Welcome to the Book Club of California, a non-profit, membership-based organization founded in 1912. The club supports book making, fine printing, design, typography, illustration, literature, and scholarship through a dynamic series of publications, public programs, and exhibitions related to the history and literature of California and the West.

WHO WE ARE

Our membership is made up of a diverse and vital community united by a love of fine books and the marriage of content and craft. BCC members include printers, binders, typographers, historians, librarians, curators, collectors, readers, and scholars from California and around the world. If you are interested in joining the Book Club, please click here.

WHAT WE DO

We print limited edition and letterpress publications collected by individuals, libraries, and institutions around the world, and host dynamic programs and exhibitions that offer insight into publishing, printing, literature, and the history of California and the West. (To view narrated slideshows of past programs, visit our Youtube channel. Photographs from select events and exhibitions can be found on our Flickr page.) Our special collections library is full of noteworthy fine press books and ephemera from the region, as well as reference materials on printing history and book arts.

WHERE TO FIND US

We are located in the heart of downtown San Francisco, 
just blocks from Union Square. Please visit our comfortable clubrooms, handsome gallery space, and remarkable special collections library on the fifth floor of the World Affairs Council building at 312 Sutter Street. Directions and hours may be found here. You can find us on Twitter here, and Faccebook here.