Since studying for BA Hons Bookbinding and Calligraphy from Roehampton Institute, London, Holly has enjoyed pursuing her trade at Scrivener’s Books & Bookbinding in Buxton for over 20 years. She binds fancy and functional handmade books using traditional tools, processes and materials. Holly loves the idea that a blank book can be the beginning of a unique story with a lifespan longer than its binder or author. Ensuring tatty and old but treasured books have an extended life through restoring or rebinding gives her a warm glow. Running bookbinding workshops allows Holly to pass on her knowledge to other like minded folk.

Holly will be demonstrating traditional bookbinding techniques including folding paper for pages, hand-stitching, headbanding and leather paring. She will display examples of different stages of the binding process and book repair including respining and blind tooling.