The Press Forward Blog


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 …

How To Get Into Publishing

Posted on April 24, 2012 in Uncategorized

How To Get Into Publishing was our eagerly-anticipated seminar which took place last Wednesday at the 2012 London Book Fair, Earls Court. We work in an industry that a lot …

The London Marathon is in two days!

Posted on April 20, 2012 in Uncategorized

So yesterday it became real. Four simple words placed in one simple sentence made me realise what I have signed up for, what I have to do, and for the …

The Kim Scott Walwyn Shortlist

Posted on April 19, 2012 in Uncategorized

At the start of the SYP’s second seminar How to Get Ahead in Publishing at the London Book Fair, Ella Kahn 2011 SYP Chair announced the shortlist for this year’s Kim …

Four days left until The London Marathon

Posted on April 18, 2012 in Uncategorized

With four days to go until The London Marathon, we asked SYP Commissioning Editor Rosy Locke how her training was going. Here is what she had to say…   When …

Party in the Library!

Posted on March 30, 2012 in Uncategorized

Blackshaw, a young theatre company, invited us along to Party in a Library – sounds a bit naughty, but fear not my book-loving library-respecting friends, this party was not held …

Get Discounted Entry to Society of Authors Conference!

Posted on March 27, 2012 in Uncategorized

The SYP is pleased to announce that the Society of Authors is offering SYP members a discount on tickets to its Children’s Writers and Illustrators Group Conference, taking place at …

Northern & Midlands Society of Young Publishers Speaker Event

Posted on March 19, 2012 in Uncategorized

I feel I can safely say that anyone you ask who came to the Northern and Midlands SYP on 29 February would call it a great start to 2012. Held …