There are many things a publishing hopeful can do to get a peek into the publishing industry, but I have found that one of the most exciting ways is to …
You may have noticed a trend going around at the start of 2024 where people are sharing their ‘ins and outs’ for the year – whether it’s new habits they’re …
In my experience, when you’re trying to get your first job in publishing, there’s one phrase you’ll hear more than anything else: “you just need to get your foot in …
Emerging writers are quite possibly at the toughest point in their careers, as they try to develop a portfolio of writing, a novel, a poetry collection – whatever it may …
On the 26th July 2021, Andrew Sharp ran a workshop for SYP Scotland all about Rights in a Publishing House – what are they, and why are they so important? …
Olga Ravn is a Danish contemporary author, poet and literary critic. Published by Lolli Editions, translated from Danish by Martin Aitken, and shortlisted for the 2021 International Booker Prize, The …
We are really excited to announce that SYP North are hosting a giveaway, in which you could win a copy of all three of the fantastic books pictured above. The …
Aisling Holling on a typical day in her role as a Marketing & Editorial Executive Working for a small publisher means my remit is pretty broad. When you are part …
Sara Helen Binney, Managing Editor at Bloomsbury Publishing, shares her experiences with the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) and other unions. In my pre-publishing life I worked in a university, …
Katie Packer is currently working as a Commissioning Editor at Headline Publishing, Hachette, where she commissions trend-led and pop culture non-fiction and a select few fiction projects. Her main focus …
Before we were all forced to work from home and resulting to video calls rather than face to face relationships, the Southwest committee had grand plans for our first publishing …
Next up in our series on how the SYP committee got into publishing is Anna Shannon, SYP UK Treasurer 2020. There are many routes into publishing. For me the power …
From queuing for our weekly food shop (stepping back from that person in front of you who claims they have hay fever… just in case) to completing an entire week …
Following Monday’s post, our conference committee continues to tell us what, and how, they’re reading in lockdown. Sonali Misra, Co-chair When I first went to university to study English …
Since 2016, the Trailblazer Awards have celebrated publishing professionals under the age of 30 who have demonstrated ambition, innovation and creativity in the book industry. The 2020 winners — Beth …
We’ve got a great opportunity for aspiring professionals who want to get in or get on in publishing! Applications for the annual Print Futures Awards are now open. The …
After trying out a blind application process, 7 out of our 15 UK committee members don’t work in the publishing industry. Why do we think this is a positive move? …
What is the OUP Women’s Network? The OUP Women’s Network is an employee-led initiative that facilitates the career progression of women within OUP. It is a global network that …
What is the OUP Women’s Network? The OUP Women’s Network is an employee-led initiative that facilitates the career progression of women within OUP. It is a global network that …
Whatever area of publishing you’re most interested in, one thing is undeniable: it’s a people-led industry. As a result, while the overall theme of this year’s SYP Scotland Conference was …
Publishing is a great industry to be part of but we all know that it can be hard to get your foot in the door and make your mark. Especially …
The year has only just begun and already the publishing industry has seen London Book Fair (LBF), which took place 10-12 April, come and go. Each year, the fair welcomes …
I started my previous blog post outlining how, before I entered the industry, I thought the process a book went through to be published was pretty straightforward and only involved …
Most people know how a book gets published: There’s the fun writing part There’s the fun editing part (or not much fun, depending on your perspective) The design part (which …
BookMachine has picked Team Unplugged: a selection of industry professionals at a number of UK publishers primed to spread the word about the BookMachine Unplugged event series, set to launch …
Once again, the SYP are delighted to be supporting The London Book Fair Trailblazer Awards. Submissions are now open for the Trailblazer Awards, recognising publishing professionals aged under 30 who …
BookMachine are set to launch an event series spanning the entire publishing process in 2018. BookMachine Unplugged will focus on Design, Production, Publicity and Marketing, Editorial and Tech, with expert …
A few weeks ago, SYP member and Oxford Brookes Publishing student, Zoe Chatfield, won our free ticket to the Building Inclusivity in Publishing Conference. Here she shares her thoughts on …
It’s (somehow) nearly December and over here at SYP HQ we’re already planning and preparing for 2018. Applications for next year’s committee are now open, so we sat down with Ain-Deheb …
Grainne Clear is a major figure in Irish and international children’s book publishing. Founder of national broadcaster RTE’s children’s books segment, she went on to become Publishing Manager, and now …
Our September #SYPpubskills workshop was dedicated to learning digital skills and understanding SEO and how it works in a publishing context. Our Marketing Officer Sonali Dutta attended the workshop and …
Are you passionate about the publishing industry? Do you enjoy attending SYP events, reading our quarterly magazine InPrint, or following our work online? Then we want to hear from you! …
Calling all students! We’re delighted to announce our Student Poetry Prize will be opening on the 31st October. The Poetry Book Society (PBS) was founded by T S Eliot in …
Following the success of our first On the Road event in Bristol, we headed back out again last week, this time to Exeter. We were joined by four fantastic speakers …
This year we once again gave away a free ticket to the IPG Autumn Conference which was won by SYP member Louisa Danquah. She did a phenomenal job live tweeting …
Shukla and Kingsford Launch Crowdfunding for BAME literary journal and Agency The quarterly Journal, The Good Journal, will showcase the very best new work from writers & artists of colour …
Shukla and Kingsford Launch Crowdfunding for BAME literary journal and Agency The quarterly Journal, The Good Journal, will showcase the very best new work from writers & artists of colour …
An archive can vary in substance and appearance from a beautifully bound set of books and documents to a few boxes of papers and hand-written notes. Some are digital, date-sorted …
Writing a Marketing Plan Here at the SYP, we’re always looking for new and exciting ways to help our members connect and progress. Earlier this year, the London Committee launched …
Book Aid International has announced that it is expanding its work to provide brand new books to communities in Rwanda. Yesterday, 19th June, the charity sent 31,801 books to support …
On Monday 12th June, a small crowd of members and non-members alike gathered in Bristol’s Tobacco Factory for our inaugual SYP and the Bookseller on the Road event. This is …
Alice Curry is the founder of Lantana Publishing, a London-based independent publishing company and this year’s UK nomination for the Bologna Prize for Best Children’s Publisher of the Year. In …
Today, 3,470 books left Book Aid International’s warehouse in Camberwell, London, bound for South Sudan. The books will reach destinations such as University of Juba and Ibba Girls’ School. The …
We’ve teamed up with The Bookseller Jobs to bring you a series events that will shine a spotlight on publishing talent around the UK, highlight roles and routes into the industry less …
Now in its fourth year, the Young Stationers’ Prize recognises a high-achiever under the age of 40 in the communications and content industries – including but not limited to, printing, …
Now in its fourth year, the Young Stationers’ Prize recognises a high-achiever under the age of 40 in the communications and content industries – including but not limited to, printing, …
Rooftop of Carmelite House, London Rooftop of Carmelite House, London Rooftop of Carmelite House, London Rooftop of Carmelite House, London KSW Prize 2017 shortlist SYP UK Chair: Alice Geary Alice …
Do you love books and want to use your passion to help others? Are you in the early stages of your career and want to raise your profile within your …
The winner of the 2017 Kim Scott Walwyn Prize was last night named as Alice Curry, founder and publisher of Lantana Press, at a prize ceremony on the gloriously sunny rooftop …
The Kim Scott Walwyn Prize today names its five talented women on the 2017 shortlist, which recognises the professional achievements and promise of women who have worked in publishing in …
BookBrunch is a daily news service and information site for the book industry.Every day it provides the industry with insight and perspective reliably delivered immediately to your phone or desktop. Covering UK …
The Print Futures Awards were set up in 2003 to help people aged 18 to 30 years pay for courses to train for a career in printing, publishing, packaging or …
Most scholarly publishers have been feeling the adverse effects of difficult market conditions over the past few years. Libraries have on the whole been investing more in online products that …
The Society of Young Publishers (SYP) are pleased to announce the new appointment of its 2017 chairs. These poignant appointments will see the start of a new structure for the …
The Kim Scott Walwyn Prize is back for 2017 and opens for submissions today – Monday 09 January. The Prize recognises the professional achievements and promise of women in publishing …
In this blog post, Shauna Nolan Doyle shares her thoughts on the phenomenon where authors who have produced numerous novels are often only known for one popular novel, and the effect …
If you’ve been to any of our events recently, or follow us on social media then you will have seen (or heard) us talk a lot about #sypconf16 – our …
A few weeks ago, SYP member Jess Ballance of Daunt Books, Dodo Ink won our free ticket to the Independent Publishers Guild’s Autumn Conference. Here she shares her thoughts on …
The 2016 Young Stationers’ Prize has been awarded to Ella Kahn and Bryony Woods, the founders of Diamond Kahn & Woods Literary Agency. The winners are also former Society of Young Publishers …
On July 6th, a crowd of publishing bods from every part of the industry gathered in the bookshop event space of the National Portrait Gallery to celebrate the talents …
by Konstantinos Vasdekis, Production and Digital Editor at Oberon Books (@OberonBooks) Coming from a trade publishing background, I knew working at an independent drama and performing arts publisher would be …
by Konstantinos Vasdekis, Production and Digital Editor at Oberon Books (@OberonBooks) Coming from a trade publishing background, I knew working at an independent drama and performing arts publisher would be …
Picador and Blackwell’s Oxford present Shore to Shore: Celebrating Poetry and Community with the Laureate and Friends. Featuring Carol Ann Duffy, Gillian Clarke, Imtiaz Dharker, Jackie Kay, John Sampson plus …
The XML Summer School is a unique event for everyone using, designing, managing, or implementing solutions using XML and related technologies. The courses are taught by recognised experts and practitioners …
Following a very ambiguous and intriguing heads-up tweet yesterday from the Inspired Selection gang, here at the SYP we made sure to keep a watchful eye on twitter at the …
Last weekend SYP Éire was able to attend the Greenbean Novel Fair run by the Irish Writers Centre. The Irish Writers Centre is the national resource centre for Irish literature …
Top row: Clio Cornish and George Burgess; bottom row from left: Ella Kahn, Bryony Woods and Nick Coveney The evening of February 16th saw the London Book Fair’s inaugural Trailblazer …
Announced last night at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) the SYP is opening up its fourth regional branch in Dublin, Ireland. To be named SYP Éire this is an exciting new development …
Description of Company The Bookseller is the B2B magazine for the UK book trade and has been since 1858. We have our weekly magazine, online site, email newsletters and conferences …
Direct to consumer: The IPG DQM, 26th November Last week an SYP delegation was invited to a Digital Quarterly Meeting of the IPG. The Independent Publishers Guild is a …
Written by Blogger Laura Pietrobon, SYP member and regular SYP book clubber @misslpietrobon Welcome to the life of Tallulah Park. She’s basically been alone for the last five …
Written by Blogger Laura Pietrobon, SYP member and regular SYP book clubber @misslpietrobon Welcome to the life of Tallulah Park. She’s basically been alone for the last five …
Written by Blogger Laura Pietrobon, SYP member and regular SYP book clubber @misslpietrobon Welcome to the life of Tallulah Park. She’s basically been alone for the last five …
The SYP is thrilled to announce that we are teaming up once again with our media partner The Bookseller. We are offering our members an exclusive chance to win tickets …
Maria Vassilopoulos, Business Development Manager at ‘The Bookseller’ tells us about her pathway into publishing… I started working at The Bookseller in 2013 after being made redundant from my Job …
Maria Vassilopoulos, Business Development Manager at ‘The Bookseller’ tells us about her pathway into publishing… I started working at The Bookseller in 2013 after being made redundant from my Job …
Maria Vassilopoulos, Business Development Manager at ‘The Bookseller’ tells us about her pathway into publishing… I started working at The Bookseller in 2013 after being made redundant from my Job …
The Literary Consultancy has teamed up with Byte the Book to produce an exciting new event on Friday 5th June with a …
One Big Book Launch are looking for 10 volunteers for an evening event on 3rd June 2015, at The Free Word Centre, Farringdon – from 6pm-8.30pm. One Big Book Launch aims to harness …
SYP Oxford is calling out to all the bright young things on the Oxford Publishing scene to join our Conference committee, and help put together one of the biggest events …
Verso Books has announced a work experience programme in partnership with Arts Emergency that aims to diversify access in publishing, starting this Spring at …
As reported by Jasmin Kirkbride It’s emerging that one of my favourite things about working in Publishing are the conferences. There’s a great sense of community around them, most particularly, …
In time for our April book club, we’re giving one lucky SYP member the chance to win a copy of Angela Carter’s stunning novel ‘The Magic Toyshop’. Head over to …
A review by Emily Finn, Book Club attendee and SYP Inprint Editor From Left to Right: Lizzie Rabone, Emily Finn, Emily St.John Mandel, Almas Daud, Zoe Sharples, Fran Roberts, Rebecca …
Ever wondered what really goes into publishing a book? SYP Scotland has teamed up with Edinburgh University’s own PublishED society to bring you the event of the year! ‘The Book – From …
Ever wondered what really goes into publishing a book? SYP Scotland has teamed up with Edinburgh University’s own PublishED society to bring you the event of the year! ‘The Book – From …
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Venue: Jericho Tavern When: 2 March 2015 Time: 7-8 pm ‘Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One …
http://bit.ly/1EILOS3 BookMachine Oxford are hosting an event on Thursday 26th February with Rebecca Swift, one of the founding members of the creative research team at Getty Images. BookMachine have teamed …
Prize that recognises professional achievements and promise of women in publishing is accepting entries and nominations for 2015. For the 10th year, the Kim Scott Walwyn Prize is delighted …
Diversity and equality are big buzzwords in publishing at the moment but it can often be hard to see what is actually being done beyond what Crystal Mahey-Morgan terms ‘goodwill and …
by Jasmin Kirkbride @JasminKirkbride Publishing is in industry in flux. Faced with a digital revolution, we are quickly learning to embrace change and innovation, and this was clearly illustrated at …
The SYP committee had an amazing day at our 2014 annual conference. Check out our pictures from the day and links to blog reviews and storify round ups: The cafeteria was buzzing …
Everywhere you look there are events telling you how to get a job in publishing but not many that show you what publishers actually do. So the events team at …
The SYP Special Events Team are a very excitable bunch at the moment as we prepare for the SYP Annual Conference, which is being held on Saturday 8th November. Alternating …
Last week members of the SYP took off on a Book Bench literary tour around Bloomsbury. The trail we followed was part of Books about Town, an initiative from the …
By Anna Cunnane Based on a presentation by Hannah Wroblewski – UK Digital Sales Executive at PenguinRandom House Hannah Wroblewski has built her career at PenguinRandomHouse This year the SYP …
by Jasmine Joynson I work as an assistant in the publicity department of a children’s book publisher and have done for just over a year. I’m going to run over …
There is a lot to talk about on the London publishing scene this month including the Kim Scott Walwyn prize and the publication of joint venture between Kingston University Press …
This week we’re really excited to bring you news of the relaunch of Equality in Publishing and an amazing review of spoken word night ‘Outspoken: Second Birthday Special’. PA and …
This week we’re really excited to bring you news of the relaunch of Equality in Publishing and an amazing review of spoken word night ‘Outspoken: Second Birthday Special’. PA and …
