The SYP's 60th anniversary celebrations

The Society of Young Publishers is getting very good indeed at running some spectacular events. The 60th anniversary party that took place last Thursday at Shakespeare's Globe was quite something. (And this is not self-congratulation – although I work on the SYP's website, I can take no credit for the organisation of this event, which is down to some fellow hard-working committee members.)

People with decades of experience in publishing rubbed shoulders with those who are just starting out (along with some of us who are somewhere in between), united by a passion for the industry. It was precisely what it should have been.

And this by no means the end of what the organisation has planned this year – whoever organises the 70th anniversary celebrations will have a lot to live up to!