What I have been up to in the forth quarter of 2011:
October 2011:
Listened to Paul Ham (Hiroshima Nagasaki) at 'Writers at Stanton'
Attended the book launch of Michael Kirby's memoir, A Private Life
Became a board member of the FCA
Attended the EGM of the Foreign Correspondents' Association (FCA)
My two articles were published in the newsletter of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Indexers (ANZSI)
Attended the National Young Writers' Festival in Newcastle
November 2011:
Attended the seminar 'The Business of Digital Rights', which was organised by the Australian Publishers' Association (APA)
Listened to Peter FitzSimons speak about his Mawson biography at Mosman Library
Coordinated a lunch for local ASA members
Attended 'Obama Briefing' held by the United States Studies Centre and the FCA
Attended the monthly meeting of the Fellowship of Australian Writers NSW at Warringah Library
Attended the monthly meeting of the Northern Beaches Writers' Group
Listened to Peter FitzSimons at Stanton Library, where he presented his new book, Mawson and the Ice Men of the Heroic Age: Scott, Shackleton and Amundsen; Peter mentions me in his books
Listened to Peter Hartcher (SMH) at Stanton Library
Attended the Board Meeting of the FCA
Attended event of the Society of Editors (NSW) about editors and social media
My article about the 'Indexing for Editors' seminar was published in the Blue Pencil
December 2011:
Trip to Germany (flew with the A380)
Supported Peter FitzSimons and Richard Glover's one-on-one interview world record (ABC 702) by cheering a lot on Facebook
Attended the Christmas party of the ASA
Editor and tutor Deb Doyle launched my photo book, Write, Publish & Market Your Own Book in Australia, in Manly (speech). Singer/song writer Leighton B Watts played live music, first print-run sold out; second one started (they are small print runs)
Attended the Christmas party of LexisNexis Global; the CEO bought the very first available copy of my book
Attended the Christmas party of the Mosman Community College
Attended the board meeting of the FCA
Attended the Christmas party of the Society of Editors (NSW)
Visited the exhibition Handwritten: Ten Centuries of Manuscript Treasures at the National Library of Australia and listened to Elisabeth Niggemann speak about the German National Library