This week we’re really excited to bring you news of the relaunch of Equality in Publishing and an amazing review of spoken word night ‘Outspoken: Second Birthday Special’. PA and …
This week at the SYP has been all about book fairs and we are delighted to bring you an update on the Kim Scott Walwyn prize as well as a …
The SYP has been very busy with career related activities this week. Below our London Chair Helen Youngs talks about everything she has learned from our experts: This week has …
by Hannah Lyons @HGLyons ‘Fairy tale’ has no universally agreed definition, but usually indicates a short story with limited description, which has to feature magic (but not necessarily fairies). There …
by Emma Jessup Whether its love or a new career you’re looking for, the two are more closely linked than you might think. In both pursuits, you’re threatened with rejection …
Wiley John Wiley & Sons, Inc. is a leading global publisher providing print and online content and services for worldwide academic, professional, scientific, technical, medical, scholarly and consumer markets. Wiley …
The Society of Young Publishers came together on the 27th January for our AGM in the wonderful surroundings of Stationers’ Hall. The purpose of the AGM is to celebrate the …
Booktrust is delighted to call for entries and, for the first time, nominations for the Kim Scott Walwyn Prize 2014, the national award that celebrates women’s achievements and potential in …
SYP Oxford Co-chair Emma Williams met Claire Louise Kemp of Atwood Tate to talk publishing employment myths, legends and unconventional career paths … The results are presented to you as: …
Today our Society of Young Publishers Conference 2013 takes place at Oxford Brookes University. Throughout the day our guest blogger, Nicola Osborne from EDINA, will be liveblogging the keynotes and her highlights from …
The fourth Society of Young Publishers (North) committee event- in collaboration with Arc Publications- took place at The Outlaws Yacht Club on 15th October. After the introduction to the event …
Never a stranger to controversy, ex-Smiths’ front man Morrissey has been the subject of rumours this week about a book contracted to Penguin that will now not be published. Although …
On Thursday 5th September 2013, the SYP held a discussion about Entrepreneurs in Publishing. We were honoured to be joined by four fabulous speakers who included John Mitchinson, co-founder of …
Welcome to our new blog Press Forward! We’ve had many happy years with InDigital but we thought it was time to shake things up a bit. We wanted to rebrand …
On 22 August we indulged in a night like no other, the SYP Annual Pub Quiz! The Shillibeer’s Bar & Grill was full to the brim of bright publishing junkies, …
To mark the summer season, the Society of Young Publishers committee 2013 held a unique social for its third monthly event. The Great Gatsby Summer Social at the Maven in …
The 16th July SYP North and Midlands had an event on Flash Fiction at the Outlaws Yacht Club in Leeds. Here’s what happened: The second monthly event organised by the …
It is with great sadness that we must tell you of the passing of Matthew Gilbert who died on Thursday 25 July. We had the pleasure of working with Matthew …
The 1st-7th July was Independent Booksellers’ Week and all over the country authors, publishers and booksellers came together to organise events and celebrations of our favourite Indies. Small poetry press …
Last month’s Great Gatsby Soiree social event was a resounding success for the Society of Young Publishers (Oxford). From the second I walked through the door I was handed a white …
On Thursday 13 June, the SYP met to discuss the rights of interns and the role of internships and work experience in helping people to break into the publishing industry. …
When I started looking into MA Publishing courses, everyone around me was supportive. Yet, their eyes were full of questions: Why England? Is it worth the money? Will you really …
The Society of Young Publishers have a very special project we’d like you to be a part of. We recently received a message on Facebook from Hannah Gilbert, whose brother …
This month’s bookclub choice was A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki and it was met by mixed reviews. A tale of one teenage girl in Tokyo and …
It is often said by marketers and even editors in publishing that the success of a book depends on its cover as much as its content. Increasingly, as physical books …
Reprinted with permission of The Culture Trip. Istanbul is currently one of the cultural hot spots of Europe. Often seen as a gateway between Western and Eastern culture, the galleries in this city …
Reprinted with permission of The Culture Trip. Nobel Laureate Orhan Pamuk has opened a museum displaying artefacts in parallel with his novel Museum of Innocence, which tells a love story lasting three decades. The actual …
The Prize is named in honour of Kim Scott Walwyn, a Publishing Director at Oxford University Press who died in 2002. She was widely regarded as a dynamic and exceptional …
January book club met to discuss J.K. Rowling’s debut adult novel The Casual Vacancy. Here is what the book clubbers thought: Someone who was present at the book …
Our Vice Chair Andrew Turner brings you his thought on the Kim Scott Wa;wyn priza and why it is as important today as ever. by Andrew Turner One of the …
Lucy Cuthew recently wrote a blog for Booktrust, which they have kindly shared with the SYP, which discussed her experience of the Kim Scott Walwyn Prize, from how she felt nominating …
Eyewear is celebrating its first year as an indie poetry publisher on the 5th December with warmth, cheer and merriment at the Oxfam bookshop, Marylebone W1 (nearest tube Baker Street). …
Speakers: Becci Stirrup- Creative Writing Tutor at The University of Leeds (Chair). Tina Jackson- Deputy Editor of a Creative Writing Magazine, with a long career in Arts and as a …
Our Interactive and Social Reading seminar will consider how technology has enabled different reading experiences to emerge by looking at two new companies who are using technology to cater for …
The book publishing industry has transformed rapidly in a short space of time. A variety of game changers have left even the most extreme traditionalists pondering over the fate of …
The book publishing industry has transformed rapidly in a short space of time. We’ve seen videos and music enhancing the reading experience and even more books being converted and released …
The book publishing industry has transformed rapidly in a short space of time. We’ve seen videos and music enhancing the reading experience and even more books being converted and released …
Publishing is one of the toughest industries to get into and trying to obtain an entry-level position requires more than a sparkling CV and a well written cover letter. At …
Publishing is one of the toughest industries to get into and trying to obtain an entry-level position requires more than a sparkling CV and a well written cover letter. At …
The next conference seminar to be announced is Publishing Services. The focus of this seminar will be to consider publishers who have diversified their business models from traditional publishing to …
Preliminary step towards takeover? Absolutely not, says the PTC’s Peter McKay and Marketability’s Rachel Maund, who are cheerfully adamant that today’s announcement is a pragmatic response to falling training budgets …
Physical books are quickly evolving to become artistic objects and items to be collected as mass-market paperbacks become a thing of the past. With e-readers boasting the accessibility of a …
Everyone had their thinking caps on and their bellies ready for some alcohol and burgers for a night full of pictures, questions, wine and laughs. Of course it was none …
Our annual conference is now not far away (3 November 2012) so in the lead up to the event we will be posting on InDigital the profiles and bios of …
Our annual conference is now not far away (3 November 2012) so in the lead up to the event we will be posting on InDigital the profiles and bios of …
Everyone had their thinking caps on and their bellies ready for some alcohol and burgers for a night full of pictures, questions, wine and laughs. Of course it was none …
Inspired Selection will be hosting their next #InspiredTweetUp on Thursday 20th September at 12 noon! Join in the discussion on “How To Get Into Publishing” and pose any burning questions …
First of all a huge thank you to the fabulous speakers who graced the stage at The Adelphi in Leeds on 30 August, you were all brilliantly entertaining and engaging, …
First of all a huge thank you to the fabulous speakers who graced the stage at The Adelphi in Leeds on 30 August, you were all brilliantly entertaining and engaging, …
The circus arrives without warning. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. The black sign, painted in white letters that hangs upon the gates, reads: Opens at Nightfall …
The Publishing Training Centre are offering one free place to an SYP member on their two-day course The Children’s Illustrated Book Editor. The course will run on 26-27 September and …
The Publishing Training Centre are offering one free place to an SYP member on their two-day course The Children’s Illustrated Book Editor. The course will run on 26-27 September and …
The Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award is a chance for any young poet aged 11-17 to accelerate their writing career. With over 7,000 young people entering their poems …
Supporting young emerging writers during difficult economic times, the International Melita Hume Poetry Prize offers £1000 and publication with Eyewear Publishing Ltd. for the best debut poetry collection. Caleb Klaces, …
At the end of June we all gathered at the Water Poet in Shoreditch along with the Society of Authors to hear comedy tales of misadventures from four authors. The …
On Thursday 28 June, SYP Treasurer Ella Kahn and I were lucky enough to be invited to attend the award presentation of the 2012 Desmond Elliot Prize as representatives of …
First of all, another huge thank you to everyone who came to The Adelphi last night in Leeds, it was a great turn out and so exciting to see lots …
The Publishing Training Centre (PTC) is proud to announce the launch of their new course The Children’s Illustrated Book Editor which will run for the first time on 26-27 September …
The Publishing Training Centre (PTC) is proud to announce the launch of their new course The Children’s Illustrated Book Editor which will run for the first time on 26-27 September …
Over the first weekend in June, it can’t have escaped anyone’s notice that Britain – and London in particular – was celebrating Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee. One of the …
Last Thursday we hosted our first graphic novel panel event at the fantastic Gosh! Comics store in Soho, London. The evening was an open Q&A session with four industry experts …
On 19-20 May SYP Chair Andrew Turner was lucky enough to attend Kapow! Comic Con at the London Business Design Centre. He’s jotted down some of his thoughts on Kapow! …
Inspired Selection, the market leading recruitment consultancy across print and digital media, have launched their first blog dedicated to reaching out to their candidates and giving them tips and pointers …
The Publishing Training Centre are hosting their first live Q&A session on Thursday 24 May between 1-3pm. They have a panel of eight experts who will be on their forum …
The Publishing Training Centre are hosting their first live Q&A session on Thursday 24 May between 1-3pm. They have a panel of eight experts who will be on their forum …
Congratulations to Rukhsana Yasmin, a physicist turned publisher, who was named the winner of the Kim Scott Walwyn Prize 2012 after just five years in the trade. We had a …
Our second seminar session at The London Book Fair was on How to Get Ahead in Publishing. We had an excellent panel of four industry experts who have all come …
How To Get Into Publishing was our eagerly-anticipated seminar which took place last Wednesday at the 2012 London Book Fair, Earls Court. We work in an industry that a lot …
So yesterday it became real. Four simple words placed in one simple sentence made me realise what I have signed up for, what I have to do, and for the …
At the start of the SYP’s second seminar How to Get Ahead in Publishing at the London Book Fair, Ella Kahn 2011 SYP Chair announced the shortlist for this year’s Kim …
With four days to go until The London Marathon, we asked SYP Commissioning Editor Rosy Locke how her training was going. Here is what she had to say… When …
Blackshaw, a young theatre company, invited us along to Party in a Library – sounds a bit naughty, but fear not my book-loving library-respecting friends, this party was not held …
The SYP is pleased to announce that the Society of Authors is offering SYP members a discount on tickets to its Children’s Writers and Illustrators Group Conference, taking place at …
The Publishing Training Centre is sponsoring two seminars at this year’s London Book Fair. Both sessions will take place in the Cromwell Room at Earls Court Exhibition Centre and entry …
I feel I can safely say that anyone you ask who came to the Northern and Midlands SYP on 29 February would call it a great start to 2012. Held …
I feel I can safely say that anyone you ask who came to the Northern and Midlands SYP on 29 February would call it a great start to 2012. Held …
Founded in 2003, the Prize honours the life and career of Kim Scott Walwyn (Oxford University Press Publishing Director) who died in 2002, and celebrates exceptional female publishers. In 2011, …
Founded in 2003, the Kim Scott Prize honours the life and career of Kim Scott Walwyn (Oxford University Press Publishing Director) who died in 2002, and celebrates exceptional female publishers. …
HOW DO YOU MAKE THE BEST OF YOUR CAREER? How do you progress your career in tough times? How do you keep on top of your game? Compete in a …
Join the SfEP from 8–10 September 2012 at Vanbrugh College, University of York, for education, motivation and professional inspiration. The SfEP are heading to historic York for the Society for …
Buzzing, full of publishing folk and gin and tonics, The Phoenix Arts Club was a merry place to be last Tuesday. A few days after the dreaded V-day we held …
On 29th February 2012 – a date steeped in superstition, that only comes around every 4 years – four teams of writers and editors in London, Delhi, Kuala Lumpur and …
CAMPAIGN DATES: Monday 30 Jan – Sunday 5 Feb 2012 Kamila Shamsie, Geoff Dyer and Jamila Gavin are among the authors supporting the pilot Reading Campaign for South Asian Literature …
The 16th of this month saw young publishers from around the country gather at Stationers’ Hall for the Society of Young Publishers 2012 AGM. 2011 Chairman Ella Kahn opened the …
The 16th of this month saw young publishers from around the country gather at Stationers’ Hall for the Society of Young Publishers 2012 AGM. 2011 Chairman Ella Kahn opened the …
The SYP are proud to announce the launch of the Kim Scott Walwyn Prize 2012. Run in conjunction with Book Trust and The Publishing Training Centre, the Kim Scott Walwyn …
I started my marathon training in the first week of January. Every week I will be doing 3 training sessions as part of my 16 week training schedule in the …
There are now just a couple of days remaining until our 2012 AGM and Publishers’ Question Time! If you haven’t already signed up for what promises to be a rip-roaring …
Despite the freezing cold weather, the disrupted trains (surprise surprise) and the myriad of Christmas related tasks on everybody’s plates at the time of year, we still enjoyed a great …
On a wet and windy Thursday and the Society of Young Publishers and the Society of Authors braved the weather and headed to a night of literary merriness at The …
Despite the freezing cold weather, the disrupted trains (surprise surprise) and the myriad of Christmas related tasks on everybody’s plates at the time of year, we still enjoyed a great …
On the 22nd April, at 9.45 AM, SYP Chair Andrew Turner and Commissioning Editor Rosy Locke will be running the London Marathon on behalf of the Society of Young Publishers …
For our November meeting, the London Book Club picked a novel by prolific Portuguese novelist José Saramago. Death at Intervals describes a nameless country, inhabited by nameless people identified …
On Friday 11th November the SYP was honoured to hold its talk ‘In the Job or in the Book’ at the stunning Stationer’s Hall. We rather sheepishly filled the 17th …
Calling all members, event attendees, Twitter/Facebook followers and all those who love publishing! How do you fancy being in with the chance of winning a £25 book token and letting …
SYP meets SOA Literary Open Mic Night – Call for submissions Calling all aspiring authors! Do you dream of moseying down to an East End pub on a Thursday evening …
London SYP Speaker Event 26th October The Larrick Inn Pub, Marylebone. Last Tuesday, in the suitably literary Larrick Inn Pub, lined with dated volumes and wood panels, the SYP had …
Help shape the Publishing Standards! Do you work in book or journal publishing? Would you like to help develop the definitive list of best practice skills and knowledge for the …
When Liz Murray from LJ interactive remarked, to an impressive audience at Magdalen College Auditorium, that it now takes only one week for a billion tweets to be sent, …
Everyone loves going to the cinema, I mean who doesn’t? But we all run the risk of being heavily disappointed when we make that crucial decision to watch a film …
Everyone loves going to the cinema, I mean who doesn’t? But we all run the risk of being heavily disappointed when we make that crucial decision to watch a film …
