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Editors NSW: The author-editor relationship

Wednesday, 11 April 2018
Marketing and Communications Manager of the Australian Society of Authors, Emily Banyard, will will discuss the role of the ASA and what the organisation does for authors. She will expand...

Editors NSW: Editing digital text workshop

Wednesday, 11 April 2018
This workshop is aimed at editors from a print background wishing to expand their skills. It covers editing for onscreen delivery rather than technical aspects like tagging, markup languages or...

Editors NSW: InDesign workshop

Wednesday, 11 April 2018
The one-day course aimed at beginners will cover: the InDesign interface; working with text; working with graphics; Layout controls; understanding colour; multi-page documents; working with tables; interactive PDFs; and exporting and...

Editors NSW: Unreadability: what makes text unreadable

Wednesday, 21 March 2018
The presentation and its title are inspired by Philip Bryan’s excellent presentation on unreadability at the September 2017 IPEd conference. Presenter Juliet Richters will outline the different issues that can...

Varuna to offer five creative writing fellowships for regional NSW writers

Thursday, 15 March 2018
Varuna, the National Writers' House has opened applications for a two-week residency for writers living in regional New South Wales and the greater Sydney area. Funded by Create NSW, Varuna...

CBCA announces dates, theme for 13th National Conference

Thursday, 15 March 2018
The Children's Book Council of Australia’s (CBCA) 13th National Conference will be held in Canberra from 31 May to 2 June 2019. The theme 'And Now They’re Laughing' will celebrate...

Varuna residential fellowship for NT writers and songwriters

Wednesday, 28 February 2018
Spread the word about Varuna’s latest Fellowship supported by the Northern Territory Government through Arts NT. Located in the world-heritage listed Blue Mountains, Varuna offers writers, songwriters and illustrators uninterrupted...

CBCA NSW: Registrations open for professional development conference

Wednesday, 21 February 2018
Registration are open for the Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) New South Wales Branch’s professional development conference, called ‘Anticipate! Appreciate! Applaud!’ The conference will be held on Tuesday, 27...

CBCA Vic: Registrations open for state conference

Wednesday, 21 February 2018
Registrations are open for the Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Victorian state conference. ‘New Ways with Literature’ is the theme of this year’s conference, which will be held on...

CBCA’s Night of the Notables launch event

Wednesday, 21 February 2018
The NSW branch of the Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) will host a launch event to celebrate the announcement of the CBCA Notable books. Called the Night of the...

Editors NSW workshop: Copyediting: the basics and beyond

Wednesday, 21 February 2018
Editors NSW is hosting a workshop designed for those with a basic understanding of copyediting conventions, some editing experience or basic training in editorial skills. It offers the chance brush...

Editors NSW workshop: Preparing for the accreditation exam

Wednesday, 21 February 2018
Editors NSW is hosting a workshop designed to help editors practise for and navigate the logistics of the national accreditation exam, created by Institute of Professional Editors. The exam is...

State Library Victoria: 2018 Fellowships Program

Wednesday, 14 February 2018
The State Library of Victoria fellowship program is open for applications and is seeking creative projects or ideas that could use the Library’s collection in innovative ways. The library and...

Applications open for VicArts Grants program

Wednesday, 7 February 2018
Applications for the VicArts Grants program are now open to individuals and organisations. The grants provide one-off support for discrete projects and programs that will develop and bring dynamism to...

ABIA nominations closing Monday, February 12

Wednesday, 7 February 2018
Nominations for the 2018 Australian Book Industry Awards are currently open and will be closing at 5pm AEDT Monday, 12 February. Don’t miss the opportunity to have your book in the...

2018 Pixie O’Harris Award: nominations closing soon

Wednesday, 7 February 2018
Nominations for the 2018 Pixie O’Harris Award are closing soon. The award recognises publishers, editors, creators, booksellers, publicists and other industry representatives who have worked consistently in the field of...

Fremantle seminar: children’s bookselling and publishing

Wednesday, 24 January 2018
The Children’s Publishing Committee of the Australian Publishers Association, in conjunction with the Australian Booksellers Association will hold a one-day seminar on children’s publishing and bookselling on Tuesday 27 February...

Woollahra Digital Literary Award entries open

Wednesday, 24 January 2018
The Woollahra Digital Literary Award is seeking submissions of literary writing that is published online or in an electronic form. The award offers prizes in three categories: nonfiction (worth $3000),...

Editors NSW workshop: Word for editors

Wednesday, 17 January 2018
Editors NSW presents a one-day workshop on tips and tools for MS Word that make it easier and faster to work with the program. The workshop will cover Word add-ins such...

Call for nominations: 2018 Pixie O’Harris Award

Wednesday, 13 December 2017
The Australian Publishers Association is calling for nominations for the 2018 Pixie O’Harris Award. The Award recognises publishers, editors, creators, booksellers, publicists and other industry representatives who have worked consistently...

Editors NSW workshop: Brush up on your grammar

Wednesday, 15 November 2017
Editors NSW presents a one-day grammar workshop addressing the aspects of traditional grammar that editors find problematic such as: complex sentence structures dangling and misplaced modifiers and participles defining and...