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Independent Booksellers’ Week and A Pop-Up Shop Party

Posted on July 10, 2013 in Uncategorized

The 1st-7th July was Independent Booksellers’ Week and all over the country authors, publishers and booksellers came together to organise events and celebrations of our favourite Indies.  Small poetry press …

The Oxford SYP Great Gatsby Party

Posted on June 25, 2013 in Uncategorized

Last month’s Great Gatsby Soiree social event was a resounding success for the Society of Young Publishers (Oxford). From the second I walked through the door I was handed a white …

SYP Event: Your Rights As An Intern

Posted on June 18, 2013 in Uncategorized

On Thursday 13 June, the SYP met to discuss the rights of interns and the role of internships and work experience in helping people to break into the publishing industry. …

Producing my first book: learning from teammates, mistakes and my masters programme

Posted on June 6, 2013 in Uncategorized

When I started looking into MA Publishing courses, everyone around me was supportive. Yet, their eyes were full of questions: Why England? Is it worth the money? Will you really …

The Gilbert Collection

Posted on May 24, 2013 in Uncategorized

The Society of Young Publishers have a very special project we’d like you to be a part of. We recently received a message on Facebook from Hannah Gilbert, whose brother …

May Book Club – A Tale for the Time Being

Posted on May 9, 2013 in Uncategorized

This month’s bookclub choice was A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki and it was met by mixed reviews. A tale of one teenage girl in Tokyo and …

Judging a Book By Its Cover – Cover Design and Why It Matters.

Posted on April 25, 2013 in Uncategorized

It is often said by marketers and even editors in publishing that the success of a book depends on its cover as much as its content. Increasingly, as physical books …

The 10 Best Contemporary Art Galleries in Istanbul

Posted on April 25, 2013 in Uncategorized

Reprinted with permission of The Culture Trip. Istanbul is currently one of the cultural hot spots of Europe. Often seen as a gateway between Western and Eastern culture, the galleries in this city …

Orhan Pamuk’s ‘Museum of Innocence’ in Istanbul

Posted on April 22, 2013 in Uncategorized

Reprinted with permission of The Culture Trip. Nobel Laureate Orhan Pamuk has opened a museum displaying artefacts in parallel with his novel Museum of Innocence, which tells a love story lasting three decades. The actual …

Kim Scott Walwyn Shortlist Announced

Posted on April 16, 2013 in Uncategorized

The Prize is named in honour of Kim Scott Walwyn, a Publishing Director at Oxford University Press who died in 2002. She was widely regarded as a dynamic and exceptional …

The Casual Vacancy – Book Club write up by Serena Alam

Posted on March 11, 2013 in Uncategorized

    January book club met to discuss J.K. Rowling’s debut adult novel The Casual Vacancy. Here is what the book clubbers thought: Someone who was present at the book …

Blind Poetics – 11th March, 8pm @ The Blind Poet, Edinburgh

Posted on February 26, 2013 in Scotland

  Blind Poetics is a monthly spoken word night organised by some very dedicated, Edinburgh-based, super cool, poet-shaped volunteers. Members of the SYP Scotland committee will be going along, and …