Having just moved into the area I thought it would be a good idea to get stuck in and meet new booky folk at the Bookfest which ran from 1-9 …
In the last 18 months, the number of authors who can be found on Twitter and Facebook has boomed. The gap between authors and their fans has shortened dramatically, allowing …
The Showroom 15 Paternoster Row, Sheffield, S1 2BX Monday 10th October Arrive 6.30 pm, first speaker at 7 pm. The Northern and Midlands SYP's second event is at The Showroom …
For September’s SYP London book club we read post-apocalyptic YA novel The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. The story centres around Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mallark, two 16-year-olds chosen from …
It’s conference time! And the biggest* one in the publishing calendar is just warming up here in Oxford. Since flares were fashionable and landing on the moon was still …
Recently, the Oxford Society of Young Publishers held an all-day event to support Oxford’s World Book Capital bid. The event focused on providing design skills to people working in publishing …
Another summer, another great SYP Quiz, and £1,000 raised for The Book Trade Charity. A lively mixture of publishers and SYP-ers congregated at Camden’s Proud two weeks ago, in …
Take one pub, stock well with wine and beer, sprinkle with free food and then throw in 50 Northerners.What does this make readers? The first meeting of the Northern SYP …
We’d like to thank everybody who helped us making the pub quiz possible, and all the teams who took part to this amazing night. The BookBrunch has an article about …
Are you interested in publishing and in the North? Then you’re invited to the FIRST Northern SYP meeting! There will be an informal arrival session on Tuesday 23rd August from …
Kay Peddle, the winner of the 2011 Kim Scott Walwyn Prize, is to donate her prize money towards funding a paid internship in publishing. Kay, editor at The Bodley Head, …
Kay Peddle Donates Prize Money to Help Fund Initiative Kay Peddle, the winner of the 2011 Kim Scott Walwyn Prize, is to donate her prize money towards funding a paid …
It’s not easy being green. Or so a frog puppet with ping pong ball eyes once informed me. However, since the song’s debut in 1970, the environmentalism movement …
We’re delighted to announce that the Society of Young Publisher’s Annual Pub Quiz will be on the 23rd of August. This year’s event is taking place in trendy club Proud …
So in a world where the Kindle, the iPad and phrases like ‘multi-platform publishing’ are bandied about by those in the know, the age of digital has clearly hit …
Co-Chair: Chris Boor from beautiful Bury St. Edmunds in Sunny Suffolk An Editor at Boardworks, working on products for the U.S. market – currently High School U.S. History. Along …
When: Thursday 26th May 2011 Where: The Compass (Islington) Who: Ellie Irving – debut children’s novelist Jodie Marsh – Agent at United Agents Becky Stradwick – Editorial Director …
Do you have a goal or objective which could be realised through productive support, discussion, encouragement or impartial advice from an experienced industry professional? The Society of Young Publishers is …
On Tuesday 7th June, the SYP London Book Club came together to discuss Don DeLillo’s White Noise. The group took place in the top-floor bar at Waterstone’s …
The verdict: 6.9/10 May in the SYP London Book Club took us to New York in the 1840s and the tale of nice-but-dim Catherine, her strict domineering …
The Oxford SYP’s most recent monthly speaker event brought together two experts on the history of publishing and challenged the audience to consider the past as it …
Being part of a Northern based publishing company, I am sure you can appreciate how valuable a sense of community can be in the competitive world of publishing. A group …
Thursday 5 May 6.30-8.30pm Free Word Centre, 60 Farringdon Road, London EC1R 3GA Free for members and non-members The Kim Scott Walwyn Prize was founded in honour of Kim Scott …
Dear All, Please note that the next London Bookclub meeting will be held on Tuesday the 10th May, and NOT on the 5th May as previously stated on this website. …
Every year the SYP organises a pre-LBF speaker event with the intention of introducing SYP members to the London Book Fair. Last year’s event was a mixture of basic LBF …
Introduction Sometime after signing a contract to write a book (in my case, writing for a third time) a moment arrives when one wonders if it was wise to have …
Writing this against the backdrop of book publishing and multiculturalism, we publishing minions might believe we’re attuned to the sensitivities of cultural respect in the workplace, but I’d like to …
For March’s London book club, we read Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go. The book club was equally divided on this book – half the group liked it and the …
Publishing Expo was a great chance to view debates on the future of publishing, as publishers explore opportunities in multichannel content and what exactly it means to be a publisher …
The latest SYP event brought together a range of industry professionals to discuss exactly what work experience in today’s fiercely competitive publishing industry is all about. What should you expect …
SYP Chair: Ella Kahn from London Currently works at Andrew Nurnberg Associates International Literary Agency. I oversee the committee and ensure everyone is happy and doing their jobs smoothly. I’m …
The Kim Scott Walwyn has been recognising and rewarding the professional achievements of women in publishing since 2003; this year, for the first time, it will recognise not just achievements …
For February’s SYP Book Club we chose to read The Angel’s Game by Spanish author Carlos Ruiz Zafón. After a few months of reading philosophical, introspective novels (including Gilead and …
Tell us a little bit about what your job involves. A publicist has to get a book as much coverage in the media as possible. This can be in the …
20,000 passionate book lovers will give away 1,000,000 books on the inaugural World Book Night The Society of Young Publishers supports ‘World Book Night’, which will take place on Saturday …
After reading this year’s Man Booker-longlisted The Slap by Christos Tsiolkas, it resulted in the October discussion having two main focuses; there was the obvious theme of childrearing (child …
Julia Kingsford, Head of Marketing at Foyles Bookshop now has her dream job, but the transition wasn’t a smooth one, with bumps along the road to the final destination. Having …
Carolin Klemenez has written an article on the SYP conference for the website of the German Network, looking at publishing in a globalized world.
Skillset is the Sector Skills Council (SSC) for Creative Media which comprises TV, film, radio, interactive media, animation, computer games, facilities, photo imaging, publishing, advertising and fashion and textiles. A …
The SYP are pleased to announce that Isabella Ferrario is the lucky winner of the Penguin Bookchase competition. The answer was 2004. Congratulations to all of you who got …
Our highly anticipated author event has featured in Timeout with an advert at the below link. Please pass it onto your friends and colleague. http://www.timeout.com/london/books-poetry/event/205209/926786/society-of-young-publishers-event Also, unhelpfully, the author event is …
As I sit here at my computer with the internet explorer open in front of me, I absent-mindedly start to type in the familiar addresses I visit everyday – Facebook, …
We hear from members of our very own SYP committee, past and present, who have realised the dream to see their work appear in print. Nikki Dudley is Commissioning Editor for …
Find the answers to some literary questions to be in with a chance of winning The Great Penguin Bookchase, the world’s first board game about books. Only SYP members can …
Inprint, the magazine for the Society of Young Publishers, are looking for a cover designer to revamp their Christmas end of year issue. This is a brilliant opportunity to gain …
It’s that time of year again. The winner of the daddy of the literary prizes – the Man Booker – is due to be announced on 12th October. The 2010 …
The SYP’s bookselling speaker meeting was held at the Big Green Bookshop in Wood Green. The evening played host to a discussion on the history and development of …
The cold glare of a water chiller moment is too much for me after Mike Trilling’s stag do and so I swiftly head back to my desk. I’d been invited …
What does your job involve? My official title is Rights and Digital Executive, but in reality if you take into account all the different aspects of my job it could …
The SYP’s press officer, Naomi Holt, talks to Anna Marx, Editor at Michael O’Mara Books about her experiences working on a book about the English language. Did you enjoy editing …
The SYP’s press officer, Naomi Holt, talks to Anna Marx, Editor at Michael O’Mara Books about her experiences working on a book about the English language. Did you enjoy editing …
Join SYP committee members Nick Coveney, Ella Kahn and Katy Robinson in the Guardian Careers Web Chat from 1-4pm today. As eBooks boom, publishers are preparing themselves for a future …
The SYP’s Careering Ahead event held in the iconic setting of 80 Strand, home to major publishing conglomerate Penguin Books, saw prestigious speakers and experts in their field of publishing …
Join English PEN and other leading translation organisations for a full day of events focused on the future of literary translation, at the Free Word Centre on Thursday 30th September. Speakers …
As book lovers, we are all faced with the same problem: there are just too many good books out there. It’s impossible to get through them all; how are we …
Are you interested in digital publishing? The Oxford International Centre for Publishing Studies are developing a new Digital Publishing Certificate, aimed at those in junior publishing roles looking to further …
Frank had been gone for days. I saw his smashed eReader sitting forlornly on his desk, on a pile of gently crushed A4 pages that resembled a carpet of fake …
On 14 August members of the SYP gathered for the society’s annual picnic on Hampstead Heath. Those of you who thought better of trekking out to Hampstead in the rain, …
Thursday 22nd July saw the second in the @Phoenix series of networking events for publishing professionals, at the Phoenix Artist Club. A charismatic venue with book covers decorating the …
At the beginning of June, the SYP hosted another round of its famous pub quiz, as part of The Book Trade Charity’s Action Week. Teams from the publishing world, including …
For June book club, we read The Other Hand by Chris Cleave. For those of you who don’t already know, this is the book whose jacket blurb begins ‘we …
The SYP's former Chair Jon Slack, and current committee member, Bhavit Mehta, have embarked on a new project by directing UK's first ever South Asian literature festival, which will be …
The worldwide publishing industry employs several million people in a variety of roles and publishers need efficient and successful methods for finding suitable recruits. How different publishers tackle this – …
Are you unemployed and from the UK Book Trade? Then you might qualify for free help from the bookcareers.com job club. The job club has been ongoing since September 2009 …
Did you go to the London Book Fair this year? Were you at the SYP session on ‘How to Get Into Publishing’? If yes, you may remember me. I was …
This seminar, organised by Nielsen, covered how to go about setting up a publishing company; what you should do and, maybe more importantly, what you shouldn’t do. It also considered …
There can be no doubt that this year’s volcano stricken London Book Fair was a noticeably quieter affair. One thing there is never a shortage of though, are people hoping …
Skillset’s publishing sector manager Suzanne Kavanagh will feature in a question-and-answer session on careers in business-to-business publishing on the Guardian Careers website today (Thursday, 3 June). Suzanne Kavanagh, on new …
The SYP’s second event at London Book Fair was aimed at showing young publishers in their second and third jobs, how to ‘get ahead in publishing’. A distinguished panel of …
The SYP’s second event at London Book Fair was aimed at showing young publishers in their second and third jobs, how to ‘get ahead in publishing’. A distinguished panel of …
This seminar was given by Gareth Howard, Director of Authoright PR (www.authoright.com) While I have no doubt that the target audience for this seminar was freelance authors, (and perhaps even …
Waterstone’s have recently unveiled their new branding. Appearing on their website and across their stores, the new logo – a rounded, lower-case ‘W’ – and slogan – ‘Feel Every …
May’s book club choice was The British Museum is Falling Down, by David Lodge, a comic novel set in the 60s, in which we spend a day with Adam, …
Waterstone’s have recently unveiled their new branding. Appearing on their website and across their stores, the new logo – a rounded, lower-case ‘W’ – and slogan – ‘Feel Every …
London Book fair is one of the key events in the publishing calendar, encompassing business deals, networking, lectures, talks and generally all things publishing. It is such an important event …
Camper, the Spanish shoe maker, is hosting a writing competition for all aspiring writers. The topic of the competition is “YOUR CITY” and writers have 900 characters to tell the …
On March the 18th, the SYP hosted a networking event and social at the Phoenix Artist Club in the West End. At the first in what may prove to …
Essential for anyone thinking about attending the LBF, this event will demystify the London Book Fair and explain what it’s all about: what there is to do and see, what …
On Friday 19th March, SYP Oxford and friends ventured out on the Dice Man Pub Crawl. I’ll admit, it was my brain child. And I’ll admit there were …
How does a marketing campaign influence our reading habits? How does publicity and press coverage ensure that published work reaches its target audience? Our three panel speakers talk about the …
A friend and collaborator just e-mailed to say he enjoyed my use of Hanif Kureishi’s formulation on multiculturalism in my remarks at Goldsmiths College: ‘Multiculturalism’, he says, ‘is the idea …
The SYP is pleased to announce an exciting new six-month Mentoring Scheme that will begin in May 2010 and run for the next six months. The scheme is aimed at …
Earlier this week, the Oxford Publishing Society (OPuS) held a social media and social networking event, a blog of which can be found here. A podcast of the presentation, along …
"Emily Brontё dons lilies and blood for the Twilight generation. We sip our tea from Great Expectations but how many of us have actually read it? In the future will …
Emma Murray and Charlie Wilson are the authors of How to Succeed as a Freelancer in Publishing (working title), published by How To Books, available for purchase October 2010. …
On 16 March 2010, the Oxford SYP welcomed guests to a speaker meeting in the Main Conference Room at Oxford University Press. Speaking on the history and future of …
The Book Trade Charity, formally known as BTBS, have re-named and re-launched their charity. The Book Trade Charity have been have been helping people in the book industry for around …
Opium Magazine’s Literary Death Match London, episode 4 took place at The Book Club and was hosted by Todd Zuniga of Opium Magazine and Anna Goodall of Pen Pusher. Each …
Editorial Training is running a new writing competition aimed at publishers. Anyone who works in – or has worked in – book publishing in the UK can enter. This includes …
So they sent me on a conference abroad. It’s a big one, and it happens each year. Something like 3000 attendees. I was sat at my desk figuring out the flights a long …
Tell us a bit about Headline and your career there to date. Headline are part of Hachette UK and publish a wide range of commercial fiction and non-fiction – we …
On Wednesday 25th February the SYP held their first proofreading and copy editing practical workshop, which proved to be a very popular event, as the 60 reserved places went straightaway …
Cambridge University Press (CUP), Lightning Source, Salt and HarperCollins are just a handful of companies joining the just launched Cambridge Publishing Society (CAMPUS). CAMPUS is for anyone involved in publishing …
The recent launch of Apple’s much hallowed iPad has once again opened the debate on the publishing industry’s hesitant relationship with digital media. In the age of the Kindle and …
The atrium at Penguin’s head office was packed for the SYP’s publisher’s question time and AGM 2010. Our speakers for the evening were: Jake Lingwood – publisher for Ebury Anna …
The atrium at Penguin’s head office was packed for the SYP’s publisher’s question time and AGM 2010. Our speakers for the evening were: Jake Lingwood – publisher for Ebury Anna …
Starter For Ten by David Nicholls One of the first things that everyone in our group noticed was that there was no mention of the name of the university in …
A great opportunity for Black and Ethnic Minority Editorial Talent Penguin Books, the world’s best known publishing company, is delighted to launch a newly established diversity traineeship for 2010. The …
Books & Consumers Annual Conference 2010 Tuesday March 16 | 9.30am – 12.45pm | One Birdcage Walk London SW1 With revolutionary changes in the ways books can be bought …
Bookcareers Initiative to Continue Bookcareers.com are continuing with their job club until at least June 2010. The initiative which started in September has so far helped at least 10 people …
The SYP’s final speaker meeting of 2009 focused on a skill that many young publishers would hope to cultivate – commissioning books that become bestsellers. But can an …
Legend Press’s 2nd annual ‘Publishing Laid Bare Conference’ is to be held on Thursday 24th June 2010 in Russell Square, Central London. The central aim of the publishing conference is …
