Alison Saar and the Arion Press Edition of Octavia E. Butler’s “Kindred”

Please join us for a talk with celebrated artist Alison Saar that explores the intersection of storytelling, bookmaking, and history. 

The event will center on Saar’s collaboration with Arion Press—the last printer in America to make books entirely by hand from comma to cover—to print a fine press edition of Octavia E. Butler’s influential novel Kindred as an artist book. 

Saar will appear in conversation with Arion’s Creative Director Blake Riley to reveal the story behind the craft of Arion’s Kindred. The evening will illuminate how the creative decisions behind the book—from the choice of materials to the typeface—amplify the powerful social themes of Butler’s masterpiece and Saar’s aesthetic vision.

The Huntington is pleased to present this event to highlight the Octavia E. Butler papers and the Library’s distinctive holdings in fine press editions and artist books. 

This event is co-hosted by Arion Press and The Huntington.