2 September 2021 | September 2021
by Jess Gately On 29 July, Renée Otmar gave a presentation for EdWA on fiction editing, offering attendees a wealth of information on how to get started as a fiction editor and what sort of training they might pursue. One of her tips for those looking to become...
2 September 2021 | September 2021
by Paul Anderson EdNSW hosted an online workshop, Copyediting fiction, in July 2021, presented by Nicola O’Shea. There were two sessions — the first on 22 July, the second on 29 July — totalling five-and-a-half hours. Nicola is an experienced fiction editor and...
2 September 2021 | September 2021
Editors know the value of communicating important information in a simple, easy-to-understand way. But, according to Dr Cath Ferguson, a senior research fellow at Edith Cowan University, governments need a lesson on how to communicate more effectively. In her...
2 September 2021 | September 2021
IPEd will be asking for expressions of interest (EOIs) from Professional Members to join the Standing Committee on Australian and Aotearoa New Zealand Style (SCAANZS). SCAANZS has a role to monitor or review style manuals and style issues on behalf of members. We...
2 September 2021 | September 2021
Hi I’m pleased to announce that IPEd and the Professional Editors’ Guild (PEG), based in South Africa, have signed an affiliate agreement. The agreement includes: promoting each other’s events to our memberships, where relevant organising combined events recommending...
1 September 2021 | September 2021
When and why did you join IPEd? I joined the Society of Editors, later known as the Society of Editors (Victoria), as an organisation that supported editors to become more professional. I joined in the depths of a recession, after I’d graduated with a science degree,...
