Book Binding - where can I learn to do this?

[neilwilkes]

I've looked online so many times now, and even in London there seem to be absolutely no classes in this available whatsoever - which I find almost unbelievable, to be honest. They have to be out there, but where? Interweb searches have revealed nothing at all, and videos on YouTube are of no use to me at all as I want to learn how to do this properly from a set in manuscript, or from a printed out PDF.
'Why bother?' I hear people asking. 'Why would you want to do this if you have a PDF version, or a Word document or whatever?'
The answer to that is very simple - I am firmly convinced that within the next 15 years at the very most the modern electrical age will be over, and all the PDF in the world will be unusable because there will be no way to power up the devices that can read them - if the hard drives survived the flare that will knock out the global electricity grids in the first place!
I really hope I am wrong, but I don't believe I am - so book binding courses are wanted so I can make my own books.
Does anyone have the faintest idea where I can find such a course, please? Ideally, I really need an evening class if available, with an actual tutor showing me how this is all done.

 

[Yazata]

I don't (live in the UK or) know any physical course, but YouTube has great tutorials on almost everything. For the basics that should be enough to get you going?

 

[8Lou1]

A lot of craftsmen are on pinterest. You might want to hsve a look there.

 

[Ancient]

Check out some libraries and ask around there. In person networking will likely get you where you want faster than regular online courses for such a niche skill.

 

[Xenophon]

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Here's one online (the link seems ok & virus free)

I looked on bing.cn and they coughed up this, a course in London:

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The download is prohibitively long where I am in Asia, so I don't know how good the link is.

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This link works

There is at least a page of results for "bookbinding courses in London" on bing search engine.

 

[neilwilkes]

I don't (live in the UK or) know any physical course, but YouTube has great tutorials on almost everything. For the basics that should be enough to get you going?

I really am not interested in YouTube tutorials - it must be 'in person' or I am just not going to bother. YouTube is simply unreliable as a source.

@Xenophon - your second link - Keeley Street - looks very promising, based in Covent Garden so while it is awkward to get to (I am disabled with lower spine damage so really struggle to get about on the tube system) it is mostly doable - appreciate that link very much, and thank you. They are still very expensive, with the beginners course at almost £400, but it looks promising.