Careers in Publishing Insight Day for Schools 2026
Event information
Where: Northumbria University City Campus East (Business and Law Building, NE2 1UY)
Date: Thursday 2 July
Time: 9.30am–3.30pm
Cost: £20 per student
Type: Creative Careers , Young People
New Writing North is partnering with leading publisher Hachette UK to offer a Careers in Publishing Insight Day for Key Stage 4 and 5 students. Publishing staff will be leading panels and practical workshops, where students can understand more about potential careers in writing and publishing, and build skills to help them on their career journeys.
The Careers in Publishing Insight Day will be held at Northumbria University Business and Law Building on City Campus East. Students will have the added benefit of visiting a university and experiencing lecture and seminar formats. All students will have access to two panel discussions and four workshops throughout the day.
Workshops will cover some of the key areas of publishing, including roles in Editorial, Marketing and Publicity, Sales, Rights and Production. The sessions will offer an understanding of what jobs like this entail and the skills and subject areas that are useful. Workshops will be made up of smaller groups of students, with the chance to undertake practical exercises and ask questions.
The Careers in Publishing Insight Day will offer students the chance to learn about at least four different careers in publishing, as well as hearing from additional Hachette staff during panel discussions and lunch-time networking. Hachette staff from across the UK, including the recently opened Newcastle office, will share their own career journeys so far and offer advice about getting into creative careers.
The Careers in Publishing Insight Day is open to students from Key Stage 4 and Key Stage 5. It would be well suited to English classes, or for Key Stage 5 students interested in hearing more about creative careers. All sessions will be supported by New Writing North staff and facilitators (our facilitators work on our own school programmes and all have enhanced DBS checks).
Access to the Careers in Publishing Insight Day costs £20 per student and includes a package of Hachette UK titles for your school’s library.
New Writing North can offer participating schools a bursary of up to £200 to help cover travel costs or enable additional students to attend. Please get in touch directly with [email protected] for more information.
I left the event with a new insight into publishing, and a plan to pursue further information surrounding this career!
Evie Donaldson, Careers in Publishing Insight Day 2025 attendee
Head to our blog to read reflections on last year’s Insight Day from student Evie Donaldson, and from Amy Robson, Senior Programme Manager for Skills & Engagement at New Writing North.
About Hachette UK
Hachette UK is a creative powerhouse and the UK’s second largest book publishing group. Our mission is to make it easy for everyone to discover new worlds of ideas, learning, entertainment and opportunity. We’re made up of 12 autonomous publishing divisions and over 60 imprints with a rich and diverse history and an incredible range of authors.
In 2021 Hachette UK opened five new national offices in Bristol, Manchester, Edinburgh, Sheffield and Newcastle. The aim was to create a gateway to a new and diverse pool of publishing professionals and authors from across the UK.
About New Writing North
New Writing North leads the development of creative writing and reading in the North of England from our base in Newcastle upon Tyne. We are proud to be a charity and an Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation.
We believe that writing talent is everywhere, but that opportunities are not. We work hard to both identify talent and create fantastic career-changing opportunities for people from across society. We develop programmes and activities that inspire people to engage with creative writing and reading, whether this is to develop their skills and professional ambitions or for pleasure and wellbeing.
If you have any questions, please email [email protected].