I have spent a long while thinking about it. That night. It’s been repeated once since then. I’d get into the office and ponder both of those nights for a while, whilst I …
Over the last six months, whenever I’ve heard publishers discuss Dan Brown, it’s usually been in quite a negative tone. This is something that I’ve found quite surprising, since he is …
The penultimate London speaker meeting of the SYP’s 60th year took place in Foyle’s gallery. The event was a showcase of some of the best of today’s award winning authors …
The Book Trade Charity are offering a place for an SYP member, preferably someone who has been in the book trade for one year or more and is currently unemployed, …
So what shape do you think that a broken heart takes? In what sense can that phrase be construed? I’m serving breakfast in bed to Dorothy with a phrase running through my …
Eternity Press are offering SYP members £4.00 off Greg Hamerton’s fantasy novel The Riddler’s Gift. SYP Web Content editor Kevin Mahoney is also offering SYP members free proof copies of the …
If you missed out on this year’s SYP conference, then you can catch up with what happened via a couple of reviews that we have of the event on InPrint …
SYP Project 60 Coorindator and publisher of Saadhak Books, Bhav Mehta, will be performing at the Dark Fairytales event at the Watermans Theatre in Brentford on Saturday 28th November. He will …
Scholarships On Offer Francis Mathew Stationers’ Company Scholarships are offered again this year to young persons in the printing, publishing and paper industries and associated trades. These scholarships were established …
The deadline for applications for the UK Young Publishing Entrepreneur award 2010 has been extended until 14 December. The market focus for the study tour is South Africa. This will …
The recent SYP Annual Conference tackled some major questions as it examined "the impact of publishing on society". Jon Slack and Alan Crompton report on the weekend’s highlights This report …
Given what the weather conditions were like on the weekend of the SYP conference, it was a sure-fire bet a lot of young (and not-so-young) publishers would be blowing about …
Date: Tuesday, 01 December 2009 Time: 19:00 – 22:30 Location: The Good Ship, Kilburn wordPLAY London spoken word extravaganza presents: ‘wordPLAN – Twisted Christmas’ – all proceeds to Plan International Featured Writers: …
The publishers of The Writer’s Handbook 2010 are offering SYP members a 50% discount off the cover price. To claim this discount, please visit our Offers page. Of particular revelance to SYP members …
BookBrunch, one of the industry’s leading trade journals, is offering a 15% discount off the subscription prices to members of the SYP; in order to get this you would need to …
The SYP is pleased to announce a new six-month Mentoring Scheme that will begin late November. The scheme is aimed at those SYP members who would benefit from having a …
SYP Scotland held its relaunch on Thursday, 29 October at the Publishing Scotland offices in Edinburgh. The event attracted around 60 publishers (a third) and university students (two-thirds), a promising …
This year’s careers evening (ran by the SYP in association with JFL, Inspired Selection, Harper Collins and Bookcareers.com) saw Waterstone’s Simpsons room packed out with job seekers eager to soak …
To celebrate the official opening of the FREE WORD centre, Canon Tales presented ‘Free?’, showcasing the professional and personal stories of the people and organisations now based in the centre. …
The SYP’s September speaker meeting covered the hot topic of the moment: are printed books essential, or is a move to purely electronic media inevitable? First to speak was …
To celebrate the official opening of the FREE WORD centre, Canon Tales presented ‘Free?’, showcasing the professional and personal stories of the people and organisations now based in the centre. …
September’s book club choice was The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. The general consensus was that most people really liked the book, though many of us wouldn’t have picked it …
So don’t delay, register today! The theme of this year’s conference at Oxford Brookes University on Saturday 14th of November is The Impact of Publishing upon Society, focusing on the ways in …
Date: Tuesday, 03 November 2009 Time: 19:00 – 23:00 Location: The Good Ship, Kilburn Hi there crazy cats – here’s wordPLAY 3rd November illustriousness, back after a long, dark wordPLAYless …
The SYP’s July Speaker meeting looked at the ins and outs of writing for and with teenagers and young adults, and took place at Paddington Children’s Library. First to …
Eventually, I decided to go out for that drink with Dorothy. She hasn’t cried in the office since that one incident a week back, but she had been quiet, sullent and …
In his book, The Five People you meet in Heaven, Mitch Albom proposes a theory regarding what happens to a person when they die. The central character in the novel …
Written by Nicholas Clee Sunday, 11 October 2009 15:16 How old was Shakespeare’s Juliet when she died? In what county is Stilton cheese manufactured? What was the first frozen vegetable …
And of course, this all goes to a very worthy cause, the Book Trade Charity. So thank you for everyone who participated in the quiz, to the Publishing Association’s Simon Juden for compering, to …
I was really irritated last year when I saw that Penguin had chosen Eoin Colfer to write the next Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy book. Irritated, because I’ve never really …
I was really irritated last year when I saw that Penguin had chosen Eoin Colfer to write the next Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy book. Irritated, because I’ve never really …
The Society of Young Publishers (UK), in partnership with The Publishers Assocation, and Junge Verlagsmenschen (Germany), will be hosting an International "meet up" at Frankfurt Book Fair, to discuss ways …
So now is the best time to register for the 2009 Conference. It’s also the ideal time to renew your SYP membership if it’s soon to expire, or to join the SYP. The theme of …
On Saturday, 3rd October, something really quite exciting is happening. The SYP are joining forces with our friends at Completely Novel, Spread The Word and if:Book, to write an original …
So now is the best time to register for the 2009 Conference. It’s also the ideal time to renew your SYP membership if it’s soon to expire, or to join the SYP. The theme of …
The theme of this year’s conference is Making an ImPRESSion: The Impact of Publishing upon Society, which will focus on the ways in which the publishing industry engages with, influences …
So now is the best time to register for the 2009 Conference, and to join the SYP. It’s also the ideal time to renew your SYP membership. The theme of this year’s conference is Making an …
SYP meeting to discuss digital issues Written by Liz Thomson Thursday, 24 September 2009 19:55 A year on from the launch of the Sony Reader, the SYP’s September Speaker meeting …
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Canon Tales returns for its 3rd outing on Friday September 25th at the Free Word Centre. Although this event is free, registration is required. Amongst the speakers will be Shreela …
WordPLAY returns on October 6th at the Good Ship in Kilburn. The line-up features The Pencil Stringhorn, Mark Waldron, Liz Adams, Racker Donnelly, Richard Tyrone-Jones, with a musical interlude by …
Date: Tuesday, 06 October 2009 Time: 19:00 – 23:00 Location: The Good Ship, Kilburn, 289 Kilburn High Rd, NW6 7JR Price: £4.50/£3.50 concessions Phone: 07986181001 Email: wordplaylondon@hotmail.co.uk Described by some as definitively the best thing …
This Autumn marks the 11th year for the internationally-acclaimed Stena Line Wigtown Book Festival. Taking place from the 25th September – 4th October in the scenic and unspoilt south west …
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So don’t delay, register today! The theme of this year’s conference at Oxford Brookes University on Saturday 14th of November is The Impact of Publishing upon Society, focusing on the ways in …
The SYP have a team entered in the Books ‘n’ Balls 2009 netball tournament, taking place on Saturday 12th September. Books ‘n’ Balls is a tournament open to anyone in …
The SYP have a team entered in the Books ‘n’ Balls 2009 netball tournament, taking place on Saturday 12th September. Books ‘n’ Balls is a tournament open to anyone in …
Price: £4.50/£3.50 concessions Date: Tuesday, 01 September 2009 Time: 19:00 – 23:00 Location: The Good Ship, Kilburn, 289 Kilburn High Rd, NW6 7JR Phone: 02073722544 Email: wordplaylondon@hotmail.co.uk Featured Writers: Robbie …
Orion will be hosting a Literary Scavenger Hunt around the Soho area, on 17th September. The evening will start at 6:30 at the Phoenix Artist Club and will only cost …
I can’t remember when it was that Frank had decided to stave in the skulls of the publishing meeting by consistently bringing a more boring book each week. This particular …
Considering that Elephant and Castle is widely regarded in London terms as a bit ‘out of the way’ for an after work mid-week meet up, ‘The Story in the picture’ …
Considering that Elephant and Castle is widely regarded in London terms as a bit ‘out of the way’ for an after work mid-week meet up, ‘The Story in the picture’ …
This video was made by Heavy Entertainment. You can visit the SYP’s 60th anniversary website at http://www.syp-60.com/Home.aspx – please note that the site is still in its beta testing mode.
To whet your appetites for the upcoming launch of the SYP’s 60th anniversary website, we have now published the promotional video online, and features Project 60 Co-ordinator Bhav Mehta and Projects …
“FCUK YOO-“ reads the phrase scrawled in the dirt on a VW van in Soho as Marcus and I walk past. It feels accusatory and oddly personal. We’re out again, drinking, Frank …
Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates For the July book club we took a ‘long drive’ down Richard Yates’ Revolutionary Road. We all really loved the book, and it generated a …
SYP Social Secretary, Nicola Crossley, has written a blog on The Bookseller website about July’s London Speaker Meeting on publishing Generation YA (Young Adult) books, which featured speakers such as Jill …
The second WordPlay spoken word event, compered by SYP Speaker Meeting Co-ordinator Rebecca Fenton, will be on August 4th, at The Good Ship in Kilburn. Featured writers include Dockers MC (aka …
Kilburn’s favourite spoken word night returns after a great July launch with a literary line-up beyond compere (see what we did there…): Date: Tuesday, 04 August 2009 Location: The Good …
On 18th June, the great and the good of the publishing world helped the SYP to celebrate their 60th anniversary in the stunning surroundings of the Underglobe at London’s Globe …
If you can’t see The Bookseller article below, then your Flash player may not be up to date. You can try viewing this page in an alternative browser, such as Internet Explorer, or you …
The SYP’s 60th anniversary has been celebrated in a lavish 3 page spread in The Bookseller. Also, SYP Project 60 Project Co-ordinator Bhav Mehta, who has played a vital role …
Yes, I’m back! And this time, amazingly, I’m not moaning about men (or more specifically, the lack of them). ‘What’s your problem now then?’ I hear you cry – or …
We are very excited to announce that the SYP’s 60th anniversary book will be launched during this autumn. The society was born in the embers of the Second World War, …
I was with some of the office in the pub. Marcus was on the bar stool beside me, to the right. To my left was Frank, just about holding himself up. It was …
Nora Mahony illustrates the dos and don’ts of this rite of passage that so many young publishers go through. Spare a thought for that much-maligned period in all of our …
First off, log into the website via the SYP-60 homepage. If you want to edit an existing chapter, then don’t click the following hyperlink on your chapter page: The above Edit link …
Marketability have 3 places on each practical training course autumn date available at the discounted price of £270 (normal price is £370). With 14 course dates to choose from, that’s precisely …
North-West London’s own spoken word extravaganza drops anchor at the Good Ship, Kilburn on Tuesday July 7th from 7pm. Hosted by SYP Speaker Meeting Co-ordinator Rebecca Fenton. Featuring six performers …
The Gennaro room at The Groucho Club was packed for the SYP’s retrospective overview of the publishing industry. Tied in to the society’s 60th anniversary celebrations, the event saw …
What does a typical day as a designer involve? A work day tends to be pretty varied but always really busy. I have a staff of four designers and we …
Hot on the heels of the e-reader, the Espresso Book Machine (EBM) is the latest development in new technology that could bring us one step closer to a revolution in …
The publishers of The Writer’s Handbook 2010 are offering SYP members 50% discount off the cover price. To claim this discount, please visit our Offers page. Of particular revelance to SYP members …
I haven’t spoken much about the office. I guess this is partly out of deference to my travels, which seemed more interesting at the time, and partly because it is often …
Tomorrow, June 9th, Michael Rosen’s successor as Children’s Laureate will be announced. Back in April, past laureates were asked by Waterstones to choose their favourite children’s books of all time …
Tomorrow, June 9th, Michael Rosen’s successor as Children’s Laureate will be announced. Back in April, past laureates were asked by Waterstones to choose their favourite children’s books of all time …
The publication of the BookCareers salary survey last month got me, in the words of Carrie Bradshaw, ‘to thinking’. Everyone knows that publishing salaries are rubbish, but unless …
The first ever International Society of Young Publishers Conference took place at this year’s London Book Fair. It was an opportunity to bring together young publishers from all over the …
2006 SYP Chair Louise Rhind-Tutt has won the Nibbie for PPC Publicity Campaign of the Year for her work on Sadie Jones’ The Outcast. As reported by Nicholas Clee in …
Outsource Publishing is focused in its endeavor to provide maximum support to SYP and its members. Senior consultants from Outsource have agreed to provide their valuable time to help the …
Kingston University will be holding a conference on How to Get Published on the 11th and 12th of September. Speakers from the publishing industry will include Richard Charkin and Carole Blake. …
SYP-60 Project Co-ordinator Bhav Mehta has just been interviewed by BookBrunch. Bhav has recently published a children’s book called Laghu the Clever Crow, the first in a series of titles …
The InPrint Online review of Publishing Now and Then, our first event to celebrate the SYP’s 60th birthday, will follow shortly. In the meantime, you can download a podcast of Suzanne Collier’s …
I’ve recently taken to using an eReader of sorts because I realised that, as an commissioning editor of academic books, I had for some time been publishing electronic books. However, …
Just one month after the 70th anniversary of the publication of The Grapes of Wrath, our book club met at Waterstone’s to discuss the John Steinbeck classic. The book, which …
Muffled discussions about The London Book Fair had been echoing around the office walls for a week before the main event. As none of these conversations were directed towards me, …
Outsource Publishing is focused in its endeavor to provide maximum support to SYP and its members. Senior consultants from Outsource have agreed to provide their valuable time to help the …
It was sweltering inside, and a gorgeous breezy evening taunted us from the other side of the window. Few people attended the Manga publishing talk, but maybe it was only …
The latest Bookcareers.com Salary Survey has just been released. Click here to visit the Bookcareers.com Salary Survey. There is also an analysis of the Salary Survey results on The Bookseller …
On the 8th of April, members of the SYP came together at Digress in Soho for the first committee social of the year. There was a great turn out for …
A room of hopeful faces rose early for the Society of Young Publishers’ 9:30am seminar on ‘Getting Ahead in Publishing’, which kicked off the London Book Fair on Monday morning. …
First off, please log into the InPrint Online admin pages that you have been given by the SYP website team via the following link: http://inprint.thesyp.org.uk/admin/ Once you’ve logged in, you can …
When you haven’t been before, attending the London Book Fair seems like an attractive country that you always hear people talking about and, from afar, can only imagine is full …
After last year’s huge success, Jon Slack and Doug Wallace decided to take Canon Tales into the second round on 21st April at the London Book Fair 2009. The former …
Forming a publishing company whilst at school and continuing to run it whilst full-time university students might seem like too much of a challenge to some, but not to …
Website all set to launch at Groucho "Publishing Now and Then" event, 20 May The Society of Young Publishers is hard at work developing www.syp-60.org.uk, an ambitious new website project …
I’ve been to a few London book fairs now. I’m ready to accept that, aside from walking around the scarily similar stands and buying five pound coffees, if you’re not here …
The universal dread for aspiring publishing stars is spending too long working for free on countless work experience placements or internships. Those publishing hopefuls amongst the audience at the SYP’s …
Read the former SYP Chair’s account of her publicity campaign for Sadie Jones’s The Outcast in an article on the British Book Industry Awards Website.
