Publishers Association’s Work in Publishing campaign returns 

The Publishers Association’s Work in Publishing campaign launched today (Monday 14th November) to inspire people aged 16 and over to consider a career in publishing.

Activity for this year’s campaign, which concludes on Friday (18th November), includes a "Get into Publishing" webinar to be held by Creative Access and Penguin Random House, while SAGE will be sharing a video with its UK Books team to demystify what it is like to work in publishing.

BookMachine will be highlighting career journeys into publishing across its social media channels and the Publishers Association (PA) will be highlighting the range of careers resources available on the Publishers Association website, as well as hosting written Q&As with people highlighting their journey in publishing.

In addition, the PA, Booksellers Association (BA) and Association of Authors’ Agents (AAA) are developing a series of free and accessible online events aimed at showcasing a range of book-related career options to students from underrepresented backgrounds, which will be launched as part of this year’s FutureBook Conference, held on Friday (18th November) in London. The event will also be streamed online.

Ruth Howells, director of communications, said: “Work in Publishing Week is a great way to inspire the next generation and help them learn more about this brilliant industry. We are proud to be running this campaign again this year and look forward to hearing the fascinating stories and advice that always comes from it.

“To further demonstrate our commitment to encouraging the next generation of diverse talent into publishing, we will also be formally launching the OpenBooks initiative, alongside the Booksellers Association and Association of Authors’ Agents, at the FutureBook conference at the end of the week. This is a brand new series of free, accessible online events primarily targets young talent from underrepresented backgrounds.

“We encourage everyone to get involved this week—join a webinar, or even just share a tweet with the hashtag #WorkInPublishing. Even the smallest contribution could spark an idea somewhere.”