News and events

The Publishers Association’s annual Work in Publishing campaign returns from Monday 20 to Friday 24 November 2023, aiming to inspire people to pursue a career in publishing.

The Judicial Review claim relating to the Department for Education’s proposed operating model for its new arm’s length body, Oak National Academy, has been granted permission to proceed by the High Court.

An updated industry statement on professional values and behaviours has been launched today by the Publishers Association, Society of Authors, Booksellers Association and Association of Authors’ Agents.

In line with the first ever AI Safety Summit starting this week, The Publishers Association, Society of Authors, ALCS and Association of Authors Agents have issued a joint statement calling on the PM to put in place some tangible solutions to protect the human creativity and knowledge that underpins safe and reliable AI.

The Parliamentary Book Awards are the only book awards curated by bookshops and voted on by parliamentarians. Launched by the Booksellers Association and the Publishers Association in 2016, the awards aim to celebrate the best of political writing and the long-standing link between politics, books, and publishing.

The Publishers Association is delighted to see that the UK has rejoined the Horizon programme today. The crucial access this provides to researchers and institutions across the UK will undoubtedly benefit society and further drive innovation and international collaboration where it is needed most.

The Publishers Association stands ready to embrace safe, secure and transparent AI that will benefit many across society. However, it is imperative that the UK’s world leading content industries are supported in parallel to AI development.

The Publishers Association has today achieved its 150th signature on the Publishing Declares pledge. Launched in 2021, Publishing Declares was created to raise awareness of the sustainability issues most relevant to the UK book and journal publishing industry; to aid the discovery of existing tools and resources and to inspire action that results in sustained behaviour change.

The Publishers Association was thrilled to once again welcome Members of Parliament and publishers to the House of Commons, to celebrate another successful year for the UK publishing industry.

The Publishers Association has responded to the government’s white paper on the regulation of AI. Dan Conway, CEO at the Publishers Association said: “Today we have responded to the government’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) consultation. As a sector, we stand ready to support further innovation and look forward to what the future looks like for publishing,…

Antonia Seymour has been at the helm of IOP Publishing since March 2021 having joined IOPP in 2018 initially as Publishing Director. At the beginning of her tenure as President of the Publishers Association, we asked Antonia some questions about career paths, publishing and her #BookThatMadeMe.

New polling released today by the Publishers Association has found that people are turning to books and reading as a form as escapism this summer. Second only to watching TV (54%), 33% of respondents say that books offer them the best form of escapism when they are having a bad day. This is ahead of streaming TV (32%), looking at social media (27%), listening to radio (24%), going to the pub (21%), going to the cinema (16%) and listening to a podcast (14%).

The Publishers Association calls on European lawmakers to involve European publishers as key partners in achieving the aspirations published today. Our academic publisher members operate across Europe and have worked hard and invested in a wide range of models and tools that enable open access, whilst upholding research integrity and quality, and are a key delivery partner in driving value for EU research and researchers.

On Tuesday 25th April, the Publishers Association’s Annual General Meeting took place in person at the Science Gallery London to celebrate and reflect on achievements in 2022.

Dan Conway, Chief Executive of the Publishers Association, looks back on 2022 in his introduction to our Annual Report.

Antonia Seymour, Chief Executive of IOP Publishing, has used her inaugural speech as president of the Publishers Association to highlight the growth of science and the value of publishing.

Antonia Seymour, CEO of IOP Publishing, has been elected to the position of President of the Publishers Association. Antonia succeeds Nigel Newton, CEO and Founder of Bloomsbury, who remains an Officer of the Publishers Association.

The Publishers Association has today released its new ‘A Year in Publishing’ summary statistics. These once again show growth for the sector, with total sales for the UK’s publishing industry reaching £6.9 billion- up 4% from 2021. 669 million physical books were also sold last year. This is the highest overall level ever recorded.