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The Desmond Elliot Prize 2012

Posted on July 4, 2012 in Uncategorized

On Thursday 28 June, SYP Treasurer Ella Kahn and I were lucky enough to be invited to attend the award presentation of the 2012 Desmond Elliot Prize as representatives of …

Ian McMillan at the Northern SYP

Posted on June 28, 2012 in Uncategorized

First of all, another huge thank you to everyone who came to The Adelphi last night in Leeds, it was a great turn out and so exciting to see lots …

The Publishing Training Centre Launch a New Course for Children's Editors

Posted on June 25, 2012 in Uncategorized

The Publishing Training Centre (PTC) is proud to announce the launch of their new course The Children’s Illustrated Book Editor which will run for the first time on 26-27 September …

The Publishing Training Centre Launch a New Course for Children’s Editors

Posted on June 25, 2012 in Uncategorized

The Publishing Training Centre (PTC) is proud to announce the launch of their new course The Children’s Illustrated Book Editor which will run for the first time on 26-27 September …

The SYP at the Diamond Jubilee

Posted on June 19, 2012 in Uncategorized

Over the first weekend in June, it can’t have escaped anyone’s notice that Britain – and London in particular – was celebrating Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee. One of the …

The Graphic Novel: A Life Cycle

Posted on June 7, 2012 in Uncategorized

Last Thursday we hosted our first graphic novel panel event at the fantastic Gosh! Comics store in Soho, London. The evening was an open Q&A session with four industry experts …

The five best things about Kapow!

Posted on May 29, 2012 in Uncategorized

On 19-20 May SYP Chair Andrew Turner was lucky enough to attend Kapow! Comic Con at the London Business Design Centre. He’s jotted down some of his thoughts on Kapow! …

Inspired Selection have launched their first blog!

Posted on May 22, 2012 in Uncategorized

Inspired Selection, the market leading recruitment consultancy across print and digital media, have launched their first blog dedicated to reaching out to their candidates and giving them tips and pointers …

Editorial Freelancing Live Q&A Thursday 24 May 1-3pm

Posted on May 18, 2012 in Uncategorized

The Publishing Training Centre are hosting their first live Q&A session on Thursday 24 May between 1-3pm. They have a panel of eight experts who will be on their forum …

Editorial Freelancing Live Q&A Thursday 24 May 1-3pm

Posted on May 18, 2012 in Uncategorized

The Publishing Training Centre are hosting their first live Q&A session on Thursday 24 May between 1-3pm. They have a panel of eight experts who will be on their forum …

The winner of the Kim Scott Walwyn Prize has been announced!

Posted on May 11, 2012 in Uncategorized

Congratulations to Rukhsana Yasmin, a physicist turned publisher, who was named the winner of the Kim Scott Walwyn Prize 2012 after just five years in the trade. We had a …

How To Get Ahead In Publishing

Posted on April 25, 2012 in Uncategorized

Our second seminar session at The London Book Fair was on How to Get Ahead in Publishing. We had an excellent panel of four industry experts who have all come …