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Social Media Speaker Event

Posted on October 19, 2011 in Uncategorized

  When Liz Murray from LJ interactive remarked, to an impressive audience at Magdalen College Auditorium, that it now takes only one week for a billion tweets to be sent, …

Films that just shouldn't have been made!

Posted on October 18, 2011 in Uncategorized

Everyone loves going to the cinema, I mean who doesn’t? But we all run the risk of being heavily disappointed when we make that crucial decision to watch a film …

Films that just shouldn’t have been made!

Posted on October 18, 2011 in Uncategorized

Everyone loves going to the cinema, I mean who doesn’t? But we all run the risk of being heavily disappointed when we make that crucial decision to watch a film …

Wimbledon Bookfest 2011

Posted on October 11, 2011 in Uncategorized

Having just moved into the area I thought it would be a good idea to get stuck in and meet new booky folk at the Bookfest which ran from 1-9 …

How do authors use social media sites?

Posted on October 9, 2011 in Uncategorized

In the last 18 months, the number of authors who can be found on Twitter and Facebook has boomed. The gap between authors and their fans has shortened dramatically, allowing …

London Book Club: September

Posted on September 27, 2011 in Uncategorized

For September’s SYP London book club we read post-apocalyptic YA novel The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. The story centres around Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mallark, two 16-year-olds chosen from …

Northern and Midlands SYP – NEW EVENT

Posted on September 27, 2011 in Uncategorized

The Showroom 15 Paternoster Row, Sheffield, S1 2BX Monday 10th October Arrive 6.30 pm, first speaker at 7 pm. The Northern and Midlands SYP's second event is at The Showroom …

The SYP Conference 2011

Posted on September 20, 2011 in Uncategorized

  It’s conference time! And the biggest* one in the publishing calendar is just warming up here in Oxford. Since flares were fashionable and landing on the moon was still …

The Oxford Book Project

Posted on September 15, 2011 in Uncategorized

Recently, the Oxford Society of Young Publishers held an all-day event to support Oxford’s World Book Capital bid. The event focused on providing design skills to people working in publishing …

SYP Quiz 2011

Posted on September 5, 2011 in Uncategorized

Another summer, another great SYP Quiz, and £1,000 raised for The Book Trade Charity.   A lively mixture of publishers and SYP-ers congregated at Camden’s Proud two weeks ago, in …

First Northern SYP meeting!

Posted on September 1, 2011 in Uncategorized

Take one pub, stock well with wine and beer, sprinkle with free food and then throw in 50 Northerners.What does this make readers? The first meeting of the Northern SYP …

SYP Pub Quiz: a Success!

Posted on August 26, 2011 in Uncategorized

We’d like to thank everybody who helped us making the pub quiz possible, and all the teams who took part to this amazing night. The BookBrunch has an article about …