Past Publishing / Editing Courses

Impressive Marketing Plans

Learn about marketing in the publishing industry such as the 'why' and 'how' of planning and budgeting, thinking creatively and applying suggested templates to your projects. Details

Self-publishing - From idea to hardback, paperback or ebook

If you are a self-publishing author or would like to be one, this course will enable you to learn strategies to maximise your readership and the impact of your work. Details

Writing for Newspapers, Magazines and Beyond - Transforming an idea into an opinion piece or feature

This workshop will closely examine the writing of opinion pieces, mid-length feature stories, non-fiction stories and the marketing and selling of writing to newspapers, magazines and their digital counterparts. Details

Introduction to Copy-editing

Gain an understanding of the scope of a copy-editing task, how to prepare text so that it is ready for the next stage of production and the importance of clarity and consistency. Details

Introduction to Web Editorial Skills

If you create web content, build your own website and or are thinking of doing so, come gain an insight into the process of editing web content, from page structure to how paragraphs, sentences and words are handled effectively. Details

So you think you can’t draw?

A workshop for adults who think they can’t draw or who would like to explore different media to illustrate stories. You will experiment with collage and reflect on the importance of consistence of visual traits to guide your reader. Details

eBooks for Asia: how good content and design makes or breaks an eBook

Learn more about how good interactive design can make or break your eBook. Details

Introduction to Copy-editing (for non-fiction)

This course is for those who have recently stepped into the publishing industry and those who would like a refresher on the basics of copyediting for non-fiction. Details

Social Media for Publishers

How to use social media to connect with your customers and drive your business Details

Judge by the Cover

This two-day course will run through the stages and key aspects involved in creating eye-catching book covers. Learn to create a design brief, an essential requirement prior to commissioning a cover design but often overlooked by both writers and publishers. Details

Copyrights for ePublications

Just a few years ago, “copying” a work consisted mainly of photocopying of literary works, or dubbing over a cassette tape. In this, the digital age, “copying”, or reproduction, happens in a millisecond and a single work by an author can trail a blaze across the internet through social media across a myriad of platforms in a very short time. Media companies remain interested in how they can assert the rights they have against online piracy and have devised ever more advanced methods of monitoring sites for infringing content. How do we strike a balance between these explosive differences?  Details

Translation Rights

Through this half-day workshop, learn the importance of protecting the rights and interests of the author of the work to be translated (including the right to control the commercial aspect of it, such as the choice of translator, working with foreign publishers, preparing, adopting and implementing a translation proposal and co-publishing projects). Details

Structural editing of fiction—All aboard the Arc ?

In this workshop, we’ll look at the traditional and modern forms of narrative, particularly the narrative arc and how editors reveal and confirm the story’s journey, the characters’ development and the resolution of a riveting plot. Join us to delve into fiction works and discover the joy of having a finely tuned ear for dialogue, eye for detail and nose for a good story! Details

Structural editing of non-fiction—Location, location

Good writing needs clear thinking. And, in the hands of a good structural editor, the writing can be shaped and formed so its best features shine and readers want to keep reading. Of course, working with non-fiction can bring its own challenges and thrills. In this day’s workshop, we’ll expand the skills we have to dissect the ‘architecture’ of a piece and enhance its meaning and clarity. And we’ll look at how to develop good editing practices and a ‘kitbag’ of techniques so editors feel equipped to tackle any job, any size, any content (!) Details

Honing your craft: Advanced copyediting & proofreading

Editing? Want to advance and add skills? All editors (books, magazines, websites) now need to keep up with changing roles and the rapid expansion of technology and its effects on publishing (print and online). If you want to deepen your skills working with and analysing texts; understanding the market, and using all you have to make your publication the best it can be, then join us! It will be an intensely fun (and intensely productive) day. Details