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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.

Open Bindery at the Dorking Press Bindery

I will be opening my bindery as a trial on Thursdays 15, and 22 March to allow Guild members another option for their projects. The Bindery is small, allowing only 6 people plus myself if we want to do serious work.

I have several presses, guillotine, plough, board cutter, gold blocking, gold tooling, and finishing presses.

If the idea catches on and the facilities suit, I will seek in co-operation with the Guild, futher regular times to open the bindery.

For these thursday evenings, we will treat them check out the faciities days, so there will be no charge to come along and see if its is suitable to your requirements.

On the 15th I will be set up for sewing several works, and on the 22, I will have the gold blocking set up. So you are welcome to visit. However registration is essential, though we wont stick too tightly to the numbers.for the first few night. Its up in the Dandenongs, the address will be included in the registration reply.

If the demand is there there will be a small charge, part to offset the costs of the bindery, part to grow the fund of the Guild to allow us one day to have a permanent bindery home.

Registration is essential.