Welcome to the SYP Press Section, where we post all the cuttings that have featured the SYP in the national press and the world wide web. If you spot a news story featuring the SYP, you can send it to links@thesyp.org.uk as a hyperlink, jpeg, or pdf.
SYP and The Equalities Charter - The SYP has been involved in the drafting of the UK Publishing Equalities Charter in order to outline specific actions to help increase diversity fairness in publishing. Here, the Huffington Post comments about the charter and its strides toward fair publishing standards.
New SYP Committee - Booksellers.com notes the recent changing of the guard for the 2010 SYP committee and names some of its heads.
Bookcareers.com Initiative to Continue -Those in the book publishing industry who have lost their jobs or are currently under going prolonged unemployment can find help with the Bookcareers Initiative. In a recent press release, SYP Chair Kathryn Lanley is cited as a success story and comments positively, saying "As someone who has experienced this initiative, I can say with honesty that it works. I found a long sought after job after just one month of being involved. It's run for the industry, by an expert on the industry."
English Pen - The nonprofit English Pen works to promote literature and human rights by a variety of functions. It is run by a team of volunteers, one of which is the SYP's own Nicola Crossley. Here she comments on why English Pen is important.
Women on Top? - The Bookseller's Katie Allen asks why there's still a pay gap in publishing, with women tending to earn less than men. This article features a contribution from SYP Social Secretary Nicola Crossley
SYP Conference: Freedom, Responsibility, and the bottom line - this 'members only' report on the 2009 conference was written by Jon Slack and Alan Crompton, and first appeared in BookBrunch
More please - SYP Project 60 Coordinator Bhav Mehta calls for the publishing industry to recognise a much more diverse range of religious festivals, such as Diwali
SYP Spotlight - Louise Rhind-Tutt (pdf) - Victoria Hunt interviews the former SYP Chair and Nibbie winner Louise Rhind-Tutt
SYP quizzers boost BTBS - BookBrunch's Nicholas Clee reports on a most successful SYP pub quiz in aid of the Book Trade Charity
Young Publishers to Unite at Frankfurt - SYP Projects Officer Jon Slack expounds upon why it's so important for young publishers to have contact with their international colleagues on the new website, PublishingPerspectives.com
Are you listening? - SYP speaker meeting coordinator Rebecca Fenton blogs on the Bookseller website about why more and more people are listening to audiobooks
24hrBook Project - CompletelyNovel previews this collaborative and innovative project
SYP meeting to discuss digital issues - the BookBrunch preview of our September 2009 speaker meeting
Generation YA - SYP Social Secretary Nicola Crossley's Bookseller blog about publishing Young Adult books
All the Young dudes - The Bookseller's special feature celebrating 60 years of the SYP
Black, white and shades of brown - SYP Project 60 Co-ordinator Bhav Mehta's blog on the Bookseller website about the lack of ethnic minority characters in children's books and comics
The SYP at 60 - The Bookseller's Horace Bent reports back from our 60th birthday party
Happy 60th birthday SYP - birthday greetings from JFL
Not Withered by Age - BookBrunch's review of our 60th anniversary party at Shakespeare's Globe (you have to be a BookBrunch subscriber to access this content)
SYP 60: Yesterday, when we were young - an article in BookBrunch by former SYP Chair Patrick Janson-Smith following our Publishing Now and Then event (you have to be a BookBrunch subscriber to access this content)
SYP Spotlight: Bhavit Mehta - the SYP-60 Project co-ordinator was interviewed in BookBrunch about his role in the SYP's anniversary year, and his publishing company, Saadhak Books
SYP to launch wiki-book website - The Bookseller's report on the SYP-60 website. This article was also printed in The Bookseller itself on 29.05.09 - click here to access a jpeg of the article.
