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Society of Editors (Victoria) Inc.

September dinner meeting

22 September 2010
CQ Functions, 113 Queen Street (cnr Little Collins St), City

Never Black & White: The Applied Art of Crossword Proofing

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.

For more details and to book your place, go to the Monthly Meetings page.

Register for Redact 2010

16-17 October 2010
Mercure Hotel, Geelong

Redact is a residential intensive training initiative organised by the Society of Editors (Victoria) Inc. The 2010 course will take place on 16-17 October in Geelong and will offer participants an opportunity to study editorial processes and principles in a collegial setting.

The streams on offer are fiction editing, e-publishing and government/corporate publishing. The presenters are:

• Fiction editing: Mandy Brett
• ePublishing: Tim Coronel and Tamsin Wagner
• Government/corporate publishing: Janet Salisbury

Registration for Redact closes at 5 p.m. on 16 September. Places are filling fast, so don't miss out. Download the information and registration form (PDF* 320 KB) and send the completed form with payment to Redact, c/o Society of Editors (Vic.) Inc., PO Box 176, Carlton South VIC 3053.

Detailed course summaries are now available! For these, and presenter biographies, go to the Redact page.

Coming events

Training

29 October 2010

Asessing and Editing Indexes (Melbourne)

with Max McMaster

This half-day workshop outlines the processes involved in assessing an index created by an author or an indexer for publication. Participants will work though a three-stage process of assessment: analysing the internal structure of the index; checking page numbers from the index to the text; and checking page numbers from the text back to the index. At the end of this process, participants will be able to decide whether an index is good, bad or indifferent.

The second half of the session covers editing an index where the index is far too long for the amount of space available. Strategies that editors can adopt to prune the index without compromising too much on the quality of the index will be presented. Grammar and style issues will be mentioned briefly.

When: Friday, 29 October 2010, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Where: CAE, 253 Flinders Lane, Melbourne
Cost: Members (Soc Eds, APA, ASTC, ANZSI, VWC) $161.50, non-members $210.00. Tea, coffee and biscuits are provided.

For course details and to book a place, please visit the Training page.

Wear Soc Ed on your sleeve

Bookshop discounts

Did you know that the following bookshops offer Society of Editors (Victoria) members a 10% discount on all full-priced stock?

The Brunswick Street Bookstore
305 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy VIC 3065
www.brunswickstreetbookstore.com

Paperback Bookshop
60 Bourke St, Melbourne VIC 3000
www.paperbackbooks.com.au

Continental Bookshop and Soundbooks
(specialising in foreign language books and audio books)
439 Burke Road, Glen Iris 3146
www.soundbooks.com.au
www.continentalbookshop.com

Ballarat Books
15 Armstrong St North, Ballarat VIC
(excluding booklist and sale and nett priced items)
www.ballaratbooks.com.au

Yet another good reason to become a member!

New FAQ: Providing an estimate or quote

The FAQ section has a new item on the issues that freelancers should consider when providing an estimate or quote.

Editors in Conversation 2

In this second volume in the Editors in Conversation series, Australian editors from widely different backgrounds discuss their careers, offering rare and fascinating glimpses into their working lives and the editing profession. All have witnessed rapid changes in the publishing world and provide candid insights with liberal doses of wit and wisdom.

Editors in Conversation 2 is sponsored by the Centre for the Book (Monash University), the Society of Editors (Victoria), the Queensland Society of Editors and the NSW Society of Editors.

For more details, visit our Books page. To order your copy of Editors in Conversation 2, complete the order form [PDF* 280 KB] and post to the Society of Editors (Vic.).

Professional indemnity and public liability insurance

The Society of Editors (Vic.) now offers full members a discount rate on professional indemnity and public liability insurance through an exclusive arrangement with insurance broker Aon.

Find us on Facebook

Join SocEd's Facebook group to see photos from recent Society events, connect with other editors or check out coming events.

Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance

The Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance offers discounts to SocEd's members. Visit the Alliance membership page to find out more.