The year at a glance

JANUARY

• 15: Translation Fund - round two application deadline
• 19: Open Book - Gardners
• 25 & 28 January, 1 & 4 February: Introduction to Copy-editing training course, delivered online in four Zoom sessions

FEBRUARY

• 11: PS Board Meeting (provisional date)
• 15, 18, 22 & 25: Introduction to Proofreading training course, delivered online in four Zoom sessions
• 22 Feb, 1 & 8 March: BookMachine Pivoting to virtual book launches
• TBC: STV pitching sessions for publishers
• TBC: BBC pitching sessions for member publishers of Publishing Scotland

MARCH

• 22 Feb, 1 & 8 March: BookMachine Pivoting to virtual book launches
• 3: Publishing and Libraries Day - pitching session
• 15 & 18: Marketing your Freelance Editorial Business training course
• 15, 22 & 29: BookMachine Publisher websites: how the best websites convert readers into buyers
• 26 & 27: SYP Scotland Conference
• TBC: Creative Conversations member publishers' event with the University of Glasgow

APRIL

• 19 & 26: BookMachine Using social media to amplify your book sales
• 26 & 29: Online Proofreading skills - PDF Mark-up

MAY

• 10, 17 & 22: BookMachine Email marketing for book publishers
• 10 & 13: Online Editing for Non-publishers training cours, delivered online in two Zoom sessions
• 27: PS Board Meeting (provisional date)

JUNE

• 1, 3, 7 & 10: Introduction to Proofreading training course, delivered online in four Zoom sessions
• 14 & 17: Further Copy-editing training course, delivered online in two Zoom sessions
• 14 - 17: Bologna Children's Book Fair: physical/digital PS members stand
• 21 & 24: Further Proofreading training course, delivered online in two Zoom sessions
• 29 June - 1 July: London Book Fair 2021: physical/digital PS members stand
• TBC: Scottish Book Trade Conference 2020 with the Booksellers Association in Edinburgh

JULY

• 29 June - 1 July: London Book Fair 2021

AUGUST

• 14 to 30: Edinburgh International Book Festival Online
• TBC: Translation Fund - round one deadline

SEPTEMBER

• 6, 9, 13 & 16: Introduction to Copy-editing
• 9: PS Board Meeting (provisional date)
• 20, 23, 27, 30: Introduction to Proofreading

OCTOBER

• 4 and 7: Academic Editing, delivered online in two Zoom sessions
• 20 - 24: Frankfurt Book Fair 2021

NOVEMBER

• 1 and 4: Further Copy-editing
• 8 and 11: Further Proofreading
• 25: PS Board Meeting and AGM (provisional date)
• 29 November, 2, 6 & 9 December: Introduction to Proofreading
• TBC: EIBF pitching sessions

DECEMBER

• 29 November, 2, 6 & 9 December: Introduction to Proofreading