PEG holds a range of events during the year, at two-monthly intervals,
to create networking opportunities for its members as well as
to keep them informed and abreast of trends. Guest speakers are an
important component of our annual programme, as are training sessions.
We welcome questions and suggestions about events, which can be
directed to Isabelle Delvare at
idelvare@yahoo.co.uk (Gauteng) or Kristina Davidson
at kristina@netactive.co.za (Cape Town).
In association with the Cape Town Book Fair's Professional Programme on the newly instituted Trade Only day (Friday, 30 July), PEG will be presenting a one-day workshop entitled A handle on Plain Language issues and practice. Speakers will be Hector Tshabalala, Editor-in-Chief, Language Services at our National Parliament; Eleanor Cornelius, Lecturer in Linguistics at the University of Johannesburg, and John Linnegar, PEG chairperson and well-known facilitator of publishing-related training courses.
PEG Cape Town held a meeting on Saturday 29 May 2010 at the Book Lounge, Buitenkant Street. As our speaker in May, we were very privileged to have Arthur Attwell, co-founder and CEO of Electric Book Works, a company specialising in digital publishing.
‘Copy editing works of fiction and narrative non-fiction’ conference 13 to 14 May 2010 The Theatre, Bridge House School, Franschhoek
PEG has great pleasure in announcing that it will be convening a conference on ‘Copy-editing works of fiction and narrative non-fiction’ to coincide with the Franschhoek Literary Festival (14 to 16 May).
Over twenty members attended PEG Cape Town’s meeting on the 6 March 2010 at which Michel Cozien gave an entertaining talk entitled ‘Indexe[r]s add value’. He compared indexers to dogs. Like a dog’s nose that can smell parts in a million, a good indexer enables readers to find things quickly and efficiently.
Over 30 members of PEG Cape Town enjoyed an informative and interactive meeting on Saturday 29 August 2009. Our speaker, Julie Farquhar from Ink Design talked about bridging the gap between designers and editors.
PEG Cape Town meeting took place on Saturday 9 May 2009 at the Book Lounge. The turnout was surprisingly high given the number of other attractions on offer in Cape Town that weekend, not to mention President Zuma's inauguration.
Guest Speaker: Sharon Sorour-Morris, freelance journalist. Over thirty PEG members attended the February meeting of the Cape Town branch that was held at our 'home,' the Book Lounge. Speaking on the topic of the future of the magazine industry, Sharon used her extensive experience working at Femina, Reader's Digest and Drum to illustrate her talk.
