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Trailblazer Awards

Inaugural Trailblazer Award winners announced

Posted on February 18, 2016 in Uncategorized

Top row: Clio Cornish and George Burgess; bottom row from left: Ella Kahn, Bryony Woods and Nick Coveney The evening of February 16th saw the London Book Fair’s inaugural Trailblazer …

Centum Press: ‘The Power of One Hundred Authors’

Posted on February 10, 2016 in Oxford

A short story is ‘something that can be read in an hour and remembered in a lifetime’ (Stephen Vincent Benét), so when we read about a new imprint specialising in …

SYP to launch new branch – SYP Éire

Posted on January 13, 2016 in Uncategorized

Announced last night at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) the SYP is opening up its fourth regional branch in Dublin, Ireland. To be named SYP Éire this is an exciting new development …

A Day in the Life of Maria Vassilopoulos, The Bookseller

Posted on December 14, 2015 in Uncategorized

Description of Company The Bookseller is the B2B magazine for the UK book trade and has been since 1858.  We have our weekly magazine, online site, email newsletters and conferences …

Direct to consumer: The IPG DQM, 26th November

Posted on December 1, 2015 in Uncategorized

Direct to consumer: The IPG DQM, 26th November   Last week an SYP delegation was invited to a Digital Quarterly Meeting of the IPG. The Independent Publishers Guild is a …

Why you should join the SYP: Maria Vassilopoulos, The Bookseller

Posted on October 25, 2015 in London, North, Oxford, Scotland

I first came into contact with The Society of Young Publishers when a colleague of mine at the publisher I worked for took me to a social. I was nearing …

Exciting SYP conference update and an event for aspiring literary agents

Posted on October 21, 2015 in Oxford

Greetings, SYPeeps and welcome to another edition of the Oxford Comma! With the SYP Conference on the horizon, we are getting rather excited for the big day on 21st November. …

London SYP Book Club Reads 'The Artificial Anatomy of Parks', debut novel by Kat Gordan

Posted on October 7, 2015 in Uncategorized

      Written by Blogger Laura Pietrobon, SYP member and regular SYP book clubber @misslpietrobon Welcome to the life of Tallulah Park. She’s basically been alone for the last five …

London SYP Book Club Reads 'The Artificial Anatomy of Parks', debut novel by Kat Gordan

Posted on October 7, 2015 in Uncategorized

      Written by Blogger Laura Pietrobon, SYP member and regular SYP book clubber @misslpietrobon Welcome to the life of Tallulah Park. She’s basically been alone for the last five …

London SYP Book Club Reads ‘The Artificial Anatomy of Parks’, debut novel by Kat Gordan

Posted on October 7, 2015 in Uncategorized

      Written by Blogger Laura Pietrobon, SYP member and regular SYP book clubber @misslpietrobon Welcome to the life of Tallulah Park. She’s basically been alone for the last five …

SYP Conference 2015 – EARLY BIRD TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE!

Posted on October 2, 2015 in Oxford

Tickets are now available for the SYP Conference 2015 in Oxford! Buy them HERE Early bird tickets will be on sale for two weeks only, so get yours before they’re …

SYP Conference 2015

Posted on September 13, 2015 in London, North, Oxford, Scotland

PUBLISHING: A THOROUGHLY MODERN BUSINESS We’re very excited to present the SYP Conference 2015, happening 21st November 2015 in Oxford! We’re looking forward to seeing all of you there. We’ll …