January 2006


Designer Bookbinders Competition 2005

December's annual Designer Bookbinder Competition saw some of the strongest entrants to date and there were some wonderfully produced books on display in the British Library at St. Pancreas. We are delighted to announce that the 2005 J. Hewit & Son prize for 'The Interesting Treatment of Leather' was awarded to Eiko Sakato, a student at the Jade Bookbinding Studio in London.

The prize was very well deserved for her beautiful binding of John Betjeman's 'Selected Poems', published by The Folio Society.

Our warmest congratulations go to Eiko.