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Member News

This page introduces new members and has occasional items about member activities.  Before April 2019, members were announced on the home page News. To become a member, fill out the form below and join us!
Learn more about our members in the Members Profiles section of the blog.  updated March 2022

​Student Designer
Ashlyn Wade is a student 👩‍🎓 in the UK 🇬🇧 who is interested in collecting, drawing, 🎨 designing and producing bookmarks. 🔖Welcome!  16 January 2023

Art Museum Educator
Jillian Impastato from Maine 🇺🇸 is curating an exhibit for an art museum 🖼 that will display examples of bookmarks 🔖 and bookmarking of community members, go into the history of the bookmark 📖, and have a bookmark making activity 🔖. She hopes to have it active for World Bookmark Day 2024.  Welcome!  16 January 2023

Oklahoma Collector and Writer
Stuart Hudson from Oklahoma 🇺🇸 is focusing on well designed and unique bookstore bookmarks 📕 🔖 Welcome!  2 January 2023

California Collector
Charles Goldsmid from California🇺🇸 has a range of collecting interests including bookstore bookmarks 📕, pre-World War I bookmarks🪖, bookmarks documenting change in the book trade📚, personalized bookmarksⓂ  and the diversity of bookmarks. Welcome Charles!  27 December 2022

Three New Members from Illinois, USA
Welcome teacher Deborah Riggert-Kiefer, student Victoria Siegler and avid reader Felicity Schryer from Illinois, USA 🇺🇸.  Deborah teaches 👩🏻‍🏫 middle school language arts 📖, Victoria has just discovered the lure of bookmarks 🔖due to a school assignment ✍️and Felicity likes to collect bookmarks to match the books 📚she reads.  21 November 2022

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Newsletter #21 emailed to members on 26 October 2022. Let us know if you didn't receive it.

Librarian / Writer from Canada
Welcome Daniel Clarkson Fisher from Ontario 🇨🇦 who is a librarian 📚 and writer ✍️ and likes to make bookmarks 🔖  26 October 2022

Teacher from Malaysia
Muhammad Mujahid bin Abd Rahim is a school teacher 📖 from Malaysia 🇲🇾 who likes bookmarks 🔖 with artwork 🎨 and content.  Welcome!  21 October 2022

Nature and Japanese Motifs
Klára Madejová from the Czech Republic 🇨🇿 likes to choose a bookmark for the book  📖 she is reading.  She's on the Swap page and is looking for bookmarks with nature 🏞 and Japanese 🌸 themes.  Welcome!  15 September 2022

Bookstores and Advertising
Bobby Horn , a writer ✍️ from Texas 🇺🇸likes bookmarks from bookstores 📚and those with advertising.  Thanks for joining!  11 August 2022

Teacher Collects on Travels
Susanna Semerdzhyan is a California 🇺🇸 teacher 👩🏻‍🏫 who loves all kinds of bookmarks and collects them when she travels. 🌍Welcome, Susanna!  11 August 2022​

Bookmark Producer and Illustrator/Designer
Kathryn Lewis from California, USA 🇺🇸loves children's book illustration 🚸📖 and made her own line of bookmarks🔖, sold through her company, Ingrid Press.  Kathryn has been listed on our Producers page for a while and decided to become a member.  Welcome!  8 August 2022

Teacher, Lecturer, Mentor on Bookmarks
Gintautas Deksnys from Lithuania🇱🇹 has a categorized collection 🔖, gives lectures and presentations about it 👩🏻‍🏫 and would like to share and communicate about his activities related to bookmarks so he has provided a visiting card  with more detailed information. Welcome!  18 July 2022
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Watercolor Bookmark Maker
Emily Kovar from the Czech Republic 🇨🇿 loves to make watercolor bookmarks 🖌 🔖 and collects handmade bookmarks.  You can find her on the Swap page.  Welcome!  9 July 2022

California Bookmark Lover  
Edge Gerring from California, USA🇺🇸 likes to make bookmarks and see the collections of others 🔖.  Welcome Edge!  9 July 2022

Teacher Who Makes Bookmarks  
​Robert White from California, USA🇺🇸 is a teacher 👨‍🏫 who collects and also makes bookmarks 🔖.  Welcome!  11 May 2022

Another Member from Orkney  
​Chris Platt from Orkney  🇬🇧 likes all bookmarks, but particularly leather bookmarks 💼🔖 ​ and Book Depository bookmarks. Welcome!  28 March 2022

