Upcoming Publishing Events (3 July – 17 July)

By Ibby Brusch, Fernanda de Madariaga, Laiba Khan and Silvia Vangelova

PLS Conference 2025

Thursday 3 July 2025, 9:30 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

1 Wimpole Street, London

Are you interested in learning more about publishing? This event offers attendees to learn from experts and receive great advice in order to kickstart their publishing journey. Whether you want to learn something new or network with other individuals in the industry, this event is perfect for you.

Tickets for this event are free! For more information, please click here.

Publishing Insights Day

Thursday 3 July 2025, 9:15 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Grosvenor East Building, Manchester Metropolitan University

This event offers individuals to learn all about publishing through various talks and sessions. If you’re eager to learn about the publishing world but don’t know where to start, or at the start of your journey itself, this event is the one for you. There will be many sessions focusing on specific aspects of the industry and attendees can ask as many questions as they’d like.

For more information and ticket prices, please click here.

Bright Futures Sci-Fi Book Club: The Murderbot Diaries Vol. 1 (All Systems Red)

Monday, 7 July 2025, 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

The Lighthouse will be hosting their July book club meeting to discuss Martha Wells’ All Systems Red. This science fiction novella is the first volume of The Murderbot Diaries. The story introduces Murderbot, a self-aware security unit that has granted itself freedom by hacking its own governor. In this book, Murderbot will accompany a research team to another planet with the mission to protect them from the dangers of the unknown. But, now that Murderbot has gained consciousness, it will also have to battle with its growing sense of awareness and existence, desires of isolation and the unavoidable feelings that uncomfortably creep into its being. In the search for its truth and identity, Murderbot will discover something that could irreparably change its way of being and thinking. In order to support the book shop and the book club you can purchase the book through Lighthouse, with a 10% off discount available on their website.

For more information, discounts and tickets for the event, click here.

An Evening in Conversation with Yael van der Wouden

Tuesday 8 July 2025, 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Waterstones, Coventry

Join Women’s Prize winning author Yael van der Wouden at this talk delving into her highly acclaimed debut novel The Safekeep.

Full of fury and simmering tension, The Safekeep details the surprise arrival of Isabel’s brother’s girlfriend at her meticulously maintained cottage in 1960s Netherlands and the fallout that occurs. The event will begin with an interview with van der Wouden and end with a Q&A and book signing. This is an excellent opportunity to learn more about an author at the beginning of a very exciting career!

General admission is £5 and tickets which include a book are £12. Further information can be found here.

SYP North: Exploring Academic Publishing: Careers in Marketing, Sales and Recruitment

Thursday 10 July 2025, 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

Hosted online

Dreaming of working in academic publishing?

SYP North’s online panel will delve into leading academic publisher Mare Nostrum Group’s history and operations, giving attendees a chance to ask questions about the marketing, sales and recruitment side of publishing.

Tickets are free for SYP members and £3 for non-members. You can find out more here.

Buxton International Festival

10-27 July

3 The Square Buxton, Derbyshire SK17 6AZ

As one of the UK's leading arts festivals, Buxton International Festival (BIF) is the reason Peak District turns into an international music, opera and literature hub every summer. With a spectacular lineup of world renowned storytellers, BIF offers a broad range of talks with authors who are environmentalists, politicians and historians including David Goodhart, Diane Abbot, Joan Smith and Roger Clough. A true blend of thought-provoking stories and soulful music, this event draws in the melophiles and protean thinkers driven by a zest for life and highly appreciative of BIF’s eclectics. The full program includes talks and performances throughout 10-27 July and can be found here. If you’re looking to have both your heart and mind stirred, visiting even only for a couple of days is worth it!

You can book tickets for separate events on their respective page on the festival’s website.