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Sally-Anne Watson Kane’s professional development in writing and editing

Professional development: writing and editing non-fiction, memoir, family histories, poetry, fiction
Ongoing writing/editing professional development: Sally-Anne Watson Kane
- is a professional member of Institute of Professional Editors (IPEd) and registered IPEd mentor within the IPEd mentoring program
- is a professional member, Board member and Secretary of Life Stories Australia (LSA)
- is a full member of Oral History Victoria (branch of Oral History Australia)
- is a full member of Northern Territory Writers Centre
- is a member of Gippsland Writers, and Poetry Editing Group Gippsland (PEGG)
- subscribes to: Australian Poetry
- facilitates and participates in regular poetry editing group (PEGG) workshops (note: these workshops are not included below).
2022
Sally-Anne Watson Kane has attended the following workshops and seminars (and where mentioned, has presented at those events):
Upcoming: 19 June 2022 – Annual Symposium: Making it work through the Pandemic, presented by Oral History Victoria.
3 June 2022 – Life Stories Australia Coffee & Chat: theme – Process, facilitated by Sally-Anne Watson Kane, presented by Life Stories Australia
31 May 2022 – Storytelling, setting the record straight about the shared history of Aboriginal Australians and their lived experience in the pastoral industry by Delyna Baxter, presented by Northern Institute
20 May 2022 – Art Spiegelman, author of Pulitzer Prize-winning MAUS, presented by Sydney Writers Festival online to Latrobe Literary Festival.
9 April 2022 – Speak to Self, Speak to Others: April Anti-Racism Workshop, presented by The Wheeler Centre.
6 April 2022 – Crafting Raw Memoirs, Jacki Ferro, presented by Editors Queensland/IPEd.
23 March 2022 – Dealing with grief and vicarious trauma as a life story writer
and self-care solutions, Karen Percy, president of MEAA, presented by Life Stories Australia.
13 February 2022 – Cultural Inclusion Workshop, presented by Australian Greens Victoria.
2021
2-3 December 2021 – The Stories We Tell Ourselves: Representation, Voice and Agency, presented by the Wheeler Centre.
25 November 2021 – Addressing gender and sexuality as editors with Roz Bellamy – writer, editor-in-chief at Archer Magazine. Presented by Editors Victoria/IPEd.
October-December 2021 – Structural editing (fiction) for editors (8-week course) with Nicola O’Shea Editing & Training.
26-28 November 2021 – The Editing Micro-Festival 2021 (attended 3 sessions). Presented by The Editing Micro-Festival.
19 November 2021 – Mentors’ workshop: Constructive Conversations with Gary Ryan, Organisations that Matter. Presented by RMIT.
16 November 2021 – Geneology and life stories by Ruth Graham, CEO Society of Australian Geneologists. Presented by Life Stories Australia.
3 November 2021 – Language matters for editors by Associate Professor Roslyn Petelin. Presented by Editors Queensland/IPEd.
30 September 2021 – Editors and the design process by Pooja Desai. Presented by Editors Victoria/IPEd.
16 September – Poetry editing zoom cuppa/forum with guest speaker Sally-Anne Watson Kane (poetry editor), presented by Editors Victoria/IPEd.
1 September 2021 – Cultural sensitivity editing by Grace Lucas-Pennington, presented by Editors Qld/IPEd.
31 August – Oral history and life stories by Alistair Thomson, President of Oral History Australia, guest speaker at this Life Stories Australia forum.
29 August 2021: Integrate the IPEd Code of Ethics and IPEd Standards into your editing practice, by Joely Taylor AE (pre-recorded webinar from Editing on the edges IPEd Conference 2021 presented by Editors Tasmania 29.6.21).
20 August 2021: Career mentoring workshop (RMIT).
29 July 2021: Editing Fiction: Starting out or crossing over by Dr Renée Otmar, presented by Editors WA/IPEd.
28-30 June 2021: Editing on the edges IPEd Conference 2021 presented by Editors Tasmania. Participated in: Writers on the Spectrum, by Lisa Gershwin. Linguicism and editing, by Cassandra Wright-Doyle. Editing and publishing silenced and under-represented voices, by Jodie Lea Martine. Inclusive publishing in Australia in context, by Agata Mrva-Montoya. Literary translation: the ultimate act of betrayal? by Pam Allen. Bridging linguistic and cultural gaps in academic publishing, by Sarah Kitaoji. Culturally safe editing, by Mark J Lock.
