Past Events
Wed 27 March 2019 at 12.00 pm
XML at Oxford University Press
Mark Dunn (OUP)
Taking Place: Chakrabharti Room, JHB, Oxford Brookes University
Type of Event: Publishing | Lunchtime Digital Seminars
Wed 20 March 2019 at 12.00 pm
How to use social media, mainly Twitter to promote a book
Camille Mari (Camille Solutions)
Taking Place: Chakrabharti Room, JHB, Oxford Brookes University
Type of Event: Publishing | Lunchtime Digital Seminars
Tue 5 March 2019 at 5.30 pm
Working in Publishing 2019
Tuesday 5 March 2019
An annual event for both undergraduate and postgraduate students, Working in Publishing Day offers an afternoon of advice and networking with industry professionals, including Brookes alumni. This year over twenty-five companies from all sectors of publishing will participate in the speed-dating session at the Oxford International Centre for Publishing.
Type of Event: Publishing | Publishing Seminars
Wed 13 February 2019 at 12.00 pm
Building Bridges with your Audience: Find Your Readers
Eleanor Pender
Taking Place: Chakrabharti Room, JHB, Oxford Brookes University
Type of Event: Publishing | Lunchtime Digital Seminars
Thu 7 February 2019 at 7.00 pm
Audiobooks: The Saviours of publishing or just a good listen?
This is an OPUS Event
Taking Place: Kennedy Room 308, John Henry Brookes Building
According to the Publishers Association, spending on audiobooks has more than doubled in the past five years, agents are reporting greater competition to retain audio rights when negotiating new deals, and some publishers are developing their own dedicated audiobook imprints.
Please note: Free to OpuS members/£10 for non-OpuS members
Type of Event: Publishing | External Publishing Event
Tue 13 November 2018 at 12.00 pm
Book Data from Nielsen
Andre Breedt (Nielsen Book Research International)
Taking Place: Clerici Learning Studio
Type of Event: Publishing | Publishing Seminars
Tue 6 November 2018 at 12.00 pm
Digital books and comics for kids
This even is CANCELLED and will be rescheduled.
Eric Huang (Development Director, Me Books)
Taking Place: Clerici Learning Studio
Type of Event: Publishing | Publishing Seminars
Tue 23 October 2018 at 11.00 am
Travel Publishing overview
Steve Mesquita (Publishing Consultant)
Taking Place: Clerici Learning Studio
Type of Event: Publishing | Publishing Seminars
Tue 9 October 2018 at 11.00 am
The First Year of Being a Publisher
Dr Kate Macdonald (Director of the Handheld Press)
Taking Place: Clerici Learning Studio
Type of Event: Publishing | Publishing Seminars
Sat 28 April 2018 at 11.00 am
Sarah Franklin at the Chipping Norton Literary Festival
Type of Event: Publishing | External Publishing Event
Sat 28 April 2018 at 8.00 am
Self-Publishing Conference 2018
Saturday 28th April 2018, 9am to 6pm
Stamford Court Conference Centre, University of Leicester
The Self-Publishing Conference is the UK’s only dedicated self-publishing event, offering authors a chance to find out about a wide range of publishing options, to hear from and question those who work within the thriving self-publishing world, and to network with fellow authors, many of whom will already be experienced self-publishers. Previous keynote speakers have included Alysoun Owen (Editor, Writers’ & Artists’ Yearbook), Bridget Shine (Chief Executive, The Independent Publisher’s Guild), Mick Rooney (The Independent Publishing Magazine), and Angus Phillips (Oxford International Centre for Publishing).
Type of Event: Publishing | External Publishing Event
Tue 10 April 2018 at 8.00 am
London Book Fair - April 2018
Olympia 10 to 12 April 2018
The Oxford International Centre for Publishing Studies will be present at the London Book Fair at Olympia. Each year 60 students participate in the Fair as part of their publishing education, and we are the only publishing programme from which students visit all the major book fairs: London, Frankfurt and Bologna.
Do come and visit us at stand 7B35.
Type of Event: Publishing | External Publishing Event
Wed 28 March 2018 at 8.00 am
Bologna Children’s Book Fair 2018
26 to 29 March 2018
Publishers, illustrators, graphic designers, literary agents, authors, translators, mobile developers, licensors and licensees, packagers, printers, distributors, audiobook professionals, booksellers, brands, librarians and teachers flock to the event each spring to experience the business world of books and multimedia products in hundreds of booths across six huge halls. This year’s guest of honour country is China, bringing new exhibitions and events to the busy programme of BCBF2018.
Each year students from the Oxford International Centre for Publishing Studies visit the Fair, meeting professionals from a variety of publishing houses.
Type of Event: Publishing | External Publishing Event
Wed 21 March 2018 at 12.05 pm
How to use social media, mainly Facebook to promote a book.
Camille Mari (Camille Solutions)
Taking Place: JHB301, Oxford Brookes University
Type of Event: Publishing | Lunchtime Digital Seminars
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