Cutout advertising bookmark from 1930s published by the Italian insurance company Compagnia Assicurazione di Milano
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282 total members from 42 countries; 130 on the Swap page; updated 21 November 2022
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Newsletter #20 sent April 2022 Contact us if you didn't receive it. |
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Celebrated on 25 February 🔖 📖 📚
Plans are beginning for the SEVENTH annual World Bookmark Day (WOBODA). Check our page for latest updates. 21 October 2022 There are 97 bookmarks in the raffle as of 8 November 2022.
Donation from Pat Crepeau 8 November 2022
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Printable bookmark design from Karen Marshall, USA. All are welcome to send designs now for 2023.
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The Dribbly Yak, an Irish company, burns literary designs onto Irish wood. 6 January 2022
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Member Debrah Gai Lewis has created a section on Bookmark Quotes and Bookmark Allusions on her Mark My Place web site. The allusions were inspired by member Frank X. Roberts' chapter on "Is There a Bookmark in This Text" from his book St. Augustine’s Finger: Medieval Bookmarks and Related Topics. 7 April 2021
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See the range of bookmarks issued for the 1933/1934 Chicago World's Fair from Bill O's collection. 7 April 2021
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Two oldies but goodies have been added. 20 October 2021
Under Collectors' Interests, a link to Don Baldwin's blog, Bookmark Buzz. 
Under Interviews, a link to an interview of Howie Schector, collector of silver bookmarks. 
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Charting the Course of Celluloid Bookmarks by Laine Farley 20 October 2020;
updated 13 March 2021
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The Bookmark Society has provided pdf copies of the first 7 Occasional Papers on our Bibliography page. 14 August 2020
Georg Hartong's Bibliography updated 30 December 2021, and his index of TBS News updated 25 October 2022
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Gintautus Deksnys shares how he creates thematic exhibitions and uses personal bookmarks. 8 November 2022
Halloween Bookmarks by Laine Farley 20 October 2022
Michael Kalil's Bookmarks for the Museum of Modern Art by Rita Colognola, 29 October 2021
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A new gallery called Bookmarks Speak was inspired by Gintautas Deksnys to surround bookmarks with complementary images and provide a title that suggests the message carried by the bookmark. Very creative! 22 November 2022
I exchange paths between us and the stars from Gintautas Deksnys
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Life in a circle from Gintautas Deksnys
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Can you feel it - Spring from Gintautas Deksnys
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The Owl Gallery has 3 new bookmarks from Heather Harrington, USA 5 May 2022
From Heather Harrington, May 2022
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From Heather Harrington, May 2022
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From Heather Harrington, May 2022
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The Bookmarks on Bookmarks Gallery has a new example from Helga Moghaddam 5 May 2022
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The Countries Gallery has 7 new bookmarks on Germany from Helga Moghaddam. 5 May 2022
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The bookmark is a miniature version of the bookmark! From Helga Moghaddam 5 May 2022
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Map of Germany with neighboring countries from Helga Moghaddam
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The sign says "Attention, here you are leaving West-Berlin".
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