Links

* Students have secured placements with these organisations as well as others (for a more detailed list of Publishing placement opportunities, please click here or contact Avril Gray, Postgraduate Publishing Programme Leader: a.gray@napier.ac.uk)

ALPSP
Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers

APE
Association for Publishing Education

ASLA
The Association of Scottish Literary Agents

BookBrunch
An information site and daily news service for the book industry

Booktrust
Booktrust is an independent UK-wide charity dedicated to encouraging people of all ages and cultures to enjoy books

The Copyright Licensing Agency (CLA)
The Copyright Licensing Agency works on behalf of authors and publishers, licensing users to copy extracts from books, journals and periodicals and collecting fees for copyright holders

Edinburgh UNESCO City of Literature
Edinburgh is the world’s first UNESCO City of Literature, pioneer in an international network of UNESCO Creative Cities. MSc Publishing students are closely involved in a number of the City of Literature projects, as well as having the opportunity to undertake a work placement.*

EIBF
The Edinburgh International Book Festival, the largest and most dynamic literary festival in the world.*

Galley Club
Events and networking for those involved in publishing and book production

Inside Book Publishing
A guide to relevant resources and a blog about book publishing

IPG
Independent Publishers Guild

LBF
The London Book Fair

Magforum
Facts and opinions about magazine publishing

The National Literacy Trust (NLT)
The NLT is a charity set up in 1993 to work in partnership with others to enhance literacy standards in the UK through reading promotions

Publishers Association
The UK trade organization for book, journal and electronic publishers

Publishing Scotland
Publishing Scotland is the network body for the book publishing industry in Scotland *

Publishing Skills Council
The body responsible for driving forward the skills agenda in publishing

Scottish Book Trust
Based in Edinburgh, this is the agency for the promotion of reading, writing and literature in Scotland *

Scottish Poetry Library
The Scottish Poetry Library, Edinburgh, is the place for poetry in Scotland, for the regular reader, the serious student or the casual browser *

Scottish Storytelling Centre
Halfway along Edinburgh’s famous Royal Mile, the Centre includes the historic John Knox House, 99-seat Netherbow Theatre and the George Mackay Brown Library, and is the headquarters of the Scottish Storytelling Network

Society of Authors
To protect the rights and further the interests of authors

SYP
The Society of Young Publishers has groups in London, Oxford and Edinburgh