Opening address / Harrison Bryan -- Keynote address / Edgar Mansfield -- The conservation, repair and preservation of books and manuscripts in Trinity College, Dublin / Anthony Cains -- Guarding and filing archives / John Davies -- Contemporary french bookbinding / Sun Evrard -- Bookbinding supplies in Australia / Michael Lester -- Case bindings for Lock's Press / Margaret Lock -- Conceptual design / Edgar Mansfield -- A history of marbling / Robert McLaren -- Eight methods of only / Heather McPherson -- Adhesives in bookbinding / Lydia Preiss -- Structure, production and conservation of leather and parchment : a guide for bookbinders / David RW Tilbrooke -- Handmade papermaking in Australia / Penny Wells -- Edge gilding / Beryl E Bevis -- Graphite edges / Ron Eadie -- Sewing methods / Anthony Cains -- The simplified binding / Sun Evrard -- The Bradel binding / Bettine Gresford -- Leather paring using a french paring knife / Ron Eadie -- The construction of a leather-bound presentation box / Brian Hawke -- Headbands : variations on a theme / June McNicol --Tooling in leather / Hugo Peller -- Edge Gilding / Friedhelm Pohlmann -- The art and craft of oil and watercolour marbling / Margo Snape -- Making a two-core french headband / Ron Eadie -- Pamphlet and presentation boxes / Helen Wadlington -- Making paper from plants / Gaynor Cardew -- Concepts in design techniques / Sun Evrard