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SYP shoots for the stars: Bookseller Rising Stars 2016

Posted on August 1, 2016 in Uncategorized

  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 …

It's all about the drama

Posted on June 25, 2016 in Uncategorized

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 …

It’s all about the drama

Posted on June 25, 2016 in Uncategorized

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 …

Discounted tickets to BookMachine/Unite event – United, We Publish II: ‘Your Pay – Your Say?’

Posted on June 17, 2016 in London

  The SYP have 10 discounted tickets to give away to upcoming event United, We Publish II: Your pay  – your say?, a discussion about pay and conditions for workers in the …

A look back at our Innovation Revolution event

Posted on June 15, 2016 in Oxford

  Last week team SYP headed to Oxford’s Art Cafe ready to be inspired by two very innovative and ambitious publishers. Anna Jean Hughes of Pigeonhole Press came up with her …

Carol Ann Duffy at Shore to Shore

Posted on June 14, 2016 in Uncategorized

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 …

Carol Ann Duffy at Shore to Shore

Posted on June 14, 2016 in Oxford

We can’t wait to attend Blackwell’s latest Shore to Shore event with Carol Ann Duffy, Gillian Clarke, Imtiaz Dharker, Jackie Kay, John Sampson plus local poet, Bernard O’Donoghue. What’s more, we have …

The Bailey’s Prize 2016

Posted on June 8, 2016 in Oxford

  The Baileys Prize, formerly known as the Orange Prize, was launched in 1996 after the Booker shortlist of 1991 failed to include a single woman. It goes to the …

Image is Everything: A look back at our Design Event

Posted on May 11, 2016 in Oxford

Back in April we huddled into Oxford’s Turl Street Kitchen to hear Stewart Larking speak about all things book design. Design in publishing often proves to be a heated topic of …

XML Summer School 2016 in Oxford

Posted on May 10, 2016 in Uncategorized

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 …

XML Summer School 2016 in Oxford

Posted on May 10, 2016 in Oxford

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 …

The Oxford Literary Festival: A Bookseller’s Perspective

Posted on May 9, 2016 in Oxford

Bookselling had always seemed to me to be a dream job. My vast experience of the industry, based on countless viewings of a certain London-based rom-com featuring Hugh Grant, had …