Events & Courses

All events are subject to change, particularly the workshop nights. Please check this page regularly to ensure that the details of an event you are interested in attending have not changed.

The Guild offers a range of course nights at a small cost for materials. These are held on Monday nights at McDougall House, and cater for both members and non-members. These courses are a great way to start your bookbinding, and are run on a regular basis. The courses run as a progressive series, so attending a number of them will help your skills, as a range of different binding styles and techniques are demonstrated over a number of nights or weekends.

Check the list of events below to see when the next courses will be run. However, the courses often have waitlists. If you cannot make a course that you have booked for, please contact the Secretary so that someone else may take up the place.

Evening courses are at McDougall House in Como, off Clydesdale Street and start at 6:00pm, going through to 9:00pm each evening. Weekend courses are done at the Roleystone Family Centre on Wygonda Road in Roleystone, and start at 9:00 am and go through to 4:00pm. You must register in order to attend, as places are very limited. Payments must be made before the course starts, and are not refundable in the last 30 days prior to the course.

For details of the courses themselves, see our page on Courses.

Beginners Workshop, Feb 2020

Date: 

Saturday, February 15th, 2020 - 9:00 AM to Sunday, February 16th, 2020 - 4:00 PM

Welcome to the February Beginners Bookbinding workshop. This course is very popular and has been running for a few years now. This is a great introduction to making your own books.

This course is $115.00 for the course, and all tools and materials are provided. This course takes place over a single weekend, for a total of 12 hours of tuition. The dates are 15th and 16th of February. Payment is made prior to attendance

Click on this link to email us now: Register me please! Please provide your name and a contact phone number.

For more details about the course, look here at the Courses page. This course is held at the Roleystone Family Centre in Roleystone.

Intermediate Workshop, March 2020

Date: 

Saturday, March 14th, 2020 - 9:00 AM to Sunday, March 15th, 2020 - 4:00 PM

Welcome to the March Intermediate Bookbinding workshop. This course is very popular and has been running for a few years now and shows a few more types of books. These are a little more complex than the beginners course books, but are still easily achievable in the weekend.

This course is $115.00 for the course, and all tools and materials are provided. This course takes place over a single weekend, for a total of 12 hours of tuition. The dates are 14th and 15th of March. Payment is made prior to attendance

Click on this link to email us now: Register me please! Please provide your name and a contact phone number.

For more details about the course, look here at the Courses page. This course is held at the Roleystone Family Centre in Roleystone.

Box Making Workshop, April 2020

Date: 

Saturday, April 18th, 2020 - 9:00 AM to Sunday, April 19th, 2020 - 4:00 PM

Welcome to the April Box Making workshop. Boxes are a great complement to books and bookbinding as well as being suitable for all sorts of gifts. Learn how to make strong boxes quickly and easily and suitable for all occasions.

This course is $115.00 for the course, and all tools and materials are provided. This course takes place over a single weekend, for a total of 12 hours of tuition. The dates are 18th and 19th of April. Payment is made prior to attendance

Click on this link to email us now: Register me please! Please provide your name and a contact phone number.

For more details about the course, look here at the Courses page. This course is held at the Roleystone Family Centre in Roleystone.

Finishing Course, May 2020

Date: 

Saturday, May 16th, 2020 - 9:00 AM

We are pleased to announce our 1 day Introduction to Finishing Course has now been scheduled. This course covers focuses on the use of gold lettering and decorative techniques that can be used on your books and boxes to make them really stand out. You get to try a number of techniques on a range of materials to understand how they all behave differently, and then make a small A6 booklet to decorate and take home.

This course is $65.00 for the course, and all tools and materials are provided. This course takes place over a single Saturday, for a total of 6 hours of tuition. The date is 16th of May. Payment is made prior to attendance

Click on this link to email us now: Register me please! Please provide your name and a contact phone number.

For more details about the course, look here at the Courses page. This course is held at the Roleystone Family Centre in Roleystone.

This course will only be offered once in 2020, so be quick to register.

Beginners Workshop, June 2020

Date: 

Monday, June 1st, 2020 - 6:00 PM to Monday, June 22nd, 2020 - 9:00 PM

Welcome to the June Beginners Bookbinding workshop. This course is very popular and has been running for a few years now. This is a great introduction to making your own books.

This course is $115.00 for the course, and all tools and materials are provided. This course takes place over four Monday evenings, for a total of 12 hours of tuition. The dates are 1st through 22nd of June. Payment is made prior to attendance

Click on this link to email us now: Register me please! Please provide your name and a contact phone number.

For more details about the course, look here at the Courses page. This course is held at McDougall House in Como.