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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 …

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. …