Past Events
Wed 21 April 2010 at 4.00 pm
Postgraduate Fair
Taking Place: Buckley Building, Oxford Brookes University
Your chance to talk with staff andstudents, go on acampus tour andattend talks onfunding andscholarships.
Find out about our postgraduatecourses, doctoral training programmes,research programmes, and preparatory courses.
A postgraduatequalification can enhanceyour career prospects.
Register online at: www.brookes.ac.uk/postgraduate/fair or register on arrival on the day.
Tue 20 April 2010 at 11.30 am
Midlist Crisis - London Book Fair seminar
How to revive the middle market?
Taking Place: Wellington Rooms, Earls Court 1, London Book Fair
No publisher will publicly admit to having its midlist authors, but there are authors who were previously supported by publishers over a number of books – awaiting their sales breakthrough – who now find it difficult to place their next book. With some authors even expected to break through with their first book, has the culture of bestsellers gone too far? Should there be a renewed emphasis on the craft of writing and an author’s career, rather than what are seen by some as short-term commercial gains? An expert panel from all parts of the book trade discusses the possibilities for a revival of the middle market of quality fiction and non-fiction.
The event is chaired by Angus Phillips, Director of the Oxford International Centre for Publishing Studies.
Type of Event: Publishing | Publishing Consultancy and Training
Mon 19 April 2010 to Wed 21 April 2010
The Oxford International Centre for Publishing Studies at the 2010 London Book Fair
Taking Place: Various seminar rooms at Earls Court, London
Visit the Oxford International Centre for Publishing Studies at the London Book Fair in April 2010. We're at Stand O580, and would be delighted to meet with you - feel free to drop by, or to make an appointment contact Mary Malin, Business Development Manager mmalin@brookes.ac.uk
Type of Event: Publishing | External Publishing Event
Mon 12 April 2010 at 9.00 am
International Publisher Training Programme April 2010
Oxford International Centre for Publishing Studies
12-16 April 2010
Join us here in Oxford in advance of the 2010 London Book Fair for a 5-day International Publisher Training Programme
Type of Event: Publishing | Publishing Consultancy and Training
Mon 29 March 2010 at 4.00 pm
Michael Bhaskar, Nobody Knows Anything - especially publishers
Michael Bhaskar, Digital Publishing Manager, Profile Books
Taking Place: Room BG01, Buckley Building, Gipsy Lane Campus
Michael Bhaskar is the current Digital Publishing Manager at Profile Books, where he is developing their ebook programme. Previously at Pan Macmillan from 2007 to 2010, he developed the digital programme from scratch. He will be talking about the challenges for big and small companies in the digital world, and how, when it comes to ebooks, publishers are misinformed. Michael also writes for BookBrunch.
All are welcome to attend.
Type of Event: Publishing Seminars
Wed 24 March 2010 at 6.30 pm
OPuS event: The Societal Tsunami
Social media and social networking in publishing
Taking Place: Gipsy Lane Campus, Oxford Brookes University
Speakers: Sam Missingham (The Bookseller) and Davina Quarterman (Wiley-Blackwell)
Do you tweet? Are you connected to the blogosphere? Do you have a Facebook profile?
For those of you who don’t have a clue what we’re on about, welcome to the brave new world of social media and social networking.
Type of Event: External Publishing Event
Wed 17 March 2010 at 12.05 pm
Emma Barnes, How to get ahead with Digital Publishing
Emma Barnes
Co-founder and Managing Director of Snowbooks, an independent publisher
Director, OnixCentral, a xml-based software supplier to the publishing industry
snowbooks.com
onixcentral.com
Lunchtime Digital Seminar
Room BG11, Buckley Building
Type of Event: Publishing | Publishing Seminars
Mon 15 March 2010 at 5.00 pm
Research seminar: Clive Stanhope, Audiobooks
'Audiobooks: A Whole New World of Bibliophilia or Infantilising Literature?'
