Guest Speakers

2011/12

Each year, we welcome a number of Guest Speakers from the Publishing Industry.

A quick summary of all the Guest Speakers to date this year (and we are only at the beginning of March!) demonstrates the wide range of professional expertise that contributes to our Publishing studies. Already we have heard from:

Marion Sinclair (Chief Executive, Publishing Scotland and a former Programme Leader of MSc Publishing)

Kathy Crawford (Business Manager of PPA Scotland)

David McMurray (Publishing Consultant)

Lorraine Fannin (OBE, Publishing Consultant and former CE of Publishing Scotland)

Gillian Macrossan, Senior Production Manager, Journal Content Management Department, Wiley Blackwell

Alison Baverstock, Author, Publisher and Publishing Consultant

Harriet Smart, Author (historical fiction) and Publisher

Representatives from the SYP (Society of Young Publishers, Scotland branch)

1st Trimester, 2010/11

Each year, we welcome a number of Guest Speakers from the Publishing Industry.

Although we are only in Week 9, this trimester’s students have already heard from Marion Sinclair (Chief Executive, Publishing Scotland and a former lecturer on MSc Publishing), Kathy Crawford (Business Manager of PPA Scotland), Lorraine Fannin (OBE and Publishing Consultant), Dayspring MacLeod and Leila Cruickshank from the SYP (Society of Young Publishers, Scotland branch); Sam Kelly (former literary agent and Lecturer in Creative Writing at Edinburgh Napier University).

Alexander McCall Smith

Guest Lecture by Alexander McCall Smith, 25/3/2010

On 25 March, the Edinburgh based writer, Prof Alexander McCall Smith, the author of over sixty books (including the No.1 Ladies Detective Agency series and the 44 Scotland Street series), stopped between his travels around the world to come and give a talk to students on the English and Publishing degrees at Edinburgh Napier University. Dr Bashabi Fraser (lecturer in Creative Writing), who organised the event, has had a stream of messages from students and staff since then, all saying how much they enjoyed the event.

After the mesmerising talk, the students were given free signed copies of McCall Smith’s books which will probably be cherished keepsakes to be shown off as a reminder of what was a truly captivating experience.

Alison Baverstock

Catch a snap-shot of the Guest Lecture given by Alison Baverstock on 5 March 2010.

Lorraine Fannin

Lorraine Fannin and Aly Barr

Former Chief Executive of Publishing Scotland, Lorraine joined the Scottish Centre for the Book at Edinburgh Napier University in 2009, working on Creativity and Rights. Publishing Scotland (formerly the Scottish Publishers Association) is the foremost publishing organisation in Scotland and has responsibility for the support and development of the publishing sector in Scotland, working with companies, organisations and individuals in the industry, and co-ordinating joint initiatives and partnerships.

Lorraine has been involved in guest lectures and masterclasses on the Postgraduate Publishing programme.

2009 (brief summary)

Wed 6th May at 1pm LRC102 Steve Hart on Penguin book designs and history
Thurs 7th May at 1pm LRC102 Janine Sutherland, Publishing graduate, now Journal Content Management Director: Medicine, Wiley Blackwells