12 November 2025 - Making a single section hardback book

We will make a proper hardback book with a difference! Supplied in the form of a flat sheet, once bound its sixteen printed pages are transformed into your own bookbinding instruction manual for future use. Developed in 2020 by London-based bookbinding suppliers Shepherds Sangorski & Sutcliffe, making the book is itself a tutorial on the essential principles of creating hardback notebooks. Another workshop for total beginners and others not too confident.

All workshops take place at the Portico library in central Manchester. They run from 10.00-4.00, with tea/coffee on arrival for a prompt start at 10.15am. All materials and tools will be provided. The £80 fee includes the cost of materials, tea/coffee on arrival and a light lunch. Workshops are limited to 12 participants so early booking is advised.

Please go to the Portico website for booking details: https://www.theportico.org.uk or email: [email protected]
The workshops are run in partnership with the Society of Bookbinders, North West and North Wales Region.