March 2021
Vol. 2 No. 2 | ISSN: 2652-5836
Feature Article
Nominations closing soon for prestigious IPEd award
IPEd is seeking nominations for the 2021 Rosanne Fitzgibbon Editorial Award (the Rosie). The Rosie honours the memory of Rosanne Fitzgibbon DE (1947–2012), a distinguished editor of literary fiction, nonfiction and scholarly work in literary studies.
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IPEd News
Congratulations to the new AEs
The Accreditation Board is pleased to announce that 58 candidates who sat the exam on 5 December 2020 achieved the overall minimum pass mark of 80 per cent needed to demonstrate their editing competence.
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CEO’s message
The first conversation in the IPEd-Brisbane Writers Festival series, Editors and Authors in Conversation, is now available.
I found it stimulating and entertaining. I invite you all to sign up to view the 10 episodes. The member discount code has been shared via email to all members.
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Members’ enthusiasm ‘rubs off’
This issue of Gatherings profiles South Australia branch President Melanie Dankel.
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Conference update
Conference registrations are already rolling in, and since you won’t need to book flights or accommodation, it’s time to grab that super-early-bird rate of just AU$160 for IPEd members.
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Honorary Life Member profile series: Jan Whelan
In this issue, Gatherings starts a series of profiles of honorary life members.
Like most editors of my day, I fell into editing. I had wanted to be a journalist from a very young age. I loved the English language, playing with words and helping to make paragraphs easier to read.
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Resources for academic editors
The Standing Committee on Academic Editing (SCAE) has developed resources for academic editors which are now available in the members-only section of the website here.
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Mentoring, moving forward
It’s a breath of fresh air to be planning extra activities for the Mentoring Program, which has been a bit quiet all last year because of the pandemic.
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General Interest
Are you gruntled?
My teenager asked me yesterday what the definition of disgruntled was. I deftly replied: displeased or dissatisfied. I was less smug when he asked what gruntled meant.
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Book review: Content Design by Sarah Richards
If you write or edit web content, you probably know about how to make writing work for the web: using scannable headings, writing meaningful link text, using dot points, being accessible and so on.
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WA publishing spotlight
Established in 1976, Fremantle Press is a not-for-profit publisher best known for its focus on identifying new and emerging Western Australian writers.
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Upcoming events for science editors
Bookings are now open for the next IPEd-wide Zoom meeting for science editors, on Friday 19 March. If you have a topic you would like to discuss, please email edvic.vicepres@iped-editors.com.
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The freelance editor’s toolkit
Peter Riches explained the main software apps and digital tools he uses to run his business, Red Pony Communications, at the Editors NSW speaker meeting on 2 February 2021.
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‘What does a literary agent do?’ presentation by Debbie Golvan
The work of a literary agent isn’t just a day-long soiree from coffees with one publisher after another.
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Publishing house demystified
Corporate member Hachette Australia is teaming up with the Emerging Writers’ Festival for a one-day online experience on 12 March 2021 to demystify the inner workings of one of Australia’s biggest trade publishing houses.
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Write like a human
Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly becoming more prevalent and ‘human’, emphasising the need for students to learn how to break the rules of formulaic writing in this new landscape.
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Events
EdNSW: The IPEd Mentoring Program
Date: Tuesday 2 March, 7pm
Book here.
EdsQ: Sunshine Coast editors lunch
Date: Saturday 6 March
Location: Mountain View Café, 148 Mountain View Road, Maleny
RSVP here.
EdVic: Science editors meeting
Date: Friday 19 March, 11am
Book here.
EdANZ: Canterbury editors lunch with guest speaker Quentin Wilson
Dates: Saturday 20 March, 12.30pm
Book here.
EdNSW: Trivia night
Date: Tuesday 6 April, 7pm
Booking to come.
EdsQ: Crime editing
Date: Wednesday 7 April
Booking to come.
EdVic: Using PDF mark-up effectively
Dates: Saturday 24 April 1pm and Thursday 29 April 7pm
Repeat: Saturday 1 May 1pm and Thursday 6 May 7pm
Book here for session one.
Book here for session two.
EdNSW: Plain English
Date: Tuesday 4 May, 7pm
Booking to come.
EdsQ: Trivia night
Date: May 5
Booking to come.