Salford launches new internship in publishing for master's students
The University of Salford has launched a new internship with an independent publisher to unlock new opportunities for our master’s students to get into publishing.
Students on our MA Creative Writing: Innovation and Experiment and MA Literature and Culture programmes are now able to undertake an internship at Bridge House Publishing. They will receive 100 paid hours of work across a full year and get a complete overview of the publishing process – from selection and contracting to editorial, design and marketing.
Founded by Dr Gill James in 2008, Bridge House Publishing features literary short story collections featuring multiple writers and single author collections. It is also home to various publishing imprints Red Telephone (young adult novels), Chapeltown (children’s, flash fiction, the Schellberg Cycle and the CafeLit annuals), the Feisty Women series and Walela Books (publishing high concept, upmarket literary fiction).
Fatima Khan (pictured below), an MA Literature and Culture student, secured the first role on the Bridge House internship.
She said: “I’m having a wonderful time on this publishing internship. I’ve gained a lot of exposure to various areas of publishing so far, including marketing, book design, reviewing and editing scripts for publication.
“Each day is different and I’ve already learned so much thanks to Gill who is always happy to answer all my questions. Getting a foot into the publishing industry initially felt impossible, however, having secured this internship I feel very fortunate to be able to be a part of it as I am gaining invaluable experience. I’m excited to complete the rest of this internship and can’t wait to see what else is in store for the future.”
Dr Alicia Rouverol, Programme Lead for MA Creative Writing: Innovation and Experiment and Ursula Hurley, Professor of Life Writing, worked with the publishing house to establish the internship.
Dr Rouverol added: “It’s been a pleasure working with Gill James (my publisher) alongside Professor Ursula Hurley to get the Bridge House Internship in Publishing set up for our MA Creative Writing and MA Literature and Culture students. Gill made the process really easy, and our school helped us shuttle this through in record time.
“It’s so important for our students to have opportunities like this, and we’re ever grateful to Gill for the training in publishing she’s given Fatima.”
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