Directory
Follow the links to find jobs sites, recruitment agencies, publishing organisations, events, training, university courses, networking, and even dating
Book Fairs
Here are links to some of the major book fairs around the world. For publishers selling rights, the most important fair is Frankfurt - held each October; for children's books the leading fair is Bologna. London is growing in importance as a rights fair. As markets such as India and China grow in importance, their international fairs attract a growing number of international visitors.
Beijing International Book Fair
Guadalajara International Book Fair
Moscow International Book Fair
Looking for jobs in Publishing
If you are seeking a job, it is worth registering with the recruitment agencies and posting your CV on the job websites. You can read here about getting into publishing.
Atwood Tate (recruitment agency) free consultation, benefits of worldwide www.atwoodtatepublishingjobs.co.uk
Bookcareers.com (career development and coaching) www.bookcareers.com
CV-Library www.cv-library.co.uk
fish4jobs (jobs site)
Inspired Selection (recruitment agency) www.inspiredselection.co.uk
JFL Search and Selection (recruitment agency) www.jflrecruit.com
Judy Fisher Associates (recruitment agency) www.judyfisher.co.uk
Meridian Search and Selection (recruitment agency) www.meridian-recruit.com
Monster in the us
Sue Hill Recruitment www.suehill.com
Totaljobs (jobs site)
Literary Festivals, Prizes and Awards
Literary Festivals
From Aldeburgh to Woodstock, there are now many literary festivals throughout the year. You can find a full listing here:
Below are links to a few of the well-established events:
Cheltenham Literature Festival
Edinburgh International Book Festival
Prizes and Awards
Here is a selection of literary prizes and book awards
British Book Design and Production Awards
Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Children's Book Awards
Independent Foreign Fiction Prize
James Tait Black Memorial Prize - for biography and fiction
Networking opportunities
Independent Publishers Guild (IPG)
OPuS (Oxford Publishing Society)
Publishers Publicity Circle (PPC)
Society for Editors and Proofreaders (SfEP)
Society of Young Publishers (SYP)
Society of Young Publishers (SYP) - Oxford branch
Peer review sites for authors
Authonomy, a community site developed by HarperCollins
Litopia, 'one of the web’s oldest and most significant independent writing communities'
YouWriteOn.com, sponsored by the Arts Council
UK publishing organisations
Below is a listing of publishing organizations in the UK
Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) www.alpsp.org.uk
Arts Council England www.artscouncil.org.uk
Book Aid International www.bookaid.org
Book Marketing Society www.bookmarketingsociety.co.uk
The Booksellers Association http://www.booksellers.org.uk/
Booktrust www.booktrust.org
CILIP (Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals) www.cilip.org.uk
Copyright LIcensing Agency www.cla.co.uk
Creative Skillset http://creativeskillset.org/
English PEN www.englishpen.org
Independent Publishers Guild www.ipg.uk.com
National Literacy Trust www.literacytrust.org.uk
The Poetry Society www.poetrysociety.org.uk
The Publishers Association www.publishers.org.uk
Publishing Scotland www.publishingscotland.org
Reading Agency www.readingagency.org.uk
The Society of Authors www.societyofauthors.org
Society of Indexers www.indexers.org.uk
Society for the History of Authorship, Reading & Publishing www.sharpweb.org
UK Serials Group www.uksg.org
Welsh Book Council www.cllc.org.uk
UK publishing courses and other publishing training
A list of organizations providing publishing training in the UK
Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) www.alpsp.org.uk
Book Industry Communication (BIC) www.bic.org.uk
London School of Publishing www.publishing-school.co.uk
Marketability www.marketability.info
Oxford International Centre for Publishing Studies http://publishing.brookes.ac.uk/
Publishing Scotland www.publishingscotland.org
Society for Editors and Proofreaders (SfEP) www.sfep.org.uk
Society of Indexers www.indexers.org.uk
University publishing courses in the UK
Anglia Ruskin University, MA Publishing www.anglia.ac.uk
City University, MA/Diploma Publishing Studies; MA Electronic Publishing http://www.city.ac.uk/
Kingston University, MA/Diploma Publishing; MA Publishing and the Creative Economy; MA Creative Writing and Publishing www.kingston.ac.uk
London College of Communication, BA Magazine Publishing; MA/Diploma Publishing www.lcc.arts.ac.uk
Loughborough University, BA Publishing and English http://www.lboro.ac.uk/
Napier University, MSc/Diploma Publishing www.napier.ac.uk
Oxford Brookes Unversity, BA Publishing Media; MA/Diploma Publishing; MA/Diploma Digital Publishing; MA/Diploma International Publishing; MA/Diploma Publishing and Language; MA in Book History and Publishing Culture; MA Publishing Studies (Distance Learning) http://publishing.brookes.ac.uk/
University of Central Lancashire, MA/Diploma Publishing http://www.uclan.ac.uk/
University of Plymouth, MA/Diploma Publishing http://www.plymouth.ac.uk/
University of Reading, MA Theory and History of Typography & Graphic Communication www.rdg.ac.uk
University of Stirling, MLitt Publishing; MSc International Publishing Management http://www.stir.ac.uk/
University College London, MA/Diploma Publishing http://www.ucl.ac.uk/