Saturday 10th November was the annual SYP autumn conference. The theme was innovation and disruption in publishing, questioning established beliefs and practices in the UK publishing industry. Stream 1 was entitled "Write Your Own Story", which looked at started a career in publishing, and also alternative ways to manage or develop your career. Stream 2 … Continue reading BLOG: The SYP Conference 2018 – Rewriting the (Rule)Book
At the start of 2018, Orion books launched their #OrionOnTour initiative, which saw representatives from the publisher visiting places around the country to promote publishing as a career. After a weekend discussing regional diversity and the London bias of publishing at the 2018 SYP conference, it seemed fitting to highlight a publisher that is making … Continue reading INTERVIEW: #OrionOnTour – Regional Diversity and Publishing
On 29th May 2018, independent Norfolk-based publishers Salt tweeted that they were facing challenging times, and asked for support. They requested that twitter followers help them change their fortunes buy buying #JustOneBook. On 30th May, the Bookseller reported that Salt had raised £7,500. At 3:00am on the 6th June 2018, Salt announced that they had … Continue reading BLOG: #JustOneBook
The 1st September marks one year since I handed in my dissertation and completed my MA. Perhaps the title here is misleading - the news is, there is no news. I had honestly expected to have a job by now – my opening blog in January was optimistic that I would be able to do … Continue reading BLOG: News from the Job Front
One week to go until London Book Fair kicks off - 10th - 12th April, at the London Olympia. The Book Fair is huge, hard to navigate, and frankly baffling at times. There are plenty of tips and lists telling you how to survive the fair (here, here and here for example), but what is … Continue reading BLOG: Top Tips for London Book Fair
To continue with the theme of “Why I am Disgruntled that Most Large Publishers are Based in London”, I thought I would show some cold, hard numbers to demonstrate the cost of entering a career in publishing, whether you choose to live in London, or do what I do and commute. On my MA, I … Continue reading BLOG: The Cost of Starting a Career in Publishing
The 'London Bias' of publishing is something which is regularly brought up. Following my soapbox the other month, I thought I would put my money where my mouth is and provide a directory of non-London publishers. There are some caveats - as these publishers are generally independent, they are much smaller than the London-based media … Continue reading DIRECTORY: Non-London Publishers
Publishing and London. The two seem inextricably linked. The major publishing houses are all based in the city, along with significant numbers of independent publishers – moving outside of London there are smaller, independent presses, or academic publishers. If you want to get into publishing, then by sheer force of numbers, London is your best … Continue reading BLOG: Publishing and London
