TN- WOODEN BOOKS / MICA PAGES with Daniel Essig is offered June 13 - 19 at Shakerag Workshops, Sewanee, TN. Developed as early as the fourth century, this Ethiopian binding style has withstood the test of time. The elegant sewing structure, combined with the use of traditional wooden covers and alternative mica pages, opens a wide range of possibilities for both the beginner and the advanced bookbinder. After first creating a miniature structure using only paper and mica, the class will move on to the wooden covered book. For more information visit www.shakerag.org.

NY- CENTER FOR BOOK ARTS winter classes, and other events, are now online, including new classes with Susan Mills and Barbara Mauriello, Bookbinding II with Shanna Yarbrough, letterpress classes with Bryan Baker and Sarah Bryant, rebacking classes with Sophia Kramer, and much more. The complete schedule of classes is here: www.centerforbookarts.org/classes. Register online or over the phone by calling (212) 481-0295.

ARTBOUND: First Annual Juried Student Book Arts Competition at the University of Florida Libraries invites entries: Students (graduate or undergraduate) making books in book arts and/or fine arts programs across the United States are invited to participate in ARTBOUND by submitting work to a juried artists' book exhibition and permanent collection at The University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries! Books selected by the jurors will be purchased for the qualifying award amount, exhibited during the ARTBOUND exhibition, and permanently added to the University of Florida Smathers Libraries' Special Collections in Book Arts. Postmark deadline for submissions: March 12, 2010. For further details and to download an entry form go to: www.uflib.ufl.edu; scroll down the page to find the ARTBOUND icon and link to the entry form.

PAPER & BOOK INTENSIVE 2010: The online brochure for Paper & Book Intensive 2010 has been mounted at: www.paperbookintensive.org. It will be held at The University of Maine at Machias for 12 days with high-end classes in bookbinding, letterpress, papermaking, and related book art. Applications are due February 15.

NY- FULL TILT Winter Bookbinding Classes with Susan Mills are now posted at www.bookbindingclasses.blogspot.com, including Bookcloth for Bookbinding, Chinese Thread Binding, Phase Boxes, and Betsey Palmer Eldridge's Stitches and Sewings for Bookbinding Structures. Classes are Saturday or Sunday in February, in Manhattan. Cost $40 plus materials. Follow the web link for registration information.

NH- BOOK SCHOOL '10 at Peterborough's Lovely In The Home Press includes 10 weeks of Book Arts delights, including Mongolian Board Books, Coptic-bound books, and the Secret Belgian Binding. In addition, we will delve into the never-ending possibilities of the folded structure including Blizzard books and Franklin folds, invented by Book Arts World Leader, Hedi Kyle. Students will be encouraged to supply content and to consider the best use for each structure. For information, visit www.erinsweeney.net.

WAX AND THE ARTIST BOOK: International call to book artists who incorporate wax/encaustic with innovative techniques and as a major component within their bookworks. Selected images will be presented in a lecture format by Catherine Nash, M.F.A. at the June 2010 Fourth Annual Conference of Encaustic Painting at Montserrat College of Art in Brookline, Massachusetts and published in a downloadable e-format on papermakingresources.com. Postmark Deadline March 1, 2010. For submission details go to the Dec 22 2009 entry at http://artistbooks.ning.com/profiles/blog/list.

NY- THE GROLIER CLUB welcomes one and all to attend Current Challenges to Fine Printing and Book Design, a panel discussion featuring David R. Godine, Publisher and printer; Ronald Gordon, Designer and printer, Oliphant Press; Jamie Kamph, Bookbinder; Jerry Kelly, Designer, calligrapher and printer; Luke Ives Pontifell, Designer and printer, Thornwillow Press; and moderated by David S. Rose. At The Grolier Club, 47 East 60th Street, New York City, January 13, 6 pm-8 pm. With Kindles and iPhones proliferating with Comic Sans, what do practitioners of fine book-making see as the great challenges to making beautiful books in the coming decade? Five Grolier Club members distinguished in the book arts talk about the challenges faced in producing well-made books in the 21st Century. Free and open to the public. A reception will follow. Those interested in attending should rsvp Maev Brennan at the Grolier Club: tel. (917) 628-2797, or e-mail mbrennan@grolierclub.org.

EU- FABRIANO PAPER/PRINT/BOOK INTENSIVE 2010 takes place June 14-29. Pyramid Atlantic Art Center is again sponsoring “Paper, Print and Book” led by artist Lynn Sures in conjunction with Giorgio Pellegrini of the Museum of Paper and Watermark, Fabriano, Italy. The course will offer students two weeks of intensive study at the Museum with time to enjoy the beautiful Marche region. Traditional Italian book arts topics covered will be papermaking, watermark-making, intaglio printmaking, and binding. For registration information, contact Jose Dominguez, Director of Pyramid Atlantic Art Center at jdominguez@pyramid-atlantic.org. For photos of last summer’s trip, visit www.lynnsures.com and go to “Workshops.”

CA- ILIAZD-ISMS: HAND-SETTING AVANT-GARDE TYPOGRAPHY is a workshop with Johanna Drucker and Kitty Maryatt taking place February 6 at Scripps College Press. Iliazd made use of a number of techniques in the production of his experimental typographic books. These include the use of ornaments and rule to produce letterforms, mixed font typography, and complex compositions requiring elaborate justification. The workshop will provide a hands-on opportunity to appreciate the technical feats involved in his typesetting and design through an exercise in copying one or more of his designs. For further information, contact Kitty Maryatt, Director of the Scripps College Press, at kmaryatt@scrippscollege.edu or telephone (909)607-3866.

CA- JOHANNA DRUCKER PRESENTS Iliazd and the Modern Art of the Book on February 6, the Frederic W. Goudy Lecture at Scripps College, Claremont, CA. Ilia Zdanevich, aka Iliazd, began his artistic career in the vital world of the pre-Revolutionary Russian avant-garde in the 1910s.The typographically expressive works he made between 1917 and 1923 laid the foundation for his later productions in Paris, where he became one of the foremost producers of livres d’artistes under the imprint 41 Degrees. Free and open to the public. For further information, contact Kitty Maryatt, Director of the Scripps College Press, at kmaryatt@scrippscollege.edu or telephone (909)607-3866.

SAN DIEGO BOOK ARTS is hosting its third National Juried Exhibition May 29-July 18. Submission deadline is March 7 and is open to anyone residing in the United States. The opening reception is Saturday, May 29, 2010 from 2 - 4 PM at UC San Diego Geisel Library, Special Collections. The juror is Kitty Maryatt, Assistant Professor of Art at Scripps College and Director of the Scripps College Press. She is also principal owner of Two Hands Press. For an entry form go to www.sandiegobookarts.org/JuriedShowEntry.aspx.

MA, CT- ARTIST BOOK WORKSHOPS with Mary Taylor will be taking place this February at Taylor Art Studio in Marshfield, MA and this June at CCP of Norwalk, CT. Participants will create a drumleaf structured book plus a choice of making an origami book, ox plow or an accordion folded book. The book pages will be created on a variety of substrates, imagery will come from gelatin monoprints, paste paintings, collographs and digital print transfers; yielding books with an amazing variety of form and texture. For details visit http://marytaylorart.com/.

OR- WINTER CLASSES at Green Heron Book Arts include Creating A Surface For Calligraphy, Papermaking, Natural Dyes on Paper, Batik Paper, Monoprints on Handmade Paper, Woodworking for Bookmakers, and more. Classes are held at the Accidental BookMaker store at 1928 21st Avenue, Forest Grove, OR. Contact Patricia Grass for more information at pagrass@aol.com.