Two UK Members 🇬🇧 🇬🇧
​Heather Dockery from Orkney has collected since she was a child👧 and would like to swap bookmarks from Orkney, book depository and others.  Janet Gascoigne from Wiltshire collects leather bookmarks 💼🔖 and those from all countries of the world .🌎 🌍 🌏  Welcome!  27 March 2022

Bookmark Lover and Writer 
Mathilde Leloup is a writer✍️ from France 🇫🇷 who says she "just loves" 🥰🔖 bookmarks.  You've come to the right place!  Welcome!  17 February 2022

​Artist and Bookmark Maker
Marilyn R. Rosenberg, from New York, USA,🇺🇸 works alone and with collaborators, on asemic and visual poems, edition artists’ books 👩‍🎨and sculptural one of a kind bookworks 📚 , artists’ stamps, 💌 bookmarks🔖 , mail art 📬 and more. She contributed a bookmark design for World Bookmark Day in 2018. Welcome!  11 February 2022

​New Bookmark Collector from Slovakia 
Michal Kasanický is a new collector who started with Slovak🇸🇰 and Czech bookmarks but wants to expand to Book Depository bookmarks 🔖--see the Swap page for more.  Michal is our first member from Slovakia. Welcome!  27 January 2022

​Bookmark Creator from Greece
Welcome Eugenia Mari from Greece 🇬🇷who owns Bookla, producer of interesting woven bookmarks 🔖.  She has donated some for World Bookmark Day!  14 January 2022

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 Newsletter #19 Mailed
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Members should have received the mailing 1 January 2022.  Please contact us if you didn't receive the newsletter or if you have a new email address. 1 January 2022

Bookseller from Maine
Scott Servisky from Bangor 🇺🇸 likes library 📚 advertising 🛍and "most anything interesting".  As a bookseller 📖, he must find lots of them.  Welcome!  4 December 2021

Librarian Collector and New Member from Lebanon
Heather Harrington from Massachusetts, USA 🇺🇸 is a librarian 📚and new collector who wants to swap🔖🔖.  Jinane Ghanem Doueihy is passionate 😍 about bookmarks as this website shows and is our first member from Lebanon  🇱🇧 . Welcome!  28 October 2021

Newsletter #18 Mailed
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Members should have received the mailing 12 October 2021.📬📮📧 We had notices of mail problems for Karen Maxson, Pamela Richardson, Ludovina Moreira, Donna Joy Press.  Please contact us if you didn't receive the newsletter or if you have a new email address. 12 October 2021

Lover of Celluloid Bookmarks
Welcome Ted Hake from Pennsylvania, USA🇺🇸 who is an expert on pin back buttons 🧷and celluloid and appreciates bookmarks 🔖made of that material.  2 October 2021

Collector of Card Bookmarks
Geoff Pyke from the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 collects card bookmarks 🔖, especially on his travels 🧳.  He would like to swap to add to his collection of over 5000.  Welcome Geoff!  17 September 2021

Member Profile - Sylvia Bunting
Our latest profile features long time collector and one of IFOB's first members from York, England. Sylvia is the membership secretary and editor of The Bookmark Society.  Find out more about her extensive collection and what it is like to edit TBS News.  14 September 2021

Collector of Silver Bookmarks
Chris Shi from the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 is ​interested in the history, crafts, materials and silver hallmarks of bookmarks 🥄🔖. Here are some examples from his collection from over 40 countries.  Welcome!  14 September 2021
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Canadian Collector
​Welcome Paul Hutchinson from Ontario 🇨🇦 who likes bookmarks related to book stores📚, music 🎶 and other countries🌍, especially when they are free!  31 August 2021

Editor, First Member from Bulgaria
Demetra Dimitrova is an editor✍️ for a publishing house and collects bookmarks 🔖 from her work and travels, which she can exchange on the swap list.  She has a special project to create a gift of bookmarks for her mother who will soon retire as a librarian. 📚 Demetra is our first member from Bulgaria!  🇧🇬 Welcome, and good luck in assembling your mother's gift.  31 August 2021

Retired Teacher, New Collector
Marina Goloborodko from Massachusetts, USA 🇺🇸 has many interests and has just started collecting bookmarks🔖.  She is interested in beautiful antique designs such as Victorian or shabby chic💐. She notes that bookmark collecting is good for the environment  and fostering a sense of community 🌍.  Find out more on the Swap page Welcome!  23 August 2021

