Cutout advertising bookmark from 1930s published by the Italian insurance company Compagnia Assicurazione di Milano
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294 total members from 42 countries; 130 on the Swap page; updated 5 May 2023
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Newsletter #23 sent 4 April 2023 Contact us if you didn't receive it. |
Celebrated on 25 February 🔖 📖 📚
the SEVENTH annual World Bookmark Day (WOBODA). Check our page for latest updates. 25 February 2023
the SEVENTH annual World Bookmark Day (WOBODA). Check our page for latest updates. 25 February 2023
The winner of 777 bookmarks in the raffle is Olav Claassen, Spain; second place is Vilija Jocienė, Lithuania who is also the Asim Maner Award winner! Congratulations to both. 25 February 2023
Check the Woboda page under LOCAL EVENTS for information on activities in the USA, England, Lithuania, Hong Kong. 25 February 2023
Printable bookmark designs (go to Woboda page to download)
By Rosemare Abel, Germany
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By Regina Mačiulytė, Lithuania
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By Laine Farley, USA
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By Gintautas Deksnys, Lithuania
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Latest raffle entries:
160 bookmarks from Olav Claassen, Spain. 20 February 2023
50 bookmarks from Karen Marshall, USA, 25 January 2023
30 bookmarks, mostly bookstore themed, from Randy Whiteman 20 January 2023
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Donations to awards:
Gaby Dondlinger, Luxumbourg, has donated four of her handmade tiny book creations to the winners of the Asim Maner Award, the Collection Award, and the first and second place winners of the raffle. 25 January 2023
Necklace with book cover made of a Luxembourg city map and a "Melusina" charm by Gaby Dondlinger
Handmade bookmark by Ana Matos which is a tribute to a famous singer of Fado Portuguese
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Pullout bookmarks to make, illustrating children´s safety education in former East Germany (DDR)
submitted by Helga Moghaddam, 28 April 2023
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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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An interview of the founder of Papilionaceous pure silk bookmarks by Lauren Roberts from 2008 has been discovered and added. February 2023
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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 24 March 2023, and his index of TBS News updated 24 March 2023.
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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 new bookmarks 28 April 2023
From Gintautas Deksnys, Lithuania, carved wooden owl from the Philippines 28 April 2023
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Helga Moghaddam, Germany, made this bookmark out of the book cover “Ökonokomik, Humorous sides of economics, by Arno Sölter”. 7 April 2023
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Helga found in the book, attached as a personal bookmark this lovely owl, dedicated to Arno Sölter´s friends, colleagues and readers. 7 April 2023
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The Countries Gallery has seven handmade bookmarks from Uganda contributed biy Helga Moghaddam 5 May 2023
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The Bookmarks on Bookmarks Gallery has 4 new examples of humorous bookmarks featuring a stack of books with bookmarks peeking out, presided over by bookworms, a mouse and a turtle, all by Antioch Publishing from Laine Farley 27 February 2023
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Handmade bookmark from Uganda of giraffes from Helga Moghaddam
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Massai figures on fig tree bark bookmark from Helga Moghaddam
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Another cartoonish design with a bookworm on a stack of books from Laine Farley
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