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The International Publishing Industry: Contemporary Perspectives from Oslo

December 4th, 2010 by cs48@stir.ac.uk | Posted in Blog | Comments Off on The International Publishing Industry: Contemporary Perspectives from Oslo
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The Director of the Stirling Centre for International Publishing and Communication, Claire Squires, recently returned from Oslo where she was an invited speaker at a seminar on ‘The International Publishing Industry: Contemporary Perspectives’.

The seminar, organised by the Department of Media and Communication at the University of Oslo, brought together a number of scholars who are engaged with examining the contemporary publishing industries around the world from a number of perspectives. The academics from Norway, Sweden, Austria, Slovenia and the UK were joined by a number of publishers, booksellers and writers to discuss overall trends in international publishing, publishing in different international contexts, the future of publishing in the digital world, and cultural policies and authors’ and publishers’ rights.

Publishing students win prizes

July 8th, 2010 by cs48@stir.ac.uk | Posted in Blog | Comments Off on Publishing students win prizes
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Last week saw the graduation ceremony for out 2009-10 cohort of MLitt in Publishing Studies students.

Among the graduating students were some prize winners. Siân Jenkins won The Ruari McLean Prize for Publishing Design (named in honour of the celebrated Scots book designer who died in 2006). The Prize is awarded annually to the student in the MLitt in Publishing Studies who produces an outstanding work of publishing design. Siân was awarded the prize for her work on The Knights of Whorlton, a spread from which can be seen below.

The Stirling Centre for International Publishing and Communication Dissertation Prize, for the most outstanding Dissertation, was awarded to Katrina Melvin, for her dissertation ‘Chronicling Change: Representations of women in the mainstream publishing workplace 1970-2010’.

Finally, Siân Jenkins was the recipient of a second prize as the most distinguished student in the MLitt in Publishing Studies. The Routledge Prize is given annually to the most distinguished student in the MLitt in Publishing Studies, and takes the form of £200 work of books donated by Routledge, the Group Sales Director of which is a former University of Stirling graduate, now Honorary Professor and Chair of our Industry Advisory Board, Christoph Chesher.

Well done to both Siân and Kat for their hard work and excellent results!

New and Revised Programmes of Study

May 24th, 2010 by cs48@stir.ac.uk | Posted in Blog | Comments Off on New and Revised Programmes of Study
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From September 2010, the Stirling Centre for International Publishing and Communication will be offering new and revised programmes of study.

Our programmes now include:

MLitt in Publishing Studies: This course has run since 1982, and among our graduates are some of the leading publishers in the UK and abroad. Substantially overhauled for September 2010, the course now includes new optional modules (Skills for Publishing Management; Publishing, Literature and Society; and Publishing in the Workplace) and revised teaching, learning and assessment methods relevant to the digital 21st century publishing environment. More details are available from the programme page.

MSc in International Publishing Management: This innovative course is aimed at those already working within publishing and publishing-related industries and organisations, and works via purpose-writte case studies. From this year, the programme will run from September (rather than February). More details are available from the programme page.

MRes in Publishing Studies: This new course is specifically focused on research in the fields of publishing studies, contemporary or historical, and is aimed at students wishing to pursue a substantial research project at Masters level. It can lead to PhD study. More details are available from the programme page.

PhD: It is possible to study for a PhD in the Stirling Centre for International Publishing Studies, with opportunities for co-supervision with staff from other Departments in the University. More details are available from the programme page.

Please do contact us should you require more information about our courses, or advice about which course might suit you.

Conference and seminar papers from Publishing Studies staff

May 10th, 2010 by cs48@stir.ac.uk | Posted in Blog | Comments Off on Conference and seminar papers from Publishing Studies staff
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Over the summer, staff from the Stirling Centre for International Publishng and Communciation will be speaking at a variety of conferences and seminars. Claire Squires, Director of the Centre, has been invited to speak at the National Centre for Research in Children’s Literature Conference, Foundations on Futures, on the theme of diversity and career routes in children’s book publishing. She will also be delivering the Chair in Book and Publishing Studies lecture for Boek.be and the University of Antwerp in Belgium, with the title ‘Books without Borders: Readers, Writers and Publishers in the Global Literary Marketplace’, a plenary lecture at the University of Manchester Contemporary Literature and its Contexts conference, and a paper on publisher anniversaries at SHARP 2010 in Helsinki. Padmini Ray Murray will be delivering a paper at Publishing Futures in the Global Marketplace conference at Anglia Ruskin University on the topic of poetry publishing in the 21st century.

These public appearances will disseminate some of the research conducted in the Centre.

Scholarships Available for September 2010

February 28th, 2010 by cs48@stir.ac.uk | Posted in Blog | Comments Off on Scholarships Available for September 2010
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A number of University and Departmental scholarships and bursaries are now available for study at the University of Stirling.

The University is offering over 50 Postgraduate Research Studentships for students beginning PhD studies in 2010-11. These Studentships include full tuition fees at UK/EU rates, an annual stipend at UK Research Council rates (currently £13,489), and research expenses of £750 per year. In order to qualify for consideration, applicants must have received a formal offer of acceptance as a PhD candidate by 17 March 2010. Should you be interested in studying for a research degree in the Stirling Centre for International Publishing and Communication, further information is available here. More details on the studentships are available here.

In addition, the Department of English Studies (of which the Centre is part) is pleased to be offering 11 Postgraduate Tuition Fee Bursaries, at both taught postgraduate and research level. Students applying for the MLitt in Publishing Studies and the MSc in International Publishing Management, as well as research students are eligible. The deadline is 2 July 2010, but we recommend that you apply for a place by early June to ensure you have an offer before applying for a bursary. Full details are available here.

More information on the courses available in the Centre is available from our Study page.

Publication of the Oxford Companion to the Book

January 30th, 2010 by cs48@stir.ac.uk | Posted in Blog | Comments Off on Publication of the Oxford Companion to the Book
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OCBThis week, Oxford University Press published the Oxford Companion to the Book, a two-volume reference work covering all aspects of book culture, including publishing, printing, reading and authorship, from ancient times to the present day.

Edited by Michael F. Suarez S.J. and H.R. Woudhuysen, the volumes begin with overview essays on subjects including the technologies and economics of print, children’s books and the electronic book, as well as chapters on books and publishing in different countries and regions around the world. The work then has over 5000 encyclopaedia entries, with definitions and descriptions ranging from the accordion book to the Zimbabwe International Book Fair, by way of mini-histories of Faber & Faber, the Harry Potter phenomenon, and even the telephone directory.

A publishing feat in itself, the Oxford Companion to the Book contains over a million words, and is the work of two general editors, around 30 associate and assistant editors, nearly 400 scholars, and a staff team at OUP. Claire Squires, Director of the Stirling Centre for International Publishing and Communication, was the Associate Editor with responsibility for the Twentieth Century Book in Britain, and wrote the overview essay ‘The History of the Book in Britain from 1914’.

The reference work has already received rave reviews from the Sunday Times (‘fabulous … monumental … beautiful’) and the Sunday Telegraph (‘an extraordinary tribute to a revolutionary invention … magnificent’).

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