Columbia Columbia Publishing Course at Publishing Course Oxford University at Oxford For Information University Shaye Areheart, Director In the US: Columbia Publishing Course The Graduate School of Journalism A Professional Columbia University 2950 Broadway, MC 3801 • New York, NY 10027 Experience in the In the UK: Business of Publishing Columbia Publishing Course c/o Philip Munday Exeter College • Turl Street 3 – 29 Oxford • OX1 3DP September 2017 Tel. +1 212-854-1898 E-mail: [email protected] Skype: ColumbiaPublishing A Programme of the www.journalism.columbia.edu/publishinguk Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism The Columbia Publishing Course does not discriminate among applicants or students on the basis of race, religion, age, gender, sexual orientation, Exeter College national origin, color, or handicap. Oxford, England Columbia Publishing y The class of 2016 Course evaluations of original manuscripts to the sales and marketing of finished products. Students learn from areers in publishing have always attracted people leading writers, editors, publishers, design directors and with talent and energy and a love of reading. illustrators, advertising experts, and publicists. Dozens CThose with a love of literature and language, a of publishing professionals converge upon Oxford in respect for the written word, an inquiring mind, and a September to describe the nature of their work, conduct healthy imagination are naturally drawn to an industry workshops and seminars, and answer questions in that creates, informs, and entertains. For many, publishing classroom discussions and informal sessions. is more than a business; it is a vocation that constantly The curriculum is very intensive. Students learn challenges and continuously educates. Choosing a career about publishing through a rigorous schedule of in publishing is a logical means to combine personal lectures, seminars, and workshops, and by completing and professional interests for people who have always professionally evaluated assignments. By spending worked on school publications, spent hours browsing in time with speakers and instructors at meals and in bookstores and libraries, or stayed up late with a torch late-night discussions, working on assignments after under the covers finishing an exciting book. class, and living with like-minded colleagues for four For 70 years, the Columbia Publishing Course in New weeks, students take part in a unique total-immersion York (along with its predecessor, the Radcliffe Publishing programme that cannot be duplicated by a series of Procedures Course in Cambridge, Massachusetts) has part-time courses. In the process, students discover a been a powerful institution in the American publishing capacity to assimilate and produce more than they ever industry, launching the careers of thousands of students, imagined possible. including many top editors and publishers. Now in its The Publishing Course provides a comparison of second year, the Columbia Publishing Course at Oxford career options within book publishing which will help University gives aspiring publishing professionals the students determine their professional goals during the opportunity to experience CPC’s distinctive brand of first two weeks. Columbia Publishing Course students practical, intensive training, tailored for the demands and study every element of the process: manuscript nuances of both the British and American markets. evaluation, agenting, editing, design, production, The Publishing Course is an in-depth, four-week publicity, sales, e-books, and marketing. Students will introduction to all aspects of book publishing, from also learn about different types of publishing houses, publishing strategies, and career paths. The class others are successful entrepreneurs, some work then divides into smaller groups for a seven-day book with blockbuster franchises, others strive to reach workshop. Each workshop group will simulate the specialised markets. The detailed list of the 2016 faculty operation of a publishing house, giving students a is representative of the high caliber of instructors who chance to apply what they’ve learned and to gain hands- visit the course. on experience in a particular area of book publishing. The course’s brevity and emphasis on practical Editing Seminars and work skills prepare students to take publishing jobs right away, making it an appealing alternative to Assignments longer, more academically-oriented courses of study In preparation for the programme, all students must that exist elsewhere. By the end of the four weeks, complete advance reading and assignments. These course graduates have a greater understanding of book assignments cover many of the topics to be discussed in publishing than many people presently working in the lectures and are evaluated by publishing professionals. field. Individual and group career guidance sessions are They are short, practical, and require students to offered throughout the course. perform tasks related to the publishing process. Short seminars will be held during the course to The Columbia Publishing Course provides an teach the fundamentals of manuscript evaluation. For unparalleled overview of the entire publishing process, the manuscript evaluation seminar, each student reads teaches basic publishing skills, and offers students the an unpublished manuscript and writes a reader’s report opportunity to meet and learn from top publishing recommending whether or not to publish. Students will professionals. The Columbia Journalism School is meet in small groups with editors to discuss the editing pleased to bring this renowned programme to an process and methods of manuscript evaluation. exciting new setting. Book Workshop Oxford, England Students will apply what they’ve learned in lectures Oxford has been home to many of history’s great and advance assignments during the keystone of the minds. From Albert Einstein and Christopher Wren, programme: the hands-on book workshop. This week- C.S. Lewis and Oscar Wilde, to Tony Blair and long exercise is an intensive, collaborative simulation that Margaret Thatcher. Many of the 20th century’s great requires interaction with writers, agents, and illustrators. writers studied in Oxford, which has a small but Based on his or her particular areas of interest, each thriving publishing scene. London is just over an hour student will be assigned to a workshop group and have away by train and provides students with additional specific job responsibilities. Each group will form a opportunities to immerse themselves in the literary publishing company and develop six potential titles for world and pursue professional connections. publication, determining the company’s editorial mission, evaluating book ideas and manuscripts, and contacting Exeter College authors and agents. Teams of carefully selected mentors The fourth-oldest college at the University of will work with each group, facilitating discussion and Oxford, Exeter is located in the centre of Oxford, next providing guidance and professional advice. to the world-famous Bodleian Library. Exeter boasts a Students will create marketing, publicity, and subsidiary long history of literary excellence, with J.R.R. Tolkien rights plans for each book and present their titles to the amongst its most famous graduates. Students will be class at a simulated rights auction. They will design book housed in single rooms in Margary Quadrangle and take jackets, set production specs, and use computer models their meals in Exeter’s stunning 17th-century dining hall. and industry databases to create financial projections for each title and for the publishing house as a whole. Course Faculty At the end of the workshop, top publishing leaders The instructors and lecturers, drawn from all areas of will carefully evaluate each group’s proposal, giving the book publishing industry, are recognised as experts constructive criticism and real-world feedback. The in their fields. Faculty members are selected to represent book workshop will equip students with the practical the diversity of career options within publishing; knowledge, experience, and confidence needed to some are executives in multinational conglomerates, succeed in their careers. 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