Past Events | External Publishing Event
Sun 18 March 2018 at 4.00 pm
Su Tong at the 2018 Oxford Literary Festival
Man Asian Literary Prize-winning Chinese novelist Su Tong talks about his life and work - interviewed by Angus Phillips
Taking Place: Weston Lecture Theatre - Oxford Literary Festival
Tong is one of the most acclaimed novelists in China and has written eight novels and more than 200 short stories, some of which have been translated into English, German, Italian, French and other languages. He gained an international readership when his novella Wives and Concubines was filmed by the director Zhang Yimou as the Oscar-nominated and Bafta-winning Raise the Red Lantern. In 2009, he was awarded the Man Asian Literary Prize for his work The Boat to Redemption.
Type of Event: Brookes University | Publishing | External Publishing Event
Sat 17 March 2018 at 2.00 pm
Sarah Franklin at the Oxford Literary Festival
Two Oxford-based debut novelists Paula Byrne and Sarah Franklin discuss their entry into the world of fiction.
Look to Your Wife and Shelter
Oxford Literary Festival
Paula Byrne and Sarah Franklin
2:00pm, Saturday 17 March 2018
Oxford Martin School: Seminar Room
Type of Event: Publishing | External Publishing Event
Thu 8 March 2018 at 11.00 am
Women in Publishing - Blackwell’s in Oxford
To celebrate International Women's Day, Blackwell's is hosting a panel discussion about Women in Publishing.
Taking Place: Blackwell's Bookshop 50 Broad Street Oxford
Joining the discussion will be And Other Stories' Nichola Smalley, author Alia Trabucco Zerán, and author and Senior Lecturer at the Oxford International Centre for Publishing, Sarah Franklin.
Type of Event: Publishing | External Publishing Event
Fri 9 February 2018 at 7.00 pm
London Bookshop Crawl Weekend
Jess Kidd interviewed by Sarah Franklin
Sarah Franklin, Senior Lecturer at the Oxford International Centre for Publishing Studies, will be interviewing novelist Jess Kidd at Blackwell's, High Holborn on Friday, 9th February as part of the third annual London Bookshop Crawl weekend.
The London Bookshop Crawl weekend is a non-profit organisation set up to boost sales in independent bookshops during the typically quiet month of February. It hosts a range of events across the weekend, throughout a number of bookshops across London, as well as organising group tours of bookshops and operating as a meet-up for likeminded literary types.
Type of Event: Publishing | External Publishing Event
Thu 2 November 2017 at 6.30 pm
The Future of Illustrated Publishing - OPuS event
Thursday 2 November 2017
6:30 Drinks
7:00 – 8:30 Talks and Q&A
Free to OPuS members / Non-members £10
Taking Place: Headington Hill campus, Oxford Brookes University, Willow Buildings
Come along to the OPuS November event where we will hear about the future of the illustrated publishing sector. From co-editions to print-on-demand, this is a fascinating area of the industry which is seeing significant developments - our speakers will detail their own experiences in this sector to date and look at some of the challenges it is facing, and the potential solutions for illustrated publishers in the years to come.
Type of Event: Publishing | External Publishing Event
Tue 14 March 2017 at 9.00 am
London Book Fair 2017
Olympia 14 to 16 March
Taking Place: Olympia, London
Students and staff from the Oxford International Centre for Publishing Studies (OICPS) will be busy throughout the London Book Fair, held at Olympia from the 14 to 16 March 2017.
Our stand (number 7B39) will feature our degree programmes, our staff publications, research and consultancy. We will also be promoting the June conference of the Oxfordshire Publishing Group, and the work of the University's Confucius Institute, which focuses on publishing. Our students will be helping out with the running of the fair.
On the opening morning of the fair, Angus Phillips, Director of OICPS, is chairing a seminar on 'A Gateway to China: The Work of the Confucius Institutes'. You can find out more information here
Type of Event: Publishing | External Publishing Event | London Book Fair Seminar
Wed 8 March 2017 at 5.00 pm
Postgraduate Fair
Taking Place: Scott Brownrigg 77 Endell Street London, WC2H 9DZ
Come along to meet staff and students, and find out more about the MA Publishing Media and the MA Digital Publshing
You can reguster your interest with this web form.
Type of Event: Publishing | External Publishing Event
Thu 3 March 2016 at 9.00 am
Assessing Key Issues in Book Publishing
Westminster Media Forum
Taking Place: Royal Over-Seas League, Over-Seas House, Park Place, St James's Street, London SW1A 1LR
This seminar will examine the key commercial opportunities and challenges for the UK consumer book market.
Planned sessions consider the impact of increased competition from new media - particularly mobile - on readership, distribution and pricing strategies.
Delegates - including authors, agents, publishers, retailers and aggregators - will discuss latest thinking on strategies to compete in the wider content economy, examining innovative digital services, the quality and differentiation of product, and how to secure a fair playing field for all stakeholders in the value chain.
Emma House, Director for Publisher Relations, The Publishers Association and Nicola Solomon, Chief Executive, The Society of Authors have agreed to be Guests of Honour at this seminar and deliver keynote addresses; and other speakers include Angus Phillips, Director of the Oxford International Centre for Publishing Studies.
For more information please visit here: http://www.westminsterforumprojects.co.uk/forums/event.php?eid=1130
Type of Event: External Publishing Event
Thu 2 July 2015 at 5.30 pm
OPuS event - Mark Haddon
Come to hear Mark Haddon talking about his work
The 2015 OPuS author event
Mark Haddon, celebrated author, illustrator and screenwriter, winner of numerous prizes (including two BAFTAs) will talk about his experience of writing, being edited, and working with publishers (and agents). He will give insights into how he creates words and pictures, how he deals with success (and failure), and how difficult the process of writing actually is, whether for adults or children.
