The Press Forward Blog


The Queen’s English

Posted on September 25, 2010 in Uncategorized

The SYP’s press officer, Naomi Holt, talks to Anna Marx, Editor at Michael O’Mara Books about her experiences working on a book about the English language.   Did you enjoy editing …

Guardian Careers Chat: Opportunities in Digital Book Publish

Posted on September 13, 2010 in Uncategorized

Join SYP committee members Nick Coveney, Ella Kahn and Katy Robinson in the Guardian Careers Web Chat from 1-4pm today. As eBooks boom, publishers are preparing themselves for a future …

Careering ahead

Posted on September 12, 2010 in Uncategorized

The SYP’s Careering Ahead event held in the iconic setting of 80 Strand, home to major publishing conglomerate Penguin Books, saw prestigious speakers and experts in their field of publishing …

International Translation Day

Posted on September 7, 2010 in Uncategorized

Join English PEN and other leading translation organisations for a full day of events focused on the future of literary translation, at the Free Word Centre on Thursday 30th September.  Speakers …

Fired from the Literary Canon

Posted on September 5, 2010 in Uncategorized

As book lovers, we are all faced with the same problem: there are just too many good books out there. It’s impossible to get through them all; how are we …

Digital Publishing Certificate

Posted on August 26, 2010 in Uncategorized

Are you interested in digital publishing? The Oxford International Centre for Publishing Studies are developing a new Digital Publishing Certificate, aimed at those in junior publishing roles looking to further …

Commissioning Editor, London: 9

Posted on August 20, 2010 in Uncategorized

  Frank had been gone for days. I saw his smashed eReader sitting forlornly on his desk, on a pile of gently crushed A4 pages that resembled a carpet of fake …

The Great British SYP Picnic

Posted on August 19, 2010 in Uncategorized

On 14 August members of the SYP gathered for the society’s annual picnic on Hampstead Heath.  Those of you who thought better of trekking out to Hampstead in the rain, …

SYP @Phoenix

Posted on July 29, 2010 in Uncategorized

  Thursday 22nd July saw the second in the @Phoenix series of networking events for publishing professionals, at the Phoenix Artist Club. A charismatic venue with book covers decorating the …

London Book Club: June

Posted on July 29, 2010 in Uncategorized

  For June book club, we read The Other Hand by Chris Cleave. For those of you who don’t already know, this is the book whose jacket blurb begins ‘we …

The SYP Pub Quiz

Posted on July 29, 2010 in Uncategorized

At the beginning of June, the SYP hosted another round of its famous pub quiz, as part of The Book Trade Charity’s Action Week. Teams from the publishing world, including …

SYP supports the DSC South Asian Literature Festival

Posted on July 21, 2010 in Uncategorized

The SYP's former Chair Jon Slack, and current committee member, Bhavit Mehta, have embarked on a new project by directing UK's first ever South Asian literature festival, which will be …