The Binder's Bench

Handmade Book Gifts: 4 You Can Bind in a Weekend

Four handmade book gifts you can bind in a weekend, from a simple pamphlet-stitch notebook to a section-sewn journal that lasts for years. Just in time for Christmas.

Free Beginner's Bookbinding Guide: What's Inside & Who It's For

Interested in bookbinding but not sure where to begin? Our free Beginner's Bookbinding Guide was made for exactly that. Here's what's inside, who it's for, and one small tip you can try tonight.  

2027 Workshops Are Open (And Leather Binding Is Back)

The first round of 2027 bookbinding workshop dates is open, and for the first time since before 2020, we're also bringing back our intermediate Leather Binding workshop in the bindery. Here's why b...

A Bookbinder's Father's Day Gift Guide (Better Than a Tie)

Ties get re-gifted. Handmade things stick around. This week we're pulling together a Father's Day gift guide from the shop and the bindery. Here's a few ideas for the dad who's impossible to buy fo...

How Long Does it Take To Learn Bookbinding?

Everyone asks the same question sooner or later: how long does this actually take? The honest answer surprised even us and might be the nudge you need to pick up your first needle and thread. Here'...

Five Reasons to Learn Bookbinding Online

Should you learn bookbinding from a screen or at a bench? Here's the honest answer, and where our online course and in-person workshop each fit.

Our Refillable Wrap Journal: A Handcrafted Book that Grows with You

Most journals end the moment you fill the last page. These don't. The cover stays with you, and the pages inside simply get renewed. Meet the Refillable Wrap Journal, handmade in our bindery and bu...

Choosing Materials for a Handmade Book: Colour & Texture

Every handmade book starts with a decision nobody sees in the finished piece, what it's made of. We're deep in exactly those choices right now with our leather workshop BETA, and we wanted to share...

Leather Bookbinding Course: We’re Running a BETA Round!

We’re opening our leather bookbinding workshop for the first time as an online course — and we’re calling it a BETA round on purpose. Small cohort, big discount, and your feedback shapes what it be...

Online Bookbinding Course vs In Person Workshop: Which Is Right for You?

There's no wrong way to start learning bookbinding. There's just a right way for you. Whether you learn best with someone beside you at the bench, or at your own pace from your own table, here's ho...