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London Book Club: July

Posted on July 30, 2009 in Uncategorized

Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates For the July book club we took a ‘long drive’ down Richard Yates’ Revolutionary Road. We all really loved the book, and it generated a …

SYP Social Secretary’s Bookseller Blog

Posted on July 29, 2009 in Uncategorized

SYP Social Secretary, Nicola Crossley, has written a blog on The Bookseller website about July’s London Speaker Meeting on publishing Generation YA (Young Adult) books, which featured speakers such as Jill …

2nd WordPlay event 04 August

Posted on July 24, 2009 in Uncategorized

The second WordPlay spoken word event, compered by SYP Speaker Meeting Co-ordinator Rebecca Fenton, will be on August 4th, at The Good Ship in Kilburn.  Featured writers include Dockers MC (aka …

Second WordPlay event 04 August

Posted on July 24, 2009 in Uncategorized

Kilburn’s favourite spoken word night returns after a great July launch with a literary line-up beyond compere (see what we did there…): Date: Tuesday, 04 August 2009 Location: The Good …

SYP 60th Birthday Party

Posted on July 21, 2009 in Uncategorized

On 18th June, the great and the good of the publishing world helped the SYP to celebrate their 60th anniversary in the stunning surroundings of the Underglobe at London’s Globe …

SYP celebrated in Bookseller Special Feature

Posted on July 11, 2009 in Uncategorized

The SYP’s 60th anniversary has been celebrated in a lavish 3 page spread in The Bookseller.  Also, SYP Project 60 Project Co-ordinator Bhav Mehta, who has played a vital role …

All the Young Dudes Bookseller article

Posted on July 11, 2009 in Uncategorized

If you can’t see The Bookseller article below, then your Flash player may not be up to date.  You can try viewing this page in an alternative browser, such as Internet Explorer, or you …

Reserve a copy of the SYP’s 60th Anniversary Book

Posted on July 9, 2009 in Uncategorized

We are very excited to announce that the SYP’s 60th anniversary book will be launched during this autumn.  The society was born in the embers of the Second World War, …

Bridget Moans

Posted on July 9, 2009 in Uncategorized

Yes, I’m back! And this time, amazingly, I’m not moaning about men (or more specifically, the lack of them). ‘What’s your problem now then?’ I hear you cry – or …

Commissioning Editor, London: 2

Posted on July 6, 2009 in Uncategorized

I was with some of the office in the pub. Marcus was on the bar stool beside me, to the right. To my left was Frank, just about holding himself up. It was …

How to Create and Edit SYP-60 chapters

Posted on July 5, 2009 in Uncategorized

First off, log into the website via the SYP-60 homepage.  If you want to edit an existing chapter, then don’t click the following hyperlink on your chapter page: The above Edit link …

The Essential Guide to Publishing Work Experience

Posted on July 5, 2009 in Uncategorized

Nora Mahony illustrates the dos and don’ts of this rite of passage that so many young publishers go through. Spare a thought for that much-maligned period in all of our …