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 Patty Chrisman at events@mafafiber.org.