The Standards of Excellence Seminar in Hand Bookbinding is the annual Guild of Book Workers conference. Held annually at a different location around the country, participants attend presentations by leading experts in the fields related to the book and paper arts.
Tours of binderies, conservation facilities, rare book libraries and papermaking establishments are regularly arranged in conjunction with the event.
Many well known Vendors also attend the conference and offer high quality tools and supplies for sale throughout the event. The vendor room is open to the public.
Presentations and Presenters
- Sue Doggett - Over and Over Again: Making Artist's Books and Bindings
- Sarah Pike - Laser-Cut Metamorphosis: Transforming a Single Image
- Christopher Sokolowski - Mending Paper Using
- Samuel Feinstein - Titling: Gold Tooling with Leaf
To be held at the Graduate Providence Hotel
Details from Guild of Book Workers web site.
OPEN•SET 2025 is a juried competition and exhibition featuring finely crafted bookbindings. Sponsored by the American Academy of Bookbinding, this competition and exhibition highlights exceptional technique and outstanding design from new binders and professionals. Bookbinders from around the world are invited to participate.
The OPEN•SET 2025 Exhibition will open in San Francisco, California, in January of 2025. There will be two venues displaying the exhibition. The Open Category Exhibition will be held at the San Francisco Center for the Book, and the Set Category Exhibition will be held at the American Bookbinders Museum.
Please visit bookbindingacademy.org or contact openset@ahhaa.org with questions.
Binding the Bard: Durham's First International Bookbinding Competition! Help us answer the question: How would modern design binders bind a Shakespeare First Folio?
Competition entries are to reach Durham University by 15 February 2025
Competition prizes include:
- First Place - £3,000 cash prize and a £5,000 commission to bind a facsimile of the Shakespeare First Folio for accession into Durham University Special Collections at Palace Green Library
- Second Place - £2,000
- Third Place - £1,000
- Newcomer (Awarded to the outstanding submission from an individual who started binding within the last 3 years or has never entered a bookbinding competition before) - £500
- Popular Vote (Announced at the culmination of the 6 month exhibition) - £250
For more information about the competition particulars including complete rules and entry guidelines, please visit our website at Durham University.
We are thrilled to announce that the next Australasian conference will be held at the Auckland University of Technology in September, 2025. It is the first time the conference has been held in New Zealand since 2014 and will follow the proud tradition of having international and local speakers, exciting workshops, trade tables, site visits and much more.
Underlying everything will be the opportunity to network with fellow bookbinders, book artists, printers, conservators, librarians, calligraphers and anyone else with an interest in preserving the past and crafting the future.
To be held at the Auckland University
Keep checking back for updates and start planning!