INDUSTRY NEWS
April 2025
Freeman Francis Pinter featured in Publishing Perspectives
16 APRIL 2025
Frances Pinter: ‘A Risk of Spreading Disinformation’
Among some of the scientific and academic publishing worlds’ best-regarded leadership figures, Frances Pinter directs author relations for both the CEU Press (Central European University) and Amsterdam University Press.
BOSS Leaders of the Future Conference Review
14 APRIL 2025
A packed room of future leaders attended a bi-annual conference at Fellowes Brands in Doncaster on 10th April.
Keynote Speaker, Nick Saunders was first on the agenda running an energetic and dynamic morning session titled 'Connection, Collaboration, Conflict Resolution: Turning Relationships into Results'. He coached delegates on how to turn relationships into results, by delivering a powerful message in a highly entertaining style that is unusual, unstuffy and unpretentious.
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Liveryman Brandon Millan featured in the Hollywood Reporter
14 APRIL 2025
A Long-Forgotten Satire of Jews in Hollywood Gets New Life. The hilarious, long-out-of-print 1931 novel ‘Rabbi Burns’ gets the re-issue it deserves.
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Updates from Leigh Stationers' Academy
11 APRIL 2025
Items this week include:
- A Message from the Principal
- Start of Module 5: Important Information
- Dates for Your Diary: Key Events in Module 5
- End-of-Module Celebration Assemblies
- New SEND Appointments Strengthen Inclusion at Leigh Stationers' Academy
- Culture Day Celebrated in Woolf College
- Year 8 Student Recognised in LAT Art Competition
- Year 8 HPV Vaccination Programme
- Year 9 Options Process Enters Final Stage
- PSHE Update: Supporting Personal Development Across Years 7-10
- Year 10 & 12 Work Experience - Placement Deadline Reminder
- Year 11 Career Opportunities and Post-16 Support
- Year 13 Business Students Visit Brands Museum
- Year 13 Students Take Part in A-Level Law Grade Booster Workshop
- Invitation from the Jack Petchey Foundation: An Opportunity for Your Young People
- IB MYP Parent Voice Forums
- Reminder: Year 11 & 13 Easter Intervention Schedule
- Class of 2025 Leavers' Hoodies Now Available to Order
MASTER THE VERSATILITY OF LABELS PRINTING
10 APRIL 2025
WELCOME TO THE TAU RSC OPEN HOUSE
28 - 29 APRIL 2025
We are pleased to announce the TAU RSC Open House at our customer Bakers in Brentwood, United Kingdom, where we give you the opportunity to explore their production site and experience live the Durst TAU 330 RSC LED printing system.
Join us for this exclusive Open House, where you can immerse yourself in sounds, textures, and visuals that only live demonstrations can provide. Gain valuable insights to make the best decisions for your business, connect with industry experts, and explore new opportunities to drive your success.
Monisha Shah Announced as New PLS Chair
10 APRIL 2025
Publishers’ Licensing Services is delighted to announce that Monisha Shah will become the next PLS Chair, succeeding Rosie Glazebrook, whose term comes to an end on 31 May.
Monisha has extensive experience of chair and board level roles within the creative industries, tech, and legal sectors. She is currently Council Chair of the Arts and Humanities Research Council as part of UK Research and Innovation, Board Director and Council Member at the Advertising Standards Authority, Chair of the King’s Counsel Appointments Board, and Chair of Wikimedia UK. She is also currently a trustee of the Art Fund and Royal Collection Trust.
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Upcoming Exhibition: The Edwardians: Age of Elegance
8 APRIL 2025
Explore the opulence and glamour of the Edwardian age – the period between the Victorian era and the First World War.
Visitors will learn about the lives and tastes of two of Britain’s most fashionable royal couples – King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra, and King George V and Queen Mary – from their family lives and personal collecting to their glittering social circles and spectacular royal events.
More than 300 objects from the Royal Collection will be on display – almost half for the first time – including works by the most renowned contemporary artists of the period, including Carl Fabergé, Frederic Leighton, Edward Burne-Jones, Laurits Tuxen, John Singer Sargent and William Morris. The Edwardians: Age of Elegance: The King's Gallery, Buckingham Palace,
Lost manuscript of Merlin and King Arthur legend read for the first time after centuries hidden inside another book
7 APRIL 2025
An intriguing sequel to the tale of Merlin has sat unseen within the bindings of an Elizabethan deeds register for nearly 400 years. Researchers have finally been able to reveal it with cutting-edge techniques.
To read more Lost manuscript of Merlin and King Arthur legend read for the first time after centuries hidden inside another book
Updates from Leigh Stationers' Academy
4 APRIL 2025
Items this week include:
- A Message from the Principal
- British Science Week: Animal Encounters and Evolutionary Insights
- Young Enterprise Group “Tag a Tail” Advances to London Finals
- Year 9 Options Process: Key Events and Next Steps
- Reminder: Year 11 & 13 Easter Intervention Schedule
- Supporting Year 11 and Year 13 Wellbeing During Exam Season
- Silver Award Reward Trips: Oxygen at the O2
- Caxton College Students Meet the Alpacas
- Dance Extravaganza 2025 Showcases Talent Across Schools
- Weekly Sports Fixtures
- Bexley Music Easter Courses 2025: Orchestral & Keyboard Opportunities
- PSHE Update: Supporting Personal Development Across Years 7-10
- Year 11 Career Opportunities and Post-16 Guidance
FESPA Global Print Expo 2025
3 APRIL 2025
Preparations for the return of FESPA Global Print Expo 2025, European Sign Expo and Personalisation Experience are well underway. We’re thrilled to be back in Berlin for this year’s event with our new strapline ‘Where Visionaries Meet’, which shines a spotlight on our forward-thinking FESPA community.
From the 6 – 9 May 2025, at Messe Berlin, Germany, the co-located events will be a pivotal meeting point for forward thinking Visionaries in the print sector to connect and share their thoughts on the future of the industry; explore current trends; and see an array of new technologies, solutions, media and consumables across specialty print and signage.
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Authors Guild Launches “Human Authored” Certification to Preserve Authenticity in Literature
1 APRIL 2025
AI-generated books are flooding online marketplaces and increasingly look like, and sometimes even read like, human-authored books. The reader may have no way of knowing if a book they come across is AI-generated or authored by a human. The Authors Guild believes that readers have the right to know if a text was written by AI or a human, and that writers should have the ability to distinguish their work in increasingly AI-saturated markets.
Today, the Authors Guild unveils “Human Authored”—a first-of-its-kind official certification system that writers and publishers will be able to use in their books and in marketing to indicate if the text of a book was human-written.
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LOTF Conference – Final Speaker Lineup Announced
1 APRIL 2025
BOSS is delighted to announce the full speaker lineup for the Leaders of the Future Conference on Conflict Resolution and Emotional Intelligence which takes place on the 10th of April at Fellowes Brands in Doncaster. The keynote Nick Saunders will run a dynamic morning session titled 'Connection, Collaboration, Conflict Resolution: Turning Relationships into Results', followed by an afternoon hosted by industry leaders. First delegates will hear from 2024 BOSS Awards Professional of Year Linsey Adams, Reckitt Pro Solutions who will share her career journey to date. Then all will have the chance to partake in workshop sessions run by Leanne Gregg, evo Group, Jonathan Smith, Avery and Darryl Brunt, Fellowes Brands.
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