Penguin Random House has shared a video of author Pip Williams demonstrating the lost art of bookbinding.

Williams is the internationally bestselling author of The Dictionary of Lost Words, and her latest captivating novel, The Bookbinder of Jericho, focuses on the invisible history of female bookbinders.

In The Bookbinder of Jericho, A young British woman working in a book bindery gets a chance to pursue knowledge and love when World War I upends her life.

The novel thoughtfully explores another rarely seen slice of history through women’s eyes.

Watch the spellbinding video:

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