Watch the webcast of Canon Tales 2, an SYP show that received rapturous applause at London Book Fair on Tuesday 22nd April.
The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga April saw the SYP book club reading the 2008 Man Booker Prize winner, The White Tiger. A lot of people described the storyline as …
I’m gasping for water as dry grass crunches underfoot. I walk down wide streets and see no-one out, steel and plastic cubes chock full of people, cars still warm in the …
This keynote seminar for which entrance is free takes place from 11am to 12pm on Tuesday 21st April and will be in the Cromwell Room on Level 1 of Earls …
When the core business shifts away from selling books to selling software and digital products, what are the differences and how are marketing and sales departments affected? Speakers Rebecca Jones, …
In addition to the SYP’s 3 events at the LBF, there are many other great seminars that SYP members can attend. The Digital – Where’s the Money seminar features a …
‘Travel shapes character.’ Polish proverb ‘If the OFF_Concept did not already exist, it would be necessary to invent it immediately.’ OFF_Editors Why …
The SYP’s Pre-London Book Fair Seminar took place at the British Council, and was introduced by Group Exhibition Director of the LBF, Alistair Burtenshaw with an overview of the fair. …
The Nibbies After Show Party on Friday April 3rd promises to be the most fantastic literary night. SYP members can visit our Offers page to find out how they can …
We are delighted to announce that there will be three SYP events at the 2009 London Book Fair. On April 20th, there’s the Getting Ahead in Publishing Seminar. On April …
The ‘banned book’ spectacle that overshadowed the recent Emirates Airline International Festival of Literature in Dubai was a prescient reminder of the culture clash of East/West attitudes. The first ever …
Skillset, the Sector Skills Council for the Creative Media Industries, announced on Wednesday that it was seeking feedback on its draft Skills Strategy for Publishing. Launched at a parliamentary reception …
Legend Press are offering SYP members discounted tickets (£70) for their ‘Publishing Laid Bare’ conference on Thursday June 25th. Visit our Offers page for more details.
We are now looking to expand our presence in Scotland and urgently need volunteers for the committee. Getting involved with the SYP is a rewarding experience and an excellent way …
January is rarely the happiest of months in this part of the world. In the far-off days of my Australian childhood, January meant sun block, boogie boarding and the wonderfully …
The first speaker meeting of the SYP year jumped feet-first into the hot topic of the hour – the Credit Crunch. More specifically, the evening, organised by new SYP committee …
David Hicks, the Chief Executive of the Book Trade Benevolent Society, has written to the SYP to thank the society for its ongoing support of the charity – click here …
 David Hicks, the Chief Executive of the Book Trade Benevolent Society, has written to the SYP to thank the society for its ongoing support of the charity. In particular, …
This year’s Publishing Innovation Conference will be held on Thursday 19th March at the London College of Communication. This year’s speakers will be debating the effects of the economic downturn …
The 2009 Careers in Art History event will take place in the History of Art Department at the University of Nottingham on Saturday, March 21st 2009. This year’s Careers Event …
I’m sat at a table in a café with a coffee in front of me that cost the same as a pint. As the whipped cream melts in the brown foam, …
Book Marketing are offering SYP members tickets to their conference on March 31st at £60 (half price) The conference will include will include: · All the latest trends from the …
CANON TALES is the new and very different style of event that packed out London’s Cochrane Theatre in July 2008 and is now back for chapter two at this year’s London …
We’re looking for a new Student Liaison officer. Responsibilities include maintaining a dialogue with Careers advisors, tutors and students at various universities, arranging for the SYP to attend Careers events and …
The 2009 AGM was a spectacular way to open the SYP’s 60th year. Committee member Rachel Menzies came up with the original idea of a Publishers Q&A, and the 2008 …
New London committee members were voted in for 2009 at our AGM on Thursday January 29th. Special congratulations go to Angie Solomon, who was voted in as the new Chair …
At the recent SYP AGM, I was amused to hear Amazon described as a ‘monopoly’. As a former employee of Amazon, I have mixed feelings about the company, as I …
We’re pretty excited about our upcoming AGM, where we’ll celebrate the start of our 60th year and host our very own Publishers Question Time, with some seriously fantastic speakers taking …
Tell me a bit about Leckie & Leckie and your career there to date. Leckie & Leckie is Scotland’s leading educational publisher and will be 20 years old next year! …
We are excited to announce that there will be international SYP conferences at the London and Frankfurt Book Fairs, and Book Trade Expo America in 2009. These conferences will examine …
Following the announcement last year about the SYP’s International Conference for young publishers, we’re now proud to confirm further details and our online registration page. In 2009 there will be an …
What you need to know… Every January, the London and Oxford Committees hold their AGMs to decide who will take up the committee positions for the following twelve months. With …
SYP Web Content Editor Kevin Mahoney has just had his debut novel published, which Joanne Harris, of Chocolat fame, has described as "a tremendous first novel – wry, funny and …
A slight technical hitch meant that I was late for the Publishing Career Development workshop. Unfortunately, the doorway to Malet Place, where the workshop was held, could only be opened …
SYP Conference 2008 PR AND MARKETING What is PR? At its most fundamental, it is • Getting to your target audience with the righ message about your product • Defining …
10 years of Amazon.co.uk ‡ Amazon’s labour relations ‡ Amazon’s relationship with publishers Ten years ago, I was working in Ottakars in Slough. I had just finished my Masters degree, …
10 years of Amazon.co.uk ‡ Amazon’s labour relations ‡ Amazon’s relationship with publishers The distribution centre had a high staff turnover during the years, until the time came when I …
10 years of Amazon.co.uk ‡ Amazon’s labour relations ‡ Amazon’s relationship with publishers According to November’s edition of the Ethical Consumer, Amazon sold 16% of all books sold in 2007 …
10 years of Amazon.co.uk ‡ Amazon’s labour relations ‡ Amazon’s relationship with publishers Ten years ago, I was working in Ottakars in Slough. I had just finished my Masters degree, …
10 years of Amazon.co.uk ‡ Amazon’s labour relations ‡ Amazon’s relationship with publishers The distribution centre had a high staff turnover during the years, until the time came when I …
What you need to know… Every January, the London and Oxford Committees hold their AGMs to decide who will take up the committee positions for the following twelve months. With …
As I walk into the office, trying to leave behind the frustration of the Tube journey, I notice one sad, lonely Christmas decoration that’s been pulled out of a box …
(notes from the SYP Conference 2008) PR and marketing What is PR? At its most fundamental, it is • Getting to your target audience with the righ message about your …
In the Publicity and Marketing workshop at this year’s conference, Claire Morrison, Senior Marketing Executive for CCV at Random House, and Truda Spruyt, Associate Director at Colman Getty, shared their …
Giving an inside perspective on editorial at this year’s conference, Gurdeep Mattu from Continuum Books and Sara O’Keefe from Orion shared their thoughts on what it means to be a …
The first details have now been announced for a very special SYP Annual General Meeting on January 21st. As well as having the opportunity to vote on new committee members …
The biggest event of the SYP year has been and gone. In all, there were over 230 people in attendance, including 32 speakers, to thoroughly debate the questions surrounding the …
The first weeks of my publishing course have whizzed past and I have decided – as I sit on a stationary Eurostar train stuck in the depths of the …
Dear Readers, As some of you might be aware, we had a conference on Saturday, the 22nd of November. It was the SYP’s Annual Conference – our biggest event of …
When you arrive, please head for the sign in desks, which are based in the North Cloisters, off the Gower Street entrance.
SYP welcomed Danuta Kean, Rosie Glaisher and Pru Rowlandson to October’s Speaker Meeting. Each has had a unique experience of working within the field of publicity and they were able …
Friday 14 November 2008, 9.30am – 4.30pm at the Goethe Institute in London. This is a joint British-German-French publishers event. Tickets: £35 professionals, £20 students (SYP members are entitled to …
Click here for more details. Registration is now closed. This year’s Conference will examine the digital approach taken by web-savvy publishers and the changing relationship with readers in years ahead. …
The Wellcome Trust Book Prize awards £25,000 for the best work of fiction or non-fiction featuring medicine or bioscience. Click here to read more.
SYP Chair Jon Slack, recently attended the Frankfurt Book Fair, where he set in motion a new initiative: the creation of an international network of young publishers who will meet …
Click here for more details and to register your ticket. This year’s Conference will examine the digital approach taken by web-savvy publishers and the the changing relationship with readers in …
Georgina Baillie, the young woman at the centre of the controversy surrounding the lewd remarks left by Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand on Andrew Sach’s answer machine, has now called …
The Society of Young Publishers is building an international network of like-minded young people who will meet regularly and attend conferences at top trade events to discuss hot topics faced …
Click here for more details and click here to buy your ticket. .. This year’s Conference will examine the digital approach taken by web-savvy publishers and the the changing relationship …
Click here for more details and click here to buy your ticket. .. This year’s Conference will examine the digital approach taken by web-savvy publishers and the the changing relationship …
On Wednesday 15 October, the SYP gathered for drinks and mingling in the Champagne Bar at the International in St Martin’s Lane. The event was well attended by members new …
Option Description Price Standard Options 1 Conference – Members/Students: £30/£35 2 Conference – Non Members: £40 3 Combined Conference & Membership: £55 (usually £70) 4 …
The British Council are looking for six talented young publishing entrepreneurs (aged 25-35) to take part in a two-week tour of the Indian publishing industry. Click here for more details …
The Oxford Book Club is on November 5th, and will be discussing E. M. Forster’s A Room with a View.
The Lightning Source Study Tour started bright and early on the morning of October 1st. About 25 people turned up, a very good response to the SYP’s first Study Tour …
The SYP/JFL Digital Skills Evening started with an ironic delay, as when we tested the technical equipment, we discovered that the only laptop at hand wouldn’t fire up Nicholas Blake’s …
On 15th – 19th October, the world’s most famous book fair will be taking place in the heart of Frankfurt. In preparation for the publishing event of the year, the …
The SYP is pleased to announce an exciting new six-month Mentoring Scheme that will begin late November and run for the next six months. The scheme is aimed at those …
The next London Book Club meeting is on October 6th, and the SYP London Social is on October 15th. The closing date for applications to the SYP Mentoring Scheme is …
If you wish to stay the night, there are a number of local hotels. If you know of any other good hotel close to UCL, let us know at links@thesyp.org.uk, …
Kingston University London are currently holding a series of free publishing masterclasses. Click here for a list of the Autumn term masterclasses.
