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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. …

The SYP and JFL Search and Selection Careers Evening: How to get a job in the recession

Posted on November 3, 2009 in Uncategorized

This year’s careers evening (ran by the SYP in association with JFL, Inspired Selection, Harper Collins and Bookcareers.com) saw Waterstone’s Simpsons room packed out with job seekers eager to soak …

London Book Club: September

Posted on November 3, 2009 in Uncategorized

September’s book club choice was The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. The general consensus was that most people really liked the book, though many of us wouldn’t have picked it …

SYP Conference Registration extended to November 7th

Posted on October 30, 2009 in Uncategorized

So don’t delay, register today! The theme of this year’s conference at Oxford Brookes University on Saturday 14th of November is The Impact of Publishing upon Society, focusing on the ways in …

wordPLAY 3rd November

Posted on October 30, 2009 in Uncategorized

Date:     Tuesday, 03 November 2009 Time:     19:00 – 23:00 Location:     The Good Ship, Kilburn Hi there crazy cats – here’s wordPLAY 3rd November illustriousness, back after a long, dark wordPLAYless …

London Book Club: August

Posted on October 19, 2009 in Uncategorized

In his book, The Five People you meet in Heaven, Mitch Albom proposes a theory regarding what happens to a person when they die. The central character in the novel …

Generation Y-A: Publishing Teenage Fiction

Posted on October 19, 2009 in Uncategorized

The SYP’s July Speaker meeting looked at the ins and outs of writing for and with teenagers and young adults, and took place at Paddington Children’s Library.   First to …

Commissioning Editor, London: 5

Posted on October 19, 2009 in Uncategorized

Eventually, I decided to go out for that drink with Dorothy. She hasn’t cried in the office since that one incident a week back, but she had been quiet, sullent and …