The National Library of Scotland’s Elizabeth Soutar Bookbinding Competition is open for entries. It aims to encourage the practice and development of creative and craft binding skills. For more details see the National Library of Scotland’s website. This year’s closing date is 5 November 2018.
Scottish fine bindings viewable online
July 27, 2018
The National Library of Scotland have made digital images of 42 volumes of ‘The British Poets’ series, published in Edinburgh in 1773. The set contains a selection of key works by British poets written in the 17th and 18th centuries, and was bound by James Scott of Edinburgh. Scott was one of the finest bookbinders […]
Exhibition of Bindings in Aberdeen
April 25, 2017
An exhibition of book bindings that belonged to people of note, many of them specially bound by hand. Cover stories: what bindings say about books is on at the Gallery in the Sir Duncan Rice Gallery, University of Aberdeen until the end of May 2017. For more information and details of opening hours etc see […]
Courses at Dundee Contemporary Arts
April 14, 2017
The Print Studio at Dundee Contemporary Arts are running courses on papermaking, etching and bookbinding, amongst others this spring. Details of all courses are on their website.
Oxford Guild of Printers Wayzegoose
October 7, 2016
On Saturday 22 October 2016, the Oxford Guild of Printers is holding a Wayzegoose at Oxford Brookes University from 10am to 4pm. Entry is free, and there will be more than 35 exhibitors. For more information see the Oxford Guild of Printers website.
Bookbinding for beginners
August 7, 2016
Bookbinding for beginners is an introductory workshop where beginners can learn about all the materials and techniques needed to make traditional sewn hard-back notebook, with step-by-step guidance along the way from Robert Smail’s Printing Works. On Saturday 17 September at St Ronan’s Wells Visitor Centre, Wells Brae, Innerleithen. Booking essential: for further information and how […]
Bookbinding at Robert Smails
May 1, 2016
Robert Smail’s Printing Works are running a workshop on bookbinding at St Ronan’s Wells Visitor Centre on 21 May 2016. Discover how to make simple artists books through a range of media and techniques. Workshop fee includes equipment and materials to produce your book with step-by-step guidance along the way. Please bring your own refreshments […]
Falkirk bindery create replica of Gutenberg Bible
December 16, 2015
Helix Binders of Falkirk have been working with the University of Manchester’s John Rylands Library to produce a replica copy of the Gutenberg Bible. The originals are too valuable to be handled by scholars, so this project aims to provide an alternative. You can read the full story is on the BBC’s website.
Bookbinding competition entries on display
February 26, 2015
Examples of modern craft bookbinding are on display in the entrance hall of the National Library of Scotland on George IV Bridge, Edinburgh until 8 March. They are the entries to the 2014 Elizabeth Soutar Bookbinding Competition, which attracts binders from all over Europe. Entries are bound exclusively for the competition and a prize of […]
Bookbinding courses at DCA
February 15, 2014
Dundee Contemporary Arts are running bookbinding course this spring: in April there is a two-day course ‘Bookbinding from Tokyo to Timbuktu’ running over the weekend of 12–13 April, and beginning on Monday 19 May, there is a six-week evening class where you can learn a range of bookbinding techniques to create beautiful, professionally finished books […]
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