Andrew Stoeckel is Honorary Professor at the Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis at the Australian National University, and was previously View
Recent Projects
Designing
Bushfire Recovery at Badja
With more than 1,300 images, this 300+ page book is a meticulous and fascinating record of how the flora and View
Bowl the Maidens Over
Louise had written a great article about the early history of women’s cricket in Australia and wanted to publish it View
2021 Comedy Festival
Another year, another comedy festival. Except that, of course, this one was very different. With no Festival-produced international artists, my View
Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing
The brief for this job was ‘clean, modern, professional and flexible’. The Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing is a professional View
Death: A love project
Annie Bolitho has more than 25 years’ experience of working with people on death. She runs workshops on death literacy View
Understanding household diversity in rural Africa
I get it: maps and graphs and diagrams and tables aren’t everyone’s cup of tea. But this project was the View
2019 Melbourne International Comedy Festival
Again with the comedy. Another great year, this time with all our collateral sporting a bright watermelon colour and a View
The Massive Book of Maps
A quick confession: I can’t read a map to save my life. Researching and writing this book was a challenge View
The Giant Book of Germs
I feel as if I’m a bit late to the microbe party with the release of The Giant Book of View
Transforming smallholder irrigation schemes in Africa
This was an important project with a clear design brief. “We need something people can print out on the ground View
2018 Comedy Festival
Another whirlwind Melbourne International Comedy Festival has just finished. It’s a strange mix of old and new for me – View
Foster the Forever Tree
Vivien and Michael Atcheson, who own and operate M.A.N Made Creations, spend their lives designing and building high-quality, handcrafted furniture View
Ghost Light
Pauline Hosking is that rare thing – a talented and highly motivated self-publishing author. I helped her put together the View
2017 Comedy Festival
Another year, another comedy festival. This year was even more fun than usual, because my son has turned 18 so View
FedUni Writing Style Guide
The official name is Federation University Australia, but you can call it FedUni. Just never, ever FU. This is just View
Left & Right
‘No, not that left! The other left.’ If you’ve ever had that said to you, you may need my new View
Melbournalia
I’ve known Jenny Brown, the brains and creative force behind Melbournalia, for years. Her store stocks high-quality, locally designed and View
Neither Seen Nor Heard
I’ve worked as an editor on several reports for the Commission for Children and Young People, but this time they View
The Women’s
The best compliment a client can give me is to ask me to work on another project for them. Just View
Retail’s Last Mile
Jonathan Reeve is an online retail expert with a stack of experience in retail and business consulting. I knew I View
Hospitals and family violence
Hospital staff are often the first people that women who are experiencing family violence talk to. However, staff aren’t always View
Sticky Content
Just between us, I’m not a huge fan of self-publishing. But this cute little book that I designed for writer View
Out of Character
This discussion paper was an editing challenge. Four authors, 90,000 words and a topic that required the utmost sensitivity and View
The Gigantic Book of Genes
This publisher’s tagline is “explaining the complex simply”. I’m all up for that, but this commission was the hardest yet. View
Gathering Support
This was a very special project for me, for two reasons. First, it had been a labour of love for View
Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2016
Another year, another comedy festival! This year I’m seeing yellow in my dreams. The collateral I create for the Festival View
The Brainy Book
This is the eleventh title I have written and designed for Wild Dog Books. These non-fiction children’s books use large View
Joan Baez tour
Maggie Gerrand, one of my favourite clients, brings out extraordinary performers to tour Australia and New Zealand. I have the View
Melbourne International Comedy Festival
For more years than I care to count, I have prepared all the press ads (and a stack of other View
In the Picture
It’s about pornography, it’s about teenagers and it’s about honest, innovative and inclusive education. It’s also HUGE! In the Picture View
BCA Word templates
Twenty-three templates that are simple to use and look great. A year-long project. Worth every minute of it. I worked View
Editing
Rebuilding the World Trading System
Andrew Stoeckel is Honorary Professor at the Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis at the Australian National University, and was previously View
Architecture at the Heart of the Home
This is the latest of many projects I’ve worked on as a freelance copyeditor for Thames & Hudson. Jan Henderson View
Florilegium
Maranoa Botanic Gardens Florilegium is a collection of botanical paintings and drawings, presented in a beautiful, hard cover book designed View
True crime
Eileen Ormsby is a lawyer, journalist, author and an expert on the dark web. She has written several books, including View
Sustainable Chinese Grasslands
It was a big job, but someone had to do it. This 130,000-word, 320-page monograph published by the Australian Centre View
The Modern Worker
The Business Council of Australia have produced The Modern Worker booklet to help people at all stages of their study and working View
Game Changers: Radio
Game Changers: Radio is a long-running podcast in which Craig Bruce and Jay Mueller delve into the secrets of the View
Death: A love project
Annie Bolitho has more than 25 years’ experience of working with people on death. She runs workshops on death literacy View
Understanding household diversity in rural Africa
