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A Day in the Life: working as a bookseller at the Edinburgh International Book Festival

Posted on September 5, 2019 in Scotland

Every year, Edinburgh’s Charlotte Square is filled with thousands of people congregating to celebrate, discuss –  and buy – books. The Scotland Society of Young Publisher’s own Kirsten Knight tells …

Public Speaking for Career Progression

Posted on September 2, 2019 in Oxford

Guest speaker Carlos Gimeno at our Public Speaking for Career Progression Event Nerves, fear and even panic are some of the words that come to mind when we hear the …

Edinburgh International Book Festival 2019: a celebration of literature from rising stars to prize winners

Posted on August 31, 2019 in Scotland

For residents of Edinburgh and Scotland, the annual transformation of the capital city is extraordinarily fun, if a smidge frustrating. The dazzling change to Charlotte Square is something else, however. …

Imposter Syndrome

Posted on August 28, 2019 in London

Imposter Syndrome is defined by the OED as ‘the persistent inability to believe that one’s success is deserved or has been legitimately achieved as a result of one’s own efforts …

British Council Launches International Publishing Fellowship

Posted on August 5, 2019 in UK

The British Council is launching an International Publishing Fellowship, for publishing professionals with 2-6 years’ experience in the sector. Six professionals from the UK will be paired with counterparts in …

SYP Scotland event: Libraries in the Publishing Sphere

Posted on July 30, 2019 in Scotland

For SYP Scotland’s predictably bookish July event, we decided to explore the relationship between libraries and publishing houses. This relationship is a complex one, and varies from library to library, …

Cliveden Literary Festival supports leading book donation charity for second year

Posted on July 25, 2019 in UK

  Book Aid International is pleased to announce that this year the Cliveden Literary Festival has once again chosen to support its work providing books to people around the world …

How to use this summer to crack book publishing

Posted on June 25, 2019 in Scotland

Publishing is an undeniably oversaturated industry. A lot of people want to work in it, which is brilliant, because it means you can laugh in the face of anyone who …

We often carry our whole gender on our back

Posted on June 7, 2019 in Oxford, UK

Deborah Frances-White, host of the popular The Guilty Feminist podcast, gave a powerful key-note speech at the Kim Scott Walwyn Prize ceremony last month. She told a story of ‘crashing’ …

BTBS sponsor 6 free places on Bookcareers.com event

Posted on June 6, 2019 in UK

Bookcareers.com have been very fortunate that The Book Trade Charity (BTBS) have agreed to sponsor 6 FREE places on the How to Job Search in Book Publishing Course. This is being run …

Kim Scott Walwyn Prize 2019 awarded to Knights Of’s Aimée Felone

Posted on June 4, 2019 in UK

The winner of the 2019 Kim Scott Walwyn Prize was tonight named as Aimée Felone, co-founder of independent inclusive publisher, Knights Of, in a ceremony that celebrated the dynamism of …

How secure an interview: for designers wanting to break into the world of books

Posted on June 4, 2019 in UK

emc design is the largest design studio dedicated to publishing in the UK. We receive 100s of CVs and portfolios a year, and some of them really stand out and …