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Commissioning Editor, London: 7



I have spent a long while thinking about it. That night. It’s been repeated once since then. I’d get into the office and ponder both of those nights for a while, whilst I logged onto my PC and it chugged through whatever th
31 January 2010

Commissioning Editor, London: 6

So what shape do you think that a broken heart takes? In what sense can that phrase be construed? I’m serving breakfast in bed to Dorothy with a phrase running through my head that had no real beginning or end. This is just a cup of tea and a to
24 December 2009

Commissioning Editor, London: 5

Eventually, I decided to go out for that drink with Dorothy. She hasn't cried in the office since that one incident a week back, but she had been quiet, sullent and withdrawn. I had been working a little late yesterday and she was there too. I walked over to her desk and waited f
19 October 2009

Commissioning Editor, London: 4



I can’t remem
17 August 2009

Commissioning Editor, London: 3


“FCUK YOO-“ reads the phrase scrawled in the dirt o
01 August 2009

Bridget Moans

Yes, I’m back! And this time, amazingly, I’m not moaning about men (or more specifically, the lack of them). ‘What’s your problem now then?’ I hear you cry – or possibly mutter with vague interest. In fact, my new m

09 July 2009

Commissioning Editor, London: 2

 

I was with some of the office in the pub. Marcus was on the bar stool beside me, to the right.&
06 July 2009

In Response To... The Espresso Book Machine

Hot on the heels of the e-reader, the Espresso Book Machine (EBM) is the latest development in new technology that could bring us one step closer to a revolution in the industry akin, in terms of scale, to that of Gutenberg's printing press. In

22 June 2009

Commissioning Editor, London: 1



I haven’t spoken much about the office. I guess this is partly out of deference to my travels, which seemed more interesting at
09 June 2009

In Response To... The BookCareers Salary Survey

 

 

The publicatio

06 June 2009

In Response To ... eReaders



 
25 May 2009

Psycho Commissioning Editor

London Book Fair


I’ve been to a few London book fairs now. I’m ready to accept that, aside from walking around the scarily s
06 May 2009

Psycho Commissioning Editor

American Business Park


I’m gasping for water as dry grass crunches underfoot. I walk down wide streets and see no-one out, steel and plastic cubes c
14 April 2009

Psycho Commissioning Editor

Recession
I’m sat at a table in a café with a coffee in front of me that cost the same as a pint. As the whipped cream melts in the brown foam, I feel a tightness in my throat. My teeth ache and my jaw is tight. The black cherry flavoured syrup is
22 February 2009

Psycho Commissioning Editor

Partyseason

As I walk into the office, trying to leave behind the frustration of the Tube journey, I notice one sad, lonely Christmas decoration that’s been pulled out of a box and hung from one of the joists of the ceiling tiles. I look up and admire its des
30 November 2008

Psycho Commissioning Editor

Helsinki


I guess it might have been time for a retrospective. Hardly holed up in a lavish hotel room, experiencing reflective

01 August 2008

Bridget Moans

I am aware that I can be a bit of a whinger at times. So I’m going to try and be positive for a change, pro-active even. This month, instead of moaning about the lack of men, I’m actually going to try and bag a bachelor! Never mind all that “it happens when you’re not lo
25 June 2008

Psycho Commissioning Editor

May 2008


They sent me to America because I needed to do some business there and also because I think they wanted my desk for the intern, who
08 May 2008

Bridget Moans

Where Are All the Men?
Things I love about working in publishing: the books (well, duh); the lovely people I work with; getting out of work when it’s still daylight (in the summer anyhow); the pay… hang on, scratch that last one. Thing
25 April 2008

Psycho Commissioning Editor

March 2008
   

 

28 February 2008

The Column February 2008

 

An Ex-Girlfriend Gets Married



For Imogen Thea, who understood all this way before I did



13 February 2008

The Naked Editor - February

A Peek At What Lies Beneath
 



I can’t believe it’s already February: the Christmas trees have all disappeared and the cheesy CDs have bee

11 February 2008

SYP AGM 2007-8 - InPrint Online Report

SYP AGM 2007-8 - InPrint Online Report

Dear readers,

The SYP Annual General Meeting on the 16th January was, as usual, an action packed affair.  A full report can be found here, but what I wanted to update you on right away was the changes to InPr

21 January 2008

Gurdeep's Column

January 2008

  Someone recently asked me why it was that most of my columns, which I’ve been writing for the SYP for three years now, are so off topic; why it is
07 January 2008

Gurdeep's Column

October 2007: Out Of My League

As children and to some extent as adults, we are told that we are equal to others, that in no way should be feel, or be made to feel, inferior to someone else. An example of this is the classic scenario where a man, in male peer company, see

19 October 2007

Gurdeep's Column

September 2007: Chasing
    2007 for me has been a year of chasing. I’ve chased the Royal Mail for non-delivery of parcels. I’ve chased insurance companies, online electronics stores, British Gas, the National Grid and Transco. I’ve ended up frustrated
24 September 2007