Events in May 2026
Thinking of attending the ABAA New York International Antiquarian Book Fair in April/May 2026? Join us for a guided tour!
The Events Planning Committee invites the BSA community and their guests to join us at the New York Public Library to explore items from the NYPL’s special collections. Limited to 25 participants, so register early!
“Browsers at the Gotham Book Mart,” Gotham Book Mart records, The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library.
The BSA invites Stillwell Legacy Society members and their guests to an in-person celebration and special lecture by John Bidwell.
Join two curators from The Morgan Library & Museum, Joshua O’Driscoll & Frank Trujillo, for this talk about Tarot in Renaissance Italy.
Bonifacio Bembo, Time, from the Visconti-Sforza Tarot, Lombardy, ca. 1456–58. Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.630.10
Spring 2026 Council Meeting
The Spring 2026 meeting of the Council of the Bibliographical Society of America will be held on Saturday 9 May.
The BSA Council has three meetings per year, one each in the winter, spring, and fall.
Tinkering to Learn: Books, Toys, and Other Object Lessons in British Culture
Spring into Support: A special fundraising event featuring 2025 Schiller Prize Winner Elizabeth Hoiem!
Join us for a special virtual fundraising event as part of our 2026 Spring Sprint!
Alphabet of Trades (London: A. Park, [1852]), Cotsen Children’s Library, Courtesy of Princeton University Library
BSA Events at International Congress on Medieval Studies 2026
Bibliographical Society of America and Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library Yale University Co-Sponsored events at the 2026 International Congress on Medieval Studies Conference
The Liaisons committee, with the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Yale, is proud to support these three events at the 61st International Congress on Medieval Studies, which takes place from 14–16 May 2026.