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 …
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 …
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. …
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 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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 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 …