Events

We have a meeting night on the last Monday of every month, except December. This takes place even on public holidays.

We have two in-house competitions for the year. These are to be judged in June and November. This year they are Miniatures, which are books with no dimension greater than 65mm, and Chelsea Cloth. The Guild provides members with a quantity of Chelsea cloth in a range of colours, and members can make anything they wish to from it.

We have scheduled demonstrations and/or talks for most of the year.

All of our meeting nights start at 7:00pm, and are held at McDougall House on Clydesdale Street in Como.

Follow this map reference for directions.

Last updated: November 2025

Events for 2026

January 26th:

First meeting, and Christmas catchup.

February 23rd:

Talk on how to make a certificate holder.

March 30th:

Talk and display of criss-cross binding (aka secret Belgian binding).

April 27th:

Talk and demonstration on making magnetic closures.

Annual General Meeting

May 25th:

Demonstration on hand sewn headbands.

June 29th:

Talk on Jacobs Ladder binding.

Competition on miniatures.

July 27th:

Talk and demonstration on homemade bookbinding tools.

August 31st:

Talk and demonstration on codacology.

September 28th:

Talk and demo on paper making

October 26th:

Meeting night.

November 30th:

Talk and demonstration on working with gold foil.

Our annual Chelsea challenge, working with Chelsea cloth.