7 August 2024 | August 2024, Newsletters
By Robyn Gillies and Ian Mathieson, Editors Queensland What a fabulous presentation by Michelle Worthington. Her knowledge of the children’s book industry in Australia and the United States, as both a children’s author and editor, was exceptional. Michelle’s personal...
7 August 2024 | August 2024, Newsletters
Vicarious trauma, traumatisation and burnout are increasingly recognised as occupational hazards of editing. Dr Renée Otmar DE, the 2022 Janet Mackenzie medallist, has extensive experience writing and editing trauma narratives. She recognised the need for education...
7 August 2024 | August 2024, Newsletters
From the Standing Committee on Awards and Prizes The winning entry for the 2024 IPEd Student Prize is now available to read on the IPEd website. Despina Cook, a student in the Graduate Certificate in Writing, Editing and Publishing program at the University of...
7 August 2024 | August 2024, Newsletters
From the Standing Committee on Academic Editing The Standing Committee on Academic Editing (SCAE) is committed to improving rates of pay and access to work for IPEd’s community of academic editors. With this goal in mind, we recently wrote to more than 250 high-level...
7 August 2024 | August 2024, Newsletters
By Julie Ganner AE Imagine what it would be like if you couldn’t hold a book because you had a condition that gave you muscle spasms in your arms. Or you couldn’t turn the pages because you had arthritis in your fingers. Or you couldn’t see the words and pictures. Or...
7 August 2024 | August 2024, Newsletters
From the Standing Committee on Awards and Prizes The Rosanne Fitzgibbon Editorial Award (the Rosie) is open for nominations. The Rosie recognises excellence in editing, as demonstrated in one work, with testimony from the author, publisher and editor. The nomination...
