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 …
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 …
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, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
The worldwide publishing industry employs several million people in a variety of roles and publishers need efficient and successful methods for finding suitable recruits. How different publishers tackle this – …
Are you unemployed and from the UK Book Trade? Then you might qualify for free help from the bookcareers.com job club. The job club has been ongoing since September 2009 …
Did you go to the London Book Fair this year? Were you at the SYP session on ‘How to Get Into Publishing’? If yes, you may remember me. I was …
This seminar, organised by Nielsen, covered how to go about setting up a publishing company; what you should do and, maybe more importantly, what you shouldn’t do. It also considered …
There can be no doubt that this year’s volcano stricken London Book Fair was a noticeably quieter affair. One thing there is never a shortage of though, are people hoping …