Boektotaal is a bookbinding and restoration studio located in the Bookbinding Centre in Echten (Drenthe).

Boektotaal specializes in offering various bookbinding-related workshops and courses (also on location). In addition, they sell everything related to hand bookbinding, such as tools, decorative paper, bone folders, bookbinding glue, and linen for covering books.

The love for books and bookbinding was instilled in Aaldert de Lange from a young age. At the age of eleven, he was already helping his parents sell books in their antiquarian bookshop. When his father used Bison kit to repair books, making them impossible to open, Aaldert decided to learn bookbinding himself. Alongside giving workshops and selling bookbinding materials and tools, he also restores books at the Bookbinding Centre in Echten.

For over 20 years, Tanja Rakic has been giving courses and workshops in bookbinding. She also enjoys organizing bookbinding-related events and trips, such as a workshop at the Abbey of Berne and the Bookbinding Fare in Sint-Niklaas (Belgium).

During the festival, Boektotaal will offer several workshops. You can, for example, learn to make a booklet using Japanese bookbinding or a handmade book with a woven paper cover.