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2020: the words of COVID-19

Linguistic change intensifies by Karina Smith This year has been dominated by pandemic-associated words. Politicians’ updates are littered with examples like ‘lockdown’ and ‘flattening the curve’. Journalists outdo one another with ‘uncertain times’, ‘unprecedented’...
Profile: Stephanie Holt

Profile: Stephanie Holt

Stephanie picks up a second-hand bookbinding press. Rediscovering the joys of spare time This issue, Gatherings profiles Victorian President Stephanie Holt. When and why did you join IPEd?It’s too far back to remember, but I probably first joined about 20 years ago....
Conference update

Conference update

Editing on the edges goes online As was announced in November, Editing on the edges will be delivered entirely online between 28 and 30 June 2021. The conference committee’s next challenge is to work out exactly what that will mean. Fortunately, we’re far from the...
Meet your IPEd Board

Meet your IPEd Board

Meet your IPEd Board  We’re pleased to introduce the IPEd Board, following the AGM in early November. This is the first time we’ve had the full complement of seven branch-appointed and three Board-appointed Directors, so it signals the next step in being able to focus...

An ethical stance in editing

Grappling with editing ethics by Mike Lim AE IPEd’s code of ethics and the Australian standards for editing practice are mainly about professionalism, confidentiality, copyright, plagiarism and so on. Standard A4.6 of the Australian standards for editing practice...

December 2020 Editors QLD

EdsQ celebrates via Zoom This month we didn’t have our usual member meeting on the first Wednesday because we had something special in the works: a Zoom presentation to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Editors Queensland (previously the Society of Editors...