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This week: Moe (Gippsland), Brisbane (QLD) and now to Melbourne

Editor and life stories writer Sally-Anne has spent the last few days in Brisbane and area, Queensland, and is now back in her Moe office – but not for long. The Oral History Australia conference in Melbourne commenced today and will...... More

This month: Self-published books in progress

We are in the early stages of supporting writers of these manuscripts: our editor coaches supporting four writers to write and self-edit their memoirs our editor working with two writers to self-edit their memoir-based poetry our editor coaches supporting several writers...... More

Editor in Echuca – next week

Sally-Anne – editor, writer, self-publishing project manager – will be going to Echuca next week. While she is there, she’ll be visiting the Echuca library and meeting up with the Echuca Campaspe Murray Writers Group. She’ll be travelling both ways via...... More

Sal running a poetry editing workshop this Saturday

As part of the Gippsland Writers Network’s “Writing with Voice” workshops planned for this Saturday, Sally-Anne will be running a poetry self-editing workshop, in Moe, Gippsland. Sally-Anne has been coaching poets in self-editing their poetry for many years and began conducting...... More

New editor coach Dr Gail Wilson – Gold Coast, QLD

We are rapt to introduce our newest editor coach, Dr Gail Wilson, who lives on the Gold Coast, Queensland, and welcome her to our team. Gail is an experienced editor with a long career as a teacher and manager in higher...... More

Editors in Bendigo, Central Vic: Sally-Anne, and Deb

The manager of our typing, editing and self-publishing services business, Sally-Anne, will be going to Melbourne and Bendigo tomorrow and will be in Bendigo for a couple of days. She is fully booked with appointments during this time. Our writer coach...... More

Poets and writers: what to do this August poetry month?

Did you know that this month, August, is national poetry month in Australia? What sorts of things can you do to celebrate poetry month this year? Well, if you are in/near: Alice Springs NT: you can go to this event on...... More

Report on the 2024 Poetry Mentorship through GWN

Our first six-month poetry mentorship was a great success. This report was written by Vicky Daddo of Gippsland Writers Network (GWN), and mentee Amanda Allan in Jindivick, and published in today’s GWN monthly newsletter:  The inaugural Poetry Mentee has now completed...... More

Welcome to our new editor coach – Peter Symons

We are very happy to welcome to the team our newest addition to our writing/editing coaching team: Peter Symons. Peter is a neurodivergent editor with extensive experience in copy editing academic publications including PhDs and local histories, developmental editing such as...... More

My friend fox – author talk in Traralgon Library today

I was privileged to attend the author presentation held in Traralgon today, as part of the Regional Writers Rise Festival: Celebrating Gippsland’s Diverse Stories!  I thank writer-poet-songwriter-artist Heidi Everett for her creative and original memoir about life within adn outside of...... More