Meetings

Next dinner meeting

All you need to know but can't always ask

 

Wednesday 5 March, 6.30 pm for 7.00 pm



The English Speaking Union

146 Toorak Road West (between Walsh and Marne Streets)

South Yarra (Melway 21 4E)

 

Are you trying to source work and want to know more about what you need to know? Representatives from Cengage Learning (formerly Thomson Learning), The Five Mile Press, Lonely Planet, and Pearson Education Australia will share information about what their publishing houses publish and how, and what they want and expect from freelance editors.

Tony Davidson is Managing Editor - Primary at Cengage Learning. Cengage publishes books for the school and higher education markets of Australia and New Zealand. Tony previously worked as a Senior Editor - Higher Education at Cengage Learning, and as a Senior Editor at Lonely Planet, where he commissioned and managed freelance editors and authors. He also spent three years as a freelance editor, working mainly for Blackwell, Lonely Planet and Oxford University Press.

Julia Taylor is senior commissioning editor at The Five Mile Press, an Australian publisher specialising in children's books, adult non-fiction, Australiana and stationery lines. Julia works mainly on The Five Mile Press adult list, which includes true crime, short stories, general non-fiction and some fiction.
 
Jennifer Garrett is Managing Editor - Freelancers, for Lonely Planet. She started with the company as an editor in the Outdoor Activities Unit (walking, cycling, wildlife and diving guides) and for the past five years has been managing Lonely Planet's ever-expanding freelance editor pool.

Caroline Williams is the Project Management and Special Projects Manager in the Schools Division of Pearson Education Australia. Her role includes managing a team of Project Editors who are responsible for commissioning all freelance editors and designers.

Each panel member will give a short presentation, followed by plenty of time for Q & As. We believe the session will be a major learning opportunity for freelance editors, and for in-house editors from other publishers who are grappling with the same issues. Don't miss out - there is a number limit for this venue.


PLEASE NOTE BOOKING DETAILS

The dinner meetings are organised by volunteer committee members - please assist them in this very time-consuming task by taking note of the following.


Bookings are essential:

• Book with Christina Ratcliffe - email preferred - at quillpower@bigpond.com or phone 0400 655 884.
• Book STRICTLY before 5.00 pm on Monday, 3 March. Bookings received after this deadline will not be accepted.
• State your Soc Eds membership status, or if you are a student, or a member of VWC, ASTC, AusSI, or APA.
• Please state any specific catering requirements; note that the vegetarian options are always offered at dinner meetings.
• If you need to cancel, please contact Christina as soon as possible.
• If you cancel after 7.00 pm on the day before the meeting, the Treasurer will contact you shortly after and ask you to pay as if you had attended.
• People who arrive on the night without a prior booking will be unable to attend.