The London College of Communication (LCC) is hosting its annual Publishing Innovation conference on the afternoon of Thursday 13 March. This year’s conference is entitled Still Reading? – a debate …
Alternative media sources and modern culture are seducing conventional readers away from their traditional reading habits. Will today’s concept of reading disappear? How can book and magazine publishers keep their …
I’m wasted again in a pub the wrong side of the M25, called something ridiculous like the Cock Tavern or maybe it was the Cock and Hen, …
We are pleased to announce that you can once more join the SYP or renew your membership online. All you need to do is to fill in the boxes and …
As soon as the panel debate wound up, we welcomed our lunchtime guest of honour, Gordon Graham, Editor Emeritus and Founder of LOGOS, the premier publishing journal, and his wife …
SYP members are entitled to a 15% discount off the entry fee for Book Marketing Limited’s 2008 Books and the Consumer Conference, which will be held on the morning of Tuesday, 11th …
The London Book Fair is one of the publishing calendar’s most important dates (14-16 April 2008). This year, for the first time ever, the SYP is hosting its own seminar, …
In the current issue of InPrint the article on OUP (OUP Children’s Books: Commissioning and Development pp. 14-15) suggests the company has just celebrated its centenary, when in fact it …
The London Word Festival is now up and running. Of particular interest to publishers will be the Book Futures debate (Thursday March 13th 7pm at the Bishopsgate Institute), featuring Scott …
What does an average day as a staff writer on a men’s magazine involve? I work for Maxim, a monthly men’s magazine. Most people imagine it’s a right doss; a …
What does an average day as a staff writer on a men’s magazine involve? I work for Maxim, a monthly men’s magazine. Most people imagine it’s a right doss; a …
The Magic Toyshop tells the surreal “rites of passage” story of Melanie and her transition from innocent girl to sexualised woman. After a tragic event ends her comfortable, idyllic …