Useful Links

 

Codex Foundation  Codex Foundation Australia

Calligraphy Society of Victoria www.calligraphysocietyvictoria.org.au

Artisan Books. The best bookshop for the finest books on art, craft, design and culture.             159 Gertrude Street Fitzroy, Victoria. www.artisan.com.au 

National Library of Australia - the pre-eminent source for the documentary record of Australia.

State Library of Victoria - Resource for Victorian residents - 'Ask-a -Librarian' and other Services.

www.bookbinding.net.au  a great Australian based website for resources for bookbinding and printmaking. Connect with like minded individuals. 

The Australian Book Arts Journal http://www.australianbookartsjournal.com/ 
 
NSW Guild of Craft Bookbinders Inc - the web site of the New South Wales Guild of Craft Bookbinders Inc.
Queensland Bookbinders Guild Inc- the web site of the Queensland Bookbinders Guild Inc.
 
Canberra Craft Bookbinders' Guild Inc -http://www.canberrabookbinders.org.au/news/      President: Ray Pelham Thorman.  PO Box 104, Red Hill, ACT 2905. phone: +61 2 6295 7856  raptor@canberranet.com.au
 
Western Australia Craft Bookbinders Guild  President: Jo Shoobert, 0892465846 shoobydo@bigpond.com  
 
Australian Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Material - the national organization for conservators and people interested in the preservation of the nation’s heritage.
 
State Library of Queensland - a good source of local information and services.

Preserving Paper-Based Material - from the State Library of Queensland.

Bibliographical Society of Australia and New Zealand (BSANZ) - for those interested in the history of printing, publishing, bookselling, type founding, papermaking, bookbinding.

New Zealand Bookbinding Group - the web site of the Association of Book Crafts (New Zealand) Inc. The Site gives contact details and other activities
 
Leffler Leather- 171 Kensington Road, West Melbourne VIC 3003
Email: sales@leffler.com.au  Free call: 1800 337 006
 
 
Magnani Papers Australia. 40 Buckley Street Footscray.
Ph 9689 5660   www.magnaniartpapers.com.au 
 
Nordale Australia.
 
Papermakers of Victoriahttp://www.papermakers.org.au/
 
Calligraphy, Lettering Art & Artist Books - An Australian site, curated by Cecilia Sharpley. Covers the subjects of handmade books, calligraphy, lettering
Facebook
 http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Victorian-Bookbinders-Guild-Inc/138993032837696
 
Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books - a Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology.
British Library - the British Library's Online Information Service.
Designer Bookbinders - principal bookbinding society in Great Britain and one of the foremost in the world. It is devoted to the maintenance and improvement of standards of design and craft in hand bookbinding by means of exhibitions, teaching and publications
 
 
The Society of Bookbinders -  is a UK-based educational charity dedicated to traditional and contemporary bookbinding and to the preservation and conservation of the printed and written word.
 
 
Bibliographical Society London
- the senior learned society dealing with the study of the book and its history. Founded in 1892 
                                                                Guild of Book Workers (USA) - a non-profit organization for all the book arts founded in 1906.
Guild of Bookworkers Journal -  journal@guildofbookworkers.org
Book Arts Web - many links to book-arts related sites on the web and information on handmade small edition bookbinding and printing.
 
Bibliographical Society of America - objectives are to promote bibliographical research and to issue bibliographical publications.
About Bookbinding. www.aboutbookbinding.com
Bookbinders Museum in San Francisco.  www.bookbindersmuseum.com/