Fine-printing expert speaks to Madden Library supporters
Peter Rutledge Koch, designer/printer of limited-edition books in the fine press tradition, will speak on “Why fine printing?” at the Jan.31 program of the Friends of the Madden Library. Koch has been designing and printing books and ephemera since 1974, beginning his career in Missoula, Montana, with one platen press. Now settled in the San Francisco Bay Area, he has acquired an international reputation and several more presses working for clients and collectors ranging from major international research libraries to bibliophilic organizations and private collectors and publishers. More...

Distinguished poet Sharon Bryan plans lecture
Poet Sharon Bryan, a National Endowment for the Arts Fellow in Poetry, who is completing her sixth book and is poet-in-residence at California State University, Fresno, will speak as part of the University Lecture Series at 7 p.m., Jan. 31, at Smittcamp Alumni House. Bryan’s topic is “Seeing in the Dark: Some Thoughts on Poetry and Painting.” More...