Canberra Society of Editors

04/07/2020

It’s nice to know there are always typos to spot.

26/08/2019

What do birds and editors share?

5:45pm, Wednesday 28 August 2019
Durie Room, St Mark’s Centre
15 Blackall Street Barton
Light refreshments before and after; all welcome.

Neil Hermes will talk to us about publishing his latest book, ‘Birds of the Australian high country’.

Neil Hermes is a Canberra local author who has written about 20 books. His passion is birds. He studied Zoology at ANU in the 1970s. He has had a career in National Parks (Kakadu, Uluru and Norfolk Island) was Deputy Director at Questacon and most recently has been a Political Advisor in the ACT Assembly. His most recent book, Birds of the Australian High Country, was published in the new connected global world. The book will be available for sale on the night.

Free parking is available onsite. A path leads directly from the carpark to the venue.

18/06/2019

The view from the other side


5:45pm, Wednesday 26 June 2019
Ferguson Room, upstairs at the National Library of Australia, Parkes Place
Light refreshments before and after; all welcome

Join two best-selling authors Karen Viggers and Inga Simpson in conversation with Kaaren Sutcliffe at our general meeting on 26th June.

We know what it is like to work on a piece as an editor, but what is the view like from the other side? Let’s hear from two acclaimed authors about their life as writers and their experiences in working with editors. Are editors a blessing or a curse? Or perhaps a mixture. What does a best-practice author-editor relationship look like from the writer’s perspective?

Brave the winter cold and join us to hear from these talented writers about their writing, how they have worked with their editors, and the contribution editors have made to their writing.

And keep fending off the June chill by joining us for a convivial dinner at 8pm after the talk at The Lemongrass Thai at 65 London Circuit, Civic. Please email Kaaren at [email protected] if you are coming to the dinner so she can reserve a table.
About the author-editor duo

Karen Viggers is an award-winning, internationally-acclaimed Australian author. She has four novels published with Allen & Unwin and says: ‘I write about the extraordinary lives of ordinary people. Everything arises from landscape, character and place.’ Karen is a wildlife veterinarian who has worked and travelled in many remote parts of Australia, from Antarctica to the Kimberley. Her novels are known for their evocative portrayal of Australian people and landscapes. With books translated into French, Italian, Norwegian, Slovenian and Spanish, Karen is on her way to the milestone of a million books sold.

Inga Simpson is a nature writer and novelist, with four books published and a fifth imminent. Her books have been shortlisted for a number of awards, and she was the winner of the (final) Eric Rolls Nature Essay Prize. Inga has PhDs in creative writing and English literature. Prior to becoming a writer, her first career was as a professional writer and researcher, including for federal Parliament and the Commonwealth Ombudsman. Inga’s books also explore the complex relationships between people and the environment.

28/10/2018

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5:45pm, Wednesday 31 October 2018
Ferguson Room, upstairs at the National Library of Australia, Parkes Place
Light refreshments before and after.

11/05/2018

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25/03/2018

The next IPEd accreditation exam will be held in May 2018 in each of the state capitals (subject to demand).

24/07/2017

How accessible are you? Come to the meeting on Wednesday 26 July at the Ferguson Room, upstairs at the National Library of Australia, Parkes Place
Light refreshments before and after; all welcome

Can you be an editor and not know something about web accessibility these days?

Probably not. It’s a requirement of all government web services and so we eventually will find ourselves needing to know about WCAG2.0 and our role in implementing it for the content we are working on.

Cathy Nicoll will lead us through the basic concepts underpinning web accessibility, the things we need to look for as editors, and how it all relates to the Australian Standards for Editing Practice.

Bring your ideas and experience. The web development sector isn’t accustomed to working with editors, so we’d love to hear your experiences in the web publication cycle.

Cathy Nicoll AE is an editor, writer, and trainer who has been working on government websites since the mid-1990s. In that time, web accessibility has gone from something she told clients they needed to consider, to being a requirement of almost every piece of content she works on.

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Can you be an editor and not know something about web accessibility these days? Cathy Nicoll AE will will lead us through the basic concepts underpinning web accessability

06/07/2017

Life of ...

Yep, we had to read it twice too.

05/06/2017

Really? Wonder if there's a job going here ...

22/05/2017

Let us entertain you at the next meeting of the CSE! https://www.editorscanberra.org/entertaining-editing-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-the-bomb-rating/

Publisher of BMA Magazine Allan Sko will show you the stages of getting a publication from conception to production to print, dealing with style sheets and subeditors, and he will explore one of th...

26/03/2017

Do It In Style, Wed 29 March, from 5.45 in the Ferguson Room at the National Library.

We will enjoy a few drinks and nibbles before settling down to hear a committee report and then our guest speaker, Dr Lisa Lines.

Lisa’s workshop is about Style Sheets, a vital part of our business. The Australian Editing Handbook provides an excellent explanation of what a style sheet is, and how it should be used. It lists two sections that should be included in any style sheet. However, depending on the context in which you are working, a style sheet can also include four other important sections that aren’t covered by the Australian Editing Handbook.

Lisa will explain how to use a style sheet properly to ensure absolute consistency in any document that you are editing. The talk is mainly aimed at beginner to intermediate editors, but it is also relevant to writers who wish to learn how to achieve consistency in their writing. And it is always useful for experienced editors to have a refresher!

17/03/2017

Just a comma mistake ...

THE Oxford comma, widely accepted as the worst comma, has redeemed itself.