The year at a glance

The main events we are organising, involved with or attending in 2020. 

JANUARY

• 24: International Fellowship applications - 2020 deadline
• 24: Translation fund - round two deadline
• 22: Export Training Day 1 - run by SDI
• 23: BBC pitching sessions for member publishers of Publishing Scotland
• 31: Autumn Book Festivals pitching sessions (Wigtown, BookMark and Write Highland Hoolie)

FEBRUARY

• 3: STV pitching sessions for publishers
• 5: Historic Environment Scotland pitching sessions for publishers
• 7: Export Training Day 2 - run by SDI
• 25: Publishing and Libraries Day

MARCH

• 5: Writing Digital Content training course
• 10 to 12: CANCELLED London Book Fair 2020 collective stand 2C80
• 27: CANCELLED SYP Scotland Conference
• CANCELLED: Bologna Children's Book Fair was originally due to take place 30 March to 2 April and then rescheduled to Monday 4 to Thursday 7 May 2020 before being cancelled. 

APRIL

• 21: CANCELLED Scottish Book Trade Conference 2020 with the Booksellers Association in Edinburgh. We look forward to seeing everyone in 2021.

MAY 

• CANCELLED: Bologna Children's Book Fair was originally due to take place 30 March to 2 April and then rescheduled to Monday 4 to Thursday 7 May 2020 before being cancelled.
• 7: PS Training Committee
• 21: Open Book - Gardners
• 27: Open Book - Booksellers Association

JUNE

• 26 May and 2 June: Online Introduction to Proofreading training course
• 8 and 15: Online Introduction to Copy-editing training course
• 17 and 18: Online Writing Digital Content training course
• 24: Open Book - GlassBoxx

JULY

• 6: Open Book: Edinburgh International Book Festival

AUGUST

• 11: Writing the Personal and the Political - Creative Conversations Showcase with the University of Glasgow
• 12: Writing the Past in the Present - Creative Conversations Showcase with the University of Glasgow
• 13: Writing the Ground Beneath Our Feet - Creative Conversations Showcase with the University of Glasgow
• 14: Translation fund - round one deadline
• 15 to 31: Edinburgh International Book Festival Online
• 26: Edinburgh International Book Festival - A Literary Scout Masterclass
• 27: Open Book - Itison
• 28: Edinburgh International Book Festival - The Future of Publishing

 SEPTEMBER

• 2 and 3: Writing Digital Content training course
• 3: Open meeting for members
• 7, 10, 14 and 17: Introduction to Proofreading training course
• 21, 24, 28 and 1 October: Introduction to Copy-editing training course
• 24: Pitching to booksellers for members
• 29: Harper Macleod Employment Law Update seminar
• 30: Open Book - Trade Insights for Independent Publishers

OCTOBER

• 6: Open Book - Introducing Bookshop.org
• 8: PS Training Committee meeting
• 8: Autumn Conference Sessions - Online events and online selling (PS and BA members)
• 13: Harper Macleod GDPR seminar
• 14 to 18: Frankfurt Book Fair digital presence
• 29: Autumn Conference Sessions - Nielsen Steve Bohme (PS and BA members)

NOVEMBER

• 2 and 5: Further Copy-editing training course
• 9 and 12: Further Proofreading training course
• 16, 19, 23 and 26: Introduction to Copy-editing training course
• 19: Board Meeting and AGM