The SYP is excited to announce details of the first day trip in its revived Study Tours programme, during which we are offering members the chance to visit one of …
Institute of Physics, 76 Portland Place, 6pm-8pm Thursday, 25 September Territorial rights are high on publishers’ agendas at the moment, and the Independent Publishers Guild is pleased to present ‘Territories …
The Writer’s Handbook is a useful directory listing thousands of contact details and information on publishers, literary agents and much more: an ideal starting point of anyone wanting to find …
27th September, 10.30am – 3pm St. Bride Foundation, Bride Lane, Fleet Street, London EC4Y 8EQ SYP Members in advance*: £15 Non-members in advance*: £20 On the day: £25 *To …
This week brings the chance to hone your digital skills with the help of JFL recruitment (24 September), and in the following week, there’s also the opportunity to take part …
SYP Annual Conference 2008 Publishing 2.0: The Reader Revolution 22 November 2008 University College London How to Get There ‡ Location Map ‡ Places to Stay ‡ Fees ‡ Conference …
A tale of two sides This extract is taken from The Writer’s Handbook 2010, edited by Barry Turner, which can be purchased from www.palgrave.com. SYP Members are entitled to a …
Most CVs contain basic errors, according to a new survey. Research undertaken by Marketing Professionals UK, found that half of CVs contained spelling or grammatical mistakes. Jonny Cainer, at …
Perhaps you’ve always dreamed of becoming an editor. Perhaps you like the sound of it but aren’t really sure what’s involved. At the Oxford SYP’s September speaker meeting, experienced commissioning …
Trade publishing is a white middle class ghetto. And if its workforce does not start to bear a closer resemblance to the population as a whole it risks becoming culturally …
As young publishers, most of us are focussed on getting that elusive first job or climbing the career ladder – starting up a publishing company is a distant dream. …
I’m 21, I live in the centre of the country’s most exciting city (London, obviously) and am on the ridiculously long holiday (four months!!) that we students happily take …
What is an average working day for you? As Commissioning Editor at JKP, responsible largely for our books on autism and associated therapies, a large proportion of my …
Most people who work in publishing would agree that we’d have a bit of a problem without the authors, though we may curse them at times, so the SYP’s speaker …
Most people who work in publishing would agree that we’d have a bit of a problem without the authors, though we may curse them at times, so the SYP’s speaker …
The SYP is excited to announce details of the first day trip in its revived Study Tours programme, during which we are offering members the chance to visit one of …
Our latest monthly careers blog is now up on The Bookseller website, with our SYP Publicity ‘Insider’ illustrating what you can expect to encounter in the high-flying, occasionally glamorous world …
To celebrate the official launch of completelynovel.com, CompletelyNovel is joining forces with members of the Oxford Committee of the SYP to find the best short-story writers out there to feature …
If you attended our inaugural ‘Practical Guide to Frankfurt’ event on September 17th, we’d like to thank you for coming along and also find out what you thought of the …
I guess it might have been time for a retrospective. Hardly holed up in a lavish hotel room, experiencing reflective bliss in the sunlight after the rain. I’m in a blissed-out and …
This page gives basic information about publishing courses and training, how to get started in publishing, where to look for jobs, which books to read and where to look for …
Here is a list of UK postgraduate Publishing degrees. If you look at all the courses, and are still unsure which one to go for, then we have an extract …
David Fickling loves stories. His passion for opening up the world of literary fiction to children and young people is so strong that it almost overwhelms everything else he talks …
On a stifling summer evening such as the last day in June, many exhausted commuters are planning sizzling summer getaways and deciding which books to sink their teeth into whilst …
The bookcareers.com CV Clearing House originally started out as the industry’s unemployment register, where those who are losing their jobs or who wish to join the industry, can register for …
Wednesday 16th July saw the launch of Canon Tales – an innovative event created by Doug Wallace and Jon Slack, 2007 and 2008 chairs of the SYP. Twelve figures from …
On a stifling summer evening such as the last day in June, many exhausted commuters are planning sizzling summer getaways and deciding which books to sink their teeth into whilst …
For a limited time only, Routledge is pleased to offer a 25% discount, with free P&P included, off Inside Book Publishing to all Society of Young Publishers members. Click here …
This is an extract from How to Get a Job in Publishing by Alison Baverstock, Susannah Bowen, Steve Carey (A & C Black, 2008). Click here to buy a copy …
On the eve of Tuesday 8th July 2008, a host of booksellers and publishers (and the SYP of course) invaded the streets of London en masse, donned in fancy dress, …
For a limited time only, Routledge is pleased to offer a 25% discount, with free P&P included, off Inside Book Publishing to all Society of Young Publishers members. For …
Hitting the bank more often than a Wall Street trader, the piratical punters of the SYP ambled, nay slumped, up the Cherwell in search of distant lands. …
Production is perhaps one of the more overlooked areas for people considering a career in Publishing. What exactly does the job involve? My job as a Production Typesetter involves working …
**NEW** Digital Publishing Law 23 July – Wandsworth – Publishing in electronic media means a whole host of new legal issues – this course will help ensure you don’t get …
First off, visit our Employers Home page: http://www.thesyp.org.uk/employers/index.php This is the platform that you will use to add jobs to the site. Before you can do this, however, you need …
I am aware that I can be a bit of a whinger at times. So I’m going to try and be positive for a change, pro-active even. This month, instead …
‘There are people who embrace the Oxford comma, and people who don’t, and I’ll just say this, never get between these people when drink has been taken.’ – Lynne Truss, …
‘There are people who embrace the Oxford comma, and people who don’t, and I’ll just say this, never get between these people when drink has been taken.’ – Lynne Truss, …
The itinerary is: 18.30 – St Christopher’s Inn 121 Borough High Street 19.45 – The George Inn 77 Borough High Street 21.00 – Southwark Tavern 22 Southwark Street 22.00 -The …
We are pleased to confirm the full 12 speaker line-up for Canon Tales, a new and very different SYP event which aims to promote publishing as the richly creative industry …
May’s speaker meeting covered the issue of ethics in book production, a topic that is gaining more and more attention both inside the publishing industry and without, and seems to …
Across 1. Him and his big mouth (surname) 3. This publishing house is a French ax 6. Surname of the chair of the LBF SYP seminar 8. This SYP vice-chair …
The Society of Young Publishers’ InPrint magazine has been running for more than 30 years, and has evolved continuously over that time. InPrint updates members on SYP news and keeps …
Meet Oliver Brooks and Anna Lewis – two twenty-something Cambridge graduates starting up their own business. CompletelyNovel.com aims to bring a new level of collaboration to the book industry. …
Publishing 2.0: The Reader Revolution As the ‘Web 2.0’ trend of users collaborating and sharing information continues to grow on the internet, the changing ways in which publishers and readers …
2008 marked the 21st anniversary of the world renowned literary festival in the tiny mid-Wales town of Hay-on-Wye. Located on the river at the foot of the black mountains, …
2008 marked the 21st anniversary of the world renowned literary festival in the tiny mid-Wales town of Hay-on-Wye. Located on the river at the foot of the black mountains, …
Publishing 2.0: The Reader Revolution This year’s Conference will examine the digital approach taken by web-savvy publishers and the the changing relationship with readers in years ahead. Our conference is on …
The Publishing Training Centre (PTC), an educational charity dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in publishing, is awarding four bursaries, each worth £5,000, to students from Black or Minority Ethnic …
The 2008 pub quiz saw 26 teams (some 190 publishers, agents and friends) battle it out over seven rounds at our second annual event. The occasion was set up to …
Publishing 2.0: The Reader Revolution As the ‘Web 2.0’ trend of users collaborating and sharing information continues to grow on the internet, the changing ways in which publishers and readers …
The 2008 annual SYP pub quiz, in aid of book trade charity BTBS, saw 26 teams (some 190 publishers, agents and friends) battle it out over seven rounds at Tiger …
They sent me to America because I needed to do some business there and also because I think they wanted my desk for the intern, who’s 22, hot and likes …
We are looking for an enthusiastic and organised person to join the Oxford Committee as Secretary. The current secretary, Clare Caruana, is moving to London and we need to find …
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Advertising for work experience is easy, simply complete the form by heading to www.thesyp.org.uk/memberads.php, where you can detail your career aspirations, availability and background. Here publishers can view adverts and …
Due to very high demand we’ve had to close further entries for the Pub Quiz; as there are very few spaces left please email pubquiz@thesyp.org.uk to put your name on …
What does an average day as a Publicity Officer for a small independent publishing house involve? The first thing I do is check and answer my emails, and skim-read the …
Masterclass Programme for Autumn, Monday evenings from 6-8pm. Kingston University, Penrhyn Road, Kingston KT1 2EE, in John Galsworthy Building, room JG3007 (click here for details about how to get to …
Things I love about working in publishing: the books (well, duh); the lovely people I work with; getting out of work when it’s still daylight (in the summer anyhow); the …
The Marlborough Room was packed tighter than the Northern Line at rush hour for the ‘Getting Ahead in UK Publishing’ seminar. Alison Baverstock (Chair) kicked off with a bit …
Send us your feedback! Were you at this event? If so, did you enjoy it? How could it have been improved? Please send us your feedback via our online form.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and organised person to join the Oxford Committee as Secretary. The current secretary, Clare Caruana, is moving to London and we need to find …
[Click] [Tap-a-tap-tap] [Click] [Analogue rumble] [Procrastination] [Surprise at the manner in which ‘Eric A, Basingstoke’ deftly manipulates English into something entirely unrecognisable] [Analogue rumble] [Click] That was the sound …
Send us your feedback! Were you at this event? If so, did you enjoy it? How could it have been improved? Please send us your feedback via our online form.
Members of the SYP battled an arctic gale on their way to March’s Speaker Meeting on Children’s Publishing at Foyles. Our miserable spirits were defrosted by chocolate and red …
[Click] [Tap-a-tap-tap] [Click] [Analogue rumble] [Procrastination] [Surprise at the manner in which ‘Eric A, Basingstoke’ deftly manipulates English into something entirely unrecognisable] [Analogue rumble] [Click] That was the sound …
Members of the SYP battled an arctic gale on their way to March’s Speaker Meeting on Children’s Publishing at Foyles. Our miserable spirits were defrosted by chocolate and red …
Ahead of the SYP’s seminar at the London Book Fair on 15th April, we talk to Alison Baverstock (Author and Senior Lecturer in Publishing Studies at Kingston University) who will …
Getting Ahead In UK Publishing This packed session was for those considering a job in the industry or early on in their publishing careers. Whether you’re from the UK or …
How many lazy clichés are there to describe Martin Amis? ‘Teeth-obsessed’ is one. ‘Kingsley’s Heir’ another. Then there’s the ‘Bard of Brash’; the ‘Czar of Cool’ and it seems impossible …
You can join the SYP or renew your membership online. All you need to do is to fill in the boxes and follow the instructions on our membership page. Please …
The Member Ad page is a unique service; we aim to bridge the gap between talented potentials and a range of publishing houses, literary agents and publishing related companies. Click …
Marketability are offering SYP members an exclusive member price of £275 + VAT (full price £350). This price applies to three courses running this spring: Direct Mail that Really Works …
Whether you’re into fiction or non-fiction, trade or academic, travel or sociology; the 2008 London Book Fair will cater for even the most exotic palate next week, showcasing myriad …
The British Council and the London Book Fair have announced the shortlist for their second UK Young Publishing Entrepreneur award. The award was launched in 2007, when it was …
‘Two fonts walk into a bar and the barman says, ‘sorry, we don’t serve your type in here’. No other typeface has attracted so much attention and controversy …
Does my life need saving? Maybe. Is it better to believe that the Richard and Judy recommendation, rather than a need to ‘save myself’ made me pick up this …
‘Two fonts walk into a bar and the barman says, ‘sorry, we don’t serve your type in here’. No other typeface has attracted so much attention and controversy …
Thursday 13th March 2008 saw the launch of the Goldfish online journal at the Swedenborg Institute in London. When I first heard about it, I naturally assumed that it had …
Tim Lott, author of Fearless and The Scent of Dried Roses, has labelled the Orange Prize ‘sexist and discriminatory’ and ‘special treatment for a dominant group’. Conceived in …
The Bearded Tit, that ‘Gut Feeling’ and the Dangerous Lure of Richard and Judy: Society of Young Publishers Consider the Reality of Publishing in 2008 Sarah Jones reports from the …
Tom Avery, Vintage Books Editorial Assistant, will be running the London Marathon for a second time this year on behalf of BTBS, the Book Trade Charity. Click here to find …
We are pleased to announce that you can once more join the SYP or renew your membership online. All you need to do is to fill in the boxes and …
Tom Avery, Vintage Books Editorial Assistant, will be running the London Marathon for a second time this year on behalf of BTBS the Book Trade Charity. BTBS is the trade’s …
Welcome to the SYP Press Section, where we post all the cuttings that have featured the SYP in the national press and the world wide web. If you spot a …
In the run up the Book Fair, InPrint Online will be running several articles about this unique event in the global publishing calendar. The event is from the 14th to …
The bookcareers.com salary survey 2008, sponsored by Publishing News, is now online. If you are a salaried employee working in UK Book Publishing or for a Literary Agency, try and …
We are pleased to announce that you can once more join the SYP or renew your membership online. All you need to do is to fill in the boxes and …
We are pleased to announce that you can once more join the SYP or renew your membership online. All you need to do is to fill in the boxes and …
The British Council’s UK Young Publishing Entrepreneur (UKYPE) award 2008 is accredited as a British Book Industry Award (Nibbie) and co-sponsored by London Book Fair, the award champions young (aged …
I’m wasted again in a pub the wrong side of the M25, called something ridiculous like the Cock Tavern or maybe it was the Cock and Hen, …
We are pleased to announce that you can once more join the SYP or renew your membership online. All you need to do is to fill in the boxes and …
Alternative media sources and modern culture are seducing conventional readers away from their traditional reading habits. Will today’s concept of reading disappear? How can book and magazine publishers keep their …
The London College of Communication (LCC) is hosting its annual Publishing Innovation conference on the afternoon of Thursday 13 March. This year’s conference is entitled Still Reading? – a debate …
We are pleased to announce that you can once more join the SYP or renew your membership online. All you need to do is to fill in the boxes and …
As soon as the panel debate wound up, we welcomed our lunchtime guest of honour, Gordon Graham, Editor Emeritus and Founder of LOGOS, the premier publishing journal, and his wife …
In the current issue of InPrint the article on OUP (OUP Children’s Books: Commissioning and Development pp. 14-15) suggests the company has just celebrated its centenary, when in fact it …
The London Book Fair is one of the publishing calendar’s most important dates (14-16 April 2008). This year, for the first time ever, the SYP is hosting its own seminar, …
The London Word Festival is now up and running. Of particular interest to publishers will be the Book Futures debate (Thursday March 13th 7pm at the Bishopsgate Institute), featuring Scott …
SYP members are entitled to a 15% discount off the entry fee for Book Marketing Limited’s 2008 Books and the Consumer Conference, which will be held on the morning of Tuesday, 11th …
The Magic Toyshop tells the surreal “rites of passage” story of Melanie and her transition from innocent girl to sexualised woman. After a tragic event ends her comfortable, idyllic …
What does an average day as a staff writer on a men’s magazine involve? I work for Maxim, a monthly men’s magazine. Most people imagine it’s a right doss; a …
What does an average day as a staff writer on a men’s magazine involve? I work for Maxim, a monthly men’s magazine. Most people imagine it’s a right doss; a …
The Publishing Training Centre at Book House is offering a range of new courses this spring – it’s well worth a look at the website to have a squizz at …
