Cutout advertising bookmark from 1930s published by the Italian insurance company Compagnia Assicurazione di Milano
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262 total members from 41 countries; 130 on the Swap page; updated 14 January 2021
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Thy New Year be bright As the Butterfly's flight, 1880s, 1 January 2022
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100 bookmarks from Regina Mačiulytė, Lithuania, 14 January 2022
833 bookmarks are in the raffle as of 14 January 2022. Enter by February 24, 2022.
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Celebrated on 25 February 🔖 📖 📚
Preparations are under way for World Bookmark Day (Woboda) 2022. A new award for best Bookmark Collection this year! 3 October 2021
Examples from Jonathan Xuereb's Book Depository Collection
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Printable Woboda bookmarks from Rosemarie Abel. All are welcome to send designs now for 2022.
Two more printable bookmark designs from Karen Marshall, USA. 8 January 2022
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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 30 December 2021
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Michael Kalil's Bookmarks for the Museum of Modern Art by Rita Colognola, 29 October 2021
Member Profile: Sylvia Bunting, United Kingdom, 7 September 2021
Member Profile: Randy Whiteman from Canada 4 March 2021
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The famous Powell's Bookstore included a subtle bookmark on the design for their Chicago location
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A tiny bookmark - look closely.
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Can you find three bookmarks?
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The Bookmarks on Bookmarks Gallery has two new bookstore examples and one with multiple bookmarks. . 4 January 2022
New examples from Malaysia in the Countries Gallery. 3 December 2021
