Pip Williams hand-binding a copy of The Bookbinder of Jericho

Check out this stunning video of Pip Williams hand-binding a copy of her new novel! ‘Your stitching is what will hold the story together’, Ma says to Peggy in The Bookbinder of Jericho. And so it is Pip’s own stitching that holds her story together.
Huge thank you to Peter Zajicek, Senior Conservator at the State Library of South Australia, who taught Pip the art of bookbinding so that she could accurately describe these processes in the novel - and now she has a gorgeous leather-bound copy made by her own hand to show for it.
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[@sfrancis2725]

Fabulous novel. A great accompaniment to The Dictionary of Lost Words

[@sonjapotgieter7697]

Just LOVED the book. Discovering this video of her binding a copy is the cherry on the cake. The making of a book is fascinating. Really a labour of love - referring to the days before mass production.

[@davidosman6588]

You won't find that one on the Calliope. Great work. Truly wonderful stories. I happened across The Dictionary Of Lost Words in a charity shop. I couldn't put it down and then rushed out to get the hardback of The Bookbinder of Jericho before I could forget the details that connect them. That is one amazing, semi-fictional universe Pip's conjured up, there. Hooked.

[@lindaburnham521]

What a thing of beauty, the binding of a book. Thankyou.

[@cherylbruser8644]

I just started reading The Bookbinder and am loving it. Also finding myself so curious about the process of bookbinding, so much so that I had to pause reading to search for a video. What a treat to find this one of the author binding her own book!!! Thank you.

[@Thinking_sa]

Just finished the book. Loved it as much as Lost Words. Truly delighted to find this video. Felt like all the lost words had been found and bound and will last forever now.

[@noronavarra2844]

Creating a book with love. Inside out!
Marvellous, Pip!

[@leabarrett7055]

Just finished reading The Bookbinder of Jericho and loved it as much as The Dictionary of Lost Words. Watching this video topped it off beautifully. ❤

[@helenglover4758]

Just finished listening to this book on Audiobooks. Loved it.

[@kiwi-can-do]

Gorgeous - I can't wait to read this.

[@amandaclaassens]

Fascinating!

[@user-vk2wy5wb4t]

Wonderful.

[@janemills1084]

Just loved this book. Read it in 2 days. Pip, i wonder after lessons, how long did this book binding take you?