The Guild of Book Workers Journal is published annually by the Guild of Book Workers and contains articles that address our members' interests in the arts and crafts of the book, including traditional bookbinding, paper making and decorating, conservation and restoration, calligraphy, the making of artists' books, and printing. Published continuously since 1962, the GBWJ welcomes submissions from members and nonmembers.
Recent Editions
All journals are available for download in PDF format. Exhibit catalogs are available in an online exhibit.
2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2020 |
Volume 53 (for members only) |
Volume 52 (for members only) |
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Editor’s Note Ribbon Gold Leaf: A Brief History Of Gold Leaf On Rolls Danish Paper Bindings: More Than Millimeter Adhered-Thread Sewing Support Extensions An Interview With Mindell Dubansky Washi In The West—Part One | An interview with Jerushia Graham by Kim Knox Norman Prints, pleats, and preservation: vietnamese handmade Dó paper and its applications Bookbinding and the Cotting school This is what i call it/ This is how i do it: three approaches to a common case binding technique Mgnetic charm: Constructing a three piece collapsible book cradle The emperor has new clothes: conserving an imperial ethiopian manuscript
| Tooling with foils: An alternative approach Making a place for paper: Presented at the GBW Standards of Excellence 2021 Preserving the passage of time through Anachronistic bindings Revisiting travel journals while sheltering in place Home lab Binding Isolation The pandemic, pangolins and a book artist’s life Making the quarantine public library Three reflections on lockdown independent learning Reflections: a series of interviews documenting the voices of book art and craft practitioners, students, and educators | Empowering Women’s Voices: Two projects in the Caucasus Region The pixel binding Notes on working with parchment from an allied craft A leather covered harpsichord |
2021 | 2019 | 2018 | 2018 |
 Volume 50 (WILD/LIFE exhibit website) |  Volume 48 |  Volume 47 Formation exhibit website |  Volume 46 |
All journals are available for download in PDF format. Exhibit catalogs are available in an online exhibit.
Submit an Article
Queries and comments about the GBW Journal should be directed to the Journal Chair: journal@guildofbookworkers.org
Please read the submission guidelines before submitting an article.
Editorial Board Members
- Susie Cobbledick Co-Chair (second year)
- Rachel Baader Co-Chair (first year)
- Craig Fansler
- Carmen Torrado Gonzalez
- Martyna Gryko
- Elizabeth Barr
- Missy Nicholson
- Kim Norman
Journal Index of Content
Alan Shalette created an index of the entire run of GBW Journals up to 2009: Index of Contents 1962 - 2009 (PDF)