Librarian from India
Venkat Raj from Bangalore 🇮🇳 is a librarian 📖 who is interested in the history and development of bookmarks🔖.  Maybe he will contribute to research on the topic.  Welcome!  9 August 2021

Around the World Collector
Kat Bernardo from the Philippines 🇵🇭 likes to collect bookmarks🔖 from all over the world 🌍   Welcome!  28 July 2021

Collector of Romance Author Bookmarks 
Sheryl White from Australia 🇦🇺 joined the swap list in hopes of adding more romance author bookmarks✍️ to her collection.  Welcome Sheryl!  30 June 2021

Bookmarks for Church 
Gloria Jean Jones from Kansas, USA 🇺🇸 is a minister for her church ⛪️ and is proposing the use of bookmarks🔖 for outreach and testament. Welcome Gloria!  24 June 2021 

Two Collectors Join Swap List
Welcome new member Andrea Vásquez from Chile 🇨🇱 who is building up her collection and can send bookmarks from Chile or her own made from drawings or collage 👩‍🎨.  Member David Crowe from Australia 🇦🇺 has now joined the swap list and he specializes in antique and vintage bookmarks and can send leather💼 or embroidered🧵 ones. 🔖  22 June 2021

Collector of Library Bookmarks
Sherry Hoffman from Virginia, USA  🇺🇸 loves to collect free bookmarks from libraries 📚 on her travels as souvenirs.  She also likes free bookmarks used for advertising at bookstores,📖 comic shops,💥restaurants🍕 and even cereal boxes. 🥣 Welcome!  14 June 2021

Two Collectors from the USA
Welcome Maura Kristofik from New York and Lauren Roberts from California 🇺🇸 🇺🇸.  Maura started collecting bookmarks given by her local library 📚and has mostly paper or plastic from libraries, advertising or travel souvenirs 🧳.  Lauren likes to research antique and unusual bookmarks 🔖 to put them into historical perspective✍️.  4 June 2021

​Collector of Museum Bookmarks
Welcome Guillaume Lienart from France🇫🇷 who collects museum bookmarks 🔖🎨 but also promotional and library📚 bookmarks worldwide🌍. 2 June 2021

Collecting Couple from  Spain
Welcome Montserrat Casaponsa and Domènec Martinez from Salt 🇪🇸have over 250,000 bookmarks 🔖🔖🔖 and many to swap.  See their web site http://mondopunts.blogspot.com/ for examples. Welcome!  26 May 2021


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Newsletter #17 Mailed
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Members should have received the mailing 28 April 2021.  We had notices of mail problems for Carrie Jellison, Charles Mang, Donna Joy Press and Ludovina Moreira.  Please contact us if you didn't receive the newsletter or if you have a new email address. 

New Book on Bookmarks from Hong Kong
Member Man Wong has just published a book titled Bookmark Collection Notebook: A page of Life, Hong Kong and the World.           From the introduction:
     Every Bookmark
     Embedded Life and Memory
     Let us revisit
     Those sweet journeys
     Take a closer look at the scenery of the world.
It is in Chinese but has many illustrations.  It can be purchased at the Hong Kong Bookstore  Congratulations!
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New Collector and Crafter
Welcome Alicia Torales from Mexico 🇲🇽 She is a new collector who wants to make her own bookmarks 🔖🎨 and someday do an exhibit at her college.  📖   26 April 2021

Omnivorous Collector
Jo Etta Hill from Las Vegas🎲 Nevada, USA 🇺🇸is a collector who likes all kinds of bookmarks 🔖📖 🔖📖🔖 Welcome to our ranks!  20 April 2021

Forty-year Collector
Janet  Lambert from the UK🇬🇧 has collected for forty years, for a total of 5,000 bookmarks🔖🔖 🔖🔖🔖 Welcome!  31 March 2021  

Cat Collector
Janet Syrup from Minnesota, USA🇺🇸 is another long time collector who especially likes those with cats .😻🐈She also collects postcards and business cards and is on the swap list. 🔖Welcome!  19 March 2021

Two Long Time Collectors
Roger Howson from the UK🇬🇧 and David Crowe from Australia🇦🇺 have joined.  Roger collects advertising🔖, especially pictorial and diecut.  David has more than 11,000 antique and later examples 📜.  Welcome both!  18 March 2021

California Collector
Ray Sondetra is in Berkeley  🇺🇸 and is interested in bookstore  📖 bookmarks .🔖 Welcome!  6 March 2021

