27 February 2023 | March 2023, Newsletters
GenreCon 2023: The stages of editing By Sumudu Narayana, EdSA branch President GenreCon returned in style last month for the first time since the pandemic, with the line-up including international bestselling authors Garth Nix, Nalini Singh, Jay Kristoff and...
27 February 2023 | February 2023, Newsletters
By the IPEd Accreditation Board The AB has now set the date of the next accreditation exam as Monday 12 August 2024. We encourage potential candidates to start planning early. As a first step, check the information and resources on the Accreditation Exam page of the...
27 February 2023 | February 2023, Newsletters
By Jane Fitzpatrick AE ACROSS 1 Dumb giggles sure upset some bathers (6,9) 9 Left Virginia in the middle of judicious recovery operation (7) 10 Stops trying to contribute small drink (5,2) 11 Title that Charles, for example, might give a job list, when there’s an...
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...
