Episode 251 of bookcareers.com Live – An Appeal from The Book Trade Charity BTBS You may or may not have heard of The Book Trade Charity BTBS, but it is the industry’s life support system for so many people. It has been going since 1837 and helped so many employees across the whole book industry – bookselling, publishing, literary agents, literary …

We held an online launch for How to Job Search in Book Publishing: The Ultimate Insider’s Guide and are happy to share the recording with you. You can either watch online: Or listen to it – link below. Whichever you prefer. If you want to order a signed copy you can do so here The post Online Launch for How to Job Search in Book Publishing: The Ult…

Episode 250 of bookcareers.com Live – How to Job Search in Book Publishing – the book This has been an episode which has been planned for a long time, and finally it is here. Episode 250 of bookcareers.com Live, and what better way to celebrate this momentous episode than with the launch of Suzanne Collier’s book – How to Job Search in Book Publish…

Episode 249 of bookcareers.com Live – 10 Alternatives to Unpaid Work Experience We’re starting to hear the words ‘unpaid work experience’ being bandied around as though it is normal. Unpaid work experience is not normal; you should never work unpaid. In this episode of bookcareers.com live, we suggest 10 simple alternatives to unpaid work experienc…

Episode 248 of bookcareers.com Live – News Update and Tips for Messaging In this episode we give a news update about bookcareers.com, mention our events at the London Book Fair and a few things to look out for. We also discuss some messages we’ve received over LinkedIn in the past week, and why whoever and whenever you message, it can help or hinde…

Episode 247 of bookcareers.com Live – Inclusivity in Practice with Simon Holt We’ve had lots of chats about inclusivity, but what does it look like in practice? In this episode of bookcareers.com Live we talk to Simon Holt, who leads content accessibility at Elsevier and ensures content is accessible for all. Simon discusses his career path as a vi…

Episode 246 of bookcareers.com Live Last week was #workinpublishing week. We had a great week with a number of activities, including a bookcareers Job Club. It is great to see how this initiative from The Publishers Association has gone up a level this year, with some really instructive content. But now work in publishing week is over, what next? W…

Welcome to Scottish Careers Week 2024! In episode 245 of bookcareers live we speak to Vikki Reilly, Business Development Manager for Publishing Scotland. To tie in with Scottish Careers Week, we discuss the publishing landscape in Scotland, what career opportunities there are and if the only publishing jobs are remote working. So if you want to kno…

Publishing is evolving into a more inclusive industry, and with 20%* of the UK workforce exhibiting neurodivergent characteristics, accommodating those who identify as neurodivergent is essential to this progress. In this episode of bookcareers Live, we talk to Jens Bammel who is an expert coach and mentor for neurodivergent clients, We ask questio…

Celebrating 75 Years of the SYP – What’s Next? The Society of Young Publishers have been celebrating their 75th birthday – an amazing achievement for an organisation created for young people in the industry, and run by young people in the industry. In this episode of bookcareers.com live we speak to the two co-Chairs, Michaela O’Callaghan and Elean…