18 June 2021: Scoping life stories projects by presenters Sally-Anne Watson Kane, Gillian Ednie, Susan Pierotti, Vicki MacPherson. Presented by Life Stories Australia.
1 May 2021: Sydney Writers Festival events (online, streamed to Latrobe City Library in Moe). Barrie Cassidy & Friends: Opposition and Dissent by Barrie, Scott Ludlam and Sally McManus.. Caste – The Lies That Divide Us by Isabel Wilkerson. The Living Sea of Waking by Richard Flanagan and Laura Tingle:.
10 April 2021: The decolonised editor: unconscious bias, representative publishing, and a way forward for editorial best practice by Dr Radhiah Chowdhury, presented by NSW Editors/IPEd (Vimeo recorded event 6.10.20).
30 March 2021: OHS for editors working with sensitive and explicit content by Renee Otmar, presented by Editors Victoria/IPEd.
29 March 2021: Editing narrative non-fiction by Nadine Davidoff, presented by Editors Victoria/IPEd.
25 March 2021: So you think you’ve finished your manuscript – now what? by presenters Sally-Anne Watson Kane, Heather Millar, Renee Otmar, Ian Davies, Annie Payne, Susan Pierotti. Presented by Life Stories Australia.
2020 and previous
24 November 2020: Memoir writing and author presentation by Sue Gunningham. Presented by East Gippsland Shire Council (libraries).
28 October 2020: Editing Family History (webinar) by Editors Tasmania.
13 October 2020: Editing Poetry and Fiction (editor discussion) by Dr Naomi Parry. Presented by Editors Victoria/IPEd.
23 September 2020: Disability Equality Training (for editors) by Publishability.
17 September 2020: Manuscript assessment (editor discussion) by Editors Victoria/IPEd.
27 July 2020: attended Introduction to SEO [website/blogs] by Work My Own Way.
23 July 2020: Editors working with self-publishing writers (editor discussion) by EdANZ/IPEd.
7 July 2020: attended Editing fiction and poetry (forum) by Editors Victoria/IPEd.
17 June 2020: When Words Matter – how do writers chronicle world-changing events? Presented by Meanjin.
4 June 2020: Documenting life stories during and after COVID-19 (forum) presented by Life Stories Australia.
12 May 2020: attended Editing memoirs (forum) presented by Editors Victoria/IPEd.
30 April 2020: Let’s get published [self-publishing: ebooks, hard copy books, audio books] (webinar) by Patrice Shaw, PS Editing.
2019
15 November 2019: Sally-Anne presented Life story writers/editors and vicarious trauma (forum), presented by Life Stories Australia (LSA).
9 November 2019: Sally-Anne presented and facilitated Poetry Editing Group Gippsland (PEGG) half-day poetry editing workshop.
22 October 2019: attended online mentoring workshop for IPEd mentors and mentees. Presented by IPEd
12 October 2019: attended Editing Diverse Voices seminar, by Bridget Caldwell, Carly Findlay and Kirstie Innes-Will. Presented by Editors Victoria/IPEd.
September 2019: Sally-Anne co-founded (with three other local poets) Poetry Editing Group Gippsland (PEGG)
7 September 2019: Sally-Anne presented How to edit your own poetry workshop by herself/On Time Typing, Editing and Proofreading.
15 August 2019: attended Setting up life story contracts/agreements interactive webinar, presented by Life Stories Australia (LSA)
10 August 2019: attended Reporting Pell seminar, by Louise Milligan, presented by Bendigo Writers Festival – Writers Victoria. About interviewing victims; publishing stories of sexual abuse; ethics; post-traumatic stress disorder.
28 June 2019: attended Writing trauma and traumatised characters workshop, by Lea Scott, presented by Queensland Writers Centre. Sessions included: trauma and PTSD in memoir, biography and fiction; interviewing trauma survivors; neuroscience of trauma; ethics; self-care for writers, editors or researchers dealing with vicarious trauma; building trauma/PTSD symptoms into the narrative structure; post-traumatic growth arc within the narrative
20 June 2019: attended Marketing and memoir writing seminar/workshop by Life Stories Australia
25-26 May 2019: attended Latrobe Literary Festival events around writing, writing/visual arts mixes, and the issues faced by writers with disability. Organisers/facilitators included Writers Victoria, and Writeability.
May 8 – 10, 2019: attended Institute of Professional Editors (IPEd) national conference Beyond the page 2019 workshops and seminars including:
- Editing non-fiction, memoir and trauma: Memoir and life writing; Editing personal trauma stories – practical tips to limit the emotional cost; Life writing – how can it do good and how can it cause harm?; When to care and not to care – the editor’s angst; Ethical considerations of editing an autobiographical work.
- Ethics, editing across cultures and accessibility: Ethics in editing and OHS for editors; Copyright for editorial gatekeepers; Sensitivity readers – who, what, when and why editors should use them; Illness in editing – resonance and the integration of paradoxical knowledge; Accessibility – creating content for everyone; Accessibility and the Australian Inclusive Publishing initiative.
- Blogging for your business
- Other: Young adult and popular fiction genres – editing for multiple markets; Digital collections – archival and editorial impulses remixed; How ‘other’ professions inform editing…; The Wheeler Centre for Books, Writing and Ideas; IPEd updates – committee and steering group, and the seventh edition of Australian Government Style Manual.
March 7, 2019: awarded Certificate of completion Mentor Induction (RMIT – editing industry).
2018 and previous
February 2018: participated in Own Voices Forum: Why Writing Matters – social model of disability best-practice language, advocacy and power, presented by Writers Victoria.
September 2017: achievement of Certificate – Simplified Recruitment Merit Selection Training, Office of the Commissioner for NT Public Employment, Public Sector Appeals & Grievances Review, Darwin NT.
2015 to 2018: completion of short courses around online marketing, SEOing, blogging, and business management.
2016: attended Critiquing Manuscripts workshop, Writers Victoria.
2013 to 2014: Sally-Anne (On Time Typing) presented verbal and written submissions to the Inquiry into Telecommuting and e-Business conducted by the Rural and Regional Committee of the Parliament of Victoria; final report produced and published in 2014
2008: Completed short course: Microsoft Publisher – iGain, Victoria
2006: Completed Staff Selection – Interview techniques & interview report writing, presented by NT Department of Corporate and Information Services
1999-2001: on-the-job training/experience in editing and self-publishing (1999 voluntary; 2000-2001 funded by Australian Volunteers International)
2000-2004: participated in a number of NT Writers’ Centre events
2000: Completed Tetun Language Course, Timor Aid, Dili, East Timor
1990s:
- completed units of Bachelor of Arts (English Literature double-major) at Charles Darwin University, NT. High Distinction (HD) awarded for: English Literary History, 20th Century Australian Literature, World Literatures, Modern Literature, Independent Study (William Blake), and Evolution of Humankind and Culture. Distinction or Credit awarded for: Contemporary Fiction, Indigenous Health Issues, South-East Asian Studies 2
- regularly attended Darwin Poetry Group performing readings; regularly performed at spoken word events at Browns Mart, Darwin
- on-the-job training (volunteer) in editing, design and self-publishing
- on-the-job training in copy editing with a newspaper in Halifax, Canada.
Sally-Anne’s awards/achievements
- Mentorship: Sally-Anne is a career mentor with IPEd and also with RMIT. 2019: RMIT Mentor Induction award
- 2017: On Time Typing was a finalist in the 2017 Federation Business School Gippsland Business Awards – Business and Professional
- January 2016: On Time Typing ‘opted in’ to be covered by the relevant sections of the Privacy Act (1988) (Australia). Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) advised on 27/1/16: ‘[We]… will be including your details in the Opt-In Register under s 6EA(3) of the Act. … OAIC appreciates your commitment to protecting individuals’ privacy. Thank you for adopting the Australian Privacy Principles as your standard when handling personal information.’
- 2013: On Time Typing was a finalist in the 2013 Bendigo Bank Gippsland Business Awards, On-Line Retailing/e-Business
- 2002: Sally-Anne Watson Kane received the Australian Government Award: ‘The Australian Government expresses its gratitude to Sally-Anne Watson for a valued contribution towards assisting developing countries to reduce poverty and achieve sustainable development’. Award signed by Prime Minister John Howard and Minister for Foreign Affairs Alexander Downer
- 1991: Sally-Anne was awarded Certificate of Merit – 20/20 English, Year 12, and Certificate of Achievement – 20/20 English, Year 12.
For details of Sally-Anne’s current and previous editing and self-publishing experience, go to: Publications and Editing experience
Photograph: Sally-Anne Watson Kane.
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