3 July 2024 | Home Page, July 2024, Newsletters
The benefits of being mentored are obvious. But what about the benefits of being a mentor? We spoke with Elizabeth Beach AE, chair of the IPEd Mentoring Program and Sally Asnicar, IPEd member and mentor, to learn more about what’s involved in being a mentor and how...
3 July 2024 | Home Page, July 2024, Newsletters
Open Book is an internship program whose aim is to foster a more culturally diverse publishing industry. The 2024 Open Book interns were announced recently. We caught up with Open Book administrator, Rebecca Slater and the 2024 interns, Nashin Mahee, Tayla Goodman and...
3 July 2024 | Home Page, July 2024, Newsletters
From the Accreditation Board Candidates for IPEd’s accreditation exam will be gearing up for the event on 12 August. If you are a candidate this year, you have probably been honing your editing skills with revision, workshops, study buddies, studying your chosen style...
3 July 2024 | Home Page, July 2024, Newsletters
From the Standing Committee on Awards and Prizes Nominations for the 2025 Rosanne Fitzgibbon Editorial Award will open on 1 August 2024. Known as the Rosie, this prestigious biennial award honours the memory of Rosanne Fitzgibbon DE (1947–2012) – a distinguished...
3 July 2024 | Home Page, July 2024, Newsletters
By Susan Pierotti AE, ANZSI Liaison Officer Editors, especially freelance ones, can attract more work if they add related skills to their portfolios. Indexing is a natural fit for those who mainly work on nonfiction books or reports, whether in print or online. IPEd...
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,...
