3 July 2024 | Home Page, July 2024, Newsletters
By Kerry Anderson Sometimes editors are confronted with harrowing material in an author’s manuscript and, as we read, we empathise with the experiences of the author – including their pain and their trauma. Sometimes authors tell us directly about their experiences,...
3 July 2024 | Home Page, July 2024, Newsletters
By Deborah Shaw AE At the end of May, we had the pleasure of hearing Karen Workman of Copyright Licensing New Zealand (CLNZ) talk about Aotearoa New Zealand copyright for editors. In our line of work, some of us will be responsible for sorting out copyright...
3 July 2024 | Home Page, July 2024, Newsletters
Dictionaries and style guides are the fundamentals in any editor’s toolkit. But they’re not the only helpful and handy resources an editor might need on their (virtual or otherwise) bookshelf. We’ve collated some fantastic Aotearoa New Zealand resources covering...
5 June 2024 | Home Page, June 2024, Newsletters
2025 IPEd Conference The 12th IPEd Biennial Conference will be held in Adelaide, South Australia in 2025. “The board is thrilled to endorse a face-to-face conference this year, and we look forward to gathering in Adelaide next year,” IPEd Chair Stephanie Holt said....
5 June 2024 | Home Page, June 2024, Newsletters
Australian and New Zealand editors have a long history of volunteering in support of their industry. If not for their efforts, we wouldn’t have an accreditation exam, the IPEd standards for editing practice or any of the valuable and practical tools and resources...
5 June 2024 | Home Page, June 2024, Newsletters
In 2023, Camha Pham was awarded the IPEd Scholarship for the Australian Publishers Association’s 2024 Residential Editorial Program (REP), a week-long mentorship opportunity for mid-career editors. A self-described “generalist”, Camha took what she calls the...