Residential Editorial Program

The Summary Report of the Residential Editorial Program held in May 2010, is now available to read.  Copies of the full report are available by contacting Dee Reed

It was, like the previous five programs, an enormous success. Participants, mentors and speakers were again overwhelmingly positive, judging it a unique training opportunity.

The Residential Editorial Program (REP) is a training program for mid-career editors who would like to enhance their literary editing skills through intensive workshops with highly experienced and respected industry practitioners.  The program is designed to complement the Beatrice Davis Editorial Fellowship program and recognises editors' need for mentorships and advanced in-service training with senior members of the editorial profession and publishing industry.

Supported by the Literature Board of the Australia Council and the Australian Publishers Association, the REP aims to enhance the standard of writing published in Australia by:

• identifying and developing the professional skills of good literary editors
• enabling interaction between editors
• raising the profile of editors in the literary and publishing community
• encouraging editors to establish and maintain good working relationships with authors
• teaching editors to recognise and balance the commitment to their authors with their publishers' business expectations.

For further information about the REP, please email dee.read@publishers.asn.au