Leather Bookbinding Workshop | November 8, 2026
Craft a notebook you'll actually carry.
Join us for a hands-on leather bookbinding workshop led by Suzan Lee, a bookbinder with over 10 years of teaching experience trained at the Center for Book Arts in New York City. Suzan co-founded the BC Lower Mainland chapter of CBBAG (Canadian Bookbinders and Book Artists Guild) and is an active member of the local book arts community.
Craft two notebooks you'll actually carry, a trifold and a bifold leather notebook, one to keep and one to gift.Β In this workshop, you'll build your own leather notebooks (roughly 3.75" x 5.75" x 1") designed as an everyday carry companion β equally at home for planning, journaling, or sketching. You'll learn two different insert-making techniques so your notebooks can hold multiple swappable sections plus select functional and decorative details to make the final piece truly your own.
No prior bookbinding experience necessary β just an interest in working with your hands and leaving with something built to last.
Workshop Size: 4-8 people
What you'll take away:
- A finished leather notebook with replaceable, custom-bound inserts
- Two bookbinding techniques for building your own inserts
- An introduction to selecting and personalizing functional and decorative bookbinding elements
Materials & refreshments:Β All materials provided.
Workshop participants will have access to 15% off all Porchlight Press products during their time in the studio.
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Registration Policy
Registration Policy
Cancellation and Refund:
Cancel at least 7 business days before your workshop to receive a full store credit. For cancellations made fewer than 7 business days in advance, a $50 fee applies, and the remaining balance will be issued as store credit.
Porchlight Press reserves the right to cancel a class for any reason. You will be notified as soon as possible and will receive a choice of a full refund or store credit.
Credits:
Credits are issued in the form of a gift certificate, it can go towards a future workshop, stationaries from our in house line or a custom print job with us. Credits must be used within one year from the date of the cancelled class.
If you have any questions regarding our registration and cancellation policy don't hesitate to give us a call or shoot us an e-mail.
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