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OPEN•SET 2025
Competition & Exhibition

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OPEN•SET 2025 is a juried competition and exhibition featuring finely crafted bookbindings. Sponsored by the American Academy of Bookbinding, this competition and exhibition highlights exceptional technique and outstanding design from new binders and professionals. Bookbinders from around the world are invited to participate.

The OPEN•SET 2025 Exhibition will open in San Francisco, California, in January of 2025. There will be two venues displaying the exhibition. The Open Category Exhibition will be held at the San Francisco Center for the Book, and the Set Category Exhibition will be held at the American Bookbinders Museum.

Please visit bookbindingacademy.org or contact openset@ahhaa.org with questions.

Binding the Bard
International Competition

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Binding the Bard: Durham's First International Bookbinding Competition! Help us answer the question: How would modern design binders bind a Shakespeare First Folio?

Competition entries are to reach Durham University by 15 February 2025

Competition prizes include:
- First Place - £3,000 cash prize and a £5,000 commission to bind a facsimile of the Shakespeare First Folio for accession into Durham University Special Collections at Palace Green Library
- Second Place - £2,000
- Third Place - £1,000 - Newcomer (Awarded to the outstanding submission from an individual who started binding within the last 3 years or has never entered a bookbinding competition before) - £500
- Popular Vote (Announced at the culmination of the 6 month exhibition) - £250

For more information about the competition particulars including complete rules and entry guidelines, please visit our website at Durham University.

*Bind 2025 - Preserving the past | Crafting the Future Auckland, New Zealand
12th-14th September 2025

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We are thrilled to announce that the next Australasian conference will be held at the Auckland University of Technology in September, 2025. It is the first time the conference has been held in New Zealand since 2014 and will follow the proud tradition of having international and local speakers, exciting workshops, trade tables, site visits and much more.

Underlying everything will be the opportunity to network with fellow bookbinders, book artists, printers, conservators, librarians, calligraphers and anyone else with an interest in preserving the past and crafting the future.

To be held at the Auckland University

Keep checking back for updates and start planning!

J. Hewit & Sons will have a stand at the event(s) marked '*'. If you would like us to bring specific items for you to purchase, please let us know at least 4 weeks in advance of the event.
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