Bookseller from Utah
Please welcome Harrison Porter from Salt Lake City 🇺🇸who works in a used /rare bookstore 📚and has amassed a collection.  He and his co-worker plan to write ✍️a collaborative essay and produce a zine all about the collection. 6 March 2021

Two New Members
Please welcome Isabelle Jasmin from Canada 🇨🇦 who has 450 bookmarks🔖 and would like to share, learn, participate, and read 📚about bookmarks.  Lekshmi Dinachandran from India🇮🇳 is a writer ✍️and a new collector who is interested in all kinds of bookmarks 🔖. 3 March 2021

Updated on Swap List
Member Denny Post from the Netherlands🇳🇱 has updated her entry on the swap list including a link to her list of doubles to exchange. 🔖🔖📚 📚🌍 Thank you Denny!  20 February 2021

Two Additions to the Swap List
Member Stephen Hannay from England 🇬🇧and Poorvi Jhalani from India🇮🇳 (not a member) are now participants in the Swap list which has details on their preferences.  Welcome!  2 February 2021

Newsletter #16 Mailed
Members should have received the mailing📮📬 sent 28 January 2021.  Contact us if you did not get it. 

Librarian from Germany
Aurica Schoen is a librarian 📚from Hohenbrunn 🇩🇪 who would like to swap bookmarks from German bookshops and libraries 📖 and German promotional bookmarks for those from libraries and bookshops worldwide.  She has also contributed some great bookmarks to our gallery on owls 🦉   Welcome!  27 January 2021

Teacher from New York
Welcome Patricia Radigan, a school teacher 👩🏻‍🏫 from New York 🇺🇸 who recently started making original hand-painted 🎨bookmarks 🔖for a local independent bookstore📚. She wants to join IFOB so that she can improve her bookmarks and share ideas with other who have similar interests. 13 January 2021

Librarian from Canada 
Montreal 🇨🇦 librarian 📚Karole Lemieux is also a scrapbooker who creates bookmarks 🔖🔖 for friends and colleagues and posts to her social media sites.  Welcome Karole!   13 January 2021

Two Writers Join 
Writer✍️Michael Rice  from Canada 🇨🇦  is interested in bookmarks as a spin-off from collecting old postcards 📬 as there are countless bookmark postcards.  Writer✍️Jo Merritt from Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 loves long bookmarks which are unusual and would like to start collecting some from around the world.  See more about her interests on the swap page.  Welcome!🔖 📖 16 December 2020

Librarian from England 
Librarian 📚Penelope Beddard-Walsh 🇬🇧loves all bookmarks 🔖and is an avid collector. Welcome!. 17 November 2020

​Maker of 3D Bookmarks 
Marie Conley from Texas, USA🇺🇸 loves bookmarks 🔖and prints them in 3D but her favorites are all leather 💼  Welcome!. 7 November 2020

Colorado Collector Want to Swap
Danusia Prior from Colorado, USA 🇺🇸makes her own watercolor,  drawing and collage 🎨 bookmarks which she would like to swap as well as artistic, literary 📚 historical, cultural , nature🌱, or bookmarks from other countries🌍.  Welcome! 7 November 2020

Collector from France Joins Swap
Agathe Echaroux, a member 🇫🇷 for quite a while, has just joined the Swap page.  She can exchange many from her 30 years of collecting including paper, plastic and rectangular size from Editorial and tourism.  Bonne chance!  3 November 2020

Collector from Spain
Enrique Piñeiro from Pontevedra 🇪🇸 loves bookmarks🔖with beautiful pictures 🖼, especially those from museums🎨.  See more details about what he would like to exchange on the swap page and look at examples on his blog   Welcome!  2 November 2020

Bookmark of the Week
Thelma Freedman from Hamburg, Germany sent this timely bookmark with an important reminder.  2 November 2020
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Newsletter #15 Mailed
Members should have received the mailing sent 24 October 2020.  Contact us if you did not get it. 
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Help a Collector Rebuild His Collection
​Will Seith from New York, USA🇺🇸 wants to rebuild his collection 🔖🔖that was lost by swapping. Can you help him out?  See his listing on the Swap page.  Welcome Will!  24 October 2020

Collector of Publisher Bookmarks from France
​Any Combe collects publisher bookmarks 🔖 from all countries  🌍 and also bookmarks from book fairs 📖.  She wants to swap with other collectors and also exchange used stamps 📩from all countries against bookmarks (1 bookmark = 5 stamps).  Find out more about her on the Swap page under France 🇫🇷  Welcome!  5 October 2020

