The Vespiary Book Binding & Book Conservation

Fixin’ books in the Wild West

tête-à-tête, n. - a private conversation or interview between two persons

BookbindressWhile my hands may be busy binding books all day, my mind is left to its own devices.  Luckily, the web is sick with fascinating podcasts.  One series that I’ve been addicted to are the great interview podcasts conducted by the folks at the University of Alabama book arts program. It’s been very inspiring for me to listen to each artist’s path through their bookbinding career.

Here’s a few more (print and video) interviews to keep the ball rolling:

Paul Tronson,  interview

Dave Allen, interview with AbeBooks

Peter Goodwin, video interview (a small ad for his DVD series)

J. Hewit & Sons Ltd., interview conducted by TJ Bookarts (bonus, biannual newsletter: Skin Deep)

Robert Minsky, founder of Center for Bookarts in NY, interview

Lili Hall, interview

Any podcasts or interviews that you can add or recommend?

2 Comments so far

  1. April 28th, 2009

    | 1:13 pm

    I’ve only listened to part of one lecture, but the U of Toronto’s iSchool podcasts (http://podcasts.ischool.utoronto.ca/) seem to include some interesting book history / print culture stuff.

  2. April 28th, 2009

    | 1:22 pm

    Oo, thanks Jordan! I’ll add it to my listening library.

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