24 February 2023 | February 2023, Newsletters
Editors Victoria is delighted that one of our Honorary Life Members, Vane Lindesay, has been awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) as part of the 2023 Australia Day Honours for service to literature as a cartoonist, illustrator and writer. Vane is patron of...
24 February 2023 | February 2023, Newsletters
By Sylvia Bauer, EdANZ member When I started out as a proofreader and editor 17 years ago I wondered: was perfection the “only” quality I needed for this job? Since then I’ve missed the occasional error, just like I feared. That’s no proofreader’s picnic. “Mistakes...
24 February 2023 | February 2023, Newsletters
By Julie Ganner AE, Chair, Accessibility Initiative Working Party (AIWP) The review phase for the manuscript of Books without barriers, the new illustrated guide to creating accessible publications, is now complete. The AIWP writing team received very positive...
24 February 2023 | February 2023, Newsletters
By the Pay and Conditions Standing Committee In November 2022, IPEd released the second version of the draft Client guidelines, revised in response to earlier members’ feedback, to members to trial with their clients, including publishers. We invited you to provide...
24 February 2023 | February 2023, Newsletters
The 2023 IPEd Student Prize has been awarded to Lauren Connell, a student in the Master of Writing & Publishing program at RMIT University. Connell was awarded the prize for her essay, “Can Australia’s Trade Publishing Industry Go Green?” Her essay will be...
