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Editorial: Booker Prize longlist

Posted on August 8, 2007 in Uncategorized

Blimey!  Summer must be over before it’s begun, for the Booker Prize longlist is already upon us.  Having had a look at the list, I must admit that I’m a …

3rd London Poetry Festival 2007

Posted on August 8, 2007 in Uncategorized

The 3rd London Poetry Festival is on from August 10th to the 13th (Friday-Monday).  For more details, please read the press release here.

3rd London Poetry Festival 2007 press release

Posted on August 8, 2007 in Uncategorized

3rd London Poetry Festival 2007 August 10-13 (Friday-Monday) Waterloo St John’s Church Waterloo Road London SE1 Tickets: £7/£5 Cons http://www.londonpoetryfestival.com The Third London Poetry Festival 2007 is taking place in …

Here or There review

Posted on August 1, 2007 in Uncategorized

Rebecca Strong used to edit InPrint, so her debut novel Here and There has been read with much interest by her friends and colleagues in the SYP.  Web Content Editor …

Here or There review with photos from the launch

Posted on August 1, 2007 in Uncategorized

This is an excellent debut novel from Rebecca Strong. When I first read that the book concerned eleven characters whose lives are mysteriously intertwined, I was expecting something as genteel …

News

Posted on July 30, 2007 in Uncategorized

We are live.

SYP article in Publishing News

Posted on July 27, 2007 in Uncategorized

Congratulations to InPrint editor Tori Hunt, who has an article in this week’s edition of Publishing News. The article is Tori’s account of the June SYP speaker meeting concerning Publishing …

SYP Picnic – A Sunshine Update!

Posted on July 26, 2007 in Uncategorized

Like many of you, I’m sure, we’ve been watching the weather forecast warily to predict how conditions will favour us for Saturday’s annual SYP picnic. Understandably, we need to be …

SYP offer: £5 tickets for National Theatre tickets

Posted on July 23, 2007 in Uncategorized

£5 tickets are available for SYP members to see The Enchantment at the National Theatre. Be amongst the first to see the British premiere of The Enchantment by groundbreaking Swedish …

Non-freaky male found working in publishing!

Posted on July 21, 2007 in Uncategorized

– is the announcement that the character Heidi wants the SYP to make in Lorelei Matthias’s new novel Lost for Words.  So, put down your copy of The Deathly Hallows, …

I saw this and was Lost for Words!

Posted on July 21, 2007 in Uncategorized

‘Never mind the fact that he’s diligent, Daisy!’ scolded Heidi, ‘Has the fact that he’s completely stunning somehow escaped your attention? Do you not see? This is a breakthrough for …

Jamie Byng to be at launch of Scottish SYP

Posted on July 13, 2007 in Uncategorized

We are delighted to announce that Jamie Byng, the owner of the prestigious Scottish independent publisher Canongate, has agreed to be a guest speaker at the launch of the Scottish …