Performing Books: Binding techniques at work

Where

Central City Library, 44 Lorne Street, Auckland City Centre

Whare Wānanga, Level 2

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When

Wednesday 10 September 2025
10.30am-11.30am


Friday 12 September 2025
2pm-3pm



Cost

Free
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Elizabeth Steiner’s Full Circle (2006)

Join the Auckland Libraries’ Rare Book Curators to view some of the extraordinary book bindings from our Private Press Collections.

You’ll see examples of binding techniques ranging over three hundred years with work by Auckland based binders including Elizabeth Steiner and international book artists.

The session in the Whare Wānanga on level 2 of the Central Library, Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero will give you a chance to get up close and see the bindings in operation.

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