6 November 2024 | Newsletters, November 2024
From the Standing Committee for Awards and Prizes Entries close on Monday 11 November for the 2025 IPEd Student Prize, so if you are a student editor, get your entries in now! The prize acknowledges excellent work by a student of editing, and is open to any...
6 November 2024 | Newsletters, November 2024
From the Accreditation Board This year’s accreditation renewal round saw 44 Accredited Editors (AEs) successfully renew their accreditation. Two cohorts were eligible to apply for renewal in 2024: the 2009 cohort, who sat the second exam when it was still on paper and...
6 November 2024 | Newsletters, November 2024
By Marita Smith AE On Tuesday 1 October, Dr Linda Nix AE delivered an insightful presentation about business planning for freelance editors. Linda discussed the essential role of business planning in the freelance editing profession, emphasising that developing a...
6 November 2024 | Newsletters, November 2024
From Editors Western Australia On Sunday 13 October 2024, IPEd representatives from Editors WA presented a workshop, titled ”Working with an editor”, to aspiring authors at the Katharine Susannah Prichard (KSP) Writers’ Centre. Demystifying the editorial process for...
6 November 2024 | Newsletters, November 2024
By Deborah Shaw AE I’m always interested in learning about how editors and book people find their way into the industry. Many editors seem to fall into editing unintentionally. Perhaps they became the “word person” at their office, or they applied for a...
