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Past Events from November 7, 2023 – November 8 – Initiative for the Book Past Events from November 7, 2023 – November 8 – Initiative for the Book

RIB and Medieval & Renaissance Colloquium Trip to Pergamena

Pergamena - Handmade Parchment & Artisanal Leather 11 Factory St., Montgomery, NY, United States

Photo of the four graduate students in front of a stretched goat skin.   On March 20th, 2024, four graduate students from the Rutgers English Deparment were sponsored by the … Read More

Audiobooks: A Symposium

The Rutgers Book Initiative invites you to this symposium with speakers Karl Berglund and Justin Tackett.

Self-Publishing Workshop

Self-Publishing Workshop Come learn abotu the world of spirit duplication. Bookseller and historian of radical publishing Brian Cassidy will provide an overview of these technologies and their use in early zines. Then try your hand at making your own ditto and hectography copies! All are welcome! Wednesday April 17 | 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm … Read More

The Second Colloquium on Independent Publishing

The Second Colloquium on Independent Publishing Come hear Dante Gonzalez present his "Edición, Literatura y Pensamiento en Lenguas Originarias" (event in Spanish) and the subsequent conversation "Independent Publishing and the Sociology of Literature" with John Thompson, Ana Cecillia Calle, and Gustavo Guerrero, with a response by Marcy Schwartz. Thursday April 18 | 1:00 pm and … Read More

Halloween DIY Decor Event

Murray 309

A close-up image of a pumpkin being cut from waste paper.   October 4th, from 10am to 5pm Join the Scarlet Letterpress in Murray 309 and 302, where we will be welcoming in the fall season with DIY decor. Print Halloween poems, spells, or seasonal cards, or bring old books back to life by recycling … Read More

The Scarlet Letterpress’s First Birthday

Murray 309

  The Rutgers Book Initiative’s Scarlet Letterpress’s First Birthday. Join us in printing aging- and fall-related poems! Friday November 8 | 10:00 am and 2:00 pm Murray Hall 309 | College Avenue, New Brunswick