Course description
-Industry links: We have exceptional links with major publishers, such as Hodder, Random House, Penguin, Bloomsbury and Weidenfeld & Nicolson.
-Reasonable fees: The MA in Publishing at Kingston is the most reasonably priced in the South East.
-Location: Our campus is five minutes from the River Thames and Hampton Court or just 25 minutes to central London by train.
-Faculty: Our teaching staff have a reputation for excellence, innovation and industry connections.
-Work placements: Our students are guaranteed dedicated work placements, which have led to many gaining permanent jobs.
What will you study?
You will learn everything you need to know about the publishing industry, from its structure and the production processes involved (including commissioning titles, editing copy and branding issues) to how to market, print and distribute a title.
You will attend masterclasses held by leading publishers and publishing professionals to keep you up to date with industry developments. You will either develop and demonstrate your analytical skills and competence through your dissertation, or can work with students in illustration, creative writing and design to produce books or publications as part of your final assessment.
Course structure
Please note that this is an indicative list of modules and is not intended as a definitive list.
Core modules
-Work Placement (Publishing)
-Editorial Processes
-Publishing: The Structure of an Industry
-On Publication: Bookselling, Distribution and Critical Reception
-Marketing in Publishing
-Creating a Bestseller
-Dissertation/Practical project
Option modules
-Digitisation of Media
-Popular Literatures II: Texts and Concepts
-Elements of Professional Writing
-Critical Approaches to the Arts