Bookmark Swap from Portugal.
Ludovina Moreira from Porto 🇵🇹 likes to put bookmarks🔖 in books 📚she is reading and would like to swap bookmarks from all over the world 🌍.  Welcome!  5 October 2020

Friend of Bookmarks from Switzerland
Please welcome Jenny Maner from Zurich 🇨🇭who is not yet a collector but is interested in what is going on in the bookmark world🔖🌍.  Her father, Asim Maner, founded IFOB!  We are glad to have Jenny join us. 2 October 2020

Librarian/Teacher Makes Bookmarks With Students
Osman Torun from Turkey 🇹🇷 sees bookmarks as a valuable part of world cultural heritage  🌍 whose importance has not yet been realized. He makes creative, recycling-oriented bookmark designs with children and young people 👩‍🎓👨‍🎓 and hopes to produce and sell creative bookmarks, especially using natural 🌱and recycled ♻️ materials.  Welcome! 8 September 2020

Malaysian Students Exchange Bookmarks 
Michelle Woo is a high school teacher in Malaysia 🇲🇾 whose students👨‍🎓👩‍🎓 have joined the bookmark exchange project since 2018. They can send handmade and digital bookmarks and would like to receive handmade bookmarks 🔖  Welcome Michelle and students!  8 September 2020

Exchange Bookmarks Made by Students
Nancy Williams' high school students👩‍🎓 👨‍🎓 in Knoxville, Tennessee, USA 🇺🇸  ​speak 39 primary languages at home, and have family in over 40 countries around the world.  They want to exchange bookmarks 🔖 they make 🖼 with others around the world.  Welcome Nancy and students!  31 August 2020

First Member from Mexico
Robert Reyes is an illustrator🎨 and bookmark producer🔖 from Jalisco🇲🇽.  See his work at ​instagram.com/mythopoetica.  Welcome!  30 August 2020

Collector from Missouri, USA
Gina Filley Belt has a range of interests for bookmarks about cats, Star Wars, Christian and more.  She says her favorite would be an old homeschool one or vintage Christmas.  Find out more on the Swap page. Welcome Gina!  🔖 🐈 ✨ 📖 🇺🇸 28 July 2020

Teacher Collector 
Kathy Gibbs, a teacher from Monterey, California joins.  Welcome Kathy! 🔖 👩🏻‍🏫 📖 🇺🇸 15 July 2020

Bookmark Producer
Welcome Emma Dita from London, England who makes  limited edition bookmarks made of precious materials gathered from all over the world.  View her collection at https://www.instagram.com/couturebookmarks/  🔖🔖 🇬🇧 🌍 14 July 2020

New Collector
Indre Uselyte from Lithuania is a new collector who would like to exchange handmade bookmarks and those from Lithuania with others around the world, especially owls, handmade and representing countries.  Welcome, Indre!  🔖 🦉 🇱🇹 🔖 25 June 2020

Silk Bookmark Collector
Joyce Lawrence from Virginia, USA is a new collector of silk bookmarks and eager to learn more about them. Welcome, Joyce!  🔖📖🇺🇸 17 April 2020

Hong Kong Member
Welcome Karen Yip from Hong Kong who is a librarian.  She likes bookmarks with quotes or cute illustrations.   🔖✍️ 🐻🇭🇰📖 9 April 2020

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Newsletter #14 Mailed
Members should have received the mailing sent 5 April 2020.  Contact us if you did not get it.  

Three New Members
Welcome Tammy Gardner from Maryland, USA who would love to make bookmarks.  🔖 ✍️ 🇺🇸  Aashi from Pune, India does make bookmarks and here are some samples.  🔖 🎨 🇮🇳  And Sai Sindhuja Vadiyampeta from Bangalore, India would like to swap cardboard, paper, leather and wooden bookmarks.  🔖 💼 🇮🇳  Welcome all!  5 March 2020
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Member Frank X. Roberts Publishes a Book
Titled "Essays on Bookmarks and Related Topics", Frank's book is a compilation of his work over many years of collecting and researching bookmarks.  He has generously donated up to 10 copies to winners of the World Bookmark Day raffle and Asim Maner Award Winner.  To learn more about Frank. see this member profile.  Congratulations and thank you!  20 February 2020 📖 ✍️👏 🔖

