The Society is a member of the Institute of Professional Editors Limited (IPEd)
Dinner meetings
The Society holds regular dinner meetings that feature guest speakers from different areas of the publishing industry and beyond.
Meetings take place at a variety of locations around central Melbourne, usually on Wednesdays. Non-members are welcome to attend. There is generally a fee for dinner meetings. Bookings are essential.
September dinner meeting
Never Black & White: The Applied Art of Crossword Proofing
Wednesday, 22 September 2010, 6.30 pm for 7.00 pm
CQ Functions, 113 Queen St (cnr Little Collins St), City
Guest Speaker: David Astle
Combing over prose or fine-tuning non-fiction is one thing, but the challenge of checking crosswords – let alone cryptic ones – is a different mountain to climb. After years of compiling puzzles for The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald, cruciverbalist David Astle (alias DA) will be sharing a swag of proofsheet catastrophes (and triumphs), as well as passing on plenty of insights in how to read and solve cryptic clues.
Besides his crossword compiling, David Astle has written two novels, Marzipan Plan and Book of Miles, as well as three non-fiction works: One Down, One Missing; Offbeat Australia and the recently published Puzzled – Secrets & Clues from a Life Lost in Words. He is also a freelance writer, reviews books for Radio National, writes a weekly column in Spectrum called 'Wordplay' and tutors at RMIT. He can currently be seen as one of the hosts of the SBS quiz show Letters and Numbers.
BOOKING DETAILS:
* Book with Lu Sexton at bookings@socedvic.org by 5.00 pm on Monday, 20 September.
* State if you are a Soc Eds member, or a member of VWC, ASTC, ANZSI, APA, or a student.
* Please state if you are a vegetarian.
* Cost: $25 members, $20 students, $30 non-members.
* You can pay cash or cheque only, on the night. No credit card facilities will be available.
* If you need to cancel, please contact Lu as soon as possible.
* If you cancel after 7pm the day before the meeting, we'll ask you to pay as if you had attended.
* People who arrive on the night without a booking will be unable to attend.
Notice of forthcoming dinner meetings, as well as reports from previous meetings also appear in the Society's monthly Newsletter.
If you have a brilliant idea for a speaker or activity, we'd love to hear about it! Please email the Meetings Organiser.