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Arundhati Roy comes to Oxford

Posted on June 16, 2018 in Oxford

Booker-prize winning author Arundhati Roy discussed her latest novel at Oxford Town Hall earlier this month, in an event organised by Blackwells. In conversation with Dr Faisal Devji, Fellow at …

BookMachine and EMC Design Q&A, Talking Design: Trends

Posted on June 11, 2018 in UK

If there was one area of the publishing industry I wish I could try my hand at, yet at the same time know I will never be able to, it …

BookMachine and EMC Design Q&A, Talking Design: Trends

Posted on June 11, 2018 in UK

If there was one area of the publishing industry I wish I could try my hand at, yet at the same time know I will never be able to, it …

Clio Cornish, Editor at HarperCollins: My Journey into Publishing

Posted on June 4, 2018 in London

Clio Cornish is a current editor with HQ, HarperCollins. She has worked on a wide range of projects during her time with Harper but most recently she has published titles …

Ask an Expert with Suzy Astbury: how to improve your career prospects

Posted on May 29, 2018 in UK

Prior to Suzy Astbury taking part in our Ask an Expert session I posted about the intricacies of navigating the working world of publishing. Finding the right way to present …

Moving OxForward

Posted on May 25, 2018 in Oxford

You may have heard SYP Oxford shouting about our exciting new mentoring scheme that has recently launched, OxForward. If you haven’t, then we’re about to shout about it some more! …

SYP Scotland's #MyCareerPath

Posted on May 21, 2018 in Scotland

A recent hashtag, #MyCareerPath, saw Twitter users take to the online platform to explain how they got to where they are today. For this industry, where the eternal question seems …

SYP Scotland’s #MyCareerPath

Posted on May 21, 2018 in Scotland

A recent hashtag, #MyCareerPath, saw Twitter users take to the online platform to explain how they got to where they are today. For this industry, where the eternal question seems …

Batman's Guide to the Women's Prize for Fiction

Posted on May 9, 2018 in Oxford

Being a dog who is passionate about reading, I was very excited when this year’s Women’s Prize for fiction was announced! I wasn’t surprised to see that Eleanor Oliphant is …

Batman’s Guide to the Women’s Prize for Fiction

Posted on May 9, 2018 in Oxford

Being a dog who is passionate about reading, I was very excited when this year’s Women’s Prize for fiction was announced! I wasn’t surprised to see that Eleanor Oliphant is …

Ask an Expert: Suzy Astbury, Managing Director of Inspired Selection

Posted on April 30, 2018 in UK

Getting a job in publishing can be a long and delicate process. Thinking back, how did you decide a job in the industry was for you? Did you come to …

Spring Conference Reading Between the Lines

Posted on April 27, 2018 in Scotland

Panel: Saba Ahmed from And Other Stories and Tilted Axis, Dr Carolina Orloff from Charco Press, and James Robertson from Itchy Coo. They are all well-known for working with stories in …