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By the Book7 - programme published

We are delighted to publish the programme for By the Book7 - Publishing in the 21st Century, which is taking place in Paris on the 20th and 21st June 2022. The full conference programme is now available and we are delighted to welcome as keynote speakers Naomi Bacon and John Thompson. Naomi is Founder and Director of Tandem Collective; John is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Cambridge and author of the recently published Book Wars.

Visit the conference page for more details including the programme.

Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 08 Jun 2022 around 9am

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Is This a Book? now published

This new book from OICP Director Angus Phillips is now published by Cambridge University Press. Co-authored with Miha Kovač, the book is available for a short period as a free download.

This is a book about the book.

Is this a book? is a question of wide appeal and interest. With the arrival of ebooks, digital narratives and audiobooks, the time is right for a fresh discussion of what is a book. Older definitions that rely solely on print no longer work, and as the boundaries of the book have been broken down, this volume offers a fresh and lively discussion of the form and purpose of the book. How does the audiobook fit into the book family? How is the role of reading changing in the light of digital developments? Does the book still deserve a privileged place in society? The authors present a dynamic model of the book and how it lives on in today's competitive media environment.

For more details visit the CUP page here

Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 18 May 2022 around 11am

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Stationers’ Scholarship open for applications

The 2022 postgraduate bursary scheme is open and applications should be received by 6 July.

The Stationers' Foundation offers a bursary each year to a postgraduate student on the MA Publishing Media or MA Digital Publishing. The successful student will receive a bursary of up to £6,000 and will be offered the opportunity to receive support during their studies from an appropriate member of the Stationers’ Company, taking into account the specific interests of the student.

On successful completion of their Master's programme the award winner will be presented with the Freedom of the Stationers’ Company and it is expected that they will participate in the life of the Company. Dispensation for payment of the annual membership fee will be given for the following three years.

The application form can be found on this page here

When complete it should be emailed to tde-pgscholarships@brookes.ac.uk

 

 

Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 13 May 2022 around 10am

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Research on the publishing of academic monographs

Now published in Publishing Research Quarterly is a paper by OICP researchers Philip Shaw, Angus Phillips and Maria Bajo Gutiérrez on the health of the academic monograph: 'The Death of the Monograph?'

A survey of English language academic publishers in the UK, Europe and North America was undertaken in 2021. The objective was to gather data on the current landscape of academic monograph publishing in the arts, humanities, and social sciences and to identify trends. Respondents were asked about their monograph publishing activities, sales, distribution, and about the future direction of their programmes. The report offers independent analysis of publisher information that may be helpful in informing the debate among stakeholders as to the future of the publication of long-form research in the arts, humanities and social sciences. The results offer key insights into the growth in output of titles, the level of print sales, the move towards open access, usage of monographs, and their pricing.

You can view the paper here

 

Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 06 May 2022 around 8am

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OICP at the London Book Fair

London Book Fair 2022

The London Book Fair took place from the 5th to the 7th April 2022 at Olympia. The Oxford International Centre for Publishing took a stand at the Fair in order to promote our degree programmes, industry and academic research, and training and consultancy work. It was great to meet lots of friends and alumni of OICP in person. Publishing students, both postgraduate and undergraduate, helped out with the running of the Fair across the three days.

We also have an MA scholarship sponsored by the London Book Fair.

Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 13 Apr 2022 around 4pm

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Xiaolu Guo at the Oxford Literary Festival

On 30 March 2022 the award-winning Chinese-British novelist and film-maker Xiaolu Guo was interviewed at the Oxford Literary Festival by Angus Phillips, Director of the Oxford International Centre for Publishing.

The event took place in the Weston Library Lecture Theatre at the Bodleian Library and was attended by 50 people. The interview provided insights into Xiaolu Guo’s life and works, as well as examining some of the key themes in her books, such as love, language and identity. 

A key part of the conversation focused on her latest novel A Lover’s Discourse (2020). A Chinese woman comes to post-Brexit London to start over: isolated and lonely in a Britain increasingly hostile to foreigners, she meets a landscape architect and the two begin to build their future together. The novel plays with language and the cultural differences that the narrator encounters as she settles into her new life, and the lovers must navigate their differences and their romance. The author read an extract from the book which considers the difference between authenticity and imitation through looking at a village in Shenzhen, where there is a cottage industry reproducing famous artworks for western consumers.

Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 13 Apr 2022 around 3pm

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IPA Academy launched

The International Publishers Association (IPA) has launched the IPA Academy to support publishers and their associations as they adapt to commercial changes catalysed by the COVID-19 pandemic. One of three key partners in the Academy is the Oxford International Centre for Publishing at Oxford Brookes.

Covering a range of topics from editorial management and proofreading to marketing and international licensing via digitization and everything in between, the Academy courses are available to all member organizations of the IPA. The IPA Talks series is open to visitors to the site

Professor Angus Phillips, Director of the Oxford International Centre for Publishing said: 'The IPA Academy is an exciting development and Oxford Brookes University is delighted to be partnering in this new venture. Here in Oxford we have students from all over the world and the publishing community is truly global. What a great industry we have with a common interest in both skills development and a healthy future for the book as a source of knowledge and entertainment.'

You can read more about the Academy launch here

 

Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 15 Mar 2022 around 12pm

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Working in Publishing, Media and Journalism 2022

Tue 1 March 2022 at 1.00 pm

An annual event for both undergraduate and postgraduate students, Working in Publishing offers an afternoon of advice and networking with media professionals, including alumni from our extensive network throughout the industry. In 2022 the Oxford International Centre for Publishing is expanding the event to include not only over 50 representatives from across a range of publishing sectors, but also professionals from the worlds of media and journalism. They will participate in online sessions throughout the afternoon, giving students the opportunity to ask questions and gain insight to kickstart their careers.

This year's keynote is Jamie Hodder-Williams, former CEO of Hodder & Stoughton. Previous speakers include Hilary Murray Hill, David Shelley, Joanna Prior, Mark Allin, and Jamie Byng. Examples of the companies in attendance are Penguin Random House, Pearson, Faber & Faber, OUP, Elsevier, Felicity Bryan, Thames and Hudson, Usborne, Bloomsbury, Telegraph Media Group, Financial Times, DC Thomson, Gleam Futures, M&C Saatchi, and The Bookseller.

Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 21 Feb 2022 around 10am

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Student entrepreneur wins funding

Dave Rogers, MA student and entrepreneur, pitched his Enthusiastic Press business plans at the Brookes Fuel Awards and won a Santander Prize of £3,000 to support his business growth. He said: 'I was delighted to win an award and would recommend other students apply. I found the process tough but it really pushed me to clarify my ideas to develop Enthusiastic Press. I'm so grateful to my lecturer Helena Markou for suggesting I apply and excited to now be able to put my plans into action.'

Dave is in the second year of the MA Publishing, studying by distance learning. For more details about Enthusiastic Press, visit here

Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 21 Jan 2022 around 10am

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Lucy Derges, Policy & Research Manager at STM shares the 2021 STM Report

The latest STM publication on the state of scientific and scholarly publishing globally is now available. The 2021 STM Report was compiled by Lucy Derges, MA Publishing distance learning student, who joined STM (The International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers) as Policy & Research Manager at the beginning of 2021. Compiling this essential industry report was one of Derges' first tasks of her new job and highlights a key benefit of the OICP distance learning degree: the flexibility to study alongside full-time employment and the application of learning in practice.

Full News item here

Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 15 Nov 2021 around 2pm

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