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28 February 2018 Ask an Expert Session: Juliet Mushens

Posted on February 20, 2018 in Uncategorized

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 …

SYP North: On the Up

Posted on December 26, 2017 in North

Back in 2015, SYP’s most northerly English branch had come to a halt. Committee issues and trying to cover too wide a region (it was originally ‘North & Midlands’) had …

BookMachine Announce Team Unplugged

Posted on December 19, 2017 in Uncategorized

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 …

Submissions Open for The Third Trailblazer Awards 2018

Posted on December 8, 2017 in Uncategorized

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 to Launch Industry-Wide Events Series in 2018

Posted on November 28, 2017 in Uncategorized

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 …

Building Inclusivity in Publishing Conference 2017

Posted on November 26, 2017 in Uncategorized

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 …

My Year on the SYP Committee

Posted on November 20, 2017 in Uncategorized

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 …

Interview with Grainne Clear

Posted on November 13, 2017 in Uncategorized

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 …

Let’s get SEOrious!

Posted on November 7, 2017 in Uncategorized

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 …

Applications Now Open for Volunteering on the SYP Committee 2018

Posted on November 5, 2017 in Ireland, London, North, Oxford, Scotland

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! …

Applications Now Open for Volunteering on the SYP Committee 2018

Posted on November 5, 2017 in Uncategorized

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! …

SYP Scotland October 2017 Event: PublishEd

Posted on November 1, 2017 in Scotland

For our October event, the Society of Young Publishers joined forces with PublishEd, The University of Edinburgh’s creative writing and publication society, to host our publishing 6×6 event. Six speakers …