A new apprenticeship scheme, launched to train apprentices in the "increasingly rare" skills of the hand bookbinding trade, is now calling for applicants for its first intake. The Queen’s Bindery ...

The Clothworkers’ Company is one of eight charity Founding Partners who are supporting a scheme to train apprentices in the increasingly rare skills of the hand bookbinding trade. The Queen’s Bindery ...

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Every year, authors shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize are presented with a hand-bound copy of their masterpieces. Each book is painstakingly crafted by contemporary design bookbinders responding to ...