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Training Workshop (Wed 28 March) – Working with Writers
The Society of Editors (Qld) is planning to hold a workshop on Working with Writers, on Wednesday 28 March. Presenter Peter Storer, ably assisted by Kerry Davies AE, will examine effective techniques and strategies for working with different types of writers in different circumstances.
All editors face challenges in working with writers at some stage. Developing and practising good people management skills is crucial for all editors; this workshop will provide a valuable opportunity for you to hone those skills.
Are you interested in attending this workshop? We’re not asking for a definite commitment at this stage but we would like to obtain some indication of likely attendance for workshop planning purposes. So if you are interested, please contact Training Officer Robin Bennett by Wednesday 15 February.
Freelancers Lunch (March 6) – An invitation to all our member freelance editors
Join us for lunch in the bar at the Melbourne Hotel for the first freelancers lunch of 2012.
Address: 10 Browning St, West End
Date: Tuesday March 6
Time: midday
Details:
Central location close to public transport. Parking is available on street or paid parking next door. Lunch specials for $15. Wheelchair-friendly venue.
Go to www.themelbournehotel.com.au for more details.
Please RSVP to Patrice Shaw by March 1.
What’s on: Pamela Samuelson Public Lecture – Copyright Law and Policy (March 12)
In this presentation Professor Samuelson will reflect on the evolution of copyright law in the last 20 years in response to the challenges of the internet age. In particular she will discuss the Copyright Principles Project – a copyright reform project which she initiated and led from 2007-2009.
When: Monday, March 12, 2012 from 6:00 PM to 6:45 PM
Where: Gibson Room, Level 10, Z Block, QUT Gardens Point Campus
Cost: Free
More information: QUT Law and Justice event webpage
First meeting for 2012 – Wednesday 1 February, 6.30pm – New Venue
Our monthly meetings start up again on Wednesday 1 February, 6:00pm for 6:30pm.
So what’s the big deal? Come to our monthly meeting and for just $10, you get …
- drinks and delicious nibbles on arrival (non-alcoholic drinks and vego/celiac fare also provided)
- the opportunity to get together with your peers and talk shop, get leads and hear goss — and stay on for dinner at a nearby restaurant
- a pleasant, quiet, comfortable conference venue that offers wheelchair access and free, hassle-free parking
- best of all, the opportunity to learn something new about different areas of your chosen craft/profession of editing, from stimulating, knowledgeable, hand-picked speakers.
Our next entertaining speaker
At our February meeting, we’ll hear from a speaker who might be called a Renaissance man: Ross Clark.
Memory is the edit: Life among the words is his intriguing and cryptic topic.
Last millennium, Ross was a state secondary teacher of English and social sciences, but now combines part-time university teaching with poeting and other work.
He has published and performed much poetry in Australia and overseas. His Salt Flung into the Sky was published mid-2007, and Ross has been awarded a Johnno, a Centenary of Federation Medal, and the Australian Book Review Poetry Prize.
He has also edited poetry and fiction for several Australian journals, and for University of Queensland Press.
His creative focus in the past few years has been on song-writing and performing, occasionally solo with guitar, preferably with a band or one of his duos (including Daylight Moon, his partnership with Helena Bond, and the uke band BUMS).
Easy new meeting venue
Our new meeting venue is Unit 2/63 Annerley Road, Woolloongabba. The entrance is from Crown Street. The best parking is in Annerley Road inbound side between Gloucester and Crown Streets.
Our new meeting arrangements mean we self-cater the drinks and nibbles. Tell us whether or not you’re coming … PLEASE … so we get the catering right.
We do hope you’ll plan to join us. To respond, email Speaker Secretary Josephine Brown.
Job Opportunity – Deputy Editor, Griffith REVIEW
Griffith REVIEW – Deputy Editor position available – twelve month contract
Griffith REVIEW is Australia’s leading literary and current affairs quarterly. Each themed edition informs and stimulates public discussion of key social, cultural, economic and political issues through essays, reportage, memoir, fiction, poetry and photography. The Deputy Editor’s role is to provide project management to develop and oversee marketing, administration and events strategies and activities related to Griffith REVIEW while at the same time assisting in all aspects of editing. This is a fixed term (until 8 March 2013), full time appointment based at Griffith University’s South Bank campus.
Closing date: 9 December 2011 4.30pm AEST; candidates must be available for interview on Wednesday 14 December 2011.