Getting a job in publishing

This week has been super busy with publishing events, speaking on a panel for The Printing Charity on Tuesday and giving a keynote speech at the lovely Roehampton University Creative Writing Soiree on Wednesday. Both events got me thinking about careers as there were lots of students wanting to know more about publishing and specifically how to get into it, so I thought it might be useful to do a round-up blog post with some of the things I’ve been talking about.

Publishing can be a competit...