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 …
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. …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Written by Nicholas Clee Sunday, 11 October 2009 15:16 How old was Shakespeare’s Juliet when she died? In what county is Stilton cheese manufactured? What was the first frozen vegetable …
And of course, this all goes to a very worthy cause, the Book Trade Charity. So thank you for everyone who participated in the quiz, to the Publishing Association’s Simon Juden for compering, to …
I was really irritated last year when I saw that Penguin had chosen Eoin Colfer to write the next Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy book. Irritated, because I’ve never really …