The San Francisco Center for the Book

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In the News

In a first-time collaboration, SFCB and the African American Museum and Library at Oakland are presenting the exhibit Banned and Recovered: Artists Respond to Censorship, opening August 15 in San Francisco and September 5 in Oakland.

The Bay Area is a center for the thriving art of hand bookbinding according to the San Francisco Chronicle.

In their annual Best Of issue, SF Weekly has named us the Best Place to Take an Art Class! See what they have to say.

There's more in our Press Room...

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Welcome to The San Francisco Center for the Book. We're a place where you can learn about the many arts and crafts of the book. Through workshops, exhibitions and public events, the SFCB promotes both knowledge of traditional book arts and exploration of experimental book forms. Have fun browsing our website.

How Birds Sing by Kay Ryan & Tucker Nichols is part of our Small Plates series published by the Imprint of the San Francisco Center for the Book. The book includes a poem by Ryan and whimsical images by Nichols, it is letterpress printed and hand bound. In July, 2008, the U.S. Library of Congress announced that Ryan is the sixteenth Poet Laureate of the United States for a one year term commencing in Autumn 2008. To purchase your copy of this limited edition book, come by the Center or send us an email.

To see what's going on at the SFCB day by day, check out our Calendar. Or click on Workshops to learn about classes in Printing, Binding and Related Arts. Like looking at pictures? Click Book Pix for an eye-popping visual database of the books we teach. Learn more About Us by clicking here. And for driving directions and public-transit suggestions, click here.

Highlights

Winter 2009 Calendar
The Winter 2009 classes are now open for registration.

Literary Works on Trial
Saturday Nov 22, 3-5pm
This panel discussion is one is a series of 4 discussions for our exhibit Banned and Recovered and takes place at the African American Museum and Library at Oakland . The panel is free and open to the public.

Ala Ebtekar: The Art of Stepping Through Time
Wednesday Dec 3, 6-8pm
Please join us in launching Ala Ebtekar's artist's book edition The Art of Stepping Through Time -- part of our Imprint series.

Holiday Fair
Fri Dec 12 6pm-8pm and Sat Dec 13 12pm-5pm
Shop locally this year at our Holiday Fair - featuring handmade goods from jewlery to books and beyond. It's not too late to be a vendor at the Fair!

Looking to Buy or Sell Equipment?
Check out our Equipment Exchange Bulletin Board

Visit Bookmaking for Kids
The Teacher Features blog has a new name and a new location. Please click Bookmaking with Kids to explore this resource for finding book projects to make with kids—in the classroom, at home, in libraries and at community events.

In the Austin/Burch Gallery: Banned and Recovered: Artists Respond to Censorship
Aug 15 - Nov 26
This exhibition presents work by visual artists in response to books that have been repressed, censored or banned. Click here to see a list of public programs associted with the exihibition.

Support the SFCB When You Shop On Amazon
Did you know that you can help the Center when you shop at Amazon.com? It's easy, by using this link to order, a portion of your purchase price will automatically go to the SFCB.

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