Los Angeles Review of Books Publishing Workshop is a five-week intensive summer course that prepares selected Fellows with the tools to succeed in the ever-changing business of publishing. Fellows will have the opportunity to join one of two practical tracks, and participate in lectures and workshops.

Application deadline: April 1, 2025

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The Los Angeles Review of Books is accepting applications for the 2025 LARB Publishing Workshop now through April 1.

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 23 - July 25, Workshop Fellows will learn from the industry professionals shaping print and digital publishing today. 2025 speakers include Adam Levi (Publisher, Transit Books), Christie Henry (Director, Princeton University Press), Gerald Maa (Editor,The Georgia Review), Jamia Wilson (VP and Executive Editor, Penguin Random House), Katie Dublinski (Associate Publisher, Graywolf Press), Lori Dorr (Executive Director,The Paris Review) Rebecca Saletan (Editorial Director, Riverhead Books), Rose D’Amora (Managing Editor, The Nation) among many 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, LARBPubLab.org, 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 Bookends Literary Agency, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, Getty Publications, Hachette Publishing Group, Harper’s Magazine, Harvard University Press, Unnamed Press, PEN Faulkner Foundation, Penguin Random House, Stanford University Press, and many more.

The program is open to undergraduates completing their degree by December 2025, those who have recently graduated, current graduate students, and people with relevant experience and interest in entering the publishing industry. Need need-based scholarships are available. The Publishing Workshop is online and does not require travel to Los Angeles.

Apply now through April 1

For more information and applications, visit www.larbpublishingworkshop.org.

You can listen to 2024 Fellows talk about their experience here.

A video of this year's information session is available here.

For questions about the workshop, please contact us at [email protected].