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Dark Fairy Tales Saturday 28th November

Posted on November 25, 2009 in Uncategorized

SYP Project 60 Coorindator and publisher of Saadhak Books, Bhav Mehta, will be performing at the Dark Fairytales event at the Watermans Theatre in Brentford on Saturday 28th November.  He will …

UK Young Publishing Entrepreneur award 2010

Posted on November 24, 2009 in Uncategorized

The deadline for applications for the UK Young Publishing Entrepreneur award 2010 has been extended until 14 December. The market focus for the study tour is South Africa. This will …

SYP Conference: freedom, responsibility and the bottom line

Posted on November 23, 2009 in Uncategorized

The recent SYP Annual Conference tackled some major questions as it examined "the impact of publishing on society". Jon Slack and Alan Crompton report on the weekend’s highlights This report …

SYP Conference 2009: Making an ImPRESSion

Posted on November 22, 2009 in Uncategorized

Given what the weather conditions were like on the weekend of the SYP conference, it was a sure-fire bet a lot of young (and not-so-young) publishers would be blowing about …

50% discount for SYP members for The Writer’s Handbook 2010

Posted on November 18, 2009 in Uncategorized

The publishers of The Writer’s Handbook 2010 are offering SYP members a 50% discount off the cover price.  To claim this discount, please visit our Offers page. Of particular revelance to SYP members …

wordPLAY 1st December

Posted on November 18, 2009 in Uncategorized

Date:  Tuesday, 01 December 2009 Time:  19:00 – 22:30 Location: The Good Ship, Kilburn wordPLAY London spoken word extravaganza presents: ‘wordPLAN – Twisted Christmas’ – all proceeds to Plan International Featured Writers: …

BookBrunch offer 15% discount to SYP members

Posted on November 14, 2009 in Uncategorized

BookBrunch, one of the industry’s leading trade journals, is offering a 15% discount off the subscription prices to members of the SYP;  in order to get this you would need to …

Gordon Graham-SYP Mentoring Scheme 2009/10

Posted on November 11, 2009 in Uncategorized

The SYP is pleased to announce a new six-month Mentoring Scheme that will begin late November. The scheme is aimed at those SYP members who would benefit from having a …

Relaunch of the SYP in Scotland

Posted on November 4, 2009 in Uncategorized

SYP Scotland held its relaunch on Thursday, 29 October at the Publishing Scotland offices in Edinburgh. The event attracted around 60 publishers (a third) and university students (two-thirds), a promising …

Canon Tales Presents 'Free?'

Posted on November 3, 2009 in Uncategorized

To celebrate the official opening of the FREE WORD centre, Canon Tales presented ‘Free?’, showcasing the professional and personal stories of the people and organisations now based in the centre. …

Kindling the debate: publishing audio and e-books

Posted on November 3, 2009 in Uncategorized

The SYP’s September speaker meeting covered the hot topic of the moment: are printed books essential, or is a move to purely electronic media inevitable?   First to speak was …

Canon Tales Presents ‘Free?’

Posted on November 3, 2009 in Uncategorized

To celebrate the official opening of the FREE WORD centre, Canon Tales presented ‘Free?’, showcasing the professional and personal stories of the people and organisations now based in the centre. …