The Society is pleased to announce that  Keith Maslen and John Lancaster's edition of the Bowyer Ledgers, first published by the Society with the Bibliographical Society of America  in 1991, is now freely available online, with new corrections and additions by the editors. More information

An updated version of the Index of provenances and former owners from David Selwyn's Edmund Geste and his books (Bibliographical Society, 2017) is now available online at http://www.bibsoc.org.uk/Geste/Provenances. Information about the publication of the book can be seen at Edmund Geste and his books.

The Bibliographical Society will exceptionally consider requests for ad hoc funding to support projects that are related to bibliography. Applications will be considered as soon as possible by Council after they have been received. Click here for further details.

A new version of David Pearson's English book owners in the seventeenth century has been uploaded. See http://www.bibsoc.org.uk/content/english-book-owners-seventeenth-century

Please note that the Randeria Lecture on Tuesday 15 May 2018 will take place at the British Library, not the Society of Antiquaries.

The Post-Dissolution Wandering of Books from England’s Medieval Libraries.  Guest-edited by James Carley The Library is happy to announce the fourth of its annual 'Virtual Issues' which focuses on the Post-Dissolution Wandering of Books from England’s Medieval Libraries. The articles presented are free to download until the end of March 2018. [...]

The official opening of the Stationers’ Company’s new archive room and reading room took place on 10th November 2017, and  represented a milestone in improving access to its unique and priceless archive, both for members of the Company and the general public. Thanks to the generosity of Liverymen Duncan Spence [...]

The Society's latest publication was launched on Thursday 28 September 2017 with a reception at Salisbury Cathedral hosted by the acting Dean and the Cathedral Archivist. All members of the Society will have received copies of the book.  For further information, see Edmund Geste and his books. The full catalogue [...]

The Society's library has recently been moved from the University of London to the University of Essex where the books will soon be available for consultation again. Please note that the move of the library means that members of the Society can no longer gain access to Senate House Library [...]

The Society's Annual General Meeting will be held at The Royal Institution, 21 Albemarle Street, London W1S 4BS, at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, 17 October 2017.

Our next Virtual Issue is up and running: an editorial and nine articles on 'The Library On Shakespeare', guest-edited by Eric Rasmussen.  https://academic.oup.com/library/pages/shakespearevi