C O W L I S H A W  B O O K B I N D I N G

We are a family firm of craft bookbinders specialising in the repair, conservation and making of books. 

Nick Cowlishaw started an apprenticeship in bookbinding at the age of fifteen, and after many years hand bookbinding for various companies, he took up lecturing in the craft. Nick taught at the London College of Printing. Today he teaches beginners and advanced classes in Craft Bookbinding at Morley College, in London. Since 1996 Nick has combined this teaching with the development of his own bookbinding business in Reigate, Surrey. His wife, Charlotte, works with him, and first learnt the craft at Teacher Training College in Roehampton. Later she studied bookbinding at the London College of Printing.