The Press Forward Blog


SYP Seminar at London Book Fair 2008 Feedback

Posted on April 21, 2008 in Uncategorized

Send us your feedback! Were you at this event? If so, did you enjoy it? How could it have been improved? Please send us your feedback via our online form.

New Oxford Committee Secretary needed

Posted on April 21, 2008 in Uncategorized

We are looking for an enthusiastic and organised person to join the Oxford Committee as Secretary. The current secretary, Clare Caruana, is moving to London and we need to find …

'Darling, never judge a book by its cover!'

Posted on April 16, 2008 in Uncategorized

  Members of the SYP battled an arctic gale on their way to March’s Speaker Meeting on Children’s Publishing at Foyles. Our miserable spirits were defrosted by chocolate and red …

Why More Book Shops Should Be Like 'Black Books'

Posted on April 16, 2008 in Uncategorized

[Click] [Tap-a-tap-tap] [Click] [Analogue rumble] [Procrastination] [Surprise at the manner in which ‘Eric A, Basingstoke’ deftly manipulates English into something entirely unrecognisable] [Analogue rumble] [Click]   That was the sound …

SYP Seminar at London Book Fair 2008 Feedback

Posted on April 16, 2008 in Uncategorized

Send us your feedback! Were you at this event? If so, did you enjoy it? How could it have been improved? Please send us your feedback via our online form.

‘Darling, never judge a book by its cover!’

Posted on April 16, 2008 in Uncategorized

  Members of the SYP battled an arctic gale on their way to March’s Speaker Meeting on Children’s Publishing at Foyles. Our miserable spirits were defrosted by chocolate and red …

Why More Book Shops Should Be Like ‘Black Books’

Posted on April 16, 2008 in Uncategorized

[Click] [Tap-a-tap-tap] [Click] [Analogue rumble] [Procrastination] [Surprise at the manner in which ‘Eric A, Basingstoke’ deftly manipulates English into something entirely unrecognisable] [Analogue rumble] [Click]   That was the sound …

Book Review: The Second Plane by Martin Amis

Posted on April 14, 2008 in Uncategorized

How many lazy clichés are there to describe Martin Amis? ‘Teeth-obsessed’ is one. ‘Kingsley’s Heir’ another. Then there’s the ‘Bard of Brash’; the ‘Czar of Cool’ and it seems impossible …

SYP Seminar at London Book Fair 2008 Feedback page

Posted on April 14, 2008 in Uncategorized

Getting Ahead In UK Publishing This packed session was for those considering a job in the industry or early on in their publishing careers. Whether you’re from the UK or …

Interview with Alison Baverstock: How to Get a Job in Publishing

Posted on April 14, 2008 in Uncategorized

Ahead of the SYP’s seminar at the London Book Fair on 15th April, we talk to Alison Baverstock (Author and Senior Lecturer in Publishing Studies at Kingston University) who will …

Work Experience Ads

Posted on April 11, 2008 in Uncategorized

The Member Ad page is a unique service; we aim to bridge the gap between talented potentials and a range of publishing houses, literary agents and publishing related companies.  Click …

Online Membership

Posted on April 11, 2008 in Uncategorized

You can join the SYP or renew your membership online. All you need to do is to fill in the boxes and follow the instructions on our membership page. Please …