Taking Place: Fuller Lecture Theatre
Clive Stanhope is Managing Director of the independent UK-based audiobook publisher CSA Word. Having worked for 20 years in the music industry, he moved into the world of audiobooks on the recommendation of his friend, the actor Martin Jarvis, who suggested a collaborative effort on a compilation of short stories. Widely respected, the CSA Word list now includes the books of George Orwell, PG Wodehouse, Graham Greene, and Evelyn Waugh read by such high-profile names as Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Emilia Fox, and Richard Dawkins.
Type of Event: Publishing Seminars
Wed 10 March 2010 at 4.00 pm
Department of Arts Research Seminar: Adam Chodzko
Taking Place: RHB115
Adam Chodzko
Type of Event: Brookes University
Tue 9 March 2010 at 9.00 am
Working in Publishing 2010
Tuesday 9 March 2010
An annual event at Oxford Brookes for our undergraduate and postgraduate students, Working in Publishing Day offers a day of advice and networking with industry professionals. There are panels of recruitment professionals as well as our alumni, and in the afternoon we run a speed-dating session with a large number of publishing companies.
If you are a publisher or in publishing recruitment, and you would like to be involved, please get in touch with Catherine Foley:
Type of Event: Publishing
Wed 3 March 2010 at 12.05 pm
Simon Juden, The Future of Digital Publishing
Dr Simon Juden
Chief Executive, Publishers Association
Lunchtime Digital Seminar
Room BG11, Buckley Building
Type of Event: Publishing | Publishing Seminars
Fri 26 February 2010 at 11.00 am
Postgraduate Open afternoon for the School of Arts and Humanities
Taking Place: Buckley Building, Oxford Brookes University
The School of Arts and Humanities will be holding a postgraduate open afternoon on 26 February 2010. You will have the opportunity to speak to course tutor, take a campus tour, meet current students and find out about our courses and admissions procedures. The marketplace will also have information about accommodation at the university, and finance issues.
The event takes place from 11am to 1pm.
Wed 24 February 2010 at 12.05 pm
Stuart Lee, Crowd-sourcing and Digital Collections
Lunchtime Digital Seminar
Dr Stuart Lee (Director, Computing Systems & Services - Oxford University Computing Services (OUCS))
Taking Place: Room G515, Gibbs Building
Stuart Lee is Reader in E-learning and Digital Libraries and Project Director of the First World War Poetry Digital Archive digitisation project and Great War Archive Initiative
Type of Event: Publishing | Publishing Seminars
Wed 17 February 2010 at 12.05 pm
Robin Harvie, How I learned to stop worrying and love the eBook
Robin Harvie, Editorial Director, The Friday Project
HarperCollins
Lunchtime digital seminar
Room BG11, Buckley Building
Type of Event: Publishing | Publishing Seminars
Thu 11 February 2010 at 2.00 pm
Certificate Programme in Journals Publishing
Come and join this programme beginning in February 2010. Enhance your knowledge of journals publishing and gain a professional qualification, recognised by ALPSP, from Oxford Brookes University.
Type of Event: Publishing | Publishing Consultancy and Training
Wed 10 February 2010 at 6.30 pm
OPuS International Evening 2010
OPuS Event
International evening 2010 - Brazil
Drinks: 18:30
Sponsored by Shaw Gibbs LLP
www.shawgibbs.com
Tickets on sale now!
February blues? Not with OPuS!
We heat up the grey February with the spirit of samba, as we make Brazil our theme for the annual OPuS International Evening.
Come and meet new people and old friends! Eat, drink and be merry, with members of the publishing community from all around Oxfordshire.
The ticket price includes a banquet of Brazilian food, drink and music.
Tickets: £12 for OPuS members, £15 for non-members.
Buy your ticket now from your company OPuS rep, or from secretary@opusnet.co.uk
Type of Event: External Publishing Event