The Watts Program

04/26/2012

http://wattsjcb.wordpress.com/2012/04/16/lecture-with-dr-cynthia-brokaw-print-technology-and-book-production-in-china/

Thursday, April 26th 6:00pm Enticing edibles served. FREE and Open to the public. John Carter Brown Library 94 George Street, Providence, RI (Brown University Campus, near the corner of George and...

04/05/2012

http://wattsjcb.wordpress.com/2012/04/05/lecture-tonight-thursday-april-5th-2012/

04/04/2012

http://wattsjcb.wordpress.com/2012/04/04/biblio-bus-day-trip-to-new-york-city-saturday-april-7th/

NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY | GROLIER CLUB | DINNER | TALK Join the Watts History of the Book Program on the Biblio Bus day trip to New York City on Saturday, April 7th. We will be travelling to N...

04/02/2012

Join the Watts History of the Book Program on the Biblio Bus day trip to New York City on Saturday, April 7th. http://www.eventbrite.com/event/3208776537

04/02/2012

http://wattsjcb.wordpress.com/2012/04/02/lecture-with-dr-william-noel-lost-and-found-the-archimedes-palimpsest/

A swashbuckling tale of discovery! A manuscript of extraordinary importance to the history of science! Thursday, April 5 6:00pm Enticing edibles served. FREE and Open to the public. John Carter Bro...

03/15/2012

http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/13/after-244-years-encyclopaedia-britannica-stops-the-presses/?ref=technology

Bowing to the competition online, the encyclopedia's publisher said the 2010 edition, a 32-volume set that weighs in at 129 pounds, would be the last.

03/10/2012

http://blogdailyherald.com/2012/03/09/john-carter-brown/

Coming, to a theater near you...John Carter BROWN. The epic tale of a mid-19th century book collector who just really

03/07/2012

http://www.designboom.com/history/anatomical_maps.html

anatomical maps - a short history

03/06/2012

Join the Watts Program and Jan Baker at the RISD Special Collections for a tour of work by upcoming Watts lecturer and book artist Angela Lorenz. This visit to RISD's Special Collections offers a g...

03/06/2012

Saturday, March 17, 2012 from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM Friday, March 16, 2012 from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM Rhode Island School of Design, Book Studio, 48 Waterman St. Providence, RI Working with ou...

03/04/2012

czechoslovakian book cover series on biblio blog "a journey round my skull":
http://50watts.com/filter/czechoslovakian-book-cover-series

Illustration and book art with a literary bent. Focus on international children's books and Surrealism.

02/22/2012

http://m.theatlanticcities.com/arts-and-lifestyle/2012/02/how-new-york-pay-phones-became-guerrilla-libraries/1288/

Artist John Locke is converting obsolete Manhattan phone booths into mini libraries. Now if only people would stop stealing his entire book collection.