Events

     The Baxter Society, 2025-2026 Schedule
 
Unless otherwise noted, you may attend either in person at room 423-424 Glickman Library, U. of Southern Maine, Portland, or on Zoom, at 6:00 pm. 

The events scheduled for next Autumn at the Baxter meetings have been scheduled:

September 10 – Dr. Richard Kopley, author of Edgar Allan Poe, a Life, will speak on the remarkable discovery that sparked his brilliant biography of Poe.

October 8 – Peter and Donna Thomas, papermakers, book artists, and authors, will speak at a joint meeting of the Baxter Society and the Kate Cheney Chappell ’83 Center for Book Arts.

November 12 – Jenna Ware, Director of the Crane Museum of Papermaking, “Preserving Papermaking History: The Crane Museum Collection.”

December 5 – The Annual Meeting and Holiday Carouse, hosted by Denise Froehlich at the Maine Museum of Photographic Arts, 15 Middle St, in Portland. In person only.

January 27 - Curator Reid Byers, Baxter member, will speak at the opening of his exhibition, Imaginary Books: Lost, Unfinished, and Fictive Books Found Only in Other Books. Top floor, Glickman Library. In person only.

February 18 - Baxter Annual Show and Tell: our yearly round-robin gives everyone a chance to share a treasured book. On Zoom only.

March 25 - Curator Mary Crawford will speak on her Grolier Club exhibition "Paper Jane: 250 Years of Austen", marking the 250th anniversary of the author's birth. On Zoom only.

April 8 - Dr. Milly Budny, director of the Research Group on Manuscript Evidence, with speak on "Bembino, a New Multi-Lingual Font." The beautiful new font, supporting fifty-seven languages, is to be made freely available to the literary community this spring by the RGME. At the offices of Bernstein-Shur and on Zoom.

May 13 - Dr. Megan Cook, Arthur Jeremiah Roberts Associate Professor of Literature and Co-Chair of English at Colby College, will speak on "Blame It On Caxton: Early Modern Printers and Their Middle English Texts". At the offices of Bernstein-Shur and on Zoom.

For Zoom meetings: the link will be sent via e-mail on the morning of the meeting.

Please remember that Baxter Society membership runs on the calendar year. Please pay your 2026 dues in January. Thank you.