Become a Member today!

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.

Bind25 (Auckland, New Zealand) 12 – 14 SEPT 2025

 


Bind25 is coming up fast! To stay up to date or for more information see abc-nz.org.nz/bind25/

The programme has been released and presenters include: (from New Zealand) Anthony Tedeschi, George Haijan, Louise James, Makyla Curtis, Margaret Woollett, Meighan Ellis, Ngaio Dewerse, Renée Orr, (from Australia) Caren Florance, Clint Harvey, Dzintra Menesis, Erika Mordek, Fiona Dempster, Monica Oppen, Nasim Koohkesh, Robin Tait, Ben Elbel (France), Coleen Curry (USA), Angela Sutton (UK), Chris Woods (UK) and Sol Rebora (Argentina).

You can look forward to exhibitions, curators revealing treasures from their collections, workshops and the Wayzgoose. Additionally the The John Sansom Memorial Competition has been opened to all registered attendees with this years theme being 'preserving the past, crafting the future'. Completed books are to be delivered to Mark Elphick (86 Kinloch Way, Bethlehem, Tauranga 3110) by 09 August, 2025. So put your thinking caps on and enter now!

Registration for BIND25 is now open on the website: Bind 25 New Zealand Registration.