.museumofworldwarii.com/

Details to follow.

Saturday, June 9, 2012
All-day program in conjunction with the 2012 FABS Book Tour and Symposium
Sheraton Commander Hotel, 16 Garden Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Options for Ticknor Society members:

Symposium on Boston and the Book Arts
1:00 P.M.-4:30 P.M. Mount Vernon Room, Sheraton Commander Hotel

The Ticknor Society hosts a symposium on “Boston and the Book Arts” featuring:

• John Kristensen, master printer and proprietor of The Firefly Press, on Boston printing and publishing at the turn of the twentieth century;
• Katherine McCanless Ruffin, director of the book arts program at Wellesley College, on artist’s books and the art of the book;
• Todd Pattison, book binder and conservator, on the rise of publisher’s bindings in Boston and how they set the quality and aesthetic standards for book bindings in the mid 19th century; and
• Georgia Barnhill, Director, Center for Historic American Visual Culture at the American Antiquarian Society, on literary book illustration in Boston from Thomas & Andrews to Ticknor & Fields.
  

Bookseller’s Showcase
Twenty-four booksellers and the North Bennet Street School will be exhibiting in conjunction with the “Boston and the Book Arts” Symposium, from 10:30 A.M.-12:30 P.M. and from 4:30 P.M. to 7:00 P.M. (during the reception following the Symposium).  George Washington Terrace, Cape Cod, and Minuteman Rooms, Sheraton Commander Hotel.

Fellowship of the American Bibliophilic Societies and The Ticknor Society Annual Reception and Dinner with Nick Basbanes as Dinner Speaker. 
George Washington Ballroom, Sheraton Commander Hotel
4:30 PM Reception; 7:00 PM Dinner

The traditional FABS Saturday gala dinner will provide an opportunity for fellowship with bibliophile attendees of the Book Tour, participants in the Bookseller’s Showcase, and fellow Ticknorites. The reception and dinner will commemorate the tenth anniversary of The Ticknor Society’s founding.  Nick Basbanes, noted author and bibliophile, and the featured speaker at the founding event of the society on May 22, 2002, will share some of his insights into books, libraries, paper, and printing as our featured dinner speaker.

Details on the dinner will follow.  Estimated cost is $75 per person.

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