Upcoming Workshops
This workshop takes place on the 21st, 22nd and 23rd of November in our Brunswick studio.
Split evenly between creative development and planning to succeed, this workshop is aimed to help any artist who is aiming to self-publish in 2026.
In the mornings the workshop will focus on creating a book - providing guidelines and advice to each participant and culminating in a dummy that tests ideas. Participants will learn about design, layout, collaboration, paper choice, printing types and cover design.
In the afternoons, the workshop will focus on the business side of self-publishing. Participants will learn how to determine audience size, plan for success, create a meaningful budget, select printers and leave with a quote for their book and a plan for release.
* Limited to 6 places, for plenty of one-on-one time.
* All paper, printing and binding provided.
* 10am–4pm daily (with a 1-hour lunch break)
In this two-day hands-on workshop, you’ll arrive with a laptop, some prints and digital files—and leave with a fully designed, printed, and hand-bound 60-page artist book. The finished book will be approximately A5 in size and coptic bound with a simple hard cover.
Day one begins with a discussion on what makes an art book, followed by layout, design, editing, and sequencing exercises. After lunch, you’ll dive into InDesign or Xara to create a draft layout of your book.
On day two, you’ll receive feedback, refine your draft, and print your book in-studio. After lunch, we’ll bind the pages using a 5-section coptic stitch, then trim and document your finished book.
This workshop is open to anyone with 30–60 pieces of ready artwork (illustration, photography, poetry, writing, etc). No design or bookmaking experience is needed.
You’ll need:
- A laptop with InDesign or Xara installed
- Digital files of your work
- Basic comfort using your laptop (no spares available)
We welcome artists from all backgrounds—this is a practical, beginner-friendly workshop focused on turning your art into a beautiful physical book.
Matt Dunne runs Tall Poppy Press. Before that he made his own books by hand and has been exploring book binding and book making since 2016. He loves teaching and every workshop is friendly, supportive, full of laughs and joy. We want every single participant to leave feeling happy and excited!
In this two-day hands-on workshop, you’ll arrive with a laptop, some prints and digital files—and leave with a fully designed, printed, and hand-bound 60-page artist book. The finished book will be approximately A5 in size and coptic bound with a simple hard cover.
Day one begins with a discussion on what makes an art book, followed by layout, design, editing, and sequencing exercises. After lunch, you’ll dive into InDesign or Xara to create a draft layout of your book.
On day two, you’ll receive feedback, refine your draft, and print your book in-studio. After lunch, we’ll bind the pages using a 5-section coptic stitch, then trim and document your finished book.
This workshop is open to anyone with 30–60 pieces of ready artwork (illustration, photography, poetry, writing, etc). No design or bookmaking experience is needed.
You’ll need:
- A laptop with InDesign or Xara installed
- Digital files of your work
- Basic comfort using your laptop (no spares available)
We welcome artists from all backgrounds—this is a practical, beginner-friendly workshop focused on turning your art into a beautiful physical book.
Matt Dunne runs Tall Poppy Press. Before that he made his own books by hand and has been exploring book binding and book making since 2016. He loves teaching and every workshop is friendly, supportive, full of laughs and joy. We want every single participant to leave feeling happy and excited!
This is the most extensive workshop we offer.
A four part masterclass in creating a book, creating a business plan and developing the best work so that you can release a book and know it will succeed.
Split over 4 weekends, this workshop is for people who know they will self-publish or publish in 2026 and want to get significant one-on-one time, not just with the creative side of book making, but also with developing a business plan, selecting materials, selecting printers and knowing when to release and how many copies to make.
Dates
October 11th
October 25th
November 15th
November 29th
If one of the above dates doesn't work, alternative arrangements can be made for a single session, please get in touch.
We also have a 3 day option for people for whom 4 dates is hard (eg, people from out of state or out of Melbourne).
A PDF with details is available, please contact hello@tallpoppypress.xyz to receive the PDF.
This workshop takes place on the 24th, 25th and 26th of October in our Brunswick studio.
Split evenly between creative development and planning to succeed, this workshop is aimed to help any artist who is aiming to self-publish in 2026.
In the mornings the workshop will focus on creating a book - providing guidelines and advice to each participant and culminating in a dummy that tests ideas. Participants will learn about design, layout, collaboration, paper choice, printing types and cover design.
In the afternoons, the workshop will focus on the business side of self-publishing. Participants will learn how to determine audience size, plan for success, create a meaningful budget, select printers and leave with a quote for their book and a plan for release.
About our workshops
We run a range of workshops out of our Melbourne studio. Additionally, we are able to come to you and teach workshops at universities, TAFEs, high schools, arts centers and festivals. We have tailored workshops for a range of clients including: Photobook New Zealand, Whitecliffe College, Photography Studies College, Art Gold (Kalgoorlie and Coolgardie), Perth Centre of Photography, and many more.Workshops are led by Matt Dunne who, with a background in teaching, creates an enjoyable, supportive and successful space where anyone and everyone will learn a lot and leave with a lot of skills, takeaways and knowledge.Sign up to our mailing list be be notified of future workshops:
"A fulfilling weekend adventure inside the world of photo bookmaking and publishing. Generous, exploratory and fun."
"I found the book making workshop really accessible, and enjoyed the hands-on aspect. It helped me understand the publishing process a bit better, and that you don’t need to have super-expensive resources to produce shareable works. Matt is a great facilitator too, whose advice on sequencing and editing alone was invaluable."
