category Workshops

A one-day workshop On Sunday, May 31, 2026, 11:15 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. (with a break for lunch). This workshop, Pop-Up Fundamentals II: More Building Blocks, builds on the skills in Pop-Up Fundamentals I: The Building Blocks. During this workshop,… Continue Reading →

A one-day workshop On Saturday, May 30, 2026, 11:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. (with break for lunch). If you ever wanted to make a pop-up book and didn’t know where to start, this workshop is for you! Pop-Up Fundamentals will… Continue Reading →

A seven-day course Saturdays and Sundays, April 11-12, 25-26 and May 2-3, 17, 2026, 10:15 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. each day (with one hour lunch). This core curriculum course builds on Bookbinding II. Bookbinding III introduces the advanced techniques used… Continue Reading →

A six-day course spread over three consecutive weekends. On Saturday and Sunday, March 28-29, April 11-12 and 18-19, 2026 at Spike Minogue’s studio in Stittsville, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. each day (with lunch break, please bring lunch). This workshop… Continue Reading →

Four-day workshop Saturday and Sunday for two weekends: March 14-15, March 21-22, 2026, 10:15 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. In this hands-on, FOUR-DAY workshop, participants will convert two paperback books into durable case-bound editions. Give well-loved paperbacks a new life as… Continue Reading →

Two-day workshop Saturday and Sunday, April 18-19, 2026, 10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. (with a break for lunch) At the Book Arts Lab, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON, K1S 5B6. During the 19th century, cloth was substituted… Continue Reading →

Workshop Sunday, March 1, 2026, 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (with one-hour lunch break). At the Book Arts Lab, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON, K1S 5B6. Learn to make three simple archival enclosures that can be done… Continue Reading →

A six-day course spread over three consecutive weekends. On Saturday and Sunday, January 3-4, 10-11, 24-25, 2026 at Spike Minogue’s studio in Stittsville, 9:30am – 4:30pm each day (with lunch break, please bring lunch). This workshop is an introduction to… Continue Reading →

A six-day course spread over three consecutive weekends. On Saturday and Sunday, November 29-30, December 6-7 and 13-14 at Spike Minogue’s studio in Stittsville. This CBBAG course is an introduction to the craft of bookbinding, including terminology, materials, tools, techniques,… Continue Reading →

Six-day course Saturdays and Sundays, Jan 24-25 , Feb. 7-8, Feb. 21-22, 2026, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. This core curriculum course builds on Bookbinding I. The workshop guides students through intermediate bookbinding techniques, such as rounding and backing, trimming a… Continue Reading →