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Rare Book School is a non-profit institute located in Charlottesville, VA, that provides advocacy, education, and outreach for the study, care, and uses of written, printed, and born-digital materials.

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We're hiring summer assistants to support course sessions, catering & other tasks related to our 2026 summer programming in Charlottesville.

Starting 𝟭𝟲 𝗝𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆, applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until all positions are filled.

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Session Assistant Amira Hegazy (center) helps with a hands-on activity for students in H-140: The History & Culture of the Tibetan Book in summer 2025, while Session Assistant Brighton Lieu looks on from behind. (Photo by Shane Lin)
December 23, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙙𝙧𝙖𝙬𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙨𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙤𝙣, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙛𝙛 𝙤𝙛 𝙍𝘽𝙎 𝙬𝙞𝙨𝙝𝙚𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙙𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙛𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙙 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙖𝙙𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙤𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧!

We will be closed from 24 December through 1 January for UVA's winter holiday.
The image, a woodcut illustration of a reindeer pulling a sleigh across a snowy landscape alongside a group of four skiers, one of whom has fallen down, is a detail from Olaus Magnus (1490-1557), Historia de gentibus septentrionalibus. Antwerp: Jean Beller, 1562. Edited by Cornelius Scribonius Grapheus (1482-1558). From the teaching collections of Rare Book School. RBS 8977.
December 23, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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Behind the scenes processing of some RBS manuscripts, including an Esther Scroll, a decorated leaf from the 𝘋𝘪𝘷𝘢̄𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘏𝘢𝘧𝘦𝘻, and a 13th-century Latin missal from France.
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#ManuscriptMonday #RareBooks
A graphic with a white background shows a rolled-up scroll angled from lower left to upper right. The upper left quadrant contains a close-up detail of a medieval European manuscript with musical annotation and text in Latin, with a large, illuminated capital ‘S’. The lower right quadrant has a close-up detail from a Persian manuscript with text in black ink and an illuminated floral motif to its right. Diagonal text next to the images reads, “Manuscript Monday.”
December 22, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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I learned about Type:Rider at @rarebookschool.bsky.social eons ago (when I met @ryancordell.org ) & my Small Nephew (age 10) has basically played it his entire life — first watching me, & now playing as his sister watches.

My history in games is admittedly very weird, y’all.
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December 22, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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Please join us in congratulating RBS Program Assistant Jack Wallace and RBS Summer Session Assistant Piper Farmer, who have both been selected from a pool of over 1,000 applicants to be part of the 2026 cohort of Marshall Scholars!

See 🧵 to read more about these two exciting young scholars!
Photo of a smiling young man in a blue sports coat and wearing a red, cream, and blue striped tie. He is standing on the colonnaded porch of a brick building. Photo by Matt Riley, University of Virginia Communications. Photo of a smiling young woman with long brown hair and bangs looking out of the frame. She is wearing round-framed glasses and a blue plaid wool jacket and is standing near a window in a wood-paneled, bookshelf-lined room. Photo from Bryn Mawr news.
December 19, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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Jane Austen was born #OTD 250 years ago, on 16 December 1775. In commemoration of her legacy, we invite you to watch (or rewatch!) Rare Book School's 2025 Kenneth W. Rendell Endowed Lecture by Janine Barchas, on "Jane Austen on the Cheap."

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2025 Rendell Lecture: "Jane Austen on the Cheap"
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December 16, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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RBS is pleased to relay news that the Council of the Grolier Club unanimously elected RBS Board member Kenneth Soehner as the Club’s President Elect.

RBS is grateful for Ken's wise counsel & many contributions; we salute his grounded leadership & applaud the Grolier Club’s excellent selection.
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December 12, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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Did you know that RBS has more than 40 copies of Richard Wright’s 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘚𝘰𝘯?

Spanning the first printing of the 1940 first ed. to 21st-c. editions, some copies display interventions from readers & booksellers alike. Combined, they tell the rich bibliographical story of Wright’s acclaimed novel.
A close-up of several editions of 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘚𝘰𝘯 as well as Wright's author card listing his most famous works from the Game of Authors published in 1991. From the 𝘍𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘴 & 𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘴 exhibition. Copies of Wright's 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘚𝘰𝘯 shown alongside various works by Gertrude Stein, Toni Morrison, Oscar Wilde, Willa Cather, and Walt Whitman, part of the 𝘍𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘴 & 𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘴 exhibition.
December 11, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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A small sampling from @rarebookschool.bsky.social's collections (which number around 100,000 items!).
December 11, 2025 at 3:22 AM
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There are still a few spaces left in our 2026 online winter course, 𝗛-𝟵𝟱𝘃: 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀’ 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸, taught by noted bibliographer and historian Michael Winship from 26 January to 26 February.

Apply today!

rarebookschool.org/courses/history/h95v

#BookSky
A vertically oriented rectangular graphic has a black horizontal bar on top, in the center of which is the RBS logo. Below this, dark orange and black text reads, “Online Course: H-95v Reading Publishers’ Archives for the Study of the American Book. 26 January to 26 February 2026” The center of the image shows three pages from Wiley and Putnam’s Library of American Books lists fanned out against a black background. Below this, white and yellow text reads, “Now accepting applications at rarebookschool.org/schedule.”
December 4, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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This weekend is the deadline to apply to Rare Book School's 𝗠. 𝗖. 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆, 𝗕𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀!

