5 February 2025 | February 2025, Newsletters
By Glenine Hamlyn AE Why do we edit? What lessons do we learn from it? In her presentation on “The braid of words: editing, translation, publishing”, hosted by Editors Queensland on 6 November 2024, Jodie Lea Martire invited us to “translate” these questions for...
5 February 2025 | February 2025, Newsletters
By Sally Asnicar AE In 2024, the stars finally aligned and I was able to attend a CIEP annual conference on 8 to 9 September. The venue was the fabulous Aston University campus in Birmingham, England. As an early arrival and residential delegate, I was fortunate to...
5 February 2025 | February 2025, Newsletters
Winners of the Roly Sussex Short Story Competition – affectionately now known as the Rolys – have been announced. The competition, one of the flagships of the English-Speaking Union (Queensland Branch), attracted a record number of entries – 73 in the Open Division,...
5 February 2025 | February 2025, Newsletters
IPEd member Dr Julia Miller shares her editing story, her biggest challenges and the transition to freelance editing. I’ve always had an interest in words. My MA research thesis was about English loanwords in modern European Portuguese. (There are lots,...
5 February 2025 | February 2025, Newsletters
President’s report By Deborah Shaw AE Kia ora. Welcome to 2025! I hope you were able to have a restful time over the holidays. Injuries and accidents seemed to be the theme for my family, but we are all patched up now. I’m very much looking forward to the IPEd...
5 February 2025 | February 2025, Newsletters
From the committee By Elisabeth Thomas Editors NSW committee last met on 10 December 2024, continuing our trial of coming together every two months and e-corresponding on matters in between. In a positive start to the meeting, we welcomed our new professional...