Mark will happily discuss his work, take questions, and after the event sign copies of his books. He will also let us know why part of him would quite like never to have to talk about The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time ever again ...
Type of Event: Publishing | External Publishing Event
Fri 19 June 2015 at 6.30 pm
The Author/Editor Relationship
A view from behind the scenes
Esther will be in discussion with Sally Bayley from the Rothermere Institute as chair, and former André Deutsch authors Clare Chambers and Jon Elkon.
This event is in association with the Oxford International Centre for Publishing Studies and the Society of Young Publishers, and is sponsored by Felicity Bryan Associates, Ingram Lightning Source, Book Machine and Atwood Tate.
Entry £5 (£3 students); refreshment available.
Type of Event: Publishing | External Publishing Event
Sun 9 November 2014 at 6.44 pm
War Poetry
Free event
The Front Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall, South Bank Centre, London
Learn more about the leading female poets of the First World War.
This event introduces you to the poets and poems that encapsulate the despair, endurance and anger of the Great War generation.
Join experts, including Jane Potter (from the Oxford International Centre for Publishing Studies) and Angela K. Smith, to explore the work of some the First World War's greatest writers. Chaired by Judith Palmer, Director at The Poetry Society.
And we came home and found
They had achieved, and men revered their names,
But never mentioned ours;
– Vera Brittain, from the poem The Lament of the Demobilised
Type of Event: External Publishing Event
Thu 16 October 2014 at 6.00 pm
Will Bookshops Exist in 100 Years’ Time?
A panel discussion taking place at Blackwell's Bookshop in Broad Street, Oxford
19:00 - 20:00
Taking Place: Blackwell's, Broad Street, Oxford
The death of the book has been prophesised since the days of monks diligently making copies of books for a wider readership. In more recent times, the Internet, e-readers and supposedly shorter attention spans have all been cited as factors which predicate the certain demise of books and reading and therefore bookshops themselves. Join our fabulous and illustrious panelists as they discuss whether the book-lovers of 2114 will be able to walk into a bookshop (or indeed, whether there will even be book-lovers in a century's time).
The line-up of participants include: Jen Campbell, author and bookseller, whose new book, The Bookshop Book, looks at over two hundred wonderful bookshops across six continents; Mark Forsyth, the author of Horlogicon and Etymologicon, whose latest work, The Unknown, Unknown explores why it's only in a bookshop that you'll find something you never knew you wanted to read; Ulric van den Bogaerde, the Manager of the world-famous Norrington Room, the vast academic basement of Blackwell's Bookshop in Oxford which has served generations of students and scholars; Angus Phillips, Director, Oxford International Centre for Publishing Studies and the author of Turning the Page: The evolution of the book (Routledge, 2014); Juliet Mabey, co-founder and Director of Oneworld Books, Monty Kimball-Evans, Higher Education Sales Executive at Taylor and Francis & former Blackwell's bookseller; and Andy Miller, author of The Year of Reading Dangerously.
Type of Event: External Publishing Event
Thu 19 June 2014 at 3.30 pm
From Gothic Script to Georgia
The English language on page and screen
Taking Place: TURL YARD LECTURE ROOM, LINCOLN COLLEGE
Join this distinguished panel of bibliography and publishing experts for a wide-ranging conversation on typography, the transmission of text via print and digital media, book covers, page formats, and much more.
Type of Event: External Publishing Event
Thu 27 March 2014 at 5.30 pm
A Social Evening for Publishing People in Oxford
BookMachine and the Oxford Publishing Society
Taking Place: Jam Factory, Oxford
BookMachine is partnering up with OPUS to bring you an evening of mingling with publishing folks.
Angus Phillips (Director of the Oxford International Centre for Publishing Studies) will be the speaker, and will be sharing some words of wisdom.
On arrival you'll be greeted and introduced to some other Oxford publishing-types. The event starts at 18:30, and there'll be free drinks for early-birds.
Type of Event: External Publishing Event
Tue 23 April 2013 at 4.30 pm
OPuS Event: What’s happening in the Supply Chain?
Join OPuS in an evening of drinks, nibbles and presentations from industry experts on the Publishing Supply Chain.
Oxford Publishing Society
Taking Place: Main Lecture Theatre, Gipsy Lane (parking available)
Speakers: Bob Kelly (Gardners Books) and Andy Willis (Random House)
Bob Kelly from wholesaler Gardner's Books and Andy Willis from Random House-owned Grantham Book Services (GBS) will speak about "what's new in the book supply chain?" They will cover developments such as small stock locations, RFID, print on demand distribution, and and ebook aggregation services like The Hive and ePubDirect.
David Taylor from Ingram Content group will join them for a panel question and answer.
Registration
All attendees should register in advance via the OPuS website
Cost
This event is free to Brookes staff and students and other OPuS members.
Non-members can attend for a small fee on the night.
Type of Event: External Publishing Event
Sun 24 March 2013 at 3.00 pm
Self-publishing - the new gold rush?
Oxford Literary Festival
It is estimated that around half of authors are experimenting with self-publishing their books, and an earlier version of the bestselling 50 Shades of Grey began as Twilight fan fiction which was self-published on the internet. There are many routes to publication available, from print to ebook, and the stigma of vanity publishing has largely disappeared. A panel of experts discusses the phenomenon of self-publishing and the potential rewards for authors.
Type of Event: Publishing | External Publishing Event
