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 advanced classes in Craft Bookbinding at Morley College, London.

Charlotte Cowlishaw first learnt the craft at Teacher Training College in Roehampton, later she studied bookbinding at the London College of Printing. Currently she teaches bookbinding at the Adult Education Centre in Tunbridge Wells.

Nick and Charlotte formed their own bookbinding business together in 1996, in Reigate, Surrey. Twelve years later, in July 2008, they moved their bindery to Edenbridge in Kent.