The London Book Fair is one of the publishing calendar’s most important dates (14-16 April 2008). This year, for the first time ever, the SYP is hosting its own seminar, …
As I walked through the revolving doors of one of London’s most fashionable publishing houses, I must admit that I did so with my pre-conceived assumptions intact. It’s not my …
The London Book Fair is one of the publishing calendar’s most important dates (14-16 April 2008). This year, for the first time ever, the SYP is hosting its own seminar, …
An Ex-Girlfriend Gets Married For Imogen Thea, who understood all this way before I did I heard recently that my ex-girlfriend is getting married. That isn’t to say that this is …
I can’t believe it’s already February: the Christmas trees have all disappeared and the cheesy CDs have been hidden away for another year, swiftly replaced by cheesy love songs …
Kingston University are holding a free seminar on How to Build a Career in Publishing on Monday 4th February from 6-8pm. Click here to find out more details about this …
Does the Book have a Future? – Speaker: John Peacock, Group Production Director, Macmillan Publishers. Monday 19 May (rescheduled from previously announced date). The seminar will be held at Kingston …
The London Book Fair is one of the publishing calendar’s most important dates (14-16 April 2008). This year, for the first time ever, the SYP is hosting its own seminar, …
Fun was had by all at the 2008 SYP AGM at the Gardening Club in Covent Garden on 16th January. An impressive turnout saw the VIP room packed, …
Fun was had by all at the 2008 SYP AGM at the Gardening Club in Covent Garden on 16th January. An impressive turnout saw the VIP room packed, …
Leander Reeves began an interesting and entertaining magazine publishing workshop by telling delegates that success in the magazine business was very much dependant on the type of personality each individual …
In the literary agent workshop, Pat White gave a fascinating insight into the role of a literary agent and their place in the publishing industry today. Entering publishing as a …
Dear readers, The SYP Annual General Meeting on the 16th January was, as usual, an action packed affair. A full report can be found here, but what I wanted to …
On the 29th January at 6.30pm OPuS are holding their annual and well-loved networking evening. This year it will have an Indian theme, and will be an opportunity to eat, …
Legend Press are launching their latest novel – the fabulously titled Queer Fish in God’s Waiting Room – on Tuesday 29th January at 6.30pm at Riflemaker Gallery, 29 Beak Street, …
Alison Baverstock’s first book How to Market Books, is often referred to as the ‘bible of marketing’ so we were grateful to her for leading the marketing workshop at the …
Alison Baverstock’s first book How to Market Books, is often referred to as the ‘bible of marketing’ so we were grateful to her for leading the marketing workshop at the …
As part of ongoing plans to develop our web presence and provide an effective service to our members, the SYP is currently looking for an energetic, dedicated IT Developer to …
Someone recently asked me why it was that most of my columns, which I’ve been writing for the SYP for three years now, are so off topic; why it …
Someone recently asked me why it was that most of my columns, which I’ve been writing for the SYP for three years now, are so off topic; why it …
Due to the closure of our online retail partner, The BookPlace, you will not be able to join or renew your membership online at present. We are in the process …
Now that the festive season is upon us, we at the SYP are winding down and counting down the hours until 2008. Please allow more time during the holidays for …
A Taste of the LBF Global Seminar Programme The London Book Fair hosts a rich seminar programme that stimulates debate and informs professionals about the topical issues facing the global …
Editorial Training are offering SYP members a 20% discount on all their short courses, which include: Copy-editing for Publishers – 2-3 November 2009 Proofreading for Publishers – 20 July 2009 …
Hello, it’s me again. I did some digging around, after all, that’s what Doggz do (see what I did there) and I unearthed this precious juicy bone! It’s a textsession …
With Christmas pending and another year drawing to a close, I’m looking forward to a new year in the SYP calendar. Every January, the London and Oxford Committees hold their …
Hello, it’s me again. I did some digging around, after all, that’s what Doggz do (see what I did there) and I unearthed this precious juicy bone! It’s a textsession …
The Oxford AGM will take place on the 23rd January, at OUP in the Gallery. This is a chance for SYP members to have their say about the future running …
Publishing News is offering SYP members a special discount on their smart new digital edition, and their print edition also. Click here to find out more…
Society of Young Publishers – Publishing News Special Offer Every week, Publishing News provides coverage of the latest news and features from the UK and international publishing scene and covers …
Winter is finally upon us and, together with Father Christmas, it has brought freezing cold weather. I am not a big fan of below-zero temperatures so I was …
To raise money for the BTBS, The Society of Young Publishers decided to have a quiz recently. It was such a success, we’re going to have another! It took place …
Our friends at the Publishing News have given the recent SYP Quiz night a splendid review – click here to read what they thought (under the headline ‘Penguin team remainders …
Tori Hunt is the editor of the SYP’s journal, InPrint. Click here to read her account in Publishing News of the keynote debate on Ethical Publishing from this year’s SYP …
Publishing Career Success: ‘Choice or Chance?’ How do you get started in publishing? And how do you develop a long and successful career? You could not ask for two better …
Registration is now closed for this year’s Careers Conference, as all places have been filled. The conference is being held on Saturday 10th November at Brookes University (Headington Hill site). …
The Value of Networking Date: 20th November Guest Speaker: Inca Waddell Networking is an invaluable business tool; an excellent way of building on and developing your little black book and …
Registration is now closed for this year’s Careers Conference, as all places have been filled. The conference is being held on Saturday 10th November at Brookes University (Headington Hill site). …
Here’s a selection of Publishing Training Centre courses coming up soon – follow the links for more info: Search Engine Optimisation NEW – 22 November – Wandsworth – Practical techniques …
The SYP Committee arrived recently at London’s Trendy Bar Red on Beak Street in style as the wine flowed and various young publishers got talking to existing members of the …
I thought long and hard before coming up with a title for this column and when I finally settled for this I realised that, given the name of my business, …
Registration is now closed for this year’s Careers Conference, as all places have been filled. The conference is being held on Saturday 10th November at Brookes University (Headington Hill site). …
Champagne reception at The Gallery, Foyles,Tuesday 30th October, 6.30pm William Coles celebrates the launch of his novel The Well-Tempered Clavier. William has been a journalist for 18 years, including working …
October 2007: Out Of My League As children and to some extent as adults, we are told that we are equal to others, that in no way should be feel, …
October 2007: Out Of My League As children and to some extent as adults, we are told that we are equal to others, that in no way should be feel, …
After a long, not-so-hot Summer, it’s back into the party fray as Autumn approaches for the SYP’s Girl About Town. GAT welcomed September’s signalling of the return of party season …
SYP Chair Doug Wallace and Vice-Chair Claire Shanahan will be leading a masterclass entitled SYP: Why the future of Publishing is in our hands on Monday October 22nd from 6-8pm …
Registration is now open for this year’s Careers Conference, which is being held on Saturday 10th November at Brookes University (Headington Hill site). Tickets are priced at £25 for members …
The IYPY have released their inaugural newsletter, which you can read online in pdf format here. The newsletter introduces you to the IYPY alumni network, takes a look at opportunities …
Thursday, 25/10/07 Book Slam @ Neighbourhood 12 Acklam Road, London, W10 5QZ £5 in advance from bookslam.com/ £6 on the door Doors open 7pm This month, Book Slam will be …
Registration is now open for this year’s Careers Conference, which is being held on Saturday 10th November at Brookes University (Headington Hill site). Tickets are priced at £25 for members …
It’s official. Computer users are more ignorant and rude to their IT departments than they appear to be in standard helpdesk report logs, reports A.N. Alyst. Editor’s Note: …
On Becoming a Commissioning Editor I think that it is fair to say that almost all entrants into publishing, once they have chosen editorial from amongst the variety of …
So here’s something that came to the SYP – author unknown. Some of it makes a lot of sense; pass it on! The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Editors …
2007 for me has been a year of chasing. I’ve chased the Royal Mail for non-delivery of parcels. I’ve chased insurance companies, online electronics stores, British Gas, the National Grid and …
2007 for me has been a year of chasing. I’ve chased the Royal Mail for non-delivery of parcels. I’ve chased insurance companies, online electronics stores, British Gas, the National Grid and …
Registration is now open for this year’s Careers Conference, which is being held on Saturday 10th November – see the conference website for more details. Please note that our Membership …
Programme of speakers for Master Classes Kingston University Autumn Term 2007 Timings: 6-8pm, Monday evenings, at their Penryn Road campus (John Galsworthy Building Room 3004 from 6-8pm). …
As we warm up for the SYP Careers Conference, here is an article about Editorial and Production to whet your appetite. Yes, that’s right – Production, the department that doesn’t …
Registration is now open for this year’s Careers Conference, which is being held on Saturday 10th November – see the conference website for more details.
Thanks to a generous donation from the Unwin Charitable Trust (UCT), The Publishing Training Centre has been able to introduce a new scheme to help small publishers pay for training. …
A night of anarchic performance-poetry, starring the mischievous John Agard alongside raunchy Salena Godden, loquacious Rhian Edwards and scary Mancunian duo Thick Richard. Prepare yourselves for the verbal cannonade. When: …
Date: 19th September Guest Speaker: Louise Rhind-Tutt, Publicity Manager at Random House, and former SYP Chair Whether you are a recent graduate looking to get into publishing or a first …
Registration for this year’s Careers Conference begins on the 1st September, see the conference website for more details.
Karen O’Brien is Training Manager at Hachette Livre UK, and she took some time out of her busy schedule recently to give InPrint Online the low down on their new …
The next Book Slam is on August 30th, featuring a reading by Hari Kunzru. For more details, click here.
Thursday, 30/08/07 Book Slam @ Neighbourhood 12 Acklam Road, London, W10 5QZ Tickets: £5 in advance from www.bookslam.com/ £6 on the door Doors open 6.30pm, readings start 8.30pm, OPEN TILL …
The next Room of Abandon is Wednesday, 22 August 2007 – 7.30pm at The Cross Kings Pub, 126 York Way, London, N1 0AX (5 minutes walk from King’s Cross tube). …
THE HANGING GARDENER OF BABYLON PRESENTS ROOM OF ABANDON: WORDS MUSIC NEED Someone said poems are never finished only abandoned…….. Open mic slot, register by 7.30pm, we want to dig …
Ealing Literary Festival will be held on September 1st to the 2nd, on Acton Common Green. For more details, visit the event’s website: http://www.ealing.gov.uk/services/leisure/ealing_summer/literary07_sun.html
The London Literature Lounge will be holding a day workshop on 8th September, from 11.30am taking over the whole of London’s Poetry Cafe on a Saturday. Exercises to develop creative …
Short stories are mood capsules uniquely suited to our restless age and antidotes to modern life. Come and get a fix – from open mic to staged production; horror stories …
The O. J. Simpson book debacle rumbles on and on, as Denise Brown, the sister of his murdered ex-wife, has denounced Beaufort Books’ plan to publish the pernicious tome. However, …
The next London Literature Lounge is on Thursday August 16th at the Poetry Cafe, 7-10pm. The showcase readings will be from writers and literary activists Dzifa Benson and Siobhan Curham. …
This Saturday it’s take 2 for the annual Punting Party in Oxford; the forecast shows us superb conditions in store at around 25 degrees – now where else would you …
Good day to you punters, This Saturday it’s take 2 for the annnual Punting Party in Oxford; the forecast shows us warm temperatures with a possible light shower or two, …
The 3rd London Poetry Festival is on from August 10th to the 13th (Friday-Monday). For more details, please read the press release here.
Blimey! Summer must be over before it’s begun, for the Booker Prize longlist is already upon us. Having had a look at the list, I must admit that I’m a …
3rd London Poetry Festival 2007 August 10-13 (Friday-Monday) Waterloo St John’s Church Waterloo Road London SE1 Tickets: £7/£5 Cons http://www.londonpoetryfestival.com The Third London Poetry Festival 2007 is taking place in …
Rebecca Strong used to edit InPrint, so her debut novel Here and There has been read with much interest by her friends and colleagues in the SYP. Web Content Editor …
This is an excellent debut novel from Rebecca Strong. When I first read that the book concerned eleven characters whose lives are mysteriously intertwined, I was expecting something as genteel …
Congratulations to InPrint editor Tori Hunt, who has an article in this week’s edition of Publishing News. The article is Tori’s account of the June SYP speaker meeting concerning Publishing …
Like many of you, I’m sure, we’ve been watching the weather forecast warily to predict how conditions will favour us for Saturday’s annual SYP picnic. Understandably, we need to be …
£5 tickets are available for SYP members to see The Enchantment at the National Theatre. Be amongst the first to see the British premiere of The Enchantment by groundbreaking Swedish …
– is the announcement that the character Heidi wants the SYP to make in Lorelei Matthias’s new novel Lost for Words. So, put down your copy of The Deathly Hallows, …
‘Never mind the fact that he’s diligent, Daisy!’ scolded Heidi, ‘Has the fact that he’s completely stunning somehow escaped your attention? Do you not see? This is a breakthrough for …
We are delighted to announce that Jamie Byng, the owner of the prestigious Scottish independent publisher Canongate, has agreed to be a guest speaker at the launch of the Scottish …
Oxford Brookes University is running a range of publishing courses throughout the year as part of an expanding professional development programme. Courses include an introduction to Indesign, a ‘Roadmap for …
Here or There (published 28th July) is Rebecca Strong’s debut novel. Rebecca is, of course, the former editor of InPrint, so we are delighted to present this extract to you. …
Ex-editor of InPrint, Rebecca Strong, is having her first novel, Here or There, published this year by Legend Press. She took some time out to speak to InPrint Online and …
The launch for SYP member Rebecca Strong’s debut novel Here or There will be on Wednesday July 25th at the Foyles gallery from 6.30pm onwards. Don’t miss this opportunity to …
The launch for SYP member Rebecca Strong’s debut novel Here or There will be on Wednesday July 25th at the Foyles gallery from 6.30pm onwards. This clashes with the July …
By now, several of you might have heard about the London Literature Festival, which is happening in the newly regenerated Southbank Centre. This is the south bank of the Thames, …
Greetings from your editor, Gurdeep Mattu. I know we’ve been a bit quiet on the InPrint Online front recently. We’ve actually been busy redesigning the concept of InPrint Online, and …
We’ve been sent this splendid photo of Claire Shanahan and Eiblin Egan from our London Literary pub crawl. The photo was taken by Chris Strong:
To celebrate Michael Rosen’s appointment as the new children’s laureate, here’s a video we found on Youtube of him reading ‘We’re going on a bear hunt’:
To celebrate Michael Rosen’s appointment as the new children’s laureate, we’ve found a video from Youtube that shows him performing ‘We’re Going on a Bear Hunt’ – click here to …
In February, I had the pleasure of completing 2 weeks work experience at the offices of John Murray. As I run a literary website, they were interested in getting my …
The folks at the London Project have come up with a really innovative idea: a free book exchange progamme on London’s underground network. According to the press release, their aim …
The ICA in London will be having a look at the work of graphic novelists on Friday June 15th. In Exit Wounds, Rutu Modan of Tel Aviv collective Actus unfolds …
Just to remind everyone our annual pub crawl is once again back on this Thursday the 7th from 6:30. Click here for the details and the night’s itinerary – great weather …
It’s been a quiet news month, so I’ve had a trawl through the archives. I’m looking forward to the Oxford Punting Party on June 30th (for more details, click here), …
We’ve been having problems with sending our regular emails to members with Hotmail accounts. It appears that they are being blocked by Hotmail for some unknown reason. We are in …
SYP members are welcome to attend the launch of Heading South by Luke Bitmead and Catherine Richards. Heading South is the latest novel to be launched by Legend Press MD …
Congratulations to Clare Christian from The Friday Project for winning the UK Young Publisher of the Year Award at the British Book Industry Awards. You can catch up with Clare …
The Publishing Training Centre are running 2 focus groups. They’re being held at the Paul Hamlyn foundation 18 Queen Anne’s Gate, London, SW1H 9AA near Buckingham Palace. Lunch will be …