I get it: maps and graphs and diagrams and tables aren’t everyone’s cup of tea. But this project was the View
Slice Girls
Joan Arakkal is an orthopaedic surgeon who grew up and trained in India, before moving to the UK where she was View
Chromatopia
Chromatopia is probably the most interesting and beautiful book I have worked on for Thames & Hudson. David Coles is View
Wonderland
Wonderland is a beautiful, hard-cover book produced by Thames & Hudson Australia for ACMI’s exhibition of the same name. The View
Foster the Forever Tree
Vivien and Michael Atcheson, who own and operate M.A.N Made Creations, spend their lives designing and building high-quality, handcrafted furniture View
Life is a Story
Mark Koehler has written a very helpful (and readable) guide to writing your memoir. Packed with good advice, carefully chosen View
Spit and polish
I recently ran a three-hour workshop on editing your own work as part of the City of Stonnington’s [untitled] literary View
Plant Style
Lucky me! I have another beautiful book by Thames & Hudson to add to my brag shelf. Plant Style: How View
This Human
This Human is a how-to book about human-centred design but, more specifically, it is about how to be the human View
SPECIMEN 7
I’ll never look at banknotes the same way again. CCL Secure are world leaders in those colourful polymer banknotes that View
It’s beautiful here*
It’s not often that my worlds collide quite so convincingly. My designer heart leapt a little when my copy of View
FedUni Writing Style Guide
The official name is Federation University Australia, but you can call it FedUni. Just never, ever FU. This is just View
Boundaries
This beautiful chapbook was written by Sophie Cunningham and photographed by Dianna Wells. Together, they walked the boundaries of the View
Always was, always will be Koori children
The hardest work is often the most valuable. This 70,000-word report was a tough one to edit, but the subject View
The Victorian Writer
I was delighted when Writers Victoria asked me to be the guest editor of the Industry Insights issue of The View
Out of Character
This discussion paper was an editing challenge. Four authors, 90,000 words and a topic that required the utmost sensitivity and View
BreaCan Year in Review
BreaCan’s editing brief was very clear. They wanted their annual report to have a consistent voice that reflected the friendly, View
A–Z of Convicts
The most satisfying part of working on this extraordinary book was that I was able to bring both my editing View
Breakfast, School Run, Chemo
One day I was sitting around a kitchen table with a group of wonderfully talented women, coming up with ideas View
As a good parent would .…
When I was contacted by the Commission for Children and Young People and asked to edit the report of their View
Lightbook online learning
Lightbook is an exciting and innovative educational project from Pearson Australia. It’s a fully interactive online textbook that lets students work View
All the ebooks
Who wouldn’t want to work for Text Publishing? While I continue to dream about it, I’ll take anything they offer View
Project managing
The Modern Worker
The Business Council of Australia have produced The Modern Worker booklet to help people at all stages of their study and working View
Hospitals and family violence
Hospital staff are often the first people that women who are experiencing family violence talk to. However, staff aren’t always View
BCA Word templates
Twenty-three templates that are simple to use and look great. A year-long project. Worth every minute of it. I worked View
Teaching
Editing general non-fiction
I teamed up with Nadine Davidoff and Renee Otmar to deliver professional development workshops for professional editors. Nadine looked at View
Rise: An Anthology
2021 was another year of online learning for students in RMIT’s Associate Degree of Professional Writing and Editing. Despite that, View
Spiral: an anthology
2020 – what a year! Despite the unspeakable, my wonderful RMIT Professional Writing and Editing students managed to produce their View
Spit and polish
I recently ran a three-hour workshop on editing your own work as part of the City of Stonnington’s [untitled] literary View
Semester 2 at RMIT
Another year, another semester of teaching and another bucket load of great students producing great work. In the Diploma of View
Teaching at RMIT
When I walked out of RMIT’s Building 94 on the final day of my Professional Writing and Editing course, I View
Writing
The Colossal Book of Colour
Things I learnt writing this book: 1. In most languages, colours were named in the same order – black and View
The Massive Book of Maps
A quick confession: I can’t read a map to save my life. Researching and writing this book was a challenge View
The Giant Book of Germs
I feel as if I’m a bit late to the microbe party with the release of The Giant Book of View
How to Win a Nobel Prize
“This book is a fun and fast-paced look at science and scientists… highly recommended for budding scientists of upper-primary age.” View
FedUni Writing Style Guide
The official name is Federation University Australia, but you can call it FedUni. Just never, ever FU. This is just View
Left & Right
‘No, not that left! The other left.’ If you’ve ever had that said to you, you may need my new View
Melbournalia
I’ve known Jenny Brown, the brains and creative force behind Melbournalia, for years. Her store stocks high-quality, locally designed and View
WA Tourism
WA Tourism needed some content about Broome and the Dampier Peninsula, Purnululu and the dolphins of Monkey Mia for their View
The Gigantic Book of Genes
This publisher’s tagline is “explaining the complex simply”. I’m all up for that, but this commission was the hardest yet. View
Wrong Way Round
My book. I’ll just say that again, a bit louder. My book!!! When I left Melbourne with James and the View
The Brainy Book
This is the eleventh title I have written and designed for Wild Dog Books. These non-fiction children’s books use large View