Bookmark Lover from Wisconsin, USA
Michelle Pietsch reminds us to never, ever dog ear a page.  She says bookmarks are their own genre of art. Utilitarian, yes, but art as well. See her "Don't Bend the Page" on Pinterest for some great examples.  Welcome Michelle!  🔖 🎨🇺🇸 📚 17 February 2020

Children Make Bookmarks in Missouri, USA
Karen Maxson works in the Community Relations department of the Springfield-Greene County (Missouri), USA Library District. She says, "Of course, we use bookmarks to advertise our programs and resources, but we also have an annual design-a-bookmark contest for children grades K-12 that is quite popular. Your website and the global bookmark-loving community it represents are an inspiration to us."  Karen promises to send us the bookmark contest winners in April.  Welcome Karen and children! 🧒🔖 🚸📚🇺🇸 11 February 2020

Collector from Portugal
Welcome Fernando Pereira from Braga who has a large collection, especially from publishers to swap.  📖 🔖 🇵🇹 📚 22 January 2020

Collector from The Netherlands
Olav Claassen has a large collection of paper bookmarks with many duplicates he would like to trade.  Find him on the Swap page.  Welcome Olav!  🔖 📖 🇳🇱 🔖 15 January 2020

Illustrator from India
Manasa Jangala is interested in making watercolor bookmarks and has contributed four beautiful designs to World Bookmark Day.  Thank you Manasa and welcome!  🔖 👩‍🎨🎨 🇮🇳 🔖 11 January 2020

Collector from Brasil
Maria Machado likes to collect bookmarks when she travels such as from museum gift shops, for instance, or depicting the city or some more artisanal ones.  See her interests on the swap list too.  We are glad Maria joined IFOB!  🔖 🧳 🇧🇷 🔖 2 January 2020

Two New USA Members
Welcome Hannah Phillips from New Jersey who collects vintage bookmarks, especially from bookstores and libraries, to use in her personal library.    Lisa Porter from Illinois likes beautiful bookmarks, especially Lena Liu vintage bookmarks. 🔖📚🇺🇸🦋🔖 19 December 2019

Librarian and Students from Louisiana Want to Swap
Laura Foy is a library media specialist with students ages 10-14 who want to swap bookmarks. See more details on the Swap page.  Welcome Laura!  📚 👨‍🎓👩‍🎓🔖 🇺🇸 2 December 2019

New Member from Florida
Lynsi McConnell joined the swap list and has all types of bookmarks.  Welcome! 🔖 📖🌴🇺🇸 🔖 29 November 2019

Bookmark Maker from New Mexico
Laura Sandison's interests in bookmarks are making them in fiber arts, history, sharing and making for reading programs. Welcome! 🔖 📚🇺🇸🔖 12 November 2019

First Member from Trinidad and Tobago
​Welcome Nicole Ramdass, a new collector who wants to swap to expand her collection.  She can exchange handmade bookmarks and travel bookmarks from her country for similar ones or anything artistic from others.  Hi Nicole!  🔖 🎨 🧳 🇹🇹 7 November 2019

Librarian / Teacher from New Mexico, USA
​Welcome Barbara Lower who is a retired school teacher and librarian.  She says "At the moment I am preparing a display for a public library in Albuquerque, NM for the month of February, 2020 on bookmarks: history, use, and designs of bookmarks. Would like any ideas that others have to offer."  Just in time for World Bookmark Day!  📖 👩🏻‍🏫 🔖 🇺🇸 6 November 2019

First Member from China
​Man Wong from Hong Kong is our first member from China.  His "Bookmarks and Memory" Facebook page shows his interests in bookmarks. Welcome Man!  🔖🇨🇳📖 6 November 2019

Librarian Collector from Greece
​Eri Chatzaki has 2500 bookmarks in her collection.  She lives in Heraklion, Crete in Greece.  Welcome Eri! 🔖 📚📖 🇬🇷 2 November 2019

UK Member 
​Elizabeth Bartlett from Weymouth, Dorset, UK collects Stevengraphs and memorial ribbons in particular.  She also gives talks to local groups and we hope she will be writing about her collecting interests too.  Welcome Liz! 🔖 ⚰️ 🇬🇧 🔖 29 October 2019

Bookmark Maker from the UK 
​Please welcome Sarah Wooten from Swanage, UK who has been making bookmarks and found IFOB.  🔖 🇬🇧 📖 9 October 2019

Portugal Member 
​Francisco Cova has 1700 bookmarks and would like to swap bookmarks about books and cities with any kind.  Welcome Francisco! 📖 🇵🇹 🔖 8 October 2019

