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The GW Publishing Book Club, organized by the MPS in Publishing program at the George Washington University, is a space for publishing students, alumni, faculty, and members of the publishing, library, and scholarly communication community to read and discuss titles on the history of the book, the history of publishing, and similar topics. The book club involves no grades, no fees, and is designed for general knowledge, fun, networking, and community building. Meetings are held via Zoom.

Use this form to sign up, if you are not already a member. If you are already a member, you can use a separate form to nominate books for future reading.

Book 7 Update: February 2024:

We are reading book 7—to discuss Saturday, February 17th, 12:00 pm ET, with author Oliver Darkshire.

Premeeting discussion on Saturday, February 10th, 12 pm ET.

Once Upon a Tome: The Misadventures of a Rare Bookseller, by Oliver Darkshire (@DeathByBadger)

Previous books:

Book 1: Read and discussed Burning the Books: A History of the Deliberate Destruction of Knowledge, by Richard Ovenden, who joined us for a discussion on February 4, 2022.
Book 2: Read and discussed The Book: A Cover-to-Cover Exploration of the Most Powerful Object of our Time, by Keith Houston, who joined us for a discussion on May 20, 2022.
Book 3: Read and discussed Shelf Life: Chronicles of a Cairo Bookseller, by Nadia Wassef, who joined us for a discussion on December 10, 2022; we were also joined by the audiobook's narrator Vaneh Assadourian
Book 4: Read and discussed Impermanent Blackness: The Making and Unmaking of Interracial Literary Culture in Modern America, with author Korey Garibaldi, and John Fisher, who worked on the book as a freelance editor and is a GW publishing student. Hybrid meeting 4/6/23.
Book 5: Read and discussed What We Talk About When We Talk About Books, by Leah Price; met with author Leah Price, on June 3, 2023.
Book 6, Read and discussed Yellowface by R.F. Kuang. Yellowface audiobook narrator Helen Laser joined us for a great discussion on November 4, 2023.

We welcome your suggestions for future titles for the GW Publishing Book Club.

We will endeavor, if feasible, to invite the author to join us for a meeting, but this is not guaranteed.

Publishing Book Club committee: Laila Keadan (lead), Hind Berji, Carly Fisher, Beth Icard, Jessica Irving, Rachel Kahn, Kathryn Kremp

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