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Win a place on a children's editing course!

Posted on August 8, 2012 in Uncategorized

The Publishing Training Centre are offering one free place to an SYP member on their two-day course The Children’s Illustrated Book Editor. The course will run on 26-27 September and …

Win a place on a children’s editing course!

Posted on August 8, 2012 in Uncategorized

The Publishing Training Centre are offering one free place to an SYP member on their two-day course The Children’s Illustrated Book Editor. The course will run on 26-27 September and …

The Foyle Young Poets of the Year 2012 : Final Call

Posted on July 26, 2012 in Uncategorized

The Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award is a chance for any young poet aged 11-17 to accelerate their writing career. With over 7,000 young people entering their poems …

The Melita Hume Poetry Prize Winner!

Posted on July 24, 2012 in Uncategorized

Supporting young emerging writers during difficult economic times, the International Melita Hume Poetry Prize offers £1000 and publication with Eyewear Publishing Ltd. for the best debut poetry collection. Caleb Klaces, …

Stand-Up for Books: Romantic Misadventures

Posted on July 16, 2012 in Uncategorized

At the end of June we all gathered at the Water Poet in Shoreditch along with the Society of Authors to hear comedy tales of misadventures from four authors. The …

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! …