Bookbinding - flat back, sewn & covered text block, inspired by Virginia Woolf.

Virginia Woolf kept personal reading notebooks throughout her lifetime, recording thoughts and research for her literary reviews, essays and fiction. Woolf re-bound many of her reading notebooks herself, using a variety of colourful papers, and making her own handwritten labels. Taking inspiration from Woolf’s reading notebooks you will learn how to make a flat-back case binding, with a multi-section sewn text-block, covered in a choice of marbled or block-printed papers. You will leave with a hardback notebook to use for your own reading notes (perfect for book-club prep!), and with the skills to make this type of notebook again at home, without the need for specialist equipment. No previous bookbinding experience is required, as each step of the process will be demonstrated with full instructions. All materials and equipment will be provided. This full day workshop will be running on one of our closed days so you will have exclusive access to the garden. Please bring a packed lunch. Light refreshments including tea and coffee will be provided. Places are limited.