Bookbinding 1 with Spike Minogue : In Person Stittsville

Saturday and Sunday for three weekends: January 3-4, 10-11, 24-25, 2026

9:30am - 4:30pm each day (with lunch break, please bring lunch)

This workshop is an introduction to the craft of bookbinding, teaching terminology, materials, tools, techniques, and other core bookbinding concepts. The course starts from simple pamphlet binding structures and end with two styles of hardcover books.

Participants are guided through basic bookbinding skills, the principles behind the book structure, recommended materials and suppliers, and step by step bookbinding, and much more! This course prepares you to explore bookbinding on your own or continue with more advanced studies. All tools and shop supplies will be available.

Instructor : Spike Minogue, CBBAG Certified, North Bennett Street School Bookbinding Diploma (Boston, MA)

Suitable for beginners and all experience levels.

This workshop is the first of the CBBAG core curriculum workshops and is a prerequisite for CBBAG Bookbinding II.

Materials costs are included in the workshop fees.

Participants must be CBBAG members (student or full member) to join this course. Link to Join CBBAG at all member levels is here: https://www.cbbag.ca/join.

Notes:

Registration closes January 01, 2026 @ 11:30PM

Participant-requested cancellations will be accepted up to 3 days prior to the published cut-off date for registration and will be subject to a 10% cancellation fee (a minimum of $5). After that, the full fee will be forfeited. In the event of the workshop being cancelled by CBBAG, the workshop fee will be fully refunded.

OTHER INFORMATION:

A minimum of 3 participants are required for this workshop to run.

For any other queries, please contact [email protected]

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