The Good Copy

13/03/2020

This Sunday at National Gallery of Victoria, we're putting on a fun fundraiser that's hard to explain. It's happening from 10am to 5pm at part of . See you there!

The long version: The NGV is setting up a pirate radio station in front of the gallery. We're taking over the broadcast on Sunday. We'll have all kinds of guests and the whole thing is free to watch. Check the program link or read on below ...
https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/program/pirate-radio-tell-a-thon-the-good-copy/

We're doing a Tell-a-thon. You donate to Wildlife Victoria and people tell you things. About writing! Our Tell-a-thon help desk will be set up next to the radio station at the St Kilda Road entrance. If you decide to book a chat with a Tell-a-thon panellist, don’t worry: it won’t be broadcast. Your donation buys you a one-on-one conversation with a word nerd.

10.30–11.30am
Cryptic Crossword Advice

On air: a cryptic crossword tutorial with Antonios Sarhanis of the DA Trippers. Crosswords and instruction sheets provided! Or make a donation and take a question to our Tell-a-thon panel: Sahra Stolz, Jordan Trew and Dennis Grauel.

11.30am–12pm
When Words Go Rogue

We interview Nicholas J. Johnson, a magician and best-selling author who’s working on a book about what people say when they don’t want to say anything.

12–1pm
Editors on Deck

On air: Louisa Fitzhardinge – comedian, cabaret performer and huge grammar nerd, chatting punctuation and performing hits from her legendary stage show ‘Comma Sutra’. Need one-on-one advice? Make a donation and talk to our panel, Louisa Syme, Maddox Gifford and Martina Hoffmann from RMIT's Professional Writing and Editing course.

1–2pm
Bull**** Rare Radio Hour

Warren Taylor and James Hibberd present WORD JAZZ. Think Ken Nordine and the Fred Katz Group and then keep thinking.

2–3pm
Everything Is Copy: Words and Money

On air: we talk to Brodie Lancaster and Copywrong to Copywriter about the copywriting life. Need one-on-one pitching or freelancing advice? Donate to book a chat with our stellar panel, Wendy Wends, Sophie Kalagas and Mitch Parker.

3pm
Limericks

We interview Dr Justin Clemens about his book of limericks, out now through Surpllus. Then Dr Ken Gelder reprises his legendary limericks speech. Don't miss it.

09/01/2020

We've launched two February classes to raise funds for people and wildlife affected by the Victorian bushfires. Two steps: email to let us know you're interested, donate at least $100 to one of the charities we suggest and send us the donation receipt to confirm your enrolment. For dates and instructions, head to our class calendar here. We'll keep fundraising until all the class spots are taken up.
https://thegoodcopy.com.au/

16/12/2019

Before we shared this, we thought about not sharing it, all the time knowing that we would have been going to regret it.

The scariest ghost of all

10/06/2019

One of our beloved Stop. Grammar Time. graduates has written a novel. Congrats, Lizz Kuiper! It's out in bookshops this week. Official soiree 27 June: Launch of Little Stones by Elizabeth Kuiper.

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07/02/2019

Some fine advice here from Jason at Monster Children. Instead of doing our courses, read this article! Please also do the courses though.

I'm no Zadie Hemingway, but I got some tips for you anyway.

21/01/2019

Feel your mind sink to your guts. Observe the resulting gut–brain hybrid spill between your toes and onto the floor. This mental and physical collapse has occurred because you need to write something.

Good news: our tomato timers are back in stock!

If you purchase your tomato from us, you’ll receive a 19-step ‘directions for use’ guide authored by our colleague Pork Chop. The directions will be Risograph-printed on handsome yellow paper, folded in a complicated manner and packaged with your tomato in a cardboard box.

15/01/2019

The 2019 ACES: The Society for Editing conference early bird deadline is 3.59pm AEDT this Wednesday. Wet your whistle with Meredith Forrester’s 2018 report. Mere in Chicago! An Australian copy editor’s dream lived ✅

By Meredith Forrester

31/10/2018

From the trenches of this week's apostrophe debate: Penny spoke to David Astle and the ABC's language researcher, Tiger Webb, about whether the hoity-toity squiggle should be abolished. Top of the hour! https://www.abc.net.au/radio/melbourne/programs/evenings/evenings/10421780

04/10/2018

Hello, risk-takers. We've made you a grammar quiz. Test your knowledge. Receive a score out of 12. Feel that you are really living.

24/09/2018

Hello. We're hiring! Is it you?

08/08/2018

We are now a proud stockist of Bird by Bird. Sorry it has taken this long.