EML Career Development Series

The 2024 Los Angeles Review of Books (LARB) Publishing Workshop will run online from June 24-July 26, and applications due by April 1.

If you would like to learn more about the Publishing Workshop and how to apply, please register for an information session: they are online on February 13 at 9:00am Pacific, March 7 at noon Pacific, and March 14 at 5:00pm Pacific.

A five-week intensive summer course, the LARB Publishing Workshop prepares students to succeed in careers in the ever-changing, seemingly inaccessible business of publishing. From June 24 - July 26, Workshop Fellows will learn from the industry professionals shaping print and digital publishing today. Speakers include Nicole Counts (One World), Rebecca Saletan (Riverhead), Christie Henry (Princeton University Press), Lori Dorr (The Paris Review), Dennis Johnson (Melville House), Jamia Wilson (Penguin Random House), Gerald Maa (The Georgia Review), Adam Levi (Transit Books), among others. 

In addition to participating in lectures and workshops featuring over 50 guest speakers, Fellows will have the opportunity to join one of two practical tracks dedicated to magazine and book production. These will culminate in the publication of our online magazine PubLab or books of their own design. This combination of practical skills, industry insights, and creative networks have helped Workshop Fellows start their own ventures or build careers in publishing. Since our inaugural program in 2017, alumni have gone on to jobs at journals, agencies, and presses such as Farrar, Straus & Giroux, Bookends Literary Agency, Harvard University Press, Penguin-Random House, Harper’s Magazine, Stanford University Press, The Getty Research Institute, The Pen/Faulkner Foundation, and many more. 

The program is open to undergraduates completing their degree by December 2024, those who have recently graduated, current graduate students, and people with relevant experience and interest in entering the publishing industry. Need-based scholarships are available, in keeping with our mission of accessibility, and we regularly partner with colleges and universities to provide fellowships for their students to attend. In keeping with our commitment to accessibility, the Publishing Workshop is conducted virtually. 

Here is what the 2023 Fellows have to say about their experience:

For questions about the Publishing Workshop, please contact LARB at publishingworkshop@lareviewofbooks.org.