One of the highlights of the recent London Book Fair was the International Young Publisher of the Year Award, which allowed us to see what the publishing industry is like …
Girl About Town started the month with a very exciting party for the launch of Teenage by Jon Savage, held at the Waterloo Sunset Pavilion in the Hayward Gallery. This …
For those who haven’t seen it, the SYP’s Doug Wallace and Claire Shanahan made a recent appearance in the Bookseller, with an article giving some good perspective on the SYP’s …
Emma House, who – as Exhibition Manager for the London Book Fair – presides over the daunting task of pulling together a year’s worth of planning into a matter of …
Kingston University are offering a £500 bursary to an outstanding applicant to the MA in Publishing or the joint MA in Creative Writing and Publishing commencing this September. Candidates should …
Emma House, who – as Exhibition Manager for the London Book Fair – presides over the daunting task of pulling together a year’s worth of planning into a matter of …
One of the highlights of the recent London Book Fair was the International Young Publisher of the Year Award, which allowed us to see what the publishing industry is like …
With the relaunched website now swinging into life we are pleased to announce that, along with being able to click your way through our snazzier-looking pages, you can also now …
As we head into the month of the London Book Fair, the Book Fair War of 06 suddenly sprang back into my mind. Well, that event, and the chocolate …
(Note: In the following rant, I’m sticking to American currency and prices because (a) they’re relatively familiar to non-Americans, and (b) they’re where I’ve got the hardest data. Not to …
A recent article on news.bbc.co.uk has again raised an issue that it is always more convenient to sweep under the carpet – that of diversity in publishing. The statistics – …
My acquaintance with the London Book Fair (LBF) goes back a good long way – certainly I remember the time when the big UK firms didn’t bother to attend. So …
To kick things off on 1 March, Girl About Town went to the launch of Gerard Woodward’s new novel A Curious Earth at Daunt Books on Holland Park Avenue. Gerard …
As we head into the month of the London Book Fair, the Book Fair War of 06 suddenly sprang back into my mind. Well, that event, and the chocolate …
The London Book Fair is now upon us, running from April 16th to the 18th. The SYP will be there at Stand X127, and we invite you to come and …
Visit the SYP at Stand X127 for some special offers… The Publishing Training Centre are offering £100 off one of their courses for anyone who joins the SYP at the …
There’s 20% off all full priced items at every Borders shop this weekend. To print off your voucher, please visit Borders online: http://www.bordersstores.co.uk
SYP member Tom Chalmers, MD of Legend Press, has been nominated for the 2007 UK Young Publisher of the Year Award (UKYPY). We congratulate Tom and the rest of the …
The MA in Publishing Studies course at Kingston University have been putting on a series of masterclasses, of which the latest is: Getting the unsuspecting public to read more. What …
This year’s Publishing Innovation Conference at the London College of Communication had the theme of ‘Green and Lean: How Can Publishing Survive?’. You can find out more about the proceedings …
The annual publishing innovation conference was held during March at the London College of Communication, Elephant and Castle. The conference was organised and run by a group of MA Publishing …
Things got off to a flying start in February, with not one but two launches on the 1st… First up, Girl About Town (all too briefly, sadly, as it seemed …
Legend Press’s next novel Journey, the much anticipated debut from London-author Jae Watson, will launch this week with an exclusive event at the Nehru Centre, the cultural wing of the …
The next Book Slam is on Thursday, 29/03/07 Book Slam at Neighbourhood 12 Aclam Road, London, W10 5QZ Enquiries to david@cherryjam.net Tickets: £5 in advance from www.bookslam.com/ £6 on the …
Bradt Travel Guides The Independent on Sunday Travel-writing Competition 2007 For 2007 the competition visits the theme of ‘A chance encounter’ combined with an essential strong emphasis on travel. As …
St Patrick’s day is in the air this month with two exciting Irish-themed events on the cards. The London and Oxford committees are uniting for a massive St Patrick’s Day …
Congratulations are in order for SYP member Rebecca Strong whose debut novel, Here or There, will be published by Legend Press in July. Watch this space for more exciting developments in …
The nominations are in – who will be the UK Young Publisher of the Year in 2007? Will it be a member of the SYP? The prize will be awarded …
The nine finalists have now been decided for this year's award, which will be announced at the London Book Fair on April 18th. It was launched in 2004 to celebrate the …
THE PUBLISHERS’ CABARET is back and brimming over with joy, drag and general ridiculousness. 20th Century Theatre, 291 Westbourne Grove, Notting Hill, London W11 April 13th & 14th 2007, doors …
The Laugharne FestivalMarch 31st/April 1sthttp://www.thelaugharneweekend.com/Festival Directors John Williams and Richard Thomas are pleased to announce the first Laugharne Weekend literary festival to be held in Laugharne, West Wales on March …
A weekend where you can see a whole range of the finest writers from the Celtic fringes rubbing shoulders with psychedelic rockers, train robbers and Lily Allen’s dad. Download the …
Whoever said December was the party season? Girl About Town has had a super-hectic January, and things are showing no sign of slowing down any time soon… First up was a …
Whoever said December was the party season? Girl About Town has had a super-hectic January, and things are showing no sign of slowing down any time soon… First up was …
On Tuesday 20 March the media and intellectual property group at City law firm Reynolds Porter Chamberlain LLP are giving a free early evening seminar: Digitisation, territories and privacy – …
Keep up with committee and other SYP members on Facebook. There is also a forum on Facebook where you can suggest future speaker meeting, events and ideas. This is a …
The Column was what this was supposed to be called, when it launched, two heady years ago. I was new to publishing, working at Robert Hale in Clerkenwell and didn’t …
The Column was what this was supposed to be called, when it launched, two heady years ago. I was new to publishing, working at Robert Hale in Clerkenwell and didn’t …
Hi, this is a quick note from your new editor – Gurdeep Mattu. I’ve spent the last two years bringing you InPrint in paper format, and seen it go from …
Don't forget the SYP Annual General Meeting tonight, 17th January 2006.It's an ideal chance to vote for (or against) the people who will be running YOUR society for the next …
This month the SYP was delighted to be joined by two speakers, both highly prominent in the world of book prizes and awards: Ion Trewin, long time employee of Orion, …
The SYP is delighted to announce a special November speaker meeting with Lionel Shriver, renowned author of We Need to Talk About Kevin and winner of the 2005 Orange Prize …
The SYP is giving away a pair of tickets for the popular charity event on behalf of the Medical Foundation, courtesy of our friends at Random House. Acclaimed author Julian Barnes …
When I heard about the Manga Invasion evening, my first thought was of the holiday resort where three Leicester football players were arrested a couple of years ago. As a …
‘How many debut authors have you read this year?’ This was the question posed by Cathryn Summerhayes, an agent from David Godwin Associates, as she kicked off the evening’s discussion. …
Every mass-murderer has a mother. If she abandoned her child at birth, or subjected them to an unstable home, poverty, or abuse, then she would inevitably be cited as a …
Google Book Search have agreed to exclusively answer your questions! Please email them in to cshanahan@thesyp.co.uk by Saturday 14 October. For more info, and examples, see Latest Articles.
The Annual SYP Careers conference is coming! Kindly hosted this year by the London College of Communication (formerly London College of Printing) we have a fantastic range of talks and …
The indispensable SYP press email brings you news and regular updates on all forthcoming events, both within the Sociey and externally. If you are a member and would like to …
Watch out Edinburgh, here we come!We're holding the first informal gathering of young publishers in Edinburgh under and SYP banner. We don't have a committee yet, but there are plans …
Check out our two latest articles below. The first, by Mia Kilroy, details the goings on at the most recent London Speaker Meeting – very useful for all of you …
Digital download I imagine most people reading this article will have heard of digital downloading. Once the province of music singles and albums, audio is rapidly catching up. www.audible.co.uk was …
What was the size of 14 football pitches, hosted 7,225 exhibits from 101 countries, had around 285,000 visitors and was crawling with 12,000 journalists? The Frankfurt Bookfair 2005! Joyce Aravena, …
We have some great audiobooks to give away to SYP members, including Geldof in Africa, Labyrinth by Kate Mosse, Lady Chatterley's Lover and other classics. For your chance of winning, …
‘Let your boat of life be light, packed with only what you need – simple pleasures, one or two friends, worth the name, a dog, and a pipe or two, …
Survival International, the largest and oldest charity working for the rights of tribal people worldwide, is helping to fund the Gana and Gwi ‘Bushmen’s’ court action against their forced removal …
Note from Web-editor: Have you read this book? If it inspired any strong reaction in you, or you want to respond to a point raised by members in our book …
Doug, our wonderful press officer, sent out an email yesterday (Tuesday) with information on all the great events we've got coming up in the next month. Around 60 of you …
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WEBSITE EXCLUSIVE: Held on Wednesday 28th June, this speaker meeting at Foyles was well attended and very informative. Guest speakers were publishing veterans Laura Barber and Richard Scrivener. See Latest …
Note from Web-Editor: This piece was commissioned for InPrint magazine in February 2006 to tie in with that edition’s Valentine’s Day theme. But for any innocent romantics out there, you’d …
‘Those pesky kids!’ ‘Daphne!’ ‘Scooooby!’… they cried as the SYP "Scooby Doo" team trooped around the West End on a hot summer evening for the BTBS Walkies. For those unfamiliar with the Walkies, …
Victoria Nicholl and Doug Wallace report back from the BTBS Walkies on 4th July. 'Those pesky kids!' 'Daphne!' 'Scooooby!'… they cried as the SYP "Scooby Doo" team trooped around the West …
Note from Web-Editor: The London SYP-ers are a well-travelled bunch, and enjoy nothing more than spreading the literary love – so we thought you might appreciate a report of what …
A decade ago, talking about books took place mostly in the classroom, in living rooms, in coffee shops – any public place where people of similar interests could physically get …
Note from Web-Editor: While all publishers celebrate anniversaries, and although last year Penguin’s 70th inevitably eclipsed Vintage’s 15th, we couldn’t help but be impressed at the energy and imagination with …
Note from the Web-Editor (Tori Hunt):The SYP Conference 2005 was organised by the Oxford SYP, and boy what a great job they did. So for all those who will be …
The November 2005 London Speaker Meeting gave much insight to those who have always wanted to know what it was like working for the ‘other side’. Our three speakers – …
This is how Kate Mosse likes her books, and her latest novel, Labyrinth, has all of the above in abundance. Set in the city of Carcassonne, a restored medieval city …
This year, the Guardian is boasting that the longlist for its Guardian First Book Award is the ‘most diverse yet in ethnic origin and theme’. Authors that made the grade …
The Society of Young Publishers can be – and in our cases has been – a life-transforming institution. Of course the SYP has great events, with carefully chosen speakers on …
‘Your voice is heard the moment you walk in the door if you want it to be,’ states Maddie Rowe, Editorial Assistant on the Historical Romance list since May 2005, …
Picture the Tube train, and the man on the Tube train, with his ghost-swept emptiness and his picture-swept past. He’s our News For The Day. There’s the usual rattling …
The new SYP Discussion Forum has now been launched. If you have a query about the SYP or publishing in general, register for FREE and post your comments, queries and …
We're making a few changes to the back-end of the website over the next few days, so when you try and view articles or jobs, you may experience a few …
The SfEP would like to offer SYP members a copy of their 2006 directory (for free!). Those that request a copy (or copies – you can have up to three) of …
Our friends at the Society for Editors and Proofreaders have kindly offered a free copy of their fantastic directory to our members. To claim your free copy, simply email your …
The SYP is proud to announce the launch of its Company Membership Scheme. It brings all the normal benefits of being an SYP Member, but at a discounted rate. If …
Ten entrepreneurial young publishers from around the globe are competing for the third annual British Council International Young Publisher of the Year (IYPY) award. The award celebrates the creative and …
Ten entrepreneurial young publishers from around the globe are competing for the third annual British Council International Young Publisher of the Year (IYPY) award. The award celebrates the creative and …
When I heard that Bret Easton Ellis was giving a rare reading and interview on 10 October at the Royal Festival Hall, I phoned up immediately for tickets. I was …
The desire to exploit the immediacy and audience scope that electronic publishing formats allow, in particular through the Internet, has brought with it not only a huge pressure on publishers …
The London Book Fair is almost upon us, and the SYP will be there in force. If you’d like to know more about who we are and what we do, …
The SYP would like to wish all its members a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. It’s been a great year for the SYP with some amazing events, some …
The SYP Handbook is an invaluable resource for anyone interested in breaking into the industry or who are taking their first steps. As well as a wealth of useful and informative …
bookcareers.com will be holding a Careers Clinic every Sunday – offering free career development consultations over the telephone.The Careers Clinic is open to those who are already in the industry …
It seems that the Crime Writers Association are considering banning foreign authors from their annual Crime Writing Awards. The industry is in uproar as they see it as major discrimination …
We have one set of the fifteen Vintage future classics to give away! Simply tell us in no more than 100 words what you think makes a classic – is …
We’ve had an email from our friends at Oxford Brookes confirming the next date of their course in Adobe InDesign. The course is based at the Oxford International Centre for …
When: Tuesday 13th DecemberTime: 9.30 – 16.30Cost: £250Tutor: Sally HughesMore about the course:A course aimed at first time users of a page layout program who will be using InDesign check …
The 24th Anarchist Bookfair was held at London’s Voluntary Sector Resource Centre on London’s Holloway Road last Saturday. As the conference closed police responded to a call from the landlord …
Have you ever wondered if you chose the right degree? This article sets out to examine the importance of studying a directly-related subject with a future job in mind – …
This year, members of the SYP working in publishing were fortunate enough to be invited to The British Council on Friday 11 March for the International Young Publisher of the …
There’s an ad out at the moment: don’t judge a book by its film. If you’ve ever been disappointed by a big-screen version of one of your favourite novels, you’d …
The London Libraries Development Agency is a small organisation with just 2 permanent and one part-time staff members, which is based in the heart of London in Westminster Reference Library, …
It was half-past nine on the first morning of the 34th London Book Fair at Olympia: across the Grand Hall, bleary-eyed exhibitors were stifling yawns, slurping coffee and artfully arranging …
The Society of Publishers in Ireland, or SPI, was born when three publishers (Susan Rossney, Rachel Pierce and Emma Byrne) came together in 2002 with the idea of establishing a …
Have you ever wondered if you chose the right degree? This article sets out to examine the importance of studying a directly-related subject with a future job in mind – …
Setting up a publishing company was the reasonably simple part. A few bits of paper signed, a couple of small fees paid and suddenly a limited company is all yours. …
As you can see, we’ve now added an Articles section to the website – our opener is Tom Chalmers, MD of Legend Press, whose first book – The Remarkable Everyday …
WHAT YOU CAN DO:Contact the current committeeSecretary/Sponsorship Officer:Highly organised and outgoing, this person is responsible for keeping the committee up-to-date, and finding all the sponsorship we need – be it …
As I’m sure you’ll remember from his stunning article in the last edition of InPrint, SYP Member Tom Chalmers has set up his own publishing house – Legend Press. His …
Our friends at Oxford Brookes University have some spare places on a trip to this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair. Click here for more details on the trip. If you’re interested …
A very limited number of places are still available. Applicants must check first that they can attend, and send their application form to a different address for more urgent processing …
You may have noticed that the site has changed a little. For the last few months we’ve been listening to your comments and questions, and are developing a whole now …