"I enjoyed learning about Matt's artistic practice and how he worked his projects into book format. I also loved looking through his personal collection of photo books, and experimenting with different binding techniques and papers, I could happily participate in this workshop multiple times because of how much there is to explore."
Upcoming Workshops
This workshop takes place on the 21st, 22nd and 23rd of November in our Brunswick studio.
Split evenly between creative development and planning to succeed, this workshop is aimed to help any artist who is aiming to self-publish in 2026.
In the mornings the workshop will focus on creating a book - providing guidelines and advice to each participant and culminating in a dummy that tests ideas. Participants will learn about design, layout, collaboration, paper choice, printing types and cover design.
In the afternoons, the workshop will focus on the business side of self-publishing. Participants will learn how to determine audience size, plan for success, create a meaningful budget, select printers and leave with a quote for their book and a plan for release.
* Limited to 6 places, for plenty of one-on-one time.
* All paper, printing and binding provided.
* 10am–4pm daily (with a 1-hour lunch break)
In this two-day hands-on workshop, you’ll arrive with a laptop, some prints and digital files—and leave with a fully designed, printed, and hand-bound 60-page artist book. The finished book will be approximately A5 in size and coptic bound with a simple hard cover.
Day one begins with a discussion on what makes an art book, followed by layout, design, editing, and sequencing exercises. After lunch, you’ll dive into InDesign or Xara to create a draft layout of your book.
On day two, you’ll receive feedback, refine your draft, and print your book in-studio. After lunch, we’ll bind the pages using a 5-section coptic stitch, then trim and document your finished book.
This workshop is open to anyone with 30–60 pieces of ready artwork (illustration, photography, poetry, writing, etc). No design or bookmaking experience is needed.
You’ll need:
- A laptop with InDesign or Xara installed
- Digital files of your work
- Basic comfort using your laptop (no spares available)
We welcome artists from all backgrounds—this is a practical, beginner-friendly workshop focused on turning your art into a beautiful physical book.
In this two-day hands-on workshop, you’ll arrive with a laptop, some prints and digital files—and leave with a fully designed, printed, and hand-bound 60-page artist book. The finished book will be approximately A5 in size and coptic bound with a simple hard cover.
Day one begins with a discussion on what makes an art book, followed by layout, design, editing, and sequencing exercises. After lunch, you’ll dive into InDesign or Xara to create a draft layout of your book.
On day two, you’ll receive feedback, refine your draft, and print your book in-studio. After lunch, we’ll bind the pages using a 5-section coptic stitch, then trim and document your finished book.
This workshop is open to anyone with 30–60 pieces of ready artwork (illustration, photography, poetry, writing, etc). No design or bookmaking experience is needed.
You’ll need:
- A laptop with InDesign or Xara installed
- Digital files of your work
- Basic comfort using your laptop (no spares available)
We welcome artists from all backgrounds—this is a practical, beginner-friendly workshop focused on turning your art into a beautiful physical book.
Matt Dunne runs Tall Poppy Press. Before that he made his own books by hand and has been exploring book binding and book making since 2016. He loves teaching and every workshop is friendly, supportive, full of laughs and joy. We want every single participant to leave feeling happy and excited!
This is the most extensive workshop we offer.
A four part masterclass in creating a book, creating a business plan and developing the best work so that you can release a book and know it will succeed.
Split over 4 weekends, this workshop is for people who know they will self-publish or publish in 2026 and want to get significant one-on-one time, not just with the creative side of book making, but also with developing a business plan, selecting materials, selecting printers and knowing when to release and how many copies to make.
Dates
October 11th
October 25th
November 15th
November 29th
If one of the above dates doesn't work, alternative arrangements can be made for a single session, please get in touch.
We also have a 3 day option for people for whom 4 dates is hard (eg, people from out of state or out of Melbourne).
A PDF with details is available, please contact hello@tallpoppypress.xyz to receive the PDF.
This workshop takes place on the 24th, 25th and 26th of October in our Brunswick studio.
Split evenly between creative development and planning to succeed, this workshop is aimed to help any artist who is aiming to self-publish in 2026.
In the mornings the workshop will focus on creating a book - providing guidelines and advice to each participant and culminating in a dummy that tests ideas. Participants will learn about design, layout, collaboration, paper choice, printing types and cover design.
In the afternoons, the workshop will focus on the business side of self-publishing. Participants will learn how to determine audience size, plan for success, create a meaningful budget, select printers and leave with a quote for their book and a plan for release.
About our workshops
We run a range of workshops out of our Melbourne studio. Additionally, we are able to come to you and teach workshops at universities, TAFEs, high schools, arts centers and festivals. We have tailored workshops for a range of clients including: Photobook New Zealand, Whitecliffe College, Photography Studies College, Art Gold (Kalgoorlie and Coolgardie), Perth Centre of Photography, and many more.Workshops are led by Matt Dunne who, with a background in teaching, creates an enjoyable, supportive and successful space where anyone and everyone will learn a lot and leave with a lot of skills, takeaways and knowledge.Sign up to our mailing list be be notified of future workshops:
"A fulfilling weekend adventure inside the world of photo bookmaking and publishing. Generous, exploratory and fun."
"I found the book making workshop really accessible, and enjoyed the hands-on aspect. It helped me understand the publishing process a bit better, and that you don’t need to have super-expensive resources to produce shareable works. Matt is a great facilitator too, whose advice on sequencing and editing alone was invaluable."
"I enjoyed learning about Matt's artistic practice and how he worked his projects into book format. I also loved looking through his personal collection of photo books, and experimenting with different binding techniques and papers, I could happily participate in this workshop multiple times because of how much there is to explore."