Member from UK
​Michele Casling-Powell is our newest member from the UK.  She says she and her book group members love bookmarks, and she is a frequent buyer and producer of bookmarks.  Welcome Michele!  🔖📖 🇬🇧 30 August 2019

Member from Wales, UK
​Dai Howell , a writer, says he likes "how bookmarks can be things of beauty but also very useful practical devices. I love how they are useful art in that sense."  Welcome Dai!  🔖✍️ 🇬🇧 27 August 2019

Two More New Members
 Astrid Beckers from Netherlands writes about medieval bookmarks on her web site.  John Press from the UK has been collecting bookmarks from libraries, book shops, and places of interest since 1973 and would like to swap for the same.  Welcome Astrid 📖 ✍️ 🇳🇱 🔖  and John  🔖 📚 🇬🇧  23 August 2019

Two New Members and a New Country
Ecaterina Pasat joins us from Moldova and like classic bookmarks with interesting designs.  Debasis Mukhopadhyay is a writer and former librarian from India who likes film and book related bookmarks.  Both are on the swap list.  Welcome Ecaterina  🔖🇲🇩 and Debasis 📖 🎞  🇮🇳 !  16 August 2019

40-Year Collector from Spain
With over 30,000 bookmarks, Joan Ramon Galvez Marigot would like to swap preferences including doorknobs, turtles, masonry, and iman.  See the Swap page for more details.  Welcome Joan!  🔖🐢🇪🇸 🔖  27 July 2019

Handmade Bookmarks  from UK
Jurga Albrecht would like to swap mostly handmade bookmarks (knitted, crocheted) for any kind.  Welcome Jurga!  🔖 🧶 🇬🇧 🔖 17 July 2019

Leather Bookmarks Fan from UK
Charlie Connelly, a writer from Kent, likes leather and leather-effect bookmarks from places he visits.  His favorite was from the New York Public Library, since lost.  He visited again and bought four others, but still misses that original favorite.  He has already made a donation to IFOB.  Thanks and welcome Charlie!  📖 🔖 ✍️ £  🇬🇧 📖 8 July 2019

Bookmarks Maker from Maryland, USA
John Punith is starting to make bookmarks from card stock (and will share some examples in the future).  He says he is glad that he is not the only one fascinated by this simple contraption.  Welcome John!  🔖🔖🇺🇸🔖🔖 6 July 2019

Collector and Writer about Bookmarks from Massachusetts, USA
We are honored to have Frank X. Roberts, former librarian and professor join us. Frank has published a book of essays on bookmarks (soon to be republished) and an extensive bibliography which we hope to make available on IFOB.  He also donated most of his collection to a library.  Welcome, Frank!  🔖 👨‍🏫 📖 🇺🇸 ✍️ 25 June 2019
Illustrator from South Wales, UK
Gemma Williams loves the idea that a bookmark can be a piece of art that's often cheap or even free and therefore owning a piece of art is accessible to everyone.  Welcome, Gemma!  🔖 👩‍🎨 🖼 🇬🇧 🔖 25 June 2019
Librarian from Indiana, USA
Brittani Webb likes bookmarks with quotes.  Welcome, Brittani!  📖 ❝❞🇺🇸 📖  25 June 2019
Brazil Collector with Many Bookmarks to Swap 
Bárbara Luana Lima Freitas from São Paulo collects mostly Manga, Comics, and Fantasy bookmarks and has many to swap.  Check her entry on the swap page for more details.  Welcome Bárbara!  🔖 🐉 🦄 🇧🇷 🔖 25 June 2019
Member from Singapore 
Alicia Tay likes the designs and illustrations on bookmarks.  She is our second member from Singapore.  Welcome, Alicia!   🔖 🎨 🇸🇬 📖 25 June 2019

40-Year Collector from the UK
Vincent Patrick Woods from Coventry has collected bookmarks for 40 years and is a member of The Bookmark Society.  He wants to swap his many doubles for all types, especially leather.  Welcome Vincent! 🔖 💼 🇬🇧 ✋ 🔖 13 June 2019

Member from Oregon, USA
Bridget Hanchek from Portland is a long time collector who is weeding her collection and wants to find new homes for those she is ready to part with.  She would like to receive paper bookmarks from the 1970s-80s, especially in languages other than English, especially Japanese.  She can swap for many different kinds in paper and other materials. And she can speak Japanese!  Welcome Bridget!  🔖 🏯 🇺🇸 🔖 13 June 2019

