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Membership of the Victorian Bookbinders Guild runs from 1st July to 30th June each year. Membership forms can be completed online or downloaded and emailed to the Secretary. Annual membership is $60 for a single membership.

Membership Benefits:

  • Three editions of Signature per year, the Victorian Bookbinders Guild newsletter, along with updates from other bookbinding guilds and societies from around the world.
  • Priority booking and discounts for workshops and courses hosted by the Guild.
  • Access to the Guild's extensive library covering various aspects of bookbinding.
  • Access to the members' buying scheme, which aims to make materials and supplies available that may not otherwise be readily obtainable in small quantities.
  • Priority access to bookbinding equipment donated to the Guild and made available for sale.
  • An open invitation to monthly meetings, open bindery sessions, and special events. See the What's On page for further details.

Announcement: Special meeting in March

Notice of a Special meeting in March 21 or 22 

Friends, we have an opportunity to meet with David Lanning from Hewitts Leather Supplies in Edinburgh. (Hewits Website)   David is in Australia for the National Bookbinders conference in Canberra, 24-27 March ( still time to register link here Canberra Bookbinders Guild. )  David is knowledgeable on his topic bookbinding leather and uses, and would like to meet with us, to strengthen ties with the Guild and to better understand the Hewitts Bookbinding range of products.  At present we are seeking interest in either 21 or 22 march, and I have opened a registration page to help us  best match the interest, date and venue to the potential participants. 

Customers recent works in Hewit's Leather

 Bound by Hans-Ulrich Frey, Switzerland

Beauties of the Bosphorus
First edition by Miss Julia Pardoe, London. 
Published by George Virtue 1838, illustrated with engravings by W.H. Bartlett.

Traditional French Binding in full Pentland Goat from J Hewit & Sons, blind tooled with inlaid leather-decoration.

Designed by Hans-Ulrich Frey, Offizin Parnassia Vaettis, Switzerland

Please visit their web site at www.parnassia.org