MAFA Book group meets quarterly to discuss fiber and textile-related books. Meetings are held on Zoom, typically on a Tuesday evening at 7:30p.m. Eastern. MAFA Book Group is free and open to all.
To receive notifications of upcoming meetings and books, and the Zoom links for meetings, please join Book Group here. NOTE: if you have already signed up for the group, you do not need to sign up for each meeting.
Here is a list of upcoming and past books read by MAFA Book Group:
- April 28, 2026, 7:30 p.m. Eastern, on Zoom – Three Bags Full: A Sheep Detective Story by Leonie Swann
- January 27, 2026, 7:30 p.m. Eastern, on Zoom – The Dress Diary: Secrets From a Victorian Woman’s Wardrobe by Kate Strasdin
- October 28, 2025 – 7:30 p.m. Eastern, on Zoom – Vanishing Fleece: Adventures in American Wool by Clara Parkes
- July 29, 2025 – Threads of Life: A History of the World Through the Eye of a Needle by Clare Hunter
- April 22, 2025 – Making a Life: Working by Hand and Discovering the Life You Are Meant to Live by Melanie Falick. Book details on Melanie’s website.
- January 28, 2025 – A Perfect Red: Empire, Espionage, and the Quest for the Color of Desire by Amy Butler Greenfield
- October 29, 2024 – All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley’s Sack, a Black Family Keepsake by Harvard professor of history Tiya Miles. Find the chat HERE.
- July 23, 2024 – Women’s Work: The First 20,000 Years by Elizabeth Wayland Barber. Find links from the chat HERE, and the recording HERE.
- April 16, 2024 – Unraveling: What I Learned About Life While Shearing Sheep, Dyeing Wool, and Making the World’s Ugliest Sweater by Peggy Orenstein
- January 23, 2024– The Lost Flock by Jane Cooper. Find links from the chat HERE, and the recording HERE.
If you have questions about Book Group, email events@mafafiber.org.