Australian Member 
Jeremey Ng from Adelaide, Australia is our 12th member from that country.  He enjoys making origami bookmarks and those made from upcycled fabrics with embroidery.  He wants to swap these for any kind of bookmark.  Welcome Jeremy!  📖🔖🇦🇺🔖📖 1 Jun 2019

Member from Florida, USA
Robin Grose, a writer from Margate, Florida, likes interesting freebie bookmarks (not childish),  and those made with "found" objects. Welcome Robin!  🔖🔖 ✍️🇺🇸  21 May 2019

Member with a Collection to Sell
Heather Carter contacted us because her mother passed away recently and she is looking for a home for her mother's extensive collection.  If we learn more about her collection, we'll add information.  Thanks, Heather, for making the effort to pass on your mother's collection.  🔖💐🇺🇸🥰 21 May 2019

Two Members Join
From England, a new member is D Clarke, a ferroequinologist (he studies trains) and collector of all things  related to trains including bookmarks.  He also wants to swap for advertising and book related bookmarks.  From Oklahoma, USA, Donna Bird, a teacher and writer, says she enjoys vintage and animal bookmarks, including those with interesting animal facts.  Welcome D Clarke 🔖🚂 🚃🇬🇧 and Donna 📖👩🏻‍🏫✍️🇺🇸 !! 15 May 2019 

Another Member from Brasil
Welcome Sinara de Oliveira Cortes from Rio Grande, RS, Brasil.  She likes to collect bookmarks for books of her favorite writers, especially of fantasy books and wants to exchange with people of other nationalities to make new friendships in the true spirit of IFOB.  See more details on the Swap page.  Hello Sinara!  📖📚👏🇧🇷📖 8 May 2019

​Member from Washington, USA
We have a new member and swap list participant from Spokane, Washington, USA - Shawna Hutchings. She sees bookmarks as pieces of art and great for sharing with her children.  She would like to receive any kind in exchange for handmade bookmarks or those from Free Libraries.  Check out her listing on the Swap page.  Welcome Shawna!  🔖👩‍🎨🎨👩‍👧‍👦🇺🇸🔖 8 May 2019

​Our First Member from Myanmar
Welcome to Hninwaddy Linlat from Yangon!  Hninwaddy is a bookseller and writer who loves books and thus appreciates bookmarks.  Thanks for joining IFOB! 📖👏🔖🇲🇲 1 May 2019 

​International Collector from Goleta, California, USA
Our newest member is Barbara McCaffrey who collects bookmarks from all over the world along with postcards and postage stamps. She would like to receive all genres and has many bookmarks of all genres to trade.  Find her on the Swap page.  Welcome Barbara!  🙌🔖📖🇺🇸🌐🌍  24 April 2019

Member from San Diego, California, USA
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We welcome an enthusiastic new member Scott Paulson, from San Diego, California.  Scott is interested in many types of paper crafts such as paper theatres, paper optical toys, and origami.  He has been collecting a few years and likes to use bookmarks to advertise the events he promotes in his job.  Scott wrote a blog post about his World Bookmark Day activities, and also made a very generous donation to IFOB.  Welcome Scott!  📖 👏🇺🇸💰🔖 12 April 2019

New Member from Turkey
Mustafa Aral from Bursa/Inegal, Turkey joins our swap list and wants to receive ​bookmarmks about comics (Marvel, DC character), manga and can send those about famous people (writers) and Turkish books. We missed adding him earlier - with apologies!   📖 🔖🇹🇷 😄 12 April 2019

Membership Grows to 162!
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 With the addition of Anke Rudeck from Hamburg, Germany, who likes to collect all kinds of bookmarks.  Welcome, Anke!📖  🔖🥰🇩🇪🔖📖 9 April 2019

New Member from New Mexico, USA
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 Welcome Angela Coffin from Albuquerque, New Mexico.  She loves handmade, vintage, and foreign bookmarks and those with spiders, mushrooms, and cemeteries. Thanks for joining us, Angela! 📖🔖🙌🕷🍄⚰️📖 4 April 2019

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Membership is free of charge and qualifies for a subscription to our newsletters. It also enables you to write blog entries, articles and to display your artwork relating to bookmarks on our website. You will also be able to join our private Facebook group to communicate with other members. You can add a listing to the Swap page to swap bookmarks with other members all over the world. Interested? Join us by completing the application form below.

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