Signature Bindings, bookbinding, book repairs, albums and journals

	Glenn Malkin of Signature Bindings is now working with Beverley Treasure House in East Yorkshire to repair and restore an important collection of 18th and 19th Century books bequeathed to the town by a benefactor at the beginning of the last century. John Champney was a successful industrialist in the 19th Century textile industry, and he funded the original development of a library, art gallery and Museum in the ancient market town of Beverley. With the help of Heritage Lottery Funding, the town's Treasure House, a public access repository of local archives, records and documents, is restoring a number of the several thousand books that Champney bequeathed to the town on his death. It is intended that the most important of these will be included in an exhibition about John Champney commencing in August at the Beverley Treasure House (left). Glenn will also be giving an illustrated talk on this conservation work at the Treasure House in October.
	The Society of Bookbinders will hold its next annual conference in summer 2011 at Warwick University (to be confirmed). This will include a wide number of workshops and presentations about bookbinding techniques, new and old. There will also be an extensive suppliers' exhibition and a display of designer bookbindings produced by members. Further information on thuis event will be available shortly from the Society - see the link on the Links page of this site. Glenn of Signature Bindings will be exhibiting a design binding at the conference. The image shows 'Craftworkers Cuts', a collection of engravings from the 16th Century, reproduced as a limited edition volume and illustrating the range of craftworkers employed during that period from papermakers to gold smiths, and of course, bookbinders. This binding was exhibited at the 2009 SoB conference.
Local History Book Fair 2010 Beverley Treasure House Saturday 23rd October 2010 10:00am - 4:00pm	Signature Bindings will be having a stand at the Local History Book Fair at the Beverley Treasure House in October this year. There will be numerous booksellers present from across the region, so if you have an interest in local history in the Hull and East Riding area, or just like browsing old books, why not come along? Signature Bindings will be holding an open book clinic, so if you have a book in need of repair or re-binding bring it along and get some free advice about what can be done to restore it back to health and how much it may cost. There is no obligation at all, and it would be great to see you there!
Designer Bookbinders Annual Competition 2009/2010	The Designer Bookbinder's Society holds an annual competition to encourage the artistic development of designer book bindings. For the first time, Glenn Malkin of Signature Bindings has taken part in this prestigeous competition which attracts entries from the best binders in the business. Each entry takes several months to produce, working to the highest possible standards and attracting the interest of discerning collectors. Glenn was awarded a coveted prize in the 2009 competition. The awards ceremony took place at the historic John Rylands Library in Manchester on 5th December, and his book was on display in the exhibition of bindings through to the end of January 2010. The next competition closes in November 2010. The set book this year is the collected works of Gogol. Once again, Glenn will be entering a design binding, so watch this space for more information and images! Above: 'Le Grande Meaulnes' Left: On Display (top left) at The John Rylands Library