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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 …

Submissions Open for Poetry Book Society Student Poetry Prize 2017

Posted on November 1, 2017 in Uncategorized

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 …

#SYPontheRoad Exeter Edition

Posted on October 29, 2017 in Uncategorized

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 …

An Inclusive Industry: Pearson’s initiatives on LGBT inclusion and Wellbeing

Posted on October 22, 2017 in Oxford

Ashley Lodge, Senior Publisher at Pearson  The last year has been an exciting one for me at Pearson as I’ve been involved into two initiatives that are making a real …

Breaking boundaries: Digital marketing scales and that could create new opportunities for capable publishers

Posted on October 22, 2017 in Oxford

Mike Shatzkin, Founder & CEO of The Idea Logical Company Original source: The Shatzkin Files There are three new promotion and marketing opportunities for publishers of ebooks that have been …

SYP at the IPG Autumn Conference 2017

Posted on October 18, 2017 in Uncategorized

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 …

Saltire Society Literary Awards: The Shortlists

Posted on October 17, 2017 in Scotland

Yesterday evening the shortlists for the Saltire Society Literary Awards were announced at a lovely event at Waterstones Princes Street. These awards are given annually for excellence across the following …

Publishing Round-up: 28.09.17

Posted on October 17, 2017 in Uncategorized

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 …