Apply by 11:59 p.m. ET on 𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝟳 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿.

For more information, visit rarebookschool.org/admissions-awards/fellowships/lang
A vertically oriented graphic shows in the upper half a photo of two women leaning in to view an oversized medieval manuscript that is open to a page with musical notation and text in large script. Behind them several other women are visible. In the lower part of the graphic, text in white, black, red, and yellow against bars of gray, white, and black read, “Apply Now! The M. C. Lang Fellowship in Book History, Bibliography & Humanities Teaching with Historical Sources. Application Deadline: Sunday, 7 December 2025. Learn more & apply at rarebookschool.org/admissions-awards/fellowships/lang.”
December 3, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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There are still a few spaces left in our 2026 online winter course, 𝗛-𝟵𝟱𝘃: 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀’ 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸, taught by noted bibliographer and historian Michael Winship from 26 January to 26 February.

Apply today!

rarebookschool.org/courses/history/h95v

#BookSky
A vertically oriented rectangular graphic has a black horizontal bar on top, in the center of which is the RBS logo. Below this, dark orange and black text reads, “Online Course: H-95v Reading Publishers’ Archives for the Study of the American Book. 26 January to 26 February 2026” The center of the image shows three pages from Wiley and Putnam’s Library of American Books lists fanned out against a black background. Below this, white and yellow text reads, “Now accepting applications at rarebookschool.org/schedule.”
December 4, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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This weekend is the deadline to apply to Rare Book School's 𝗠. 𝗖. 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆, 𝗕𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀!

Apply by 11:59 p.m. ET on 𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝟳 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿.

For more information, visit rarebookschool.org/admissions-awards/fellowships/lang
A vertically oriented graphic shows in the upper half a photo of two women leaning in to view an oversized medieval manuscript that is open to a page with musical notation and text in large script. Behind them several other women are visible. In the lower part of the graphic, text in white, black, red, and yellow against bars of gray, white, and black read, “Apply Now! The M. C. Lang Fellowship in Book History, Bibliography & Humanities Teaching with Historical Sources. Application Deadline: Sunday, 7 December 2025. Learn more & apply at rarebookschool.org/admissions-awards/fellowships/lang.”
December 3, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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The deadline is approaching for applications to Rare Book School’s 𝗠. 𝗖. 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆, 𝗕𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀. Apply by 11:59 p.m. ET on 𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝟳 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱.

For details, visit rarebookschool.org/admissions-awards/fellowships/lang
A vertically oriented graphic shows in the upper left quadrant a photo of a smiling man with a close-cropped beard against a background of blurred trees. He is wearing a blue button-up shirt and dark blue tie. To the right of this photo, white text on a green background reads, “I continue to feel the reverberations of my time as a Lang Fellow in my teaching, my research, and even my collaborations with colleagues on campus. The M. C. Lang Fellowship introduced me and my campus community to intellectual and material resources that have provoked a contagious enthusiasm for book history that continues to spread. - Caleb Dance 2020–22 Lang Fellow, Associate Professor of Classics, Washington and Lee University.” In the lower part of the graphic, text in white, black, red, and yellow against bars of gray, white, and black read, “Apply Now! The M. C. Lang Fellowship in Book History, Bibliography & Humanities Teaching with Historical Sources. Application Deadline: Sunday, 7 December 2025. Learn more & apply at rarebookschool.org/admissions-awards/fellowships/lang”.
November 24, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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Rare Book School will be closed Wednesday through Friday, 26–28 November, for the Thanksgiving holiday.
November 25, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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The deadline is approaching for applications to Rare Book School’s 𝗠. 𝗖. 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆, 𝗕𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀. Apply by 11:59 p.m. ET on 𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝟳 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱.

For details, visit rarebookschool.org/admissions-awards/fellowships/lang
A vertically oriented graphic shows in the upper left quadrant a photo of a smiling man with a close-cropped beard against a background of blurred trees. He is wearing a blue button-up shirt and dark blue tie. To the right of this photo, white text on a green background reads, “I continue to feel the reverberations of my time as a Lang Fellow in my teaching, my research, and even my collaborations with colleagues on campus. The M. C. Lang Fellowship introduced me and my campus community to intellectual and material resources that have provoked a contagious enthusiasm for book history that continues to spread. - Caleb Dance 2020–22 Lang Fellow, Associate Professor of Classics, Washington and Lee University.” In the lower part of the graphic, text in white, black, red, and yellow against bars of gray, white, and black read, “Apply Now! The M. C. Lang Fellowship in Book History, Bibliography & Humanities Teaching with Historical Sources. Application Deadline: Sunday, 7 December 2025. Learn more & apply at rarebookschool.org/admissions-awards/fellowships/lang”.
November 24, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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A few of @rarebookschool.bsky.social's 'Lucille' collection on display in the UVA Rotunda
November 20, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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Reminder: TODAY (11/19) is the deadline to apply for RBS's Andrew W. Mellow Society of Fellows in Critical Bibliography (SoFCB) Junior Fellows Program!

