Our Team

Jill Shumka,
Custom Bookbinder

Jill Shumka

I sew and glue the books together. I press the pages tight and presto, out comes a finished book for really nice people to take home and cherish.

Favourite book
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

Six-word memoir
My family was everything. And cake!

Chops

  • Trained under master bookbinder Simone Mynen
  • 14 years’ experience hand-binding limited edition books
  • Classical ballet and formal pastry chef training round out Jill’s overall obsession for detail

Deepest fear
Staying this scared forever.