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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 …

Sean B. Carroll at the Oxford Literary Festival

Posted on April 21, 2016 in Oxford

This April saw the Oxford Literary Festival descend upon the city of dreaming spires and a range of interesting and inspiring speakers sharing their ideas. One of the talks that …

SYP at London Book Fair 2016

Posted on April 11, 2016 in London

Tuesday 12 April The SYP are hosting their annual London Book Fair Seminars 4pm-5pm SYP Seminar ‘How to Get Into Publishing’ Olympia Room Find out more 5.30pm-6.30pm SYP Seminar ‘How …

INDUSTRY NEWS: Inspired Selection launch Inspired Temps – @InspiredTemps

Posted on March 18, 2016 in Uncategorized

Following a very ambiguous and intriguing heads-up tweet yesterday from the Inspired Selection gang, here at the SYP we made sure to keep a watchful eye on twitter at the …

A novel idea

Posted on March 8, 2016 in Uncategorized

Last weekend SYP Éire was able to attend the Greenbean Novel Fair run by the Irish Writers Centre. The Irish Writers Centre is the national resource centre for Irish literature …

SYP opens applications for 2016 Mentor Scheme

Posted on March 7, 2016 in London

  ‘An inspiring new scheme for ambitious young people in publishing!’ —Tom Weldon The Society of Young Publishers is proud to announce the reopening of the SYP Mentor Scheme for …