After several years of working in the industry, perhaps you aren’t feeling so “young” to publishing anymore and are looking for new networking and growth opportunities. Many of you came to our Mid-to-Publishing Town Hall and Happy Hour this June, led by Sara Sargent (former chair of the AAP’s Young to Publishing Group) and...
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Miss the sherry hours and camaraderie from your days at a publishing program? Wish you could catch up with old friends while meeting new ones from other programs? Join fellow alums from the Columbia, CUNY, Denver, NYU, Pace, Yale, and any and all publishing programs (MAs included!) for a night of drinking, networking, and...
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Summer Fridays are almost done, and the wonderful days of Fall are in our sights. We’re talking sweater weather, fluffy scarves, and that crispness in the air that awakens your senses and gets you excited about doing something besides planting you caboose in front of your window A/C unit. It also happens to be...
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Some of you may not even know this, but we have a YPG Bay Area chapter that is very active, and they would like to host a joint mixer for any YPG members coming in town for ALA Annual. It is tentatively set for Local Edition Bar (691 Market Street, San Francisco, about a...
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YPG Diversity would like to invite you to come celebrate LGBT Pride Month with YPG’s second annual Pride Happy Hour at Kettle of Fish on Wednesday, June 17th from 6-8:30pm! With one of the best jukeboxes in the city, this West Village favorite has everything you need to relax and mingle with your publishing colleagues as we celebrate Pride...
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YPG Diversity would like to invite you to come celebrate LGBT Pride Month with YPG’s second annual Pride Happy Hour at Cowgirl in June! This campy West Village favorite has everything you need to relax and mingle with your publishing colleagues as we celebrate Pride and the vital role of LGBTQI people in the publishing profession. Location: Cowgirl (519 Hudson...
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It’s FINALLY that time of year! Spring is upon us (though Winter is doing a good job of sticking around), and BEA is just around the corner. So join us at the Frying Pan for YPG’s 6th Annual BEA on a Boat party, taking place this year from 6:00-8:00pm on Thursday, May 28th. Celebrate...
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Are you an agent (or assistant at an agency) on the look-out for brilliant, new talent? Are you a writer hoping to make the elusive connection with an agent? Maybe you’re even someone new to publishing who wants to know more about how the traditional road to publication works? If so, this is the...
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For literary history, few cities come close to New York’s rich and varied collection of novelists, playwrights, and poets. Join us on Thursday, May 14th at 6:00pm for a walking tour of the West Village, inspired by the pioneering writers profiled in Kate Bolick’s new book, Spinster (which was a recent YPG Little Big Mouth mailing). From Washington Square...
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Come armed with children’s book donations to McGee’s Pub, the inspiration behind How I Met Your Mother’s MacLaren’s Bar, for a YPG Happy Hour. This event has been moved to Monday, May 4th from 6:00 to *wait for it* 8:00pm to celebrate Memorial Day early and to collect children’s books for Operation Paperback. McGee’s is located at...
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