Details at rarebookschool.org/admissions-awards/fellowships/sofcb/
SoFCB Junior Fellows Program | Rare Book School
This year, ten Junior Fellows will be selected to join Rare Book School's Andrew W. Mellon Society of Fellows in Critical Bibliography (SoFCB) through an open application process. After completing two...
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November 19, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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Reminder: TODAY (11/19) is the deadline to apply for RBS's Andrew W. Mellow Society of Fellows in Critical Bibliography (SoFCB) Junior Fellows Program!

Details at rarebookschool.org/admissions-awards/fellowships/sofcb/
SoFCB Junior Fellows Program | Rare Book School
This year, ten Junior Fellows will be selected to join Rare Book School's Andrew W. Mellon Society of Fellows in Critical Bibliography (SoFCB) through an open application process. After completing two...
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November 19, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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RBS recently hosted Shih-shan Susan Huang of Rice Univ. for a hands-on visit in which she, with UVA faculty & graduate students, learned about the history of the book in China through objects such as woodblocks, multi-color printed & illustrated books, rubbings & more from our Guanhailou collection.
Photo of a smiling woman, wearing a navy-blue sweater with a clothed bear on it, holding a rare Chinese book in her hands while two other people look over her shoulder from each side. Photo of an open spread of a rare Chinese book. On the left side, columns of Chinese characters fill the center of the page. On the right, a print in red ink depicts a man and a bow harvesting plants while a flock of birds flies up near them. A photo of a group of women gathered around both sides of a long table looking at one of the open rare Chinese books that are laid out along it. Photo of a page from a Chinese illustration in black, blue, and gold. The abstract figures suggest water or rock with plants or fungi growing around the edges.
November 18, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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Applications for the 2026–28 cohort of our Society of Fellows in Critical Bibliography (SoFCB) Junior Fellows Program are due this Wednesday, 19 November!

Learn more: rarebookschool.org/admissions-a...
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The deadlines are approaching for our RBS fellowships!

We are currently accepting applications for the following opportunities:

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗼𝗙𝗖𝗕 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗿 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺 (apply by 𝟭𝟵 𝗡𝗼𝘃.)

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠. 𝗖. 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 (apply by 𝟳 𝗗𝗲𝗰.)

rarebookschool.org/admissions-awards/fellowships/
A vertically oriented graphic shows a white box with a yellow border. Inside the box, black and blue text reads, “Apply Now! The SoFCB Junior Fellows Program Application Deadline: Wednesday, 19 November 2025. The M. C. Lang Fellowship in Book History, Bibliography & Humanities Teaching with Historical Sources Application Deadline: Sunday, 7 December 2025.” On a black bar at the bottom of the graphic, white and yellow text says, “Learn more & apply at: rarebookschool.org/admissions-awards/fellowships.” The background of the graphic is a photo of two women standing at a table on which a large illustrated rare book lies open on foam supports.
November 17, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Have you visited the 𝘍𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘴 & 𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘴 exhibition? This weekend is your final chance to see the show before it closes! Come by our gallery on the second floor of UVA’s Shannon Library to view the fascinating items on display...
A vertically oriented rectangular photo shows the green and red sign for the Famous & Forgotten: The Game of Authors exhibition on the wall above a horizonal display case containing several historical examples of the Authors card game. In the upper left of the image, white text reads “Final Weekend!”
November 13, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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The deadlines are approaching for our RBS fellowships!

We are currently accepting applications for the following opportunities:

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗼𝗙𝗖𝗕 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗿 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺 (apply by 𝟭𝟵 𝗡𝗼𝘃.)

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠. 𝗖. 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 (apply by 𝟳 𝗗𝗲𝗰.)

rarebookschool.org/admissions-awards/fellowships/
A vertically oriented graphic shows a white box with a yellow border. Inside the box, black and blue text reads, “Apply Now! The SoFCB Junior Fellows Program Application Deadline: Wednesday, 19 November 2025. The M. C. Lang Fellowship in Book History, Bibliography & Humanities Teaching with Historical Sources Application Deadline: Sunday, 7 December 2025.” On a black bar at the bottom of the graphic, white and yellow text says, “Learn more & apply at: rarebookschool.org/admissions-awards/fellowships.” The background of the graphic is a photo of two women standing at a table on which a large illustrated rare book lies open on foam supports.
November 13, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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Come visit us at Booth 427 on Cultural Row at the Boston Book Fair this weekend!

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Photo of a booth with a black curtain backdrop behind a table with a maroon banner reading "RBS Rare Book School." On the table are various flyers, swag items, books, and annual reports.
November 7, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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A word for librarians, library students, booksellers and bibliophiles-- Rare Book SCHOOL rocks so hard! 🤘
November 6, 2025 at 3:12 PM