Our training courses

In this BookMachine course for Publishing Scotland members, you will learn how to keep your remote attendees engaged from start to finish, including how to brief your authors ahead of the events. As well as looking at the event experiences the course will explore the different software available, and how to deal with potential technical issues. The course takes place from 1pm to 2pm on Mondays 22 February, 1 and 8 March and costs only £30+VAT.

Social media algorithms change weekly, and it can be difficult to know where to spend your time. In these two sessions, Abby Coften will explore the main channels (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter) and ensure that you are up-to-date with the most recent changes to help inform your 2021 marketing strategies. All of the examples will be publishing related, making this the most up-to-date industry course of its kind. The course takes place from 1pm to 2.30pm on Mondays 19 and 26 April 2021.

This is a new course, aimed at people who don’t work in a publishing house but who work, or want to work, with documents that will be published in some form – for example newsletters, brochures, handbooks or websites. Two Zoom sessions of two hours (one per day) on Monday 10 and Thursday 13 May 2021. This course is now FULL. Contact us to join the waiting list.

This course is suitable for people in the publishing industry, those who want to work in editing on a freelance basis, and anyone else who has responsibility for the presentation of written material. Some proofreading experience is desirable. This course will be delivered online (Zoom) in four 90-minute sessions (one per day) on Monday 17, Thursday 20, Monday 24 and Thursday 27 May 2021.

This 4-hour course (two Zoom sessions on Monday 14 and Thursday 17 June 2021) picks up where 'Introduction to Copy-editing' left off. It assumes that delegates have attended this course or are familiar with the methods and techniques it contains. It is eligible for 2 CIEP upgrade training points.

This course is suitable for people in the publishing industry, those who want to work in editing on a freelance basis, and anyone else who has responsibility for the presentation of written material. Some proofreading experience is desirable. This course will be delivered online (Zoom) in four 90-minute sessions (one per day) on Monday 6, Thursday 9, Monday 13 and Thursday 16 September 2021.

This is a new course, aimed at people who work, or want to work, with academic texts. Two Zoom sessions of two hours (one per day) on Monday 4 and Thursday 7 October 2021.