A six-day workshop on three consecutive weekends.

Saturday and Sunday, November 2-3, 16-17, 30 and December 1st, 2024.
10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. each day (with one hour lunch)

This fun, six day introductory course on bookbinding will guide students from simple pamphlet bindings to completing two hardcover books. 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.

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.

Bookbinding I results
Bookbinding I results

Instructor: Tiffany Eng Moore 
Tiffany Eng Moore is a CAPC accredited book and archival conservator and runs TEM Conservation in Ottawa, Canada. She has worked at the Canadian Conservation Institute, York Explore Library and Archives in North Yorkshire, UK and the House of Lords – Parliamentary Archives in London, UK. She holds a master’s from West Dean College with a Masters in Conservation of Books and Library Materials.  
For more information: canadianconservationconsortium.ca/en/

Participants must be CBBAG members (student or full member) to join this course. Join CBBAG: https://www.cbbag.ca/join.

  • Workshop Cost: $600.00 CBBAG student members, $700.00 CBBAG members. $760.00 non-members ($60.00 towards membership). Materials costs are included in the workshop fees.
  • Prerequisite: None
  • Location: Book Arts Lab, MacOdrum Library, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON, K1S 5B6
  • Register on eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/bookbinding-i-with-tiffany-eng-moore-in-person-ottawa-tickets-998547722117
  • Registration deadline: October 16th, 2024 at 11:30 p.m.
  • A minimum of 5 participants are required for this workshop to run.
  • 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.

Getting to Carleton University Library

Bus and Train: https://www.octranspo.com/en/ottawa-destinations/carleton-university

Cycling: Carleton University is situated near several cycle paths including the Rideau Eastern Canal Pathway. See the OttawaVeloOutaouais blog for examples bike routes – https://ottawavelooutaouais.com/2019/09/15/biking-to-carleton-university/ Bike racks are available in several areas of the campus. Bicycles are not permitted inside the library. https://carleton.ca/parking/tdm-sustainable-transportation/

Parking: The parking lot P1 is the closest to the library. Note that there is a 4-hour maximum for parking in P1. For locations of other lots and parking information see https://carleton.ca/parking/visitors/.