SYP60: the Way We Were - BookBrunch's report on our Publishing Now and Then event (you have to be a BookBrunch subscriber to access this content)
Show Time - SYP Chair Angie Solomon reflects on the SYP's 3 events at the 2009 London Book Fair on The Bookseller website
SYP 60th anniversary celebrations - a report in BookBrunch (you have to be a BookBrunch subscriber to access this content)
Young LBF attendees flock to hear Byng and company's Canon Tales - the Publishers Weekly review of Canon Tales 2
Digital: Where's the Enthusiasm? - Liz Bury's article on Canon Tales 2 on The Bookseller website
SYP's Canon Tales Back by Demand at the LBF - BookBrunch's preview of Canon Tales 2
SYP Spotlight: Angie Solomon - former Vice Chair Tori Hunt's interview with current Chair Angie Solomon in BookBrunch (you have to be a BookBrunch subscriber to access this content)
SYP discuss a trade caught in the devil's bargain - BookBrunch's report on the 2009 AGM (you have to be a BookBrunch subscriber to access this content)
Young Publishers Turn 60 - The Bookseller reports on the SYP's plans for our 60th year
Networks across borders - young publishers - an article from the Frankfurt Book Fair's newsletter concerning SYP Chair Jon Slack's initiative to create an international network of young publishers
SYP Conference: Young and Upwardly Mobile - SYP Chair Jon Slack and Vice Chair Tori Hunt summarize the themes of the 2008 SYP Conference on the BookBrunch website (you have to be a BookBrunch subscriber to access this content)
SYP's 'Question Time' - a report on The Bookseller website about the SYP's 2009 AGM, featuring Publishers Question Time
Publishing 2.0-The Reader Revolution - a blog by SYP Chair Jon Slack on the theme of the 2008 SYP Conference on The Bookseller website
PersonaNonData - this blog features an interview with SYP Chair Jon Slack, which was conducted at the 2008 Frankfurt Book Fair. It also discusses the recent SYP initiative to create an international network of young publishers
The Unsung Heroes - an account from the SYP blog in The Bookseller about life in Production
Canon Tales - Bent's Notes from The Bookseller likens the inaugural Canon Tales to the Oscars in this article
SYP to host 'rapid fire presentation' - the Publishing News preview of Canon Tales
Getting On - the second of our blogs on The Bookseller website looks at career progression for editors
Book Talk - SYP Chair Jon Slack launches the first in our series of blogs on The Bookseller website
Is an e-book green? - Doug Wallace reports on the May London speaker meeting for Publishing News, with a look ahead to future events, such as Canon Tales.
Our recent and successful pub quiz was flagged up in both The Bookseller and Publishing News, with various teams made a general mockery of by their respective columnists.
Indies are vibrant - former SYP chair Doug Wallace reports back on our LBF seminar and the April speaker meeting, while previewing our next BTBS pub quiz, as published in the Publishing News
Perils of Facebook - this was a preview of what Ros Kindersley discussed at the SYP Getting Ahead in UK Publishing Seminar at LBF on April 15th, as published in Publishing News on 28/03/2008
Predicting Winners - former Chair Doug Wallace reports back on the February London speaker meeting in Publishing News, from 28/03/2008
Wanted: First Job in Publishing - a Bookseller interview from 13/03/2008 with Alison Baverstock, who will be chairing our Getting Ahead in UK Publishing seminar at the London Book Fair on April 15th
SYP, FYI - former Chair Doug Wallace writes about the coming year in his new column in Publishing News, from 22/02/2008
'Finding a happy tree' - current SYP vice-chair Tori Hunt reports on our 2007 Careers Conference for Publishing News, from 16/11/2007
Pub Quiz for BTBS - the Publishing News report on our pub quiz which raised money for the Book Trade Benevolent Society from 02/11/2007
Content and the Net - Tori Hunt reports on our 'Publishing and the Internet' speaker meeting for Publishing News, from 27/07/2007 - you may have to click your mouse on the jpeg to increase its size
Young and Upwardly Hopeful - (pdf file) Alexis Hercules' interview with former Chair Doug Wallace and former Vice-chair Claire Shanahan for The Bookseller from 13/04/2007
The British Society of Young Publisher: Sixty Years of an Extraordinary Collaborative, Self-help Network - (pdf) - Jason Mitchell's article about the history of the SYP for Logos, the publishing journal
How it all Began - Tom Maschler's account of the founding of the Booker Prize, a campaign that he launched at a Society of Young Publishers speaker meeting!
