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Sally-Anne Watson Kane is a professional member of Institute of Professional Editors (IPEd) (Australia). She has 25 years’ editing experience. Below is a portfolio of: 1) her experience editing reports, policies and manuals edited, and 2) her experience editing publications.

Reports, policies and manuals

Sally-Anne has edited reports, policies and manuals for Government Departments, companies, organisations and individuals including:

• Policies for NT Department of Education, and for LeasePlan Australia
• Procedure manuals for an aircraft company in Brisbane
• Procedures manuals for NT Department of Health
• Reports for Charles Darwin University, and Edith Cowan University
• Newsletters, for NT Department of Education
• Tender submissions for NT Department of Health
• Financial advice reports for a Financial Planning company in Gippsland
• Selection reports for a number of NT Government departments
• Submissions and reports for various businesses and companies (ongoing)
• Psychological assessment reports for a Psychologist in Bendigo (ongoing)

Experience editing publications

Underway: Rohingya Dreams – poetry anthology, 2019. Sally-Anne edited this compilation of poetry by Rohingya poets (for whom English is not their first language). Publication in process.

Publication – Indigenous issues/higher education, 2019. Sally-Anne edited (line editing, copy editing) this 140,000-word academic publication prior to graphic design. Publication in process.

A life: I am what I am, 2019. Author: Joan Sammon. Sally-Anne edited and proofread this 80,000-word memoir. Typing, editing, graphic design, proofreading and self-publishing services by On Time Typing-Peewee Press. Self-published in hardcopy by Peewee Press. ISBN -13:978-1-921216-02-2. Barcode 9 781921 216022.

At Crib Point! History of the Mornington Peninsula Magpies, 2019, Michael Cusick. Sally-Anne edited this 120,000-word sports club/local history. Typing, editing, graphic design, proofreading and self-publishing services by On Time Typing-Peewee Press. Self-published in  hardcopy by Michael Cusick, Crib Point Football and Netball Club. ISBN -13:978-0-646-80244-2.

Publication – Indigenous higher education, 2017. Sally-Anne edited this academic publication prior to graphic design. Published.

100-Up – From Here to Here – Trafalgar Bowls Club Inc 1915 – 2015, 2015. Compiled by Joanne Savige and Graham J Hill. Sally-Anne edited (structural, line and copy editing and proofreading) this local history publication. Typing and editing by On Time Typing-Peewee Press. Designed by external printer. Self-published in hardcopy by Peewee Press. ISBN -13:978-1-921216-01-5.

Sharing our Stories – Territory Women 2005 – 2006, 2006. Sally-Anne transcribed, edited and compiled this book of oral presentations by Northern Territory women. Self-published in hardcopy by Peewee Press. ISBN 1-921216-00-X.

Flitter-Squeak, 2003, Sally-Anne Watson Kane. Self-edited by Sally-Anne. Self-published in hardcopy by Peewee Press.

2004 (June-November): Sally-Anne tutored/consulted with an NT-based Indigenous author in writing and self-editing poetry and creative non-fiction, to edit and produce a manuscript, ready for graphic design and publication.

Buibere: Lian Feto Timor Lorosa’e Nian, vol. 2, 2001 (in Tetun language). Compiled and edited by Sally-Anne Watson Kane, with the assistance of Rosalia Soares and Manuela Leong Pereira. Self-published in hardcopy by Fokupers, Timor Leste. ISBN 0_646_41719_3.

Ekka’s Journey, 2000, Sally-Anne Watson Kane. Self-edited by Sally-Anne. Self-published in hardcopy by Peewee Press.

East Timor Interviews Recorded November 1998, 2000. Transcribed, edited and compiled by Sally-Anne Watson Kane (under pseudonym ‘Rebecca Winters’). Self-published online by ETISC.

Buibere: Voice of East Timorese Women, vol. 1, 1999. Transcribed, compiled, edited and proofread by Sally-Anne Watson Kane (under pseudonym ‘Rebecca Winters’) with volunteer editor assistance.  Self-published in hardcopy by ETISC. ISBN 0_9577329_3_7.

The Mermaid’s Tale, 1998, Sally-Anne Watson Kane. Self-edited by Sally-Anne. Self-published by Peewee Press.

Children of the Resistance, 1996, Sally-Anne Watson Kane (under pseudonyms ‘Rebecca Winters’ and ‘Brian Kelly’). Edited by Sally-Anne with volunteer editor assistance. Self-published by AFFET. ISBN 0_646_30388_0.

The Caracol, 1994, Sally-Anne Watson Kane. Self-edited by Sally-Anne. Unpublished.

Professional development

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Self-publishing experience

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