Tumultuous Absence - the 26th annual New Jersey Book Arts Symposium Rutgers New Brunswick Special Collections and University Archives is delighted to announce that this year’s New Jersey Book Arts Symposium will be held in cyberspace November 5 & 6 and 12 & 13. As in years past, it will feature speakers, panels, exhibits, artist in residence, and a chance to interact with other book artists. New this year are opportunities made possible by the virtual format: live streamed an

Everyone knows the alphabet has 26 characters. And it has always. Wrong. The letters we use for English (and many other languages) is constantly in change. Printers often encounter this when they get a group of old type cases and find fonts with some rather odd letters (okay, most printers know what they are). We have changed (and eliminated) some letters over time. There are also the notation characters that were more commonly in use before computers became more common. One

Ok, this is a fun video. Our Executive Director, Johnny Carrera, published The Pictorial Webster's a few years ago. This is a cool video, of concept to finished product as a book, to watch for your viewing pleasure. Oh, and its a really fun book too. https://vimeo.com/5228616 #fbac #fbacblog #pictorialwebsters #johnnycarrera #makingbooks #bookbinding #artistsbooks #bookarts #fbacvideos

These are delightful windowpane books that have a strong sculptural look to them. Create a story with different windows with your own carousel book. We found this fabulous video made by Tatiana Potts that she had shared online for the Book Arts Community, and thought we would share it with you budding bookbinders, so that you have a weekend project. Please subscribe to her on YouTube and give her some feedback for this wonderful video. https://youtu.be/2PrBGHP_BHE And for the

Today, we wanted to share a few tips on our favorite books (for kids and adults) and some online and local stores which have supplies you might want. Our staff and associate artists added a few of their best books they love for projects and ideas to make these lists. If you don't buy local, please consider using www.Smile.Amazon.com where Amazon donates a portion towards a charity of your choice. If you want to choose FBAC as your charity to benefit from any of these purchase