B Harrington
bookmaker, community educator,
library worker
→ About
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→ Contact
Works
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→ Stationery Bindings
→ Library & Fine Bindings
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B Harrington
bookmaker, community educator,
library worker
→ About
→ Services
→ Contact
Works
→ Commissions
→ Stationery Bindings
→ Library & Fine Bindings
Community
→ Resources
→ Workshops & Events
A QUEER-FULLY SELECTED GUIDE TO BOOKBINDING
Welcome!
A Queer-Fully Selected Guide to Bookbinding is a resource created for NYC-based LGBTQIA+ creatives interested in learning more about the practice, history, and culture of hand book- and zine-making. A more detailed statement of intent and commitments underlying this guide are forthcoming; however, the resources in this guide have been gathered with priority given to queer book arts and cultures and queer practitioners of book arts. In understanding that queerness is itself a deeply diverse axis of identity, this guide not only focuses on queerness but understands that structures and systems of oppression are interlocking, inseparable, and often co-constituting. Therefore, this guide aspires to be a product of collective construction and community accountability.
Using this Guide
Wondering what this resource guide can offer? See some questions and interests below that you might have and how this guide might address them. Welcome and enjoy!I’m new to bookmaking! Where should I start?
Check out the ‘How to Make Books’ page, especially the ‘Getting Started’ section.I have a zine to publish! How can I go about that?
Check out the guides linked on the ‘Self-Publishing & Community’ page.I want to learn more about different types of books.
Head over to the Book History and Cultures section of the ‘Book History & Queerness‘ page.Where can I purchase bookbinding tools and materials?
Plenty to explore here! Click here for the ‘How to Make Books’ page, where you can find a section on not only where to find places to purchase tools and materials, but also learn more about what types of tools and materials are utilized in bookmaking.I would like to connect with other bookmakers, book artists, and bookish creatives
The Community Orgs and Communities of Practice sections on the ‘Self-Publishing & Community’ page seem like a good spot to start.Updates to this page forthcoming