14 FEBRUARY 2025
Items this week include: Latest News page of the Academy's website.
13 FEBRUARY 2025
Liveryman Philip Womack visited Leigh Stationers’ Primary Academy on the 6th February, where he talked to the whole school about myths and legends in his books, The Double Axe and The Arrow of Apollo. The school enjoyed learning about Philip's first story (about talking squirrels), and joining in with guessing who the monsters and gods were. There were lots of questions.
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The Stationers’ Company is steeped in history, but, as the Innovation Excellence Awards demonstrate, our eyes are always on the future. This is one of the most active Livery Companies in the City of London, with around 90 percent of our 1,000 members working in or connected to the UK’s communications and content industries. These include trade & academic publishing, newspaper & magazine publishing, journalism, printing, packaging, paper making, stationery, greeting cards, office products, and related intellectual property, archival and digital businesses.
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Phyllis Dalton designed the costumes for four of the most enduring & popular films in cinema history – Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago, Oliver! and The Princess Bride. This book is her extraordinary story, filled with insights, recollections and revelations from a life spent on the great film locations of the twentieth century.
READ MORE11 FEBRUARY 2025
The BPIF is delighted to announce the winners of the 2024 British Book Design & Production Awards, held at the stunning De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms in London on Wednesday 29 January.
READ MORE10 FEBRUARY 2025
Two videos recently posted on a YouTube channel give us an insight into the work of Stationer Father Anthony Howe, rector of St. James Garlickhythe since 2024 and known to many of our members as a book collector. He gained his love of books in his home county of Suffolk.
St James Garlickhythe - Part 1
St James Garlickhythe - Part 2
READ MORE7 FEBRUARY 2025
Understanding the steps you need to take to ensure your EPUB content meets accessibility requirements mandated by legislation including the European Accessibility Act can be confusing. This report provides practical information you can implement into your workflow and includes resources from trusted industry organizations such as DAISY, W3C, and Benetech.
Request the "Guidance on EPUB Accessibility" Report : Westchester Publishing Services
7 FEBRUARY 2025
6 FEBRUARY 2025
There is now just 1 month left for you to submit your entry for your opportunity to be awarded with most prestigious accolade in the UK’s education industry .The Education Resources Awards showcase brands, businesses and organisations that have reached the pinnacle of their fields within this sector, as judged by our experienced panel of independent educational leaders, who will be bringing their vast industry knowledge, integrity, and independence to help us select our winners for every award category.
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Hello reader!
I know what you are thinking: we are barely a few weeks into 2025 and The Stationer is already banging on about artificial intelligence — and quite right too, as a startling new report in The Daily Telegraph warns about the impact of the technology on jobs.
By analysing figures from the Office for National Statistics, the newspaper was able to reveal which sectors and salaries are growing fastest. But it also paints a morbid picture of the areas that are on decline amid the Government’s economic policies, changing consumer preferences and (you guessed it) the advent of AI.
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31 JANUARY 2025
After nearly 60 years of awarding annually the prestigious Paper Gold Medal to individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to the print, paper and allied industries, the Paper Industry Gold Medal Association has passed the custodianship of the Gold Medal to the Stationers’ Company, the livery company for the communication and content industries, who will now be the residual body for The Gold Medal; ensuring the safekeeping and oversight of the Gold Medal for future generations.
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Ten years a bookseller By Royal Appointment, her mail order company Bibliophile Ltd was established in 1978 and she became owner in 1992. They specialise in hardback remainders of upmarket art, history, military, biography, travel and 30 other subjects. See more Books About Books - Bibliophile Books