ABN 77 022 481 553
www.editorscanberra.org
PO Box 3222, Manuka ACT 2603

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Welcome to our web site!

It explains how to contact us, and includes a directory of freelance professional editors who are members of our society, a checklist of what editors do, all issues of our newsletter since 2001, a 'notice board' with details of our meetings, training courses and other happenings, and more.

Canberra Society of Editors is a professional association incorporated in the ACT and a member of the Institute of Professional Editors Limited (IPEd), which exists to advance the profession of editing, by planning and implementing national initiatives—an accreditation scheme, promotion and communication campaigns, training and mentoring—and other activities to support Australian societies of editors and their members, and editors in general.

IPEd has a website – click on www.iped-editors.org/ to go there. The site was created with the support of all the state and territory societies of editors. It is regularly updated with news of IPEd activities.


Are you looking for an editor?

The Society has published, since 1993, a printed directory of Freelance editors in Canberra, distributed free of charge on request. The 8th edition was published in mid-2006 and sent to several hundred actual or potential employers of editors. If you would like one, please contact the secretary. The web version of this directory is being updated continuously, so that it remains bang up to date. Click on the Editorial services button to go to it.

The checklist button will lead you to a list of editorial tasks offered by our members, that may help you in specifying the job that you want done. The Australian Standards for Editing Practice are also available on this website.

The Canberra Society of Editors website can feature advertisements for situations vacant and situations wanted, both freelance and in-house, and has achieved good response rates. Contact Peter Judge if this opportunity is of possible interest to you.


Are you an editor?

The Canberra Society of Editors aims to:

• promote contact between editors
• encourage the exchange of ideas
• maintain editorial standards
• promote the use of editorial services
• cooperate with other societies of editors and related bodies.

Members enjoy:

• monthly meetings
• entertaining and informative speakers
• training workshops
• a monthly newsletter
• a widely read directory of freelance editors in Canberra.

Join us to make friends in the profession and learn more about the industry in which you work. We meet at 6.00 for 6.30 pm on the last Wednesday of each month, from February to October, generally in the Friends Lounge of the National Library of Australia, Parkes. See the Notice Board for details of the next meeting.

There are no meetings in November and the society takes a break in December and January.


Do you want to be an editor?

You can find some notes on 'How do I become an editor' by clicking here.


Training opportunities

There are usually training seminars in the offing. Check out the Notice Board!


Any questions? Contact the president, Ted Briggs or web minder Peter Judge.

The society's ABN: 77 022 481 553

Mailing address:

Canberra Society of Editors
PO Box 3222
Manuka ACT 2603, Australia 


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