Bookbinding Workshops / Classes in Canada (2015)

Please check the updated list of bookbinding workshops and classes in Canada for the year 2017

Find below a list of bookbinding courses and workshops in Canada. All courses listed are available to the public, some are day courses, others are multi-day courses and some are full time.

If you know of any more bookbinding courses or related book arts workshops (paper making, marbling, conservation etc) then please leave them in the comments section below. Thank you =)

Alberta

Calgary

Mount Royal University. Arts & Design
http://www.mtroyal.ca/ProgramsCourses/ContinuingEducation/arts/bookbinding/index.htm
email: [email protected]
phone: (403) 440.6867 or 1 (866) 616.3606

4825 Mount Royal Gate SW, Calgary AB  T3E 6K6


Octavia Book Bindery
http://www.octaviapress.ca/?page_id=263
email: [email protected]
phone: (587) 700.6575

1040 – 8th Ave SW, Calgary Alberta Canada

Edmonton

Art Gallery of Alberta
http://www.youraga.ca/education/adults/
mail: [email protected]
phone: (780) 422.6223

2 Sir Winston Churchill Square, Edmonton AB T5J 2C1


CBBAG Alberta North Chapter
http://cbbagalbertanorth.com/classes-2/

Red Deer

Red Deer College
http://rdc.ab.ca/
email: [email protected]

100 College Boulevard. P.O. Box 5005, Red Deer, Alberta T4N 5H5

British Columbia

Coquitlam

Lee Valley
http://www.leevalley.com/en/home/SeminarList.aspx?c=1&rs=60

Occasional in-store bookbinding workshops

Kelowna

Opus Art Supplies
http://www.opusartsupplies.com/how/demos/

Occasional in-store bookbinding workshops

Vancouver

Alcuin Society
http://alcuinsociety.com/
email: [email protected]


BC Lower Mainland CBBAG
https://vanbookarts.wordpress.com/workshops/

Local branch of the Canadian Bookbinders and Book Artists Guild


Blim
http://blim.ca/workshops/
email: [email protected]
phone: (604) 872.8180

115 Pender St. E, Vancouver, BC Canada V6A 1T6 MAP

Basic bookbinding and printing workshops


Dundarave Print Workshop + Gallery
http://dundaraveprintworkshop.com/classes/upcoming-classes/
email: [email protected]
phone: (604) 689.1650

1640 Johnston Street, in the Netloft Building, Vancouver

Printmaking workshops


Emily Carr University of Art + Design
http://www.connect.ecuad.ca/programs/courses/CEBA

Letterpressing and bookbinding classes


Lee Valley
http://www.leevalley.com/en/home/SeminarList.aspx?c=1&rs=20

Occasional in-store bookbinding workshops


Opus Art Supplies
http://www.opusartsupplies.com/how/demos/

Occasional in-store bookbinding workshops


Malaspina Printmakers
http://www.malaspinaprintmakers.com/workshops
phone: (604) 688.1724

1555 Duranleau Street, Vancouver, BC, V6H 3S3

Book arts on Granville Island


Phyllis Greenwood
phone: (604) 255.8977

Book arts classes


Type Camp
http://www.typecamp.org/camps/

Lettering, Printing & Typography camps all over the world


Westcoast Calligraphy Society
http://westcoastcalligraphy.com/classes-seminars/
email: [email protected]

Calligraphy classes and seminars

Westcoast Calligraphy Society, Kerrisdale P.O., P.O.Box No. 18150, 2303 West 41st Avenue, Vancouver B.C., V6M 4L3, CANADA


You should also check for the event on the Granville Island

Victoria

LUZ Studios
http://www.luzstudios.com/workshops/
email: [email protected]
phone: (250) 882.4169

569b Hillside Ave, Victoria BC, V8T 1Y8  Canada


 

Opus Art Supplies
http://www.opusartsupplies.com/how/demos/

Occasional in-store bookbinding workshops


Westcoast Calligraphy Society
http://westcoastcalligraphy.com/classes-seminars/
email: [email protected]

Calligraphy classes and seminars

Westcoast Calligraphy Society, Kerrisdale P.O., P.O.Box No. 18150, 2303 West 41st Avenue, Vancouver B.C., V6M 4L3, CANADA

Nova Scotia

Halifax

MyHandboundBooks
http://myhandboundbooks.blogspot.com/

Ontario

Toronto

Moote Points
http://www.mootepoints.com/Workshops.html

Sprouts Press
http://sproutspress.com/workshops/

Québec

Montréal

Atelier aux mille et une feuilles
http://www.relieur.ca/cours.html
email: [email protected]
p
hone: (514) 527-3338

Immeuble Chat des artistes, 2205 rue Parthenais #212, Montréal, Québec, H2K 3T3

Bookbinding workshops for adults and children


Atelier de reliure Cécile Côté (Cécile Côté’s Bindery)
http://atelierpapierplomb.blogspot.com
email: [email protected]
phone: (514) 271.2901

100-10090, boul. St-Laurent, Montréal (Québec) H3L 2N7

Bindery in Montréal (Québec). Classes and workshops. At times Cécile also invites some master bookbinders to give out workshops.

Multiple Locations

The Association of Canadian Archivists
http://www.archivists.ca/content/workshops-institutes


Canadian Bookbinders and Book Artists Guild